About six years ago, I started collecting labels and/or caps from ales and lagers that I sampled during my travels. When I go to a new city, I try to visit the local microbreweries and, if possible, take a tour. When people come to visit, they bring new beer for me to try. I am not a home brewer, just a consumer. These are my observations about the ales and lagers that I have sampled.
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Spruce blonde
This is My favorite spruce beer. Ok, it's only my second spruce ale, but it was pretty darned good! This is a Skagway Brewing Company spruce blonde. It's smooth with a hint of spruce on the nose, a nice blonde taste and a spruce finish that is well-balanced, not overpowering. I liked this a lot. The official name: spruce tip blonde. Try it next time you're in Skagway!
I started experimenting with microbrews about ten years ago. Before that, I thought that staying away from the macrobrews meant that I appreciated beer. I was wrong. I started trying stouts before moving on to doppelbocks, wheat ales, witbiers, Belgian tripels, farmhouse ales and sour ales. I am not much of an IPA fan, but my appreciation of hops is maturing. I am not an expert, I just know what I like, or, more accurately, what I don't like. I hope you find this informative, but I would settle for entertaining.
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