Thursday, June 11, 2009

Hops, barley and yeast (oh my)

The other night, we drank a Ninkasi Tricerahops Double IPA. It smells like pine and citrus, and is hoppy but balanced. It tastes of pine, grass, citrus and earth. I would rank it a 4.

We also took a little trip to Stafford VA so I could meet with my grad school advisor, and we followed that up with a trip to the Fredericksburg Capital Ale House (they have a few locations throughout VA). There, we had a nice lunch along with Sierra Nevada IDEA and Rodenbach Grand Cru. Both were great, but I didn't take notes on them.

That night, we also had a Lost Abbey Brother Levonian.
It smells like spices- ginger and cloves- and peaches. It tastes like cloves and oranges. I would rank it a 4.

Sorry Ben, I keep forgetting to ask you what you rank things :)

1 comment:

Ben said...

No worries, I would give all beers you mentioned in this post a 4, but Rodenbach Grand Cru deserves a 5 - such a complex and tasty Flanders Red. They were all very good beers.