maniac (11822) reviewed Dark Hollow from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 10 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8.5
Bottle at Mekong on 05/18/2011. Batch #13. Dark black body with a small creamy light brown head. Sweet oak, vanilla and yeast aroma with chocolate and roast. Sweet oak and yeast flavor with chocolate, roast, and vanilla. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/5/17 4.3 Bottle courtesy of Sean on 03/31/2011. Batch 12. Dark black body with a medium rocky light brown body. Sweet vanilla, fruit, chocolate and caramel aroma. Sweet fruit, oak, caramel, vanilla, and light chocolate flavor. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 8/5/8/3/16 - 4.0 Bottle at BeerDig 2011 on 03/06/2011. Batch 8. Dark black body with a small creamy brown head. Sweet roast chocolate and bourbon aroma. Sweet chocolate vanilla and roast flavor with bourbon hints. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 8/5/8/3/16 4.2 On nitro tap at the brewpub on 02/14/2010. Batch #8 aged in 1792 Ridgemont Reserve barrels ~9% ABV. Clear dark black body with a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet bourbon and roast aroma. Big bourbon flavor, with vanilla, caramel, roast, and rum soaked fruit. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 8/5/8/4/17 - 4.2 On nitro tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 07/03/2009. Dark black body with a medium dense creamy dark tan head. Sweet roast and chocolate malt aroma with a bit of bourobn. Big bourbon flavor with chocolate and roast. Medium full body with moderate carbonation and a very creamy mouthfeel. 8/5/8/4/17 - 4.2 On nitro tap at the brewpub on 04/19/2009. Batch #5. Clear very dark black body with ruby highlights and a medium creamy light brown head. Sweet bourbon, vanilla, caramel, roast, and chocolate aroma. Roast and chocolate flavor with bourbon and vanilla notes and a bit of lingering bitterness. Medium full body with moderately low carbonation. 8/5/9/4/17 - 4.3 On nitro tap at Capital Ale House - Downtown on 01/27/2009. Batch #4 I believe. Dark black body with a large creamy light brown head. Sweet bourbon, chocolate and roast aroma. Sweet bourbon, chocolate and light molassas flavor. Medium full body with moderate carbonation. 8/5/9/4/17 - 4.3 On tap at Capital Ale House - Innsbrook on 08/27/08. Presumably Batch #3. Sweet chocolate and roasted malt aroma with some oaky hints. Chocolate, vanilla, some roasted malt and caramel hints and a bit of oak and alcohol burn. Full body with medium low carbonation and a syrupy finish with some alcohol kick. Bottle, batch #2 - 8.9%ABV, picked up from the brewpub. Consumed on 03/30/2008. Dark black body with ruby highlights and a fairly thin brown head that pulls through. Nice bourbon aroma with roasted and chocolate malt and hints of fruitiness. Sweet vanilla, chocolate, light bourbon, and roasted malts, some light fruitiness. Medium full body with low carbonation, smooth finish with a nice alcohol warming.
maniac (11822) reviewed Mandolin Tripel from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8
Bottle on 03/30/08. Crystal clear golden amber body with a medium creamy off-white head. Sweet belgian malts, hints of candi sugar and light spice. Sweet spice, light clove and hints of banana, light caramel and some belgian spice. Medium-full body with moderately low carbonation. This seems somewhat different from the tap version. Previous rating: 03/29/08 On tap at the brewpub. Very slightly hazy clear pale copper body. Sweet caramel, candi sugar and spice aroma. Sweet fruit flavor with spice, caramel and candi sugar. Slightly astringent. Medium-full body with moderately low carbonation and a somewhat syrupy finish. Probably would be a bit better with a bit less hops. 7/3/7/3/14
Drake (22940) reviewed Mandolin Tripel from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
750 mL bottle from Whole Foods Charlottesville. Just hit store shelves today! Pours a deep orange color with a thin but frothy and spirited head. Banana estery and yeasty aroma. Tart green apple, citrus, caramel, bubble gum, anise taste. Full bodied and smooth. Nice job... I can’t wait to try this with some age on it.
maniac (11822) reviewed Irish Dry Stout from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On nitro at the brewpub. Dark brown body with ruby highlights and a large creamy light brown head. Sweet roast and chocolate aroma. Roasty flavor with some creamy chocolate. Medium light body with low carbonation and a very smooth finish.
maniac (11822) reviewed Half Nelson from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 7.5
On tap at the brewpub. Clear amber body with a large frothy off-white head. Sweet floral and light citrus hop aroma. Dry floral hops flavor with a light caramel background. Apparently this was a screwup, but I rather like it. Its a more sessionable Full Nelson.
maniac (11822) reviewed Kolsch 151 from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 4 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Capital Ale House - Midlothian for the Blue Mountain Beer Dinner on 03/12/2009. Very clear golden body with a large frothy off-white head, Clean floral hop aroma with some very faint fruity notes. Very clean floral hop flavor with some honey notes and faint fruity hints. Medium light body with moderately high carbonation. 6/3/7/3/13 - 3.2 03/14/2008: On tap at the brewpub. Clear golden body with a medium creamy white head. Sweet but tame grassy aroma. Very light grassy hop flavor with hints of lemon grass. Very smooth finish with medium high carbonation. 6/2/6/3/12 - 2.9
maniac (11822) reviewed Evil 8° from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at Capital Ale House - Midlothian for the Blue Mountain Beer Dinner on 03/12/2009. Clear dark brown body with ruby highlights and a large rocky tan head that persists with sticky belgian lacing. Sweet belgians pice aroam wtih some molassas, rum soaked fruit and caramel with light bitter hints. Sweet belgian spice flavor with dark malt, light rum soaked fruit, molassas and a dry bitter finish. Medium full body with moderately high carbonation. 7/4/7/3/14 - 3.5 03/14/2008: Clear dark brown with ruby highlights and a small creamy tan head. Caramel, candy sugar, sweet rum soaked fruit, spice and hints of alcohol. Dry fruit, alcohol, some roasted malt, some bitterness and a bit of astringency. Medium body with medium carbonation and a somewhat harsh bitter finish. 7/4/6/3/12 - 3.2
radagast83 (13601) reviewed Evil 8° from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7.5
Bottle. A pretty decent attempt at an Abbey Dubbel. Pours a dark brown color with a huge off-white head. The aroma is a slight rostiness, with notes of sweet, roasted malts. Touch of chocolate.
Drake (22940) reviewed Half Nelson from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 6 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 6.5
On tap at brewery. This is a scaled down version of the Full Nelson. The hops are a little less bitter and it lends to a creamier feel.
Drake (22940) reviewed Evil 8° from Blue Mountain Brewery 18 years ago
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 6 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 7
Bottle. Pours very dark, orangish-tinted black. Fizzy, cream colored head with decent lacing. Spicy, bready and hoppy aroma. This is very creamy. Subtle hops with a roasted coffee taste.