I have a nice long list for this great holiday 3MaaR session. Worry not, these beers were small bottles and we kept our senses throughout the day as you can see from our last results post.
Let's list last session's delicacies in order of alchool %.
1) Bruegel Amber Ale
At 5.2%, I found this Belgian ale decent in taste. As odd as it may sound, I found this beer tasted like apple juice... On the opposite scale of tastes, DMan found it tasted like ashes!? Don't worry, this is just the opinion of the reject ;)
2) Great Lakes Brewery Winter Ale
This brewery always comes up with some fancy and different ales. This complex ale (6.2%) had a lot of spice in it: cinnamon, ginger, orange peel and honey. The wonderful part is you can actually taste all four in every sip.
3) Rogue Hazlenut Brown Nectar
One of the band's favorites! A great "strong" beer (6.2%) with a full taste of hazlenuts. It is a bit expensive (~6$ for 650ml) but very much worth the price.
4) Bornem Dubbel
The second Belgian beer of the night (7%) was another dark beer. I personally found it too spicy and won't buy it again. I'd say its a stronger version of Bruegel (mentioned earlier in this post). guess I'll be the one to say it tastes like ashes this time :). DMan hated it so much he spilled it on my beautiful pink carpet!
5) Augustijn
Yet again a Belgian beer but pretty strong this time (8%). This beer was very different from the others of the session both in color (blonde) and in taste (sweet). It felt good after all these spicy ales!
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Quite a variety of tastes for this special session!
I liked the Rogue and the Great Lakes beers best for their unique flavours, but trying new Belgian beers is always fun.
I think its safe to say that, according to our taste tests, most Belgians enjoy putting ashes in their beers ;)
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