Sherwood forest Brewery Archer's Ale

Sherwood forest Brewers from merry ole "New" England. On the name alone it was worth a try :)

taste: nice bite at start then turns malty with a hint of smoke at the end.

overall: good. This is a fairly standard pale ale. Nothing special stands out, and there is nothing wrong with it at the same time. Id rate this similar to a sierra nevada.

Duchess de bourgogne and Sam Adams brown

I received this belgian beer from my friends jon and sally for my birthday(3 months ago) I decided to break it out for a bit of gaming before my friend matt's wedding.

Its interesting.. very sour. Id say this reminds me of an un-flavored lambic

Sam adams brown. I find this beer uninteresting... thats really all I can say about it.

Weihenstephaner Original

I picked this, and 2 other half litre Bavarian beers a few days ago. I figured Id give the weihenstephaner helles lager a try since it was the highest rated helles on beer advocate(of course... BA also rates their weisse the best as well, which I disagree with)

first impressions: nice translucent pale color, smells slightly sweet, but not in a hoppy way.


taste: delicious. a bit of a bite at the start, turning smooth and malty, with no aftertaste.


overall : great. I have to agree with BA. This is possibly the best helles lager Ive had. Its definitly the best Ive had outside of a Munich beer hall. It tastes smooth and is delicious. I just with I had a bratwurst or pretzel to go with it

Duvel Golden Ale

initial impressions: smells sweet, nice golden color

taste: smooth start, slightly sweet malty middle, ending a little bitter

overall: Great. This is an amazing beer, definitly one of my favorite belgian beers. Its smooth, yet strong. Sweet, but not too sweet.

Alagash White

Alagash white was one of the first beers I really liked. I dont have it very often these days, however I fondly remember splitting a bottle of it, and a Upper crust pizza... those were the days.

first impressions: nice cloudy orange color, smells like orange with a hint of spice

taste: in a word smooth. This beer starts off smooth, develops a little spice in the middle, and ends with no noticable aftertaste

overall: great This in my mind is the very definition of a Belgian wit beer, which is ironic since its made in Maine, USA. Hogarden by comparison is just bland and tasteless, its very smooth, but lacks flavor.

Harpoon Leviathan Imperial IPA

This is Harpoon's 2nd in its Leviathan series. Which is their "strong" beer label I guess. I tried their first selection a Wheat wine at the American Beer Fest last summer, and it was terrible... so I'm hoping this is better.


initial impressions: smells quite hoppy

taste: powerful crisp hoppy start. Malty flavorful middle with still a fair amount of hops. Bitter crisp aftertaste, but not in a bad way.

overall: Great Wow this is an amazing beer. It reminds me of Stone's Arrogant Bastard double IPA with its powerful hoppy start. This however has a much fuller body then the Arrogant bastard. I have to say Im not a big fan of the standard Harpoon IPA, I find it watery, but this double IPA is perfect Its also a whopping 10% abv.