Fourth Of July 2013

Tommyknocker Brewery's Maple Nut Brown

From the brewer:

ABV:  4.5%
IBU: 20
Hops:  Perle, Willamette

A flavorful brown ale brewed with a touch of pure maple syrup.  A delicate amount of Maple Syrup is added to each barrel of our award winning Maple Nut Brown Ale to impart a roasted sweetness. This addition balances the nut flavor produced by Munich, caramel and chocolate malts used in the brewhouse, producing a drinkable brown ale with a relatively low alcohol content.

Game On Brewing Company's Takedown Black Lager

From the brewer:

ABV: 6%

Don't be intimidated by the darkness.  Takedown this medium bodied brew and smell the espresso and chocolate in the nose, then taste the complex roasted malt body.  This smooth character will convert you to the dark side as the taste lingers on a while after you finish the beer.

Ska Brewing Company, Ten Pin Porter

From the brewer:

2007 Bronze Medal: Porter category, Colorado State Fair, National Commercial Microbrew Competition.
2007 Silver Medal: Porter catergory, World Beer Championships.
2003 Gold Medal: Porter category, Colorado State Fair, National Commercial Microbrew Competition.

ABV: 5.5%
IBU's: 46
SRM: 36

Malty dark aroma prevails; not quite chocolate, but chocolate milk, perhaps? The flavor is balanced with just a touch of sourness from the black malt. This beer finishes with a creamy back and refreshing tinge of Co2.

O'Dell Brewing Co, Mountain Standard, Double Black India Pale Ale

From the brewer:

ABV: 9.5%
IBU: 55

As the Colorado hop growers prove they can produce world class hops, we as a Colorado Craft Brewer want to showcase what our state can offer, not only with our hand crafted beers, but also with the ingredients used in creating them. Mountain Standard, Double Black IPA, features the homegrown hops our Brewers helped pick from farms along Colorado’s western slope. MST pours committingly dark with a light tan head and a slightly roasted hoppy nose. An ephemeral bitterness, the result of combining roasted malts with an assertive American hop profile, contributes to MST’s act of balance and harmony. As the season’s darkness sets in, why shouldn’t your beer become darker too?

Shawn's Home Brew BBQ Beer

O'Dell Brewing Co_Cutthroat Porter

From the brewer:

2008, Silver, Brown Porter, World Beer Cup
2006, Bronze, Brown Porter, Los Angeles County Fair
2005, Gold, Porter/Stout, Stockholm Beer & Whiskey Festival
2005, Bronze, Brown Porter, Los Angeles County Fair

Alc. by Vol. 5.1%
IBUs 43

Lakefront Brewery Inc_Eastside Dark

From the brewer:

Appearance: Brown
Aroma: Lager aroma with a hint of maltiness
Taste: A bit of coffee flavor; malty but not sweet; a little bitter, but not a lingering bitterness ... just a bit of bite at the front
OG 12.5° P
FG 3.2°
IBU 12.0
ABV 5.5%
Mt Hood Hops: Chocolate, Black Patent, Munich malt

Stevens Point Brewery: 2012 Black Ale

From the brewer:

2010, World Beer Championships, Silver Medal Winner
2011, US Open Beer, Bronze Medal Winner
2011, US Open Beer, Silver Medal Winner


Availability - Year Round
IBU's - 9
Malts - 2-row & 6-row blend
Calories 12 oz - 189
Hops - Yakima Alpha
Carb grams 12 oz - 9.0
Alcohol content - 4.66% by Volume
Fat grams 12oz - 4.66% by Volume

Stevens Point Brewery: Whole Hog - Russian Imperial Stout

From the brewery:

2010, Gold Medal Winner, World Beer Championships

Availability - Limited Edition
IBU's - 53
Malts - Dark Roasted, Crystal, 2-row Pale
Calories 12 oz - 265
Hops - Cluster and Cascade
Carb grams 12 oz - 16.0
Alcohol content - 8.6% by volume
Fat grams 12oz - 0.0

Wasatch Beer: Polygamy Porter

From the brewer:

• 2008 Silver Medal Winner, Brown Porter, North American Brewers' Association
• 2008 Silver Medal Winner, Brown Porter, World Beer Cup
• 2006 Silver Medal Winner, Brown Porter, North American Brewers' Association

ABV: 4.0%

Boulevard Brewing Co_Dry Stout

From the brewer:

2004 Great American Beer Fest “Silver Medal” – Classic Irish-style Stout

Color (EBC) - 128
Bitterness (IBUs) - 28
Original Gravity (Plato) - 11
Terminal Gravity (Plato) - 2.6
Alcohol (ABV) - 4.9%
CO2 - Kegs Nitrogenated

Aroma - Slight hop, mellow roasted, coffee
Malt - Moderate dry roasted flavor
Hops - Low to medium hop bitterness, low hop flavor
Balance - Even, leaning malt
Body - Light

Breckenridge Brewery: Vanilla Porter

From the brewer:

Beer Style: Herb and Spice Beer
Flavor: Smooth roasted chocolate with a creamy vanilla finish.
Yeast: Top Fermenting Ale Yeast
Malts: Two Row Pale, Caramel, Chocolate, Black, Roasted Barley
Hops: Chinook, Tettinang, Perle, Goulding
Vanilla: Real vanilla beans from Paupau New Guinea and Madagascar.
Color: Deep Brown
Bitterness Units: 16
Alcohol ByVolume: 4.7%
Availability: Year round

Left Hand Brewing Co: Fade To Black

From the brewer:

2010 Great American Beer Festival Gold Medal — Foreign-Style Stout

Style-Foreign Stout
Color-Black with ruby edges
Body-Medium
ABV-8.50%
IBU's-30
Plato-18°
Pkg6-Pack, Keg
Malts-Pale 2-row, Roasted Barley, Black Malt, Chocolate Malt, Cara-Aroma and Malted Wheat
Hops-Magnum and US Goldings

Boulevard Brewing Co_Bully! Porter

From The brewer:

A dark colored, medium-bodied beer with a prominent burnt, roasted malt aroma and flavor and an equally prominent hop aroma, flavor and bitterness.

The intense flavors of dark-roasted malt in Boulevard’s rendition of the classic English porter are perfectly balanced by a generous and complex hop character. Bully! Porter’s robust nature makes it the ideal companion to a variety of foods, from seafood to chocolate.

2002 Real Ale Festival

Color (EBC) 131
Bitterness (IBUs) 49
Original Gravity (Plato) 14.5
Terminal Gravity (Plato) 2.6
Alcohol (ABV) 5.4%
CO2 - Bottles 2.6 vol. (5.1 g/L)
CO2 - Kegs 2.5 vol. (5.0 g/L)

Left Hand Brewing Co: Black Jack Porter

From the brewer:

Black Jack Porter delves deeply beneath the surface to embrace your Ace. Espresso and dark chocolate flavors envelop your senses, with herbaceous hop flavors pulling you from the light. You never know what treasures may be lurking in the darkness.

Awards:
2007 Australian International Beer Awards, Bronze

Style English Style Porter
Color Dark Brown, 40 SRM
Body Full
ABV 6.80%
IBU's 35
Plato 16°
Pkg 6-Pack, Keg
Malts Pale 2-row, Crystal, Chocolate, Munich and Wheat
Hops Magnum and US Goldings

Tommyknocker Brewery_Cocoa Porter Winter Warmer

From the brewer:

Porter Winter Warmer Ale has been specially brewed in celebration of the old world tradition of Porters and European Winter Warmers. The addition of pure cocoa powder and honey to each barrel of this unique ale, enhances a winter season filled with warm friendships and good times.

ABV: 5.7%

Spoetzl Brewery_Shiner Bohemian Black Lager

From the brewer:

Bohemian Black Lager, crafted according to exacting old-world standards with imported Czech Saaz, Styrians Hops and selected roasted malts, is the darkest beer we brew. Initially added to the Shiner family as our 97 Anniversary Brew, the unique and complex flavor of this rare brew found such a following among our customers that we brought it back for good!

ABV: 4.9%
IBU: 18
Color: 50 SRM

Breckenridge Brewery: Oatmeal Stout

From the brewer:

Rich, round and roasted, our Oatmeal Stout is satisfaction in a glass. It's a bold, smooth-bodied concoction that oozes dark-roasted coffee aromas and flavors of espresso and semi-sweet chocolate. We round out these heady pleasures with a dose of flaked oatmeal for a creamy body and a semi-dry finish.

Beer Style: Specialty Stout
Flavor: Chocolate coffee maltiness, round oatmeal mouthfeel with very slight hop character
Yeast: Top Fermenting Ale Yeast
Malts: Two Row Pale, Caramel, Roasted Barley, Chocolate, Oat Flakes, Black
Hops: Chinook, Perle
Color: Black
Bitterness Units: 31
Alcohol By Volume: 4.95%
Alcohol By Weight: 3.96%

Lucky Bucket Brewing Co: Certified Evil

From the brewer:
2009 Silver Award, World Beer Championship

ABV: 12.5%
IBU: 40

Certified Evil is the result of a 2008 collaboration project with Todd Ashman of Fifty Fifty Brewing in Truckee, California and Matt Van Wyk of Oakshire Brewing in Eugene, Oregon. Each brewer set out to create a dark Belgian strong ale with their own unique spin on the style. Since the first collaboration, six new breweries have been added to the project to invent a truly unique beer.

This beer is properly named Certified Evil.

The new Certified Evil recipe is more complex and interesting than the brew from 2008. This new beer blends Certified Evil aged in Cabernet barrels for one year with a younger batch of oaked aged Certified Evil. The combination makes for a vibrant yet smooth and elegant taste. The recipe also includes a wide variety of complex sugars including turbinado sugar, molasses and honey. The result is an amazingly complex beer. Truly a must try to any craft beer lover.