Rodenbach Grand Cru

I appologize for the late reviews...

A flemish sour ale, sounds weird - I think I'm going to have to try it!

Surprisingly good, very refreshing in an IPA lemondade sort of way. Smells like some kind of sweet tangy fruit, like sweet grapfruit jucie with some kind of oaky tone. The first sip gives you a little bit of a sour pucker but finishes pretty smooth. Further sips get smoother, with bitterness building back up toward the bottom of the glass. Good sitting around in the sun with friends beer, but at $10 a bottle I don't know if I'm going to be getting more bottles.

Interesting and definatly something different without going too overboard - give it a try if you have the chance.

Saison

http://www.brasserie-dupont.com/dupont/

Crisp and light with a dry finish. Huge head the just wouldn't go away. Definatly unfiltered, looks like a Hefeweizen. Don't remember much of a smell. Taste was good, but no real pronounced tastes. Good medium body, easy drinking beer, I'd put this beer a little above average.

I would like to try more saison's - this one didn't particularly impress me. I was told it was more towards the lower end of what this brewery offers, so i'm on the lookout for one of their higher end beers!

Deschutes, Oaked Black Butte Porter

Good beer, but overpriced in my opinion. It's normal Black Butte Porter blended with 20% oaked Black Butte Porter. End result tastes like a thicker sweeter Black Butte Porter.

For $10, between this and The Abyss, hands down The Abyss would be my choice.

However, Deschutes if you're listening, I would love to try the unblended oaked porter...

'08 Anniversary Ale

Sierra Nevada's latests anniversary ale tastes like chewing on a whole cascade hop (yes I know what that tastes like...).

Brewers By the Bay: Bellingham WA

I have been having troubles finding links and info for this event so I will be posting my own info that should easily be crawled by google. There does not appear to be any official websites for this event yet this is their second event held.

What: Pacific Northwest Beer tasting event

When: July 27th, 2008

Where: Depot Market Square (across from Boundary Bay Brewery in Bham WA)

Who:
http://www.stonebrew.com/events/index.php
http://gruvr.com/show/1352226/ (I don't know who this guy is)
http://www.georgetownbeer.com/events/index.html

Tickets: $25 each, call Glendine Barley of the Bellingham Bay Rotary at (360) 371-4027.

Lindemans Cuvée René Grand Cru

http://www.lindemans.be/

I tried the one on the right on the forth of July. It's a lambic that’s not blended like most of the other Lindemans products you find at the store. Thanks to Jeff at Du Jour Bistro (http://www.thevinesdujour.com/) for getting me a bottle.

First off, I'd been wanting to try a lambic for quite awhile. I'd had a Flemish Sour Ale I really liked and thought a lambic would be a lot like that. So, before I even tried it, I wanted to like it.

Ok, open the bottle, smells different more like a vinegary winey kinda smell. Pours like a normal beer, looks like an unfiltered light amber. Nothing to out of the ordinary yet… My first sip was… was… just ungodly bitter. Wow, did I just lick a grapefruit? Ok, I still want to like this beer, sip #2 – Its like that first taste of a warhead candy, just pucker your mouth bitterness that doesn’t go away. I put the beer down for a little while, maybe it needs to “breath” like a good wine… Nope. Still wickedly bitter, my mouth now feels like I’m dehydrated and have a serious case of cotton mouth.

Nobody else tried it and I just couldn’t drink it. I still feel a little bad about having to throw a beer that took someone so much time to make. Maybe I’ll try another one someday, but until then pure lambic beers are not for me.

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