Beers 10-12

Well, after an interesting find last tasting, Retha and I have decided to make notes on the brews as we go... As you can tell by the last post of the last session, I was very good...

Beer 10: Alba Scots Pine Ale
Hated it. Retha tasted the pine (I did not). But I did taste a very distinct mustard-esque after taste. In my opinion the beer is very sweet on the way down, which made it less enjoyable. According to Michael Jackson's info blurb in the book, no hops are used in its creation (parts of pine trees are instead). Perhaps that is why this beer is so terrible. I was excited to try it because I am a huge fan of Jessica Alba, and I was grossly let down. This beer gets 0.5 Steins out of 5.

Beer 11: Ebulum Elderberry Black Ale
"Wow I like that one." ~Retha. And I would have to agree. A very interesting black ale with an after taste that reminds me of Crack Jacks. Mmmm a nice blast to my youth ::drifts off into a euphoric gaze:: ... Oh! Right! The beer... an extremely smooth caramelish taste that was quite surprising. We were expecting a dark beer that would make us go "wooleh." But this is not a meal on its own and it certainly isn't that thick. It also carries a very sweet aroma. All around a great beer. An easily granted 4 steins out of 5.

Beer 12: Fraoch Heather Ale
So this one is all mine considering Matt can't taste a thing...I blame the pizza. Anyway, I give the smell a huge blah. Damn that was smelly. The taste was just as bad. It didn't go down smooth and it tasted like a caramelish ewwww. Upon further tasting after the pizza Matt said that he got a quick caramel taste. Over all it was pretty nasty. Tis was difficult, but we gave it 2 steins out of 5.