| Bllind Beer Tasting By Phillip R. Glass The folks at Stirling Hotel allowed a select group of the BeerNexus writing staff to hold a blind beer tasting. The writers were Arty Hannemann, Arny Lands, Gina Miller, Bill Keeper, and Vince Capano. As their server I was the only one in the room who actually knew what each beer was. Here are the results. Beer #1 Southampton Keller Pils Taster / Nose / Color / Body / How Hoppy / Guess style / Guess Beer Arty H - No Nose/ Light Cloudy/ Lagery Body/ Crisp Hop/pilsner/Victory Pils Arny L - Mild Nose/Light/ Mild Body/ Slight Hop taste/summer ale/Anchor Summer Gina M - Nose Slight Hop/ Light Amber/Body Light/Too hoppy for body/pilsner/ ?? Bill K - Crisp Nose/Crisp Color/Crisp Body/Crispy hops/ Crisp lager/ Moosebacher Vince/ -This beer has no nose..then how does it smell?...Like a beer! (chuckles) light, unfiltered/pilsenery body/hopped like a pils/Keller Pils/ Is it Southampton? For a beer that has no nose, Vince hit that one on the nose !!! Overal group rating B+ Beer #2--Brooklyn Concoction Taster / Nose / Color / Body / How Hoppy / Guess style / Guess Beer Arty- Weird nose/ Amber Color/ Yuck-Body is awful/ Lighthops/ is this a homebrew gone bad? Arny-Not much nose/ Brown/ Tonicy or medicinal/ spices? hops light/ Brown ale? / No guess on this one-not a good beer at all. Gina-No Nose/ Brown/ Watery brown weird gin flavor/ light hop/ Brown Ale? / I'm not sure but I know I never had this before, somebodys seasonal? Bill- Uncrisp/ Light Brown/ People drink this?/ No crispy hop-weird spice/ Brown/ Maybe a seasonal brown from a mega brewery but no idea who. Vince- Gin like nose/ Amber/ Light body weird spice/ light hop/ Style-experimental. Probably some brewmasters special reserve release- Magic Hat or Broklyn Once again Vince geusses correctly, 2 for 2 ! Even though he can't spellBrooklyn correctly (Broklyn). Overall group rating D- Beer #3--Southern Tier Farmers Tan Taster/ Nose / Color / Body / How Hoppy / Guess style / Guess Beer Arty-Hoppy nose/ Clear color/ Light body-spicy fruit/ Pretty hoppy balance/ Best so far summer style/ Maybe Southern Tier or Lagunitas Arny- Hopnose/ Light Color and body/ slightly fruity good hop profile/ balanced well/ Summer Ale or Lager/ Stone or Southern Tier Gina-Nice Hoppy Nose/ Light Amber/ Fruity Malt/ Hoppy delicious/ Summer Ale style/ Maybe Victory or Southern Tier Bill-Peppery crisp hop nose/ Light Crisp color/ Fruity crisp body-dry/ Hoppy ! Good balanced summer session beer I geuss Sly Fox, Victory or Stone Vince- Hoppy Spicy Nose/ Light color/ Nice fruity spicy dry body almost crisp Great Hop Profile with a peppery finish/ I think I had this one at The Tap Room so I'll geuss Southern Tier Farmers Tan This time alot of people geussed the brewery correctly, but Vince shows his beer chops by naming the exact beer! Hat Trick! That's 3 for 3... Go Vince !! Overall group rating C Beer #4--Thornbridge Raven Black IPA Taster / Nose / Color / Body / How Hoppy / Guess style / Guess Beer Arty- Malty light nose/ Black like porter/ Light body/ Nice hop/ Black IPA?/ I would geuss Harpoon or Thornbridge due to the light body Arny- Malty nose/ Dark Ale color/ Roasty medium body/ Strong Ale or Dark IPA/ An English brewry or maybe Long Trail Special brew not sure Gina- Nose like a strong ale/ Dark color/ Roasty malty body/Heavy Hop like IPA/ Maybe one of those new Black IPA's I call porters- Sly Fox or Long Trail Bill- Slight hop malty nose/ Dark Like Dark IPA/ Roasty malt body/ Crisp Hop profile/ I geuss a dark IPA like the Thornbridge I had the other day at the Gaslight Brewpub Vince - Light hop nose/ Dark color/ Slightly roasty body/ Good hop profile/ I think I remember this from the other nite when I was at Gaslight. My guess would have to be Thornbridge Black IPA Arty and Bill got it right but look at Vince scoring the first ever blind tasting Grand Slam that's 4 for 4....Go Vince Overall group rating B Beer #5--Keegans Mothers Milk Stout Taster / Nose / Color / Body / How Hoppy / Guess style / Guess Beer Arty- Not much nose/ Black Stout/ Malty Smooth Milky Body/ Medium hop/ Definately a cream or milk stout/ I think I had this one at Maloneys so I will have to geuss Keegans Milk Stout Arny- Nose like a stout/ Black like Stout/ Creamy body like stout/ Low hop profile like a stout/ Stout probably from Stoudts or Keegan Gina/ Not much nose/ Dark/ Creamy delicious body/ Mild hops/ Stout style all the way/ Smuttynose or perhaps Keegan Bill- Crisp Stout Nose/ Dark Crisp color/ Crisp creamy body/ Mild Hop/ Stout Sly Fox or Keegans Vince- Nose like a Guinness/ Black color/ Creamy stout robust/ Mild Hop/ Definately a Milk Stout and I think I know wich one I had this at the Copper Mine the other day--Keegans Milk Stout Everyone guessed Keegans, but once again believe it or not Vince showed off his mighty beer chops by naming the exact beer !!!!! Overall group rating B+ This was alot of fun, once again thanks to the folks at Stirling Hotel. Maybe next time we'll have some fellow bar patrons join in. Until then...Don't settle for mediocre beer..Drink Well My Friends! |
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