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ベールの感想 － Phillips Trainwreck Barely Wine
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Japanese Language, Language Practice on January 26, 2012
名前: Phillips Trainwreck Barely Wine
起源: カナダ
種類: Barley Wine (10%)
見た目: このビールは 濃い同色です。ビールの泡は 大きいですが すぐ消えます
味: 匂いは 干しぶどうと 黒糖です。濃い味も 干しぶどうと 黒糖です。 そして 麦も 味わいました。 最後の味は 苦い柑橘系です
感触: クリーミーと とても おなかが いっぱいになります。
結論:４/５ – いいビールです。 面白くて濃い味ですよ！ 美味しい
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感想 （かんそう） － Review （N）
起源（きげん） － Origin （N）
種類 （しゅるい） － Style/Type （N）
見た目 （みため） － Appearance （N）
味 （あじ） － Taste （N）
感触 （かんしょく） － Texture, mouth feel （N）
結論 （けつろん） － Final thoughts, conclusion （N）
濃い （こい） － Strong (taste, colour) （N）
同色 （どうしょく） － Copper (colour) （N）
泡 （あわ） － Foam （N）
消える （きえる） － To disappear （V）
匂い （におい） － Aroma, smell （N）
干しぶどう （ほしぶどう） － Raisins （N）
黒糖 （こくとう） ― Molasses, black sugar （N）
苦い （にがい） － Bitter （Adj－い）
柑橘系 （かんきつけ） － Citrus （N）
クリーミー － Creamy （Adj－な）
Beer Review – Proper Job
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting on January 19, 2012
Name: Proper Job
Origin: UK
Style: English Pale Ale (5.5%)
Apperance: A really attractive dark golden ale, which is crystal clear. Pours with a nice, foamy head with excellent retention.
Taste: The aroma is floral and mildly hoppy. It starts with a sweet malty base, with notes of crackers or bread. The hops give it a strong grapefruit profile as well. Finishes relatively clean.
Mouth Feel: Medium bodied, very filling and creamy.
Final Thoughts:3.5/5 – A tasty English Pale Ale. The malt flavours dominates the profile of this beer. I think I am going to try my hand at making an English Pale Ale this weekend. On an off-note, I used to live with this British guy when I was over in Japan and he used to always say “Right fucking Proper job!”…
Because in England when they build Parliamentary buildings, they do a right fucking Proper Job!
Beer Review – Old Mephisto
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting on January 13, 2012
Name: Old Mephisto
Origin: Denmark
Style: Barley Wine (10.5%)
Apperance: A brown, murky coloured beer. Pours with a small, fizzy head.
Taste: The aroma is sweet, like raisins or figs. A very rich, malty flavour with notes of figs, apples and caramel. Finishes with a semi-sweet malty flavour and just a slight residual alcohol taste.
Mouth Feel: Heavy bodied, medium carbonation and very filling.
Final Thoughts: 4.0/5 – A great, richly flavoured barley wine.
Beer Review – Phillips Longboat Chocolate Flavoured Porter
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography, Travel on January 5, 2012
Name: Phillips Longboat Chocolate Flavoured Porter
Origin: BC, Canada
Style: Chocolate Porter (5.2%)
Apperance: Nice dark brown, nearly black porter. Big froathy head that shrinks away quickly leaving a tan cream coloured top for the duration of the drink.
Taste: The main aromas are cherries and chocolate. The flavour is very similar, starting with sweet cherries and raisins. It then a sweet chocolate which proceeds to a bitter chocolate and piney hop flavour. Clean finish with just a light aftertaste of chocolate
Mouth Feel: Creamy, very filling and surprisingly refreshing for a porter. Medium body.
Final Thoughts: 4.0/5 – Where most porters are heavy and rich, Longboat akes a different spin on it. It is lighter and very refreshing, but not so much to subdue its fine flavors. Cocoa is very detectable but I am unsure if they used lactose in this batch due to the lighter palette. Nice balance of bitter and sweet.
Donkeys. On a road.
Beer Review – Alley Kat’s Blue Dragon Double IPA
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting on January 2, 2012
Name: Alley Kat’s Blue Dragon Double IPA
Origin: Edmonton, Canada
Style: IIPA (7.5%)
Apperance: Poured with a nice, foamy head. The beer is a light caramel colour and crystal clear.
Taste: Toffee and flowers dominate the aroma. The Blue Dragon starts with a slightly sweet, caramel like flavour that is overpowered by its high amount of hops. Floral and citrus bitterness almost completely drown out the sweet malty base, finishing with a very long lasting, citrus-like bitterness.
Mouth Feel: The bitterness is harsh and long lasting. Medium bodied and very filling.
Final Thoughts: 3.5/5 – This is a monstrously hoppy beer that even I found a bit abrasive. I had high hopes for this brew but it seemed to be missing something. With that said I still enjoyed this beer from first sip to last.
A very incredulous snowman.
Beer Review – Dead Frog’s Toasted Coconut Wit
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Photography, Travel on December 21, 2011
Name: Dead Frog’s Toasted Coconut Wit
Origin: BC, Canada
Style: Wheat Ale/Wit (Fruit Beer, 5%)
Apperance: A big fizzy head with great retention. It is a golden, crystal clear wit, with strong carbonation rising.
Taste: A sweet, floral aroma; honey and caramel are detected. Interesting flavour; lemons and herbal notes with a strong presence of spices. Cinnamon, nutmeg and coriander. A floral finish with just a subtle hint of toasted coconut rounding out the rest of this beer.
Mouth Feel: A light bodied, highly carbonated, yet not harsh wit. Refreshing.
Final Thoughts: 4/5 – A very interesting and tasty spin on the Wheat ale. Though I found the coconut to be subtle, it worked well with the sour and spiciness of the wit. The level of clarity for this wit was also quite impressive as they tend to be cloudy from the use of wheat.
Another great landscape shot by my friend
Home Brew – Red Dragon IPA taste and colour test
Posted by bradinator in Beer, Beer Tasting, Home Brewing on December 20, 2011
It may not be the reddest beer on earth, but it is a damned fine tasting IPA none the less.
At 90+ IBU this was made for hopheads.
I am very pleased with the flavour and palette of this beer, though it did not reach the colour I was attempting to produce. More of brown-red than a true red, the use of safflower had no impact on the beers appearance or flavour.