Rabbit Hole Brewing, pale ale,

Pale ale, bitter finish to it,

Court Avenue Brewing, Des Moines, IA

IPA, Porters, Stout, Coconut Porter

Joe Schmo, coffee,
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Belgium White Malty. Beer.

Honest Lawyer IPA, citrus,  67 Ibu, honest ipa
Pointer Brown, caramel chocolate notes, Glacier & Cascade hops. Smooth beer.

Blackhawk Stout, oatmeal stout, good dark stout, coffee notes, dark chocolate note, dark side to the flavor, I like this one not a Guinness. 

18th Amendment, rye pale ale, smooth, 5% abv,

Mooncat, porter, with toasted coconut. Smooth porter, not heavy. 

Mountain Porter, dark malts, Raisins, different finish from the Mooncat, good drink.

Toppling Goliath Light Speed

Seasonal Pale ale, two hops Millennium, Falconers, hops,

Toppling Goliath pseudoSue double dry hopped

Pale ale, Citra hops only double dry hopped, very very smooth.

Toppling Goliath pseudo sue pale ale

Pale ale, citrus hop, nice aroma, grapefruit, smooth, good taste, definite order.

SmokesGiving brews tasted

We tried several new brews provided by one of our favorite people, Jamie brought tidings from afar:
1.  Toppling Goliath, Rover Truck, Oatmeal Stout, Loved the comment, Live beer, please refrigerate on the 16 ounce can.  Very mellow and drinkable stout, very very good stout.   On line, shows 5.7% and 35 IBU, like the 35 IBU, not bitter.   Everyone here liked this one.
2.  Toppling Goliath, PseudoSue, pale ale, description tells of mango, using the Citra hop.   5.8%, 50 IBU, not bitter, very citrus and a drinkable beer.  Would order and buy any time we can find it.  
3.  Topling Goliath, Tsunami, pale ale, difference here is the slight mandarin orange last, still light and refreshing, 5.0%, 31 IBU, no bitter after taste, again all enjoyed this one.  Really good beer.
4.  Exile Brewery, Ruthie, gold lager, 5.2%, very refreshing, drinkable, and not overpowering.   Would order if on tap.
5.  Exile Brewery, Sir-Moch-A-Lot, Mocha Stout, chocolate in light notes, more than the TG above, 7.1%, reminders of some of the stouts we had in MI on our last trip.  Good, beer for all of us stout drinkers.  

Three Floyd's Brewing, Indiana

La Noche Se Mueve, coffee ipa, awakens the sound of thunder,  7%, 94 Ibu, no nose, coffee taste, generous coffee taste, nice IPA, hoppy aroma per Ann,

Wigsplitter, oatmeal stout, brewed with freshly ground espresso, 7.7%, abv, oatmeal on steroids, good stout flavor, light coffee, not overpowering, really drinkable. 

Arctic Panzer Wolf,. Massive IPA, 9.0%, 100 Abu. Citrus nose, very citrus taste, 100 Abu does not give it justice, Ann days it is intended on the tip of her tongue, very drinkable.

Zombie Dust, intensely hopped, pale ale. 6.2%, 50 Abu, good flavor, ipa nose per Fran, good beer.

Alpha King,. American pale ale, 6.66%, 69 IBU,. Similar to Zombie but a touch more bitter, Fran says good nose, very drinkable beer,

Odd Side Ales

Odd side Ales,

Spiced Stout rum barrel aged, imperial stout, with smoked black peppercorns.  10% abv, rum gives it the liquor touch in the nose and at the back of the throat, nice beer.

Mayan Mocha Stout, stout with coffee, habanero, nutmeg, cinnamon, 6.5%, nose is the nutmeg and cinnamon, heat sneaks up on you.   Cinnamon and nutmeg prevalent.   as good or better than the one we had in St. Louis.

Baltic porter, 7%, robust porter, fall season, amber porter, slight fruity taste, not robust.

Chocolate Koffie Stout, 6.5%, Stout brewed with coffee and chocolate, chocolate nose, a little  bitter on back end, slight coffee taste, good stout

Bean Flicker, blonde ale with coffee added, 4.5%, good nose, cannot discern smell but not bad, slight coffee taste, not bad.  Served on CO2.

Bean Flicker, on nitro, seems a little flat

Citra Pale Ale, Pale ale done exclusively with citra hops. nice citrus nose,

Our Brewing Co, Holland, MI

Sasquatch on Coffee, 10%, 30 ibu, double milk stout, nice coffee nose, nice coffee taste, smooth, would order anywhere,

Samba IPA< 7 % 75 ibu, nice nose, nice finish, citrusy, smooth in the mouth even witth the 75 ibu.

Coconut Porter, 6 %, 36 ibu, dark color, dry, taste the coconut, not overpowering.   coconut lasts for a while after you are done.  very good.

Foreign Market, English Pale ale, with fenugreek (tasted maple sysrup or celery salt), 6.8%, 20 ibu, Fran smells the maple syrup, I smell the maple syrup, i get the celery salt at the back of the tongue.  Very good beer, slightly different than others.  

Amarillo Grandpa D's Lager, 5%, 20 ibu, amarillo hops, wet hopped at the end of the brewing to get less of the bitter from the hops.   Just a lager, low alcohol, its a better version of a Bud or Miller.  

I Saw Red, cherry cream ale, 5.2%, 20 ibu, cherry nose, like a cherry lollipop to me, maybe a tart cherry lollipop (Ann),  Fran says cherry cider, Ron possibly sees it as cherry cough syrup, not that medicinal to me.  

Ruperts Brew House

Peanut Butter Porter, 6%, just a hint of the peanut butter, not strong, porter is good, but not excellent.  

High PA, 7.0%, nose is off a little, normal IPA. No citrus nose, interesting to know what hops they are using.  

XXX High PA, 11% not good being a triple IPA, the nose is a little stonger but the same as the High PA, still not a beer I would order or purchase a six pack.  

Multigrain Mutt, 5.3%, pale ale with oats and rye, the oats must smooth out the rye because it is not very ryey taste.

Raw Dog, Harvest Ale, fresh picked hops added to the brew.  not as good as the harvest at Barn Brewers.

18th St. Brewery Hammond, IN

Temporal Purgatory, citrus pale ale, good bitter flavor for an ipa

Crane Brewing, Raytown Pale Ale

Pale ale, 6 abv, would not order this again.

Red Crow Brewing Frances

Pale Ale. Slight bitterness

Cinder Block Prime extra Pale ale

Pale ale 6 hops, good taste good aroma

Sugar Creek Brewery, Pale ale

5.2% medium body, citrus smell, pine and grapefruit, nice finish.

Wicked weed napolean complex

Pale ale 5.2%. Bitter

Birdsong Brewing Jalapeño Pale Ale

Pale Ale with a light hint of Jalapeño smell and more taste on the back of the tongue.  5.5% ABV, 42 IBU. 

Wooden Robot Juicy northeast style pale

Very fruity, refreshing, 5%, orange and tropical