CU Beer Club; June Meeting

Last month's beer club meeting theme was Blind Tasting. There were 16 beers provided; and the object was to identify the style of beer that was provided.

I took notes on each beer and will provide you my tasting notes, and the style I thought each was.

1. Bell's Batch 7000.

Black with brownish head/ opaque. Smells of Chocolate and coffee. It kinda coats the glass and tongue. It tastes of Chocolate, coffee and smokey, not very hoppy. It's a decent stout.

2. New Glarus Uff-Da Bock.

Brown, scotchy looking. Smells malty and biscuitty. It's thin with slight carbonation on the tongue. It tastes malty and cookie dough-ish. It finishes drying. Either a scotch or brown (do'h; forgot about bock)

3. Rock Bottom Udderly Delicious Milk Stout.

It's dark black, and smells smokey. It feels thin and watery. It tastes smokey.

4. Avery Salvation.

It's yellow, tastes hoppy and peppery.

5. Orkney Red MacGregor.

It's a brown caramel color and smells malty.

(note: I didn't drink in order and my notes got thinner as the night wore on)

6. New Belgium 1554.

It's a light brown, to amber color. There's a slight vegetable smell. It really hits on the front of the tongue. It's malty with a burned coffee taste. It really finishes coffee-ish.

7. Petrus Oud Bruin.

It looks like a scotch, but bubblier, with good lace. It smells like a tart or Flanders red. It clears off the tongue. It's slightly bitter/tart with very little hops. It finishes really clean.

8. (A homebrew) Charlie Porter.

It's brown and cloudy. It feels syrruppy on the tongue.

9. Stone IPA.

It's clear and yellow. It smells piney. It tastes Hoppy; it's an IPA, crisp and mouth clearing.

10. (another homebrew) Queller

It's got aggressive foam and is light brown. It tastes tart, with malt. There are many off flavors. It finishes puckery. Is it a Marzan? (nope it's a red... really?)

11. Bell's Kalamazoo American Wheat

It's light yellow and cloudy. Smells of Banana; it feels heavy on the tongue for a wheat. It tastes like a wheat with little else; maybe some off-skunk flavor. It's a wheat.

12. Southern Tier Cherry Saison.

It's light yellow and cloudy. Smells of banana, feels thin-ish. Tastes of Banana, clove, corriander and pepper. Finishes slightly tart. I guessed weiss or belgian wit.

13. Three Floyds Blackheart English IPA.

It's yellow, smells spicy, feels thickish. Tastes, hoppy, piney, grasey, really piney (with jasmine?). It's a decent IPA.

14. Lagunitas Hairy Eyeball.

Brown with carmael; smells of cookie a ginger cookie. Tastes of ginger.

15. Avery Collaboration.

It's yellow, smells tart-ish. Tastes tart, saison-ish... sour. Is it a saison?

16. Great Lakes Commodore Perry IPA.

Fizzy yellow, has a sweet lager smell. Tasted lagery.

(wow, was I off on that one).

So, for the night and 16 beers, I'll be adding 9 to my list of new beers.

I'm pretty bad at picking out the styles, it would seem.

The next meeting is tomorrow, Wed, July 16. The theme is Beer and Hot Sauce. I haven't yet determined what beer I'll be taking; so I'll go through the stash tonight to try to find something.