1001 Beers

Beer No: 101
Page No: 866
Category: Specialty

Ok, so maybe the picture isn't really the Cantillon Rosé, but it's close enough.  I currenty have this picture as my background on my computer and it makes me thirsty for a nice rose or kriek every time I look at it.  Mmm...I need to have that Supplication I picked up at Hi-Times today...

Back to the Stone Sour Fest, here's the amazing list from the "A" Outside Bar (draft) and "B" West Side of Lawn (Draft) along with a couple special beers on cask.  A * indicates I tried it - a º indicates I skipped it because I knew I had already tasted it at a previous festival.

• "A" Outside Bar
  • Alvinne Kerasus
  • Bacchus Flemish Red
  • Bockor Cuvee des Jacobins Rouge º
  • 2007 Boon Oude Geuze Marriage Parfait º
  • Cantillon Classic Gueuze
  • Cantillon Fou Foune
  • Rodenbach Grand Cru º
  • St. Louis Gueuze Fond Tradition
  • Stone Funky Sour *
  • Verhaeghe Echte Kriekenbier
• "A" Outside Bar Cask
  • The Bruery Melange #7 *º
  • Stone Estate-gown Peach Sour *
• "B" West Side of Lawn
  • Allagash Confluence Ale
  • Avery Altar Boy *
  • Avery Depuceleuse
  • Ballast Point Hout Series Black Currant º
  • Ballast Point Hout Series Gueuze *
  • Ballast Point Sour Wench Blackberry Ale *
  • BJ's Oude Jeremiah
  • Bootlegger's Cherry Chernobyl *
  • 2009 Cascade Apricot Ale
  • Cascade Bourbonic Plague *
  • 2009 Cascade Kriek Ale
  • 2009 Cascade Sang Rouge *
  • 2009 Cascade The Vine
  • 2009 Cascade Vlad the Imp Aler *
  • Craftsman Sour Lavendar *
  • Deschutes Bender Weiss
  • Deschutes Quadsimoto *
  • Grand Teton Sourgrass *
  • Green Flash Grand Mantis
  • Green Flash Super Freak
  • Jolly Pumpkin Bam Biere º
  • Jolly Pumpkin Calabaza Blanca
  • Jolly Pumpkin Luciernaga
  • Jolly Pumpkin Oro De Calabaza º

Looking back at my old review, it's pretty harsh, but not too far off.  The Rosé was pretty good and I'd love to find a bottle of it to try it again in a setting that doesn't involve a festival.  I do like it and would love to test it again.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Cantillon Rosé de Gambrinus by Cantillon

Aroma: 7/10
Appearance: 3/5
Taste: 6/10
Palate: 2/5
Overall: 13/20

Rating: 3.1 / 5.0

Had on draught at the Pizza Port 12 Hour Belgain Ale Festival on March 8, 2003
#8 on your programs for those following along. What a beer - even better to be found on tap...yes - on tap. Pours with an orange/red color and a beautiful clarity. The aroma is sweet - apricots and/or peaches. The beer though has much more of a bite than the Lindeman's - you've got hints of sweetness mixed amongst a tartness. A bit more astringent than others I tasted, while this one didn't have that smokey/vinegary flavoring, it packed the perfect punch and was a nice contrast to the extremely sweet krieks.

Beer No: 20/1001
Page No: 259
Category: Amber

Today I visited both BevMo and Total Wine in search of a specific vintage of scotch.  I knew Total Wine had it, but thought I might get lucky at BevMo and not have to make the trip to Total Wine (though Total Wine really isn't that far away).  Anyways, BevMo didn't have it, Total Wine did, and they also got me to buy 6 more beers in their mixed 6-pack from the list of 1001.  The Shipyard IPA was one I bought today.  I quickly chilled it, and enjoyed with a few more pages from Tasting Beer.

This is my second beer from Shipyard - a mid-size brewery in Portland, Maine.  Previously, I had sampled their XXXX IPA - a much hoppier IPA than their Fuggles IPA.  The XXXX contains Cascade, Warrior, Summit, and Glacier Hops and is dry hopped with Cascade at the end as well.  While the XXXX IPA is hop-overload, the Fuggles is the exact opposite.  A nice blend of the Fuggles hop and malts, the Fuggles IPA is more a pale in my book than an imperial, but either way, it's a tasty beer that has a nice finish and a well-balanced flavor.

1001 Beers notes that most single-hop beers (using only one variety of hops) are usually "experimental beers, so that brewers and beer lovers can enjoy how individual qualities can be realized by a specific hop variety."  For this beer, the Fuggle hop stands well on its own and is an interesting example of a commercially available single-hop beer.

My review, cross-posted at RateBeer.com:

Shipyard Fuggles IPA from Shipyard Brewing Company

Aroma: 7/10
Appearance: 3/5
Taste: 6/10
Palate: 3/5
Overall: 12/20

Rating: 3.1 / 5.0

Had from bottle, best by May, 2010, so right on time. Pours a golden yellow with good head that sticks around nicely through the drink. Carbonation is good. Using only Fuggles (hence the name), the aroma has a nice hoppy smell with a good amount of malts and sweetness. The aroma is not overly hoppy as you expect from most IPAs. Similarly, the flavors are not overly hoppy, but well-balanced with some malts at the start and a nice bitter, piney, hoppy finish. If you’re used to an IPA that is heavily hopped and bursting with IBUs, this is not the IPA for you (try the Shipyard XXXX). However, if you like a mellow, nicely balanced IPA (that could be almost a bit more like a pale ale), the Shipyard IPA doesn’t disappoint.