February 28th, 2007
Rocky Mountain High
It’s a constant battle to collect beer to review and actually review the beer that we have collected. As Ian mentioned in a previous post, the 2Beerguys have developed an addiction to searching for new beer. We have enough beer in the queue to reach 400 with ease. Rather than buying new beer, we are trying.. and I mean trying… to review what we have.. So, on Monday night, we (as in Amber, Ryan, Ian and I) reviewed the following 6 beers from Colorado:
Boulder Beer Company
– Singletrack Copper Ale
– Buffalo Gold Premium Ale
New Belgium Brewing Company
– 1554 Enlightened Black Ale
– Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale
– Below Winter Ale
– Fat Tire Amber Ale
The New Belgium Brewing Company wasn’t a new brewery to this beer guy. The brewery is located in Ft. Collins, Colorado. The Ft. Collins area is also home to HP.. Yes Hewlett-Packard …. and I have visited HP twice. I have enjoyed many Fat Tire’s on tap. This is their most infamous beer, but wasn’t the best during this tasting. We were quite impressed with the Frambozen Raspberry Brown Ale. The nose detected the dominant raspberry aroma from a distance. Not only was the aromatic presence welcoming, it made the mouth very happy. You will also notice from the scoring, that the 2 Below Winter Ale was very inviting to the nose. The hop presence was very dominant, but weaker on the palate.
Please check out the reviews…
Sean
Drink Craft Beer.. You’ve Earned it!!
Note: This evening with dinner, I enjoyed a tasty Smuttynose IPA. You can’t go wrong with this selection. While writing this review, I quenched my thirst with a Winterhook – Winter ale from Redhook. Too bad it’s a winter seasonal.