Beer 365 #224 Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Prestige de Nuits

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Beer 365- #224 Brasserie Dubuisson Scaldis Prestige de Nuits
Pours a hazy brown with a dark red tint. Nose is a nice blend of, sweet/tart fruit, oak, spice, vanilla, yeast. The mouth is light and crisp with carbonation reminiscent of Champagne. Flavors are very complex. Oak, tart fruit, yeast, plum, raisin, bready malt, nice warming finish. (13%ABV)
(FYI this is Brasserie Dubuisson's Scaldis Noel aged for six months in burgundy barrels from the Nuits St Georges Vineyard. It retails for $46 (ouch!) per 750ml bottle. It went really well with a leftover turkey sandwich)

Beer 365 #205 Southern Tier Iniquity Blake Ale

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Beer 365- #205 Southern Tier Iniquity Blake Ale
Pours a very dark brown with thin tan head. The nose is aggressive with complex notes of rich burnt malt (chocolate and coffee) and citrus hop (pineapple, grapefruit). The mouth is light but is silky and coating. Effervescence is mild at best which ads to this beers drinkability. Surprisingly balanced for such a big beer. The hop notes are strong but never out shine the malt backbone. Nice sipper. (9% ABV)

Ber 365 #200 Allagash Victor Ale

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Beer 365 - #200 Allagash Victor Ale
So, I've been a complete slacker as far as writing reviews for my beer 365 project. I have however kept up on the shooting and sampling. As of right now I'm on Beer #294 although I'm just getting to posting by tasting notes for this beer, Beer #200. I'm going to try my best to catch up before I taste and shoot the final beer some 71 days from now. So today I'm typing in my notes from the beer I drank back on November 1st 2009.
Pours a hazy golden with hints of rust. The head is clean white but minimalistic. The nose is complex but dominated by fruit notes that must come from the chancellor grape juice that is added to the mash. The mouth is light and crisp. Flavors of sweet (but not sticky) fruit lead the way with earth and spice notes creating balance. The 9% ABV in nicely masked.

Beer 365 #198 Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale

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Beer 365- #198 Rogue Double Dead Guy Ale
Pours a dark amber/red with thick clingy tan head. The nose is warming with notes of sweet caramel malt and crisp piney hops. The feel was rich and dense with just the right amount of carbonation. Flavor started out sweet and malty but the hops countered nicely near the mid-palate to create a nice balance. (9% ABV)

Beer 365 #189 Stone Vertical 999

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Beer 365- #189 Stone Vertical 999
Pours an evil opaque black with quickly disapating tan head. The nose is a complex medely od dried dark fruits, chocolate and coffee. The mouth feel is dense and slippery with meek carbonation. Flavors follow the nose, very complex but very well balanced. (8.9% ABV)

Beer 365 #172 Stone Arrogant Bastard Oak Aged

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Beer 365- #172 Stone Arrogant Bastard Oak Aged
Pours a red tinted brown with nice fluffy head. Strong aromas of pineapple, citrus, wood and sweet malt. The mouth is dense without being cloying, the nice carbonation keeps it feeling light. Flavor is what one would expect, hops, hops, and more hops. Pine, citrus (pineapple, grapefruit), spicy, the oak seems to have accentuated the hop characters, the malt is underlying and supports the hop party well. Nice clean bitter finish.(7.2% ABV)

Beer 365 #63 Trappistes Rochefort #6

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Beer 365- #63 Trappistes Rochefort #6
Pours a very active cloudy brown with quickly receding off white head. Very sweet candied nose (tootsie roll, brown sugar) with hints of citrus. Lighter in the mouth than what I would expect from the nose. Very complex flavors that seem somewhat disjointed. Citrus mixed with a yeasty breadiness coated in sweet malt. The finish is dry and lingering. I'm not blown away, the ribs were good though. (7.5%ABV)

Beer 365- #53 Lagunitas Lucky 13

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Beer1 365- #53 Lagunitas Lucky 13
Rusty red color with decent off-white head. Thick syrupy sweet nose, a tad bit cloying in my opinion. Medium bodied feel in the mouth that is coating.
Rich and warming flavors first dense sweetness followed quickly by the full blown hops. Thirst is not a thirst quencher, it is a serious sipper
I'm not sure when this beer went into my collection....but I'm glad I found it. (8.3% ABV)

Beer 365- #48 Brooklyn Local One

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Beer 365- #48 Brooklyn Local One
Very hazy straw with thick white head. Nose of yeast, banana, hint of alcohol and spice.
Light feel in the mouth with nice zippy activity. Rich creaminess with mild citrus mixed with a larger portion of spice (clove). Nice hops in the finish with a little noticeable heat to remind you of the ABV. (9% ABV)

Beer 365 46/365 Ithaca "Ten"

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Beer 365- #46 Ithaca "Ten"
Dark hazy brown with thick creamy off-white head. A nose that will get your attention. Very rich and decadent, sweet citrus with pine notes, raisins? brown sugar, fruit cake?. Like I said, rich and decadent. A flavor profile to mach the nose, this is not a subtle delicate beer. Big malt sweetness (a tad cloying), nice hops presence, you taste what is on the nose. Warming finish that stays with you. This could be a case of more is not always better. (10% ABV)

Beer 365 42/365 Brooklyn Local 2

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Beer 365 42/365

Beer 365- #42 Brooklyn Local 2
I Love This Beer! Enough zip in the bottle that the cork actually pops when you take it out. Lovely dark brown color with nice off-white head that lasts. Sweetness and warmth... raisins, dates, brown sugar, clove, citrus peel, honey are all noticeable on the nose. Very lively in the mouth. Rich and warming flavors, sweet malt with hints of cinnamon, dry spicy finish that make you want to take another sip. I repeat...I Love This Beer! (8.7% ABV)

Beer 365 37/365 Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 yr.

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Beer 365- #365 Harviestoun Ola Dubh 12 yr.
This is a collaboration between Harviestoun Brewery and Highland Park Distillery. It is Harviestoun's Old Engine Oil aged in casks that formerly held Highland Park Scotch. Pours a dense black with little head. Huge nose of sweet licorice, tootsie roll, damp ash (imagine a camp put out with water). Not as heavy in the mouth as one would expect. Loads of sweet malt, mixed with hints of smoke and peat, slightly bitter hopped finish. Wonderful experience but I tired of it after only half a glass. (8% ABV)

Beer 365 17/365 Mc Chouffe Brown Ale

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Beer 365- Beer #17 Mc Chouffe Brown Ale

Normally wonderful, I fear that this bottle was slightly off. Normally the beer should be quite reactive when poured into a glass. I had to force a head to appear with this one. The flavors were all there, rich sweet raisins and dates smothered in spice, mostly hidden hops peak out near the yeasty finish. I look forward to trying this again to see if the bottle was indeed slightly off. (8.0% ABV)

Beer 365 8/365 Long Trail DB

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Beer 365- Beer #8 Long Trail Double Bag... Came inside for today's shot. Played with different lighting. Happy with the shot, although I need to switch things up soon...
The beer was OK at best. I used to enjoy this beer when I lived in Vt. Haven't had it in a while, it lacked character. Nice malty notes, good warmth from the extra alcohol, just a bit bland and boring. (7.2% ABV)

Beer 365 2/365 Delirium Nocturnum

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Brouwerij Huyghe- Delirium Nocturnum

Always a favorite of mine.... rich and intricate without being dense and cloying. Great reactive mouth feel, a real treat! (8.5% ABV)