Dogfish Head, Unibroue & Blue Moon (023, 024 & 025)

The next three added to my list brings me 1/8 of the way through my goal: 25 of 200. (here is your cue to say 'ooooooh')

Plus as a bonus, since my birthday is in June, I get a free beer at the Saucer. Yeah for me.

My selections this time were all unintentionally 'fruity'. I got a Dogfish Head (which you can't go wrong with) Aprihop, which is ironically made with apricots... I should have guessed. Next I had a begian from the Fire Sale menu (half-price) which happened to be a Blue Moon Rising Moon which is their Spring Ale, very fruity and spicy... kinda like a Sam Adams Summer Ale, but different (don't ask me how, I don't know how to explain that yet). Lastly I had a Unibroue Ephemere which was very fruity... the most of the bunch, but this one was apple. I'm a fruity beer drinker, but they were all pretty drinkable. Mostly the Aprihop, but the others were decent as well. I'll get me a Stout next time to get a bit more manliness back into my beer tasting :)


Dogfish Head Aprihop
Container: Bottled
Style: Fruit Ale
Brewer: Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
City: Milton, DE
Country: United States
Description: This beer pours a dark copper color with a nice head. The aroma is a blend of hops and apricot, although the fruit is faint. Flavors of arpicot are mild, but seem to counter the hops bitterness. Firm body with a tame finish. 7.5% abv

Blue Moon Rising Moon
Container: Draught
Style: Flavored Ale/Lager
Brewer: Blue Moon
City: Denver, CO
Country: United States
Description: A nice fruity and slightly spicy spring time belgian wit with the addition of limes. Good to have on a hot summer day.






Unibroue Ephemere
Container: Bottled
Style: Flavored Ale/Lager
Brewer: Unibroue
City: Chambly, Quebec
Country: Canada
Description: Ephemere possesses a fresh apple aroma with reminiscent notes of "Granny Smith" and "McIntosh." A subtle flavour of green apple is complemented by delicate notes of fruit and spice topped by a rich white head.

RedHook Long Hammer IPA (022)

I hit the Long Hammer the same afternoon as the Beer Fest last month, but forgot to blog it... at this rate it will take me YEARS to get to 200... but at any rate (hey, I think that's the first time I ever used that phrase in an actual applicable way!), here it is. Funny that it was a RedHook, because even though I'd had the brand before, I'd never tried the Long Hammer and liked it, a lot. Funny thing about it is that last weekend at my brother's place, we killed a case of RedHook that was a mix of Long Hammer IPA, another IPA, ESB, Blonde and Copperhook. They were all pretty good, especially the Copperhook.

Anyway, I'm now a fan and I highly recommend for your tasting pleasure:

RedHook Long Hammer IPA

Container: Draught

Style: India Pale Ale

Brewer: RedHook Brewery

City: Seattle, WA

Country: United States

Description: Light golden color, this aggressively hopped beer has a hoppy aroma and flavor and a finish that is bitter to the end.