Beer: Pumpkin Lager

Brewery: Lakefront Brewery, Inc

Style: Seasonal Lager

ABV: 6.0

Serving Type: Bottle

BeerAlcoholBlog.com Rating: 2.75 Stars

I just received my 33 bottles of beer book in the mail. I must say that this book reviews beer almost exactly the way I do. In this handy, passport sized, book there is room to review 33 beers. Most the form is pretty basic and like what I use to review a beer but the flavor wheel is amazing. It allows you to review a beer on a convenient wheel, on a scale of 1 to 5, on aspects like; Hoppy, Floral, Spicy, Herbal, Malty, Toffee, Burnt, Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Astringent, Body, Linger, and Alcoholic/Solvent. It is perfect for the expert beer person or the newbie.

This convenient scale makes it easy to review a beer. I only wish I had this book for Brew at the Zoo last weekend and will definitely be using it at the GABF on Saturday.

33 Beers is available at 33beers.com or at the GABF in booth 126. $4 each or $3 for 10. Make it your first stop at the GABF and remember every beer you drink.

I wish there was a computer program where I could make images of the flavor wheel.

Denver has a new brewery! Strange Brewing Company opened a few months ago. Located just south of Invesco Field this small brewery is a place you need to visit. I will review each beer they make but I can tell you that this brewery is going places.

I had the Farmhouse Ale and Cherry Kriek and loved both. Farmhouse is a high alcohol content beer but you would never know it. Everything blends together nicely. Cherry Kriek is a dark beer named after Cherry Creek. Featuring a nice cherry taste it is hard to describe this beer with words. You need to go taste it.

Pictures to come!

I am a huge fan of New Belgium beers. I have had every beer they make multiple times and taken their brewery tour a half dozen times. That is why it is so odd for me to be writing a review on their beer, it is as commonplace to me as Bud Light is to most of America. Anyways, here we go.

Beer: Fat Tire

Brewery: New Belgium Brewery, Fort Collins, CO

Style: American Amber / Red Ale

ABV: 5.2%

Serving Type: Can

BeerAlcoholBlog.com Rating: 4.5 Stars

Notes: I was already a huge fan of Fat Tire in either a draft or bottle format but when I received a chance to taste it in a can I was stunned. My first taste was from a can taken right off the New Belgium canning line during a VIP tour. (March of 09) From that very first can to the 12-pack I purchased on Sunday, this beer never disappoints. The canned version of Fat Tire is can conditioned which makes it taste like it was just poured from the brewery. 

This beer is not available in all 50 states yet but if you ever come across it you need to purchase some.

Awesome amber color with a whitish beige head

Nice strong flavor