Boulevard Love Child No. 8

20180329:
Note - Received @ 20180330 4:35 AM PT:

this boulevard sour was enjoyable. I sipped a glass of it while on my computer and didn't focus on it much. not necessarily because it was bad; just drinking casually

Beer and Bottle Front

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20180401:
Note - Received @ 2:07 AM PT:

today this sour ale was still sour. and still delicious. I had about a glass and a quarter. still some left. the sourness has a little bitterness, equivalent to cranberry juice. so it's really easy to enjoy. I like this taste much more than wines which are sweet but have tannins.

Beer and Bottle Back

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Boulevard Love Child No. 8

Relevant Links:
Love Child No. 8 (Boulevard Website)
Boulevard Love Child No. 8 (RateBeer.com)
Love Child No. 8 | Boulevard Brewing Co. (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information:

LOVE CHILD NO. 8
WOOD-AGED SOUR ALE

Boulevard's Love Child Series of "wild" ales are barrel-aged with such boisterous cultures as Lactobacillus and Brettanomyces. These wayward offspring can prove so complex that we employ gauges on the label to convey the intensity of three key personality traits, Funk, Sour and Fruit, presenting a picture of the ale at the time it was released. It will change as it ages, but don't we all? A blend of wood-aged sour beer, Love Child No. 8 is composed of multiple vintages of a Flanders-style sour red ale and a sour Belgian-style golden. This release features soft lactic acidity punctuated with slight acetic notes and a tart, fruity flavor remiscent of sour cherries and green strawberries.

Recommended Glassware: Tulip Glass

ABV 9% | IBUs 9 | EBC 26

TASTING NOTES
AROMA Tart cherry, slight earthiness, toasted oak
MALT Minimal caramel and toffee
HOPS N/A
BALANCE Acidity/Oak
BODY Light to medium

FOOD PAIRINGS
BEEF CARBONNADE
STRONG/FUNKY/SOFT CHEESES
SALADS WITH ACIDIC DRESSINGS
DARK CHOCOLATE

Drake's Hefe

20180328:
Note - Received @ 6:56 PM PT:

the beer has a lager taste. it has a funky smell. it has a coriander and/or wheat taste. [eat food.] finished the beer. it's too strong with the wheat taste for me so I don't enjoy it.

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Drake's Hefe

Relevant Links:
Hefeweizen (Drake's Website)
Drake's Hefe (RateBeer.com)
Hefe-Weizen | Drake's Brewing Co. (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information:

HEFEWEIZEN

A CLASSIC BAVARIAN STYLE
Like the fog lingering over the bay, our take on the classic wheat beer is unfiltered for a hazy appearance and fluffy mouthfeel. It’s a smooth, easy drinker, with notes of fresh banana and clove spice that finishes with a soft, mellow sweetness. Just say: “hay-fuh-vite-sun!”

OVERVIEW
ABV: 4.5%
IBUs: 15
Orig. Gravity: 10.5° plato
Final Gravity: 2.1° plato

INGREDIENTS
Yeast: Bavarian Hefeweizen Ale Yeast
Malt: Two Row, White Wheat
Hops: Willamette, Vanguard

FOOD PAIRINGS
Sausage with Sweet Mustard
Arugula Salad with Citrusy Vinaigrette and Chèvre
Lemon Meringue Pie

AWARDS
Gold – 2015 California State Fair
Bronze – 2003 California State Fair

THE HEFE STORY
When the brewers set out to make Hefe, they wanted this classic Bavarian style wheat beer to be refreshing, have a touch of citrus, use high quality malted wheat, and have spicy phenolic and fruity ester aromas derived from a German yeast strain. We brought in a true Hefeweizen yeast for our Hefe, but kept the fermentation temperatures slightly lower than those used in Bavaria. As a result, our Hefe is more in line with the tastes of West Coast drinkers, with its refreshing and relatively dry finish, and a subtle accent of the traditional flavors of banana and clove.

Golden Road Wolf Pup Session IPA

20180326:
Note - Received @ 3:36 PM PT:

smells lovely, citrus. very citrus. not so hoppy for an IPA. delicious. great ipa. my friend Steph had a taste and would agree it tastes less like an ipa and more like Blue Moon.

Full

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Golden Road Wolf Pup Session IPA

Relevant Links:
Wolf Pup Session IPA (Golden Road Website)
Golden Road Wolf Pup Session IPA (RateBeer.com)
Wolf Pup Session IPA | Golden Road Brewing (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information:

WOLF PUP SESSION IPA
First Brewed December 2014

Available: Year Round
Style: Session IPA
OG/FG: 10.8/3.2
ABV: 4.5%
IBU: 50
Malts: 2-Row, Maris Otter, Malted Rye, Crisp Dextrin Malt
Hops: Cascade, Simcoe, Chinook, Equinox, Mosaic, and Galaxy

Notes
Hoppy and refreshing, Wolf Pup is our riff on a Session IPA. Highly drinkable with a wildly aromatic tropical and citrus character, it’s the perfect companion to keep on sippin’ for those long, sunny days. Brewed & Canned in Los Angeles & Fairfield, CA.

Barebottle Espresso Macchiato

20180323:
Note - Received @ 6:27 PM PT:

smell some roasted coffee smells. the taste is a little creamy. pleasant over just thin water. the last sip was not as good as start but still good enough. so 3.8 of 5 stars. there's a slight sweetness, essentially no bitterness. easy to drink.

Full

Menu Description:
Nitro Espresso Macchiato Stout An award-winning milk stout blended with cold brewed coffee from local roaster Paramo. Integrated perfectly, it's hard to tell where the coffee and stout begin & end. $8

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Barebottle Espresso Macchiato

Quite Full - Some Lacing

Relevant Links:
Barebottle Espresso Macchiato (RateBeer.com)
Espresso Macchiato Milk Stout | Barebottle Brewing Company (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information: (Untappd.com)

Nitro Espresso Macchiatto

6.6% ABV | 28 IBU

Our multi-award winning milk stout blended with cold brewed coffee from local roaster Paramo. Integrated perfectly, it’s hard to tell where the coffee and stout begin & end

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Anchor Coffee Porter

20180320:
Note - Received @ 6:25 PM PT:

This beer has no smell. It has a bitter taste and a liquid mouthfeel. I don't like how it tastes at all.

The bottle

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Anchor Coffee Porter

Relevant Links:
Coffee Porter (Anchor Website)
Anchor Coffee Porter (RateBeer.com)
Coffee Porter | Anchor Brewing Company (BeerAdvocate.com)

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The beer overflows with head

Website Information:

ANCHOR COFFEE PORTER™

A SF Collaboration brew made with Four Barrel's unique flash-chilled coffee.

Our historic, art deco building on San Francisco's Potrero Hill was a coffee roastery before it was our brewery. We've joked for years that it takes a lot of coffee to make beer. Now, in collaboration with local roaster Four Barrel Coffee, we are doing just that-- literally.

Back of Label

We start in the brewhouse with our radically traditional recipe for Anchor Porter, which we've been brewing since 1972. We end up in the cellar, where we add Four Barrel Flash-Chilled Coffee-- developed with Anchor especially for this beer-- during secondary fermentation. The coffee used is brewed hot, then flash-chilled within 10 seconds. This proprietary method ensures the vital aromatics and key acids of a great cup of coffee are captured and preserved.

The result is a coffee porter of immense richness, intensity, boldness, and smoothness, with deep aromas and mouthfeel of fresh-roasted coffee melded with dark-roasted maltiness. Anchor Coffee Porter is a rich, smooth Porter with a roasty malt backbone, a bold coffee aroma and complex layers of chocolate, nuts and spices.

Brew Facts
FIRST BREW: 2017
FIRST BOTTLING: 2017
ALC. BY VOLUME: 6.7
AVAILABILITY: SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER
MALT: 2-ROW PALE, CARAMEL, BLACK & WHEAT
HOPS: APOLLO

North Coast Cranberry-Quince Berliner Weisse

20180319:
This beer was simple in taste. It was not overly tart. It was more like a lightly carbonated juice or a rosé. 4:46 PM PT

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North Coast Cranberry-Quince Berliner Weisse

Relevant Links:
Cranberry-Quince Berliner Weisse (North Coast Website)
North Coast Cranberry-Quince Berliner Weisse (RateBeer.com)
Berliner Weisse - Cranberry-Quince | North Coast Brewing Co. (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information:

CRANBERRY-QUINCE
BERLINER WEISSE
Influential beer author the late Michael Jackson describes “Berlin White Beer” as having an “insistent sparkle, a fragrant fruitiness in the nose, a sharp, dry palate, and a frisson of quenching, sour acidity in the finish.”

The third offering in our spontaneously soured seasonal Berliner Weisse series, North Coast Brewing Cranberry-Quince Berliner Weisse is made with the juice of Oregon cranberries and the pear-like quince—the perfect accompaniment for all your autumn celebrations!

This very limited release is available in 22 oz bottles as well as in 1/6 barrel kegs.

STYLE Berlin White
COLOR Blush
ABV 4.1%
BITTERNESS 0 IBUs

Asahi Super Dry

20180306:
Note - Received @ 6:49 PM PT:

this asahi super dry has a lager smell. hmm. the taste is... there's a citrus taste. it's actually decent. I'm surprised.

Bottle and Empty Chilled Glass (20180306)

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Bottle and Glass (20180422)

20180422:
Note - Received @ 11:13 AM PT (for Amsterdam, Netherlands +9 hours):

this asahi is very light. it has a slightly off taste.

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Asahi Super Dry

Bottle and Filled Glass (20180306)

Relevant Links:
Super Dry (Asahi Website)
Asahi Super Dry (RateBeer.com)
Asahi Super Dry | Asahi Breweries Ltd (BeerAdvocate.com)

Empty Glass (20180306)

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Website Information:

SUPER DRY
Refreshing. Crisp. Clear. Asahi Super Dry is our
premium beer. Fans around the world
have enjoyed the taste of this high quality lager.

Bottle and Empty Glass (20180422)

Pedro Point Hyggeweizen

20180304:
Note #1 - Received @ 1:19 PM PT:

Drake's Cherryland kicked and was replaced by 21st Amendment Strawberry Mountain Jam. A 1.5 oz sample didn't really reveal any strawberry; it had a strange blond ale sort of taste. So then I sampled the Half Moon Bay Saison Sandwich* and it was very bready. Unsatisfied, I sampled Pedro Point Hyggeweizen. I thought, because the name was similar to hefeweizen, that it would be yellow in color. Instead, it was black in color. In any case, I enjoyed the sample and so I got a pint of it. It had a light smell. It's light bodied, with some carbonation and a taste which was not as strong as the sample. Perhaps the sample had more head and contrasted with the Saison Sandwich.

Almost Gone

After eating, I returned to this beer. It's light, like Guinness. Overall, I give it 3.5 out of 5 stars. 1:58 PM PT.

*Apparently I already had this beer recently.

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Pedro Point Hyggeweizen

Relevant Links:
Hyggeweizen | Pedro Point Brewing (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Website Information: (Untappd.com)

5.4% ABV | 24 IBU

A rich, roasted chocolate wheat beer that is dark in color and medium-bodied. This take on a German dunkelweizen is designed to create the cozy contentment that is described by the Danish word Hygge.

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Menu Description: (Dark Horse Inn)

Pedro Point Hyggeweizen $6/ 16oz (5.4%)
German-inspired chocolate dunkelweizen; rich, roasted chocolate wheat beer, dark in color and medium bodied

Modern Times Haunted Stars - NOLA Coffee

20180303:
Note #1 - Received @ 7:19 PM PT:

I can smell the coffee. the beer has a creamy, thick mouthfeel. it has a malty, sweet taste. my first impression is that the beer is great.

Label - Front Side, Beer, and Bottle Cap

Note #2 - Received @ 9:16 PM PT:

I enjoy taking sips of the beer. it is mildly strong and so sipping kept a steady strength. I just finished the first glass. between sips it left the mouth dry.

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20180304:
Note - Received @ 10:00 PM PT:

today I finished the beer. it was flatter but still had a good taste and strength. I enjoyed finishing it. I suppose the flavor wasn't extremely powerful, but good to enjoy. consistent. I'd say 4.5 out of 5.

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Modern Times Haunted Stars - NOLA Coffee

Relevant Links:
Modern Times Haunted Stars - NOLA Coffee (RateBeer.com)
Haunted Stars - NOLA Coffee | Modern Times Beer (BeerAdvocate.com)

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Label - Back Side

Website Information: (Nov 2016 Release of Haunted Stars)

Haunted Stars
November
Haunted Stars is an 8% ABV rye imperial porter rocking a chewy, chocolatey, spicy malt character that coats the mouth and warms the cockles. It starts off rich and full-bodied, with a velveteen texture and creamy dark chocolate flavor, and finishes with a lingering rye spiciness and pleasing earthiness.

Label - Left Side

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Website Information: (Dec 2017 Release of Haunted Stars with NOLA Coffee) (BeerAdvocate.com)

Haunted Stars - NOLA Coffee
Haunted Stars is a rye imperial porter rocking a chewy, chocolaty, spicy malt character that coats the mouth and warms the cockles. We added New Orleans-style coffee to this already-delicious mix, yielding gorgeous notes of coffee, chicory, and vanilla that take this beast to a whole new level of decadent complexity. Ready your taste buds for acute pleasure.

Label - Back Left Side