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CERVEZA BRASILEÑALa primera cerveza brasileña envasada en Botella de Aluminio.OPA Bier embotellada por Cervejaria Joinville Ltda. y puesta a la venta en el mercado brasileño en el año 2011. La botella está adornada con dibujos referentes a … [...]
In episode 151 of the Hop Cast Ken Hunnemeder and Brad Chmielewski are joined by Brad Stark . The three of them crack open two beers that were sitting in the cellar for a while. Both beers are from Flossmoor Station and were brewed by former head brewer Bryan Shimkos. Bryan is currently brewing at [...] [...]
What’s this? A blog about beer and the first post is about making cheese? Well… yes, yes it is. And why not? Beer and cheese share many things in common. First, they are both delicious. Both beer and cheese can be … [...]
Ok, so technically it isn’t October until tomorrow. But with that whole time zone turn-of-the-Earth thing considered, it’s already October in the some places of the world. And October means beer. Oktoberfest, Märzen, pumpkin, cool weather, college football, the glorious return to Chili, the changing of the leaves. I love October, and October makes me [...] [...]
Great weekend last weekend, but I have to slow down and get this damn book written.After the Social Media Beer Tasting in Glasgow, I went down to the Lake District for Taste Cumbria. They’re really doing an awful lot to promote Cumbria as a food … [...]
Southern Tier is the Rocky Balboa of breweries. Located in Whogivesashit, NY this little giant is fighting against all odds to pump out their premium brew. Just when you think they’re going to get knocked the F out they come … [...]
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Det er en debutant, der afrunder mini-temaet om høstbryg, i den forstand, at det er den første øl, jeg indtil videre har prøvet fra det Haderslev-baserede Fuglsang-bryggeri.Et bryggeri, et bryggeriDet er et hus med Fuglsang i(Disse to linjer gentag… [...]
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Yes, “Sudden Death” is the translation of this brewer, and I always feel kind of special when there is a beer with a cork in it. Mort Subite Gueuze: 4.5%abv Suggested Drinking temperature 2-4C 35-37F. Gueuze, in name and style … Continue reading → [...]
Projeto encaminhado à Câmara Municipal deve garantir a formalização e atração de novas marcas para o município … [...]
 Last year was my first Great American Beer Festival. What’s the most important thing I learned? Get yourself a strategy. I THOUGHT I had a strategy last year – “Yea I’ll check out Dogfish, maybe see what Pizza Port is serving, yada yada yada….” Didn’t work. After a few beers and being caught up in the excitement, my plan went down the shitter and I was playing GABF whack a mole. This year will be different. [...]
The release of Lompoc’s Monster Mash is tonight from 4 to 11 at the Side Bar, and I whole-heartedly encourage any who can to stop by and try one or two of the beers they will be pouring. I was able .to try what they will be featuring a few days ago,… [...]
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Sixpoint Righteous Ale | Chad’z Beer Reviews
This is something of a first. I shot back-to-back reviews (literally) with Simon and Mel better known as Mr. and Mrs. Real Ale Guide. AND we reviewed Sixpoint beers in each episode! But the Righteous Ale is a bit of an usual beer in terms of style as it's not quite a rye IPA, but close enough for me. I like IPAs of all sorts, but would Mel? Watch and find out.
4.3 AROMA 8/10 APPEARANCE 5/5 TASTE 9/10 PALATE 4/5 OVERALL 17/20 - Albany, New York, USA - FEB 3, 2012 Sixpoint is known for making beers that are hard to classify and Righteous Ale is no exception. Billed as a rye beer with a lot of hops, it’s probably best described as a Rye IPA. But that isn’t even completely accurate since most beers of the sort tend to be very dry, overly bitter, and lightly malty. This beer is juicy, sweet, and resiny from tons of hops, but with a distinct rye bite.
I poured a 16oz can into a nonic pint glass.
Appearance: Hazy brown proper with a slight shade of maroon. Forms a large, white, creamy head which laces and retains wonderfully.
Smell: Very resiny hops with hints of citrus syrup and a pleasant astringency of what beer nerds refer to as "cat piss" (Simcoe hops tend to impart this scent, but I’m not sure what hops are in this beer). There’s also a distinct rye presence, although light - like rye bread from across the room.
Taste: The palate begins somewhat mild biscuity malt dryness. It quickly transitions to a maltier taste of rye bread with hints of caramel, but still manages to throw in a little spicy bite. It’s quite earthy-tasting, almost like licking raw tea leaves or the bark of a pine tree (while that may not sound like a good thing, in the case of Righteous Ale it definitely is).
The second half turns on a dime into a sweet nectar or syrup-like taste, which then gives way to a delightfully astringent resin bitterness. There’s a brief, but noticeable taste of citrus, pine sap, and sharp dry bitterness like a salted pretzel. All these flavors are distinct, but meld together perfectly. The bitterness and overall hop presence perhaps outshines the rye component of the palate, but the rye’s light spicy flavor really helps to balance out this beer and make it rather unique. It’s tasty for sure, but not quite mind-blowing (impressive though).
Drinkability: Some beers are energetic because of their effervescence, but Sixpoint Righteous Ale is energetic because of its palate. A high amount of flavor happening here: a complex, but well balanced palate of rye spice, hop bitterness and malty sweetness. It crackles across the tongue, but goes down smooth. And as bitter as it seems, it never dries me out or wears down my palate. I’m actually quite impressed they got so much flavor into a 6.3% ABV body. It drinks like something heavier, though, as I could feel it immediately. But it would be the kind of beer I’d drink two in row of because it’s so good.  
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