8 Beer Ratings!

Here's a few more beer ratings.  More great products from Bellwoods brewery, Brick Brewing's Waterloo Spring Tasting Pack, a St. Paddy's day Irish Red from Beaus, an American Strong Ale and a fantastic and interesting wood aged Sour Red from Panil in Italy.

Bellwoods Common
650 mL bottle. Pours a hazy cider color with a foamy white head. Aroma is lightly hoppy, biscuit and hay style malt. Light and quaffable, clean, only a slight bitter hop flavor left on the palate. Good carbonation. A flavorful session ale, would be great in the summer.

Bellwoods Hellwoods
650 mL bottle. Pours opaque, with a thin brown head. Aromas of dark chocolate, coffee, vanilla, wood, prune, fig and alcohol. Richly sweet and well hopped. A thick coating mouth feel, medium to full bodied with low to medium carbonation. A warming alcohol tinged finish. Needs some rich roasted meat to stand up to this.

Bellwoods Farmhouse Saison
750 mL bottle. Pours cloudy straw with a massive soapy white head. Aroma is sour and yeasty. Big spicy nose, citrusy esters, lemongrass and ginger. Mildly sweet and grassy with a creamy champagne like texture. A tasty typical saison.

Brick Waterloo Classic Pilsner
473 mL can. Pours a clear straw with a huge puffy white head. Clean, malty nose with cereal, lemon, honey and gentle hop aromas. Sweet but crisp with a touch of hop bitterness. A real quality pilsner.

Brick Waterloo Authentic Amber
473 mL can. Pours a medium amber with a moderate white head. Big butterscotchy nose with caramel, rye and a boozy bite. Sweet and medium full bodied with average carbonation and a creamy mouth feel. Delightfully malty.

Brick Waterloo Iron Horse Bock
473 mL can. Pours golden with a lacy white head. Aroma is a pleasent blend of malt and citrusy hop. Flavor unfortunately, is not what I have in mind for a bock beer. Slightly sweet with wet cardboard malt flavor. Medium bodied with average carbonation and a sticky unclean palate. Had high hopes for this one.

Beau's Strong Patrick Irish Red Ale
600 mL bottle. Pours a red copper with a soapy beige head. Aromas of malt, caramel, oak and estery hop. Medium bodied with high carbonation. Malt forward and rich.

Lakefront Bridge Burner Strong Ale
651 mL bottle. Pours a Dr. Pepper kind of color with a thick beige head. A great big American hop nose, pine, citrus, but nice caramel and biscuit notes as well. Good and malty, all kinds of brown butter, caramel and dark bread. Less hops in the mouth than on the nose. Tasty nonetheless.

Panil Barriquee Sour
750 mL bottle. Pours a dark mahogany with a thin white head. Aromas is sour and woody; yeast, sour cherry, vanilla, earth and clove. Palate is smooth and gently carbonated. Very complex. Different and tasty.

For anyone looking for above average everyday beers, the Waterloo Spring Tasting Pack offers great value.  For someone who might want something different than usual, the Panil Barriquee will be unlike any beer you have ever had; but make sure you serve it cool, not cold, fridge temperature accentuates the sourness to a point where you can't enjoy the lovely malt profile and wood flavor.

We should be bottling batch one of our beer within the next week, and three weeks from now we should be able to drink it.  Expect photo documentary part two!