Beer #1
Beer name: Saugatuck Blueberry Maple Stout
Brewer: Saugatuck Brewing Company
Beer Style: Stout
Price: About $10 for a six pack at Friar Tucks
Appearance: Looks like the motor oil that I drain out of my push mower every October. Pretty dark and you can't see anything at the bottom. Looks like a stout should look despite having the somewhat odd aroma and mouthfeel.
Aroma: Think blueberry pancakes with a slight dark beer aroma mixed in. In other words, the best beer you have ever smelled. I could wear this stuff as my new cologne.
Mouthfeel: Very light for a stout. No tingling, no anything really. Its actually a light feeling beer.
Taste: I have had one of these already but it was a few weeks ago. I am really digging this beer. It has a tint of blueberry taste with just the lightest maple as well. It has a distinct stout feel to it- think Guiness- not a 10% imperial by any means but this beer is packing 6% somewhere. I think I could drink this stout year round in almost any weather. It has a distinct fruitness combined with the dark beer that I don't think I have had before. I am very surprised. If I make my mancakes again, I'm definitely including a few blueberries and this as well. This might be the best breakfast stout ever invented.
Overall Rating: 4.5. I really like this- both bottles I tried have been excellent.
Going to break for dinner and then light an after dinner cigar. Have a Don Diego already unwrapped and ready to go. More beer to come.
Dinner's done. Cigar on the way. But first, here comes:
Beer Name: OFallon Tkachuk Big Walt #7 Blonde Ale
Brewery: O'Fallon Brewery
Beer Style: Blonde Ale
Price: About $4 for a Pint+6 at Friar Tuck's.
Appearance: As the picture shows, this is one light beer. Blonde Ales generally are pretty yellow aand this is no exception. Not very clear though. This is a much more substantial beer, then say, Coors Light. But water is more substantial than Coors Light so that may have been a bad comparison... There is a whole bunch of stuff floating in this beer. It looks like stripper glitter. Maybe this beer is the preferred bevarage of the fine ladies at Flirts at the Lake. Never been in there but I hear that is a very classy joint. Ask for Delilah.
Mouthfeel: Fairly sharp beginning with a somewhat bubbly ending. Very aleish. It has lager-like characteristics but tastes about 1000% better.
Aroma: Not getting anything here. I can't smell anything. Maybe a slight hint of citrus but that could be the crisp summer breeze blowing in aromas from my fine flower garden as well. Not sure.
Taste: Very crisp, refreshing. Hints of apples and honey along with a slight citrus (orange maybe?). A very light ale for summer time drinking. I can't believe Tkachuk OK's this. I would think he would have asked for something like a rockgut stout or meatloaf porter. That being said, I am enjoying this immensely and am very happy I bought it. This is the second beer in a row from O'Fallon (along with Daze of Summer) that I have been very fond of. I drank all of the Daze of Summer before I could blog it but it was delicious as well.
Overall Rating: 4.5 as well. I'm off to a great start on tonight's blog.
