Ibrew2or3 (10819) reviewed Raspberry Nectar from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Tasted @ the brewery. Pours a hazy gold with white head. The aroma has sweet malt and wheat with hints of raspberry extract. The flavor is refreshing (especial in this summer heat) with the tart raspberry fruitiness playing against the sweet malts and wheat. Tasty.
JK (8181) reviewed Nickel Stout from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9
Quite exceptional. Aroma has oak and cherry. A black beer, nothing special about the appearance. Complex flavor with some malt, cherry, only a little brett character, and the most oak flavor I have ever tasted in a beer. Sour, but not as sour as a lambic or flemish red. The flavor is best when slightly chilled.
bb (18428) reviewed Bad Boy IPA from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a cream colored head. Grapefruit aroma, but not that strong. Grapefruit and other tropical fruit flavors with backing malt. Hop flavor is there, bu tneeds more bitterness - very disapointing for an IIPA. Creamy mouthfeel. medium bodied. Not nearly enough lingering bitterness.
bb (18428) reviewed Nickel Stout from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Draft. Black beer with a light tan head. Cherry and chocolate aroma. Very cherry flavor. Slight tartness and oak. Malty, slight chocolate, whiskey takes a back-seat to cherries. Medium body. Lingering tart cherries. Nice and drinkable, but a lot of cherries.
bb (18428) reviewed Duet from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Draft. Amber beer with a big off-white head. Huge grapefruit aroma. Sweet grapefruit flavor. Nice bitterness, but lots of citrusy hop flavor. Very fruity. Medium body. Very drinkable. LIngering sweet, creamy grapefruit.
theisti (5540) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
22 oz. Bomber from South Bay Drugs Pharmacy via mail order. Pour is slightly hazy orange with a white head. Aroma is pine and grapefruit hops. Taste is the pine and citrus - grapefruit hops, with some malt in there as well. The finish is clean, crisp, and refreshing.
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle from fordest, shared at BCTC. Color is orange gold. Small head. Aroma is strong piney grapefruits and thats all really. Taste is less piney grapefruit or maybe I can say more grapefruit-y pine (meaning the citrus aspects are a bit stronger). Taste has a good medium hoppy bitterness to it. A very nice hop beer but whilst sitting and trying all the other stuff at BCTC it just seemed so plain and uninteresting in comparison.
Irishboy (4674) reviewed Alpine Ale from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7
Bomber from cbkschubert; Nose of citrusy hops, caramel, and yeast; Urine yellow color with an absolutely huge yellowish head; flavor of mild hop bitterness, caramel, and some sugary sweetness. Good, but not great!
Clarkvv (16523) reviewed Great from Alpine Beer Company 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
375mL bottle at O’Briens on 3/23/07
Deep amber-cherry with some darker beige hues, a medium-high clarity and a dark beige head that was quite creamy and well-retained, lacing lightly.
Sweet coconut/pineapple shows off the bourbon immediately, but it’s neither dominant nor exposed, as a strong toffee-vanilla-like maltiness quickly backs it up and fills in all of the gaps. What’s left is a sumptuous, very deep aroma that, though seemingly simple at first (toffee, light raisins, vanilla, bourbon), actually imparts interesting phenols, wood tannins, a surprisingly elegant yeast and plenty of interesting citrus fruit nuances (marmalade and other citric hop notes). Quite rich and sniffable, it definitely feels quite sweet, but for some reason, I wasnt put-off by it in the least. Moderate acidity from the barrel/yeast balances the sweetness, on the finish, with hop bitterness actually secondary to this, I found. Very unique, to say the least. Alcohol wasn’t overt for its size, just adding more dryness/breadiness on the end.
Extensive malt depth allows all permutations of caramel, toffee, butter toffee, cream, maple, vanilla, raisins, and even light sherry notes. Definitely sweet, but I think the barrel dryness imparts just enough balance, without adding any significant tannic astringency. It’s a slightly oily, but very well-polished wood character that dosent pump out acidity. Nor does the bourbon flavor sit incohesively apart from the malt flavors, but rather makes you believe its all part of the whole. Very soft, creamy body has an ample level of carbonation, giving it an almost fluffy feel at times. Strong esters emerge with warming, with a touch of alcohol bite, but no more than would be inevitable at this level. I hate excess breadiness, and happily, there wasnt too much here. One of the better bourbon barrel beers I’ve had in a long time. As Chris Q reported while sharing this with me, this bottle was quite different from some other bottles he’d experienced, as my rating seems to confirm.
CloakedDagger (37227) reviewed Pure Hoppiness from Alpine Beer Company 19 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
(Bottle 65 cl) Clear, amber golden with a creamy, off-white head. Fresh, hoppy and somewhat perfumy citrus aroma. The body is medium with sweet, malty accents and some caramel thrown in. But otherwise this is completely dominated by extremely perfumy aroma hops. Not overly bitter though - in spite of the name. Courtesy of sk8viking. 150207