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2014-10-08: Redhook Pilsner
2014-07-12: Stiegl Radler

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Though its darker, this is fairly similar to the Spackler’s, except not nearly as bitter.
Can
Bright and bitter. Normally it’d probably be too much for me but I think after the sour Helles this was nice.
Can
Don’t know if the can is bad but this feels tart and a little dank, doesn’t match my description from when I was at the taproom.
Can
Don't get a lot of barrel here. It's a smooth stout with caramel notes but it's almost more savory than sweet, despite a foamy, malty finish. Feels like this is maybe quite different every year.
Draft
Pine, herbaceous, sunny but with a vegetal, highy bitter finish.
Draft
Clean, avoids being syrupy while also being believably cherry. Not getting a ton of “pie” here though, other than it not being necessarily as sour as it could have been.
Draft
Looks like barely diluted compote and tastes looks it- berry, slight fruit funk, skewed toward the sweet rather than complex. Not bad but also not all I’d hoped for.
Draft
Cocoa, roast, creamy and light. Appreciate any Milk Stout that isn’t simplistically sweet.
Draft
Far too much hop character to feel like a lager to me, but this is quite tasty and enjoyable. Orange-grapefruit with some noticeable tartness, dry body, but also quite sunny. Goes down easy.
Draft
Flatter than the Brewtea, which accentuates some of the herbality of the hops. Bergamot is at the forefront here, there's less drying from the tea. It's good but not as good as the other one.
Draft
A very mild bitter with a nice dryness from the tea. Light esters and an unidentifiable fruit roundness on top of the yeast. Quite decent.
Bottle
This is really pleasant to drink. You can see the similarity to the Midday, but with that bit of roast added in ups the game. Interestingly, it doesn't have the bitter bite of the Midday. This really tastes like what I'd imagine a dark rice lager to be rather than any other dark lager type, which makes it worth it!
Draft
This doesn't work for me. It has the sourness of an oud bruin, but it feels kind of tacked-on to the base doppelbock, which is kind of inoffensively sweet. The net result, with no funk or depth to balance it out, is a real kind of vinegary simpleness to the flavor.
Draft
Funky saison, up-front sweetly floral, finishing with a bit of horse blanket and bitterness. Not totally sure I get rosemary here other than in some woodiness. Leaves the tongue feeling a bit fuzzy.
Draft
Not bad at all, actually, athough it doesn't do anything to convince me that the "white stout" style isn't a scam. This tastes more like a sweet-ish coffee blonde rather than anything stout. It's a nice kind of toasty flavor but there's no real depth of body here (maaaaaybe that's the point). It is clean and tasty.
Bottle
Starts out feeling a little watery; a lightly sweet, tangy lager. However, there's an interestingly bracing bitterness, almost woody, that dominates the second half of the sip. Appreciate the hit.
Draft
The most "normal" beer here, it's a sweet citrus/pith hazy that finishes pretty much exactly as it starts. Lingering alpha.
The flattest beer, almost makes me think of a nitro pour. More sour on the finish than the others. Feel murky; I got more of my stout fix from the Conejo Azteca.
Like the Alebrijes, but with the addition of roast and a little coffee. Which makes it an improvement. It's also a little more carbonated, which helps.