Barrelhouse Microbrewery Festival 2001
So this year we attended the Microbrew festival with new staff reviewer Beth. We tasted a combined total of 28 beers. You will notice her reviews are probably more in depth due to her background in wine tasting. She also favors lighter (not light) beers than I, so there is a better variety of beers than last year.
Main Street Brewing Pale Ale - This was so incredibly hoppy it almost seemed like we had a bad batch.
Sam Adams Oktoberfest - Strong solid flavor, malty but not overbearingly so
Great Lakes Moondog Ale - Somewhat bitter tasting but still smooth
Breckenridge Oatmeal Stout - Pretty standard oatmeal stout, good but not outstanding
Breckenridge Christmas Ale - Good Smooth Ale
Breckenridge Avalanche - Crisp Not too strong clean taste
Paulaner Oktoberfest - Not Bad !! Good balance.
Weihenstephauer Hefeweiss- A Fruity, possibly Banana taste, if that kind of thing works for you
Paulaner Hefeweisen - Good Wheat Beer
Spaten Dopplebock - Sweeter than I expected, outstanding flavor
Spaten Wheat - Less pronounced wheat taste, kind of a lemon/citrus taste
Abita Turbodog - Great brown Ale, one of my favorites
Bluegrass Brewing Nut Brown Ale - One of the better tasting nut brown ales
Bluegrass Brewing Darkstar Porter - Very Dry tasting like a red wine, kind of a tanniny taste
Pyramid IPA - Good, maybe a little on the hoppy side even for an IPA
Pyramid Apricot Ale - Very sweet and fruity
Pyramid Hefewisen - Not as wheaty as others
Allagash Brewing Double Ale - "Belgian Style Ale" Really good stuff
Stoney Creek Original Vanilla Porter - OK so this is a repeat. This is the one my sister got me started on and we both love the stuff.
Brooklyn Brewing Brooklyner Weiss - Distinct wheaty / fruity flavor
Left Hand Brewing Black Jack Porter - It's really good with surprisingly little aftertaste
Stone Brewing Co. IPA - Nice smooth not overly hoppy IPA
Stone Brewing Co. Smoked Porter - A really good Coffee / chocolate tasting porter
Dinkel Acker Pilsner - Too Hoppy for my taste
Weihenstephauer Original - very tart
Flying Dog Ale Doggie Style Classic Porter - has a nice Hoppy / caramel balance
Barrelhouse Brewing Powderhorn Porter - seemed too watery or my taste buds were numb by this point. ***Upon further research, I found this to be really tasty, full flavored (and very heavy).***
Barrelhouse Brewing Hocking Hills Hefeweisen - Has the cloudy look of a good Hefeweisen with all sorts of fruity tastes going on in there.
Barrelhouse Brewing Oktoberfest - Good lager with a nice hoppy flavor and a nice finish.
