Linda's top beer list !!
Here is Linda's personal top beer list (not in any particular order)! Feel free to give me any yummy recommendations!
1) Ommegang Abbey Ale - a 8.5% burgandy ale that infuses flavors such as plum and cinnamon as well as aromas of caramel, toffee, and licorice. It's super delicious.
2) Rochefort 10 Trappist Ale - a dark brown ale that combines great strength and a variety of flavors and malt. You can taste a mix of port wine, leather, apricot, oak and spices. A very complex taste and a satisfying finish. It won a Gold Medal in the World Beer Championships 2004.
3) Young's Double Chocolate Stout - a full-flavored dark beer that combines pale ale, chocolate malt, Fuggles and Golding hops, a special blend of sugars and real dark chocolate. I love beer and I love chocolate, and this blend is just amazing.
4) Unibroue Trois Pistoles - a 9% ABV dark strong ale that contains yeast for refermentation in the bottle. It has a dusky black color with a smooth taste of wild fruit with an aftertaste of port. It is quite good.
5) Lefthand Milk Stout - an English style of beer known as a Sweet Stout which uses lactose as the sugar. The black beer is made from crystal, munich malts and magnum and golding hops. It has a smooth milky sweet taste and a nice hops kick -- this is something definitely to try!!
6) Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPA - HA, my first non-dark beer of my list! This beer has a golden orange color which combines a bouquet of hoppy flavors: grassy, floral, minty, and citrus! I don't frequenty drink IPAs but this one is on my list.
7) Lindemans Framboise Raspberry Lambic Beer - Okay this 'beer' is for the beer drinker and non-beer drinkers alike! It seriously tastes like a sweet carbonated fruit juice and you can hardly guess that its beer or even alcoholic! It has a sweet and tart raspberry flavor that has sort of a wine character. As long as you're not craving something dark and heavy, you should try this one out.
8) Victory Golden Monkey - another light colored beer that is definitely on my list. This golden Belgian-style ale has a rich German malt but an overall light body. The savoriness of this beer comes from strong herbal and fruity overtones, deeming this beer sensual and satisfying. Not to mention it has a 9.5% ABV kick, yeahh!
Comments
Posted by: Joshua Terchek
Posted on: September 14, 2006 11:54 AM
I thought there would be more comments on this by now. Anyway, nice list. The 60 minute IPA is definately one of the tops on my own. Here are some others I particularly enjoy.
Leffe Blonde
Great Lakes Brewery Anniversary Ale and Dortmonder Gold--Gotta Represent Cleveland
Sam Smiths-I think they are hands down the best brewery in the world, so anything they make is fantastic.
Yuengling-Great for cheap American style beers. Not available in Ohio
Posted by: Gregory Szorc
Posted on: September 14, 2006 12:20 PM
Celebrator is one of my favorites (it comes with a unicorn ornament attached to every bottle). If you like wheat beers, the original, Hacker Pschorr can't be beat.
As for local breweries, Great Lakes is superb. I was excited about trying out California's Gordon Biersch this summer, but they don't even compare to GL. Eliot Ness has been my GL beer of choice lately. Edmund Fitzgerald is also an excellent porter.
If you ever want to find a good beer, I recommend the lists at www.beeradvocate.com and www.ratebeer.com.
Where do you buy your good imports? I usually go to Warehouse Beverage, but that is a way's down Mayfield. When Whole Foods Market opens, they will have a decent selection of high quality imports.
Posted by: Dianna
Posted on: September 23, 2006 12:55 AM
girl, you're such an alcoholic :P
but I love you nonetheless