Style: American stout
Menu description: Roasted coffee, dark sugars, slight earthiness.
ABV: 5.2%
Tasting notes: The coffee, earthiness, and sweetness flavors are each faint, but they blend nicely for a smooth taste.
Rating: 3/5
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Beer Review #55: Firestone Double Jack
Style: American Imperial IPA
Menu description: Tangerine & grapefruit lead to an earthy malt finish.
ABV: 9.5%
Tasting notes: This is one of those beers where the description us spot on. I taste everything in the order listed! It’s pretty good. The malt back end adds a nice tartness to the fruits and makes this something that can be enjoyed either by itself or with a meal.
Rating: 4/5
Beer Review #44: Dogfish Head My Antonia
Style: American Imperial Pilsner
Menu description: Grassy hops, earthy hint of citrus & pepper.
ABV: 7.5%
Tasting notes: Definitely more earthy than anything else, but not bad. It’s not great, and not one of Dogfish’s best efforts, but it’s OK.
Fun fact: I reviewed this back in late 2011 or early 2012 and the above is all I wrote. I really should have taken better notes back then because a bunch of beers from my early reviewing years have sparse notes. I guess this fact is actually not that fun.
Rating: 3/5
