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Beer Is Good – Ginga Kogen Beer

Published on March 27, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. 1 Comment

Saw this once before but was too scared to buy it. Why? It looks dangerously like a beer I had in Sapporo which ranked as such a suck beer that I could not finish it. There have been very few beers like that. So how is this one? Pours cloudy yellow with small head. Bit of citrus and hop aroma, touch of funk. A sweet and syrupy feel mitigated by carbonation. Small bitter lingers in the finish.

Can’t say I really like this beer, but it doesn’t totally suck. I could do without the skunk, then it would be a decent heffe. I’ll give it a 2 out 4 ginga monkeys.

Beer Is Good – Mt. Begbie Tall Timber Ale

Published on March 19, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. 1 Comment

The other selection from the Revelstoke’s brewery, Mt. Begbie, available in cans for easier transport. Pours a dark amber with small head. Fairly forward hops aroma, Dark roasted malt. Medium thick mouthfeel.

3 of 4 monkeys

Beer Is Good – Balast Point Pale Ale

Published on March 12, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Usually all you find at stores here from Balast Point are variations of IPAs so when I saw this pale labels as Kolsch style had to do it. Pours clear bright yellow, medium head. Fairly strong hop aroma, unfortunately this third bottle I’m having I think has suffered from light struck. I don’t recall the first two being as skunky and they also had a nice grain finish. How unfortunate, if I were to judge on this bottle I’d go with a 2 out 4 monkeys.

Beer Is Good – Mt. Begbie High Mountain Kolsch

Published on March 6, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. 1 Comment

Mt. Begbie is the craft brewery located in Revelstoke, and this is their kolsch. Pours clear bright yellow with moderate head. Moderate hops aroma, Clean crisp and dry. Ends with a very nice grainy finish.

Solid 3 bordering on 4 easy drinking monkeys

Beer Is Good – Sam Adams Chocolate Bock

Published on March 5, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

From winter variety pack, pours opaque black with moderately strong head that dissipates. Chocolate and roast malt aroma. Surprisingly mellow bitter. Mediun mouthfeel, not as heavy as might be expected of a bock. Quite smooth really.

Solid 3 out 4 chocolatey monkeys

Beer Is Good – Hitachino Nest Saison Du Japon

Published on March 2, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Saisons seem to have a reputation of being funky, literally. I was a little worried when I pour it and could detect some of that skunky odor that I often find in pilsners, but oddly enough when I actually drank it did not detect the funk. Pours a cloudy light yellow with fairly strong head. Strong citrus and fruit aroma, the fruitiness making an almost li hing note. A lot like a Heffe, but not as heavy on wheat. There’s a sweet, but the middle and end is dry. Crispness from strong carbonation.

A pleasant beer, although with the rice koji and yuzu it technically wouldn’t be a beer.

3 out 4 Japon monkeys.

Look Ma, No IPA! Beer Is Good – Sam Adams Holiday Porter

Published on January 29, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Winter variety pack from Sam Adams, and wow, not an IPA in sight! How refreshing in a time where I saw a Guiness IPA. First bottle I grabbed is the Holiday Porter. Pours opaque black with moderate strong head. Dark roast aroma, spicy hops. Fairly strong bitter throughout. Pretty heavy mouthfeel mitigated by crisp carbonation and astringent finish. Nice dark, perhaps not my favorite, but decent.

Just gets 3 out 4 non-IPA monkeys.

Beer Is Good – Sam Adams Winter Lager

Published on January 23, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Seasonal Sam Adams, Winter Lager pours dark amber with moderate head. Brewed with spices. You can detect it in the aroma, but can’t figure out what. The bitter is even throughout. Nice roast grain finish. Medium mouth feel. I’m generally not a big fan of flavored beers, but this one is nicely done.

3 out 4 winter monkeys.

Deschutes Jubelale

Published on January 3, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Seasonal pours very dark amber with moderate head. Heavy aroma, spice and hops. Dried fruit tones. Pretty strong bitter. I’m kinda undecided on this beer, not a big fan of the Deschutes hoppy, but the dark spice is kinda nice. Works well with the Ghirardelli dark chocolate squares I have here and that works for the holiday theme.

2.5 out of 4 spicy monkeys.

Cliff Hot Chocolate – Like a Pop Tart

Published on January 2, 2016 in Food and Review by taro. Closed

Cliff bar seasonal flavor, Hot Chocolate. To me it tasted like a toned down chocolate fudge Pop Tart, which is a good thing since that is my favorite Pop Tart. In fact, one year I took those to Japan as my snowboarding energy “Bar”.

3 out 4 Pop Tart loving monkeys.