First up tonight is Hinterland Luna Coffee Stout from Hinterland Brewery in Green Bay, WI http://www.hinterlandbeer.com/LunaStout.html. Yes, I am drinking and rating a beer from the hated Green Bay Packer land. Go Bears! The beer pours dark brown with some garnet highlights with a thick dark tan head. Aroma is noticeably coffee with lots of dark roast aroma, with a hint of chocolate. Taste is of coffee, dark roast and semi-sweet chocolate. Slightly creamy body, but yet still a fairly thin bodied beer. The beer finishes dry, roasty with very noticeable acidity, which detracts from the beer. This is a good coffee stout, but not a the top of my list. The body thinness and the acidity makes me downgrade the beer. The beer checks in at 5.8% ABV and it comes in a 16 ounce bottle, so this is not your average session stout. Overall I give this beer a "B-" grade.
The second beer tonight is Bell's Christmas Ale from Bell's Brewery in Kalamazoo, MI (or there about since there are about three places listed as to where they brew) http://www.bellsbeer.com/brands/. Bell's is one of those breweries for me that I will drink just about anything from them and usually I like it. The beer pours a light amber with a thick ivory head. Aroma is sweet with slight fruit bread aromas, finished by some light citrus hops. Taste is sweet caramel with the hints of the fruit bread and slight spice notes. Body is medium with a noticeable chewiness and a good amount of carbonation. This is a nice beer, but not one of Bell's best. The ABV is 5.5% , this is not your average Christmas Ale no spice and smaller than most. I give this beer a "C+" grade.
Also a note about an upcoming beer event this weekend. Niabi Zoo in the Quad Cities is hosting a "Pints for Pachyderms" event on Friday July 22nd, I believe it starts at 5pm but check with the Zoo for exact details. The funds go to enlarging the Elephant habitat and finding a third elephant. We will be out of town, but it sounds like lots of fun.
QC Beerguy
Preparing beer ale is not easy task to be do. Beer quality rely on its quality way of brewing it.
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