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Taster pour from can with Church Street brewmaster. Typical golden pills color, a bit of white lacing. They didn't rinse the glass after the prickly pear, so I get a bit of that in the nose. 4.8%. Of course it's nice and smooth: tinge of lemon zest perhaps.

Tried from Can at Goldfinger Brewing Company on 03 Jun 2025 at 22:49

McDermottDrink added a new brewery: Reserve Artisan Ales located in United States
11 months ago

McDermottDrink added a new beer Da Choppa Austrian Pils by Church Street Brewing Company
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McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed

Prickly Pear Sour from Church Street Brewing Company

11 months ago

6.5/10 — Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5

Tasted from can at Goldfinger.
Reddish pour from the can. Smell is like a Jolly Rancher, but kind of creamy. Taste is actually pretty tart, yet dry. I don't know that much about prickly pear, except that it's a cactus too. But it may have given this flavor even without being in a sour beer. Vanilla as part of the package keeps it creamy.

Tried from Can at Goldfinger Brewing Company on 04 Jun 2025 at 02:32

McDermottDrink added a new beer Prickly Pear Sour by Church Street Brewing Company
11 months ago

McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed

Alt from Brauerei Ferdinand Schumacher

11 months ago

6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 7

Bottle pour at Goldfinger. Autumn Brown colored, show some nice tan Lacy in the glass. Nose is malty and a little yeasty, bit kind of mild. Dark malty taste of an alt, an impression of, but probably no physical smoke involved. A little malt sweetness. Settles in nicely

Tried from Bottle at Goldfinger Brewing Company on 03 Jun 2025 at 23:55

McDermottDrink updated a beer: The Book of Mark brewed by Church Street Brewing Company
11 months ago

McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed

Ale: Cascade & Cashmere (Barrel Aged) from Afterthought Brewing Company

11 months ago

7.3/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 7

2020 bottle. Got this in a trade for some strong old beers, but this was the least strong and most recent. Opened with a gusher (any bottle with a punt in the bottom, I'm opening in the sink). Poured into a tulip, it's a cloudy yellow color. Thin but foamy white head. Nose of lemon soda, and a little farmhouse funk. Nice little funk in the taste, that's getting me to pucker up as it builds.A little horseblanket comes in, and there is a thread of oak as well. Tried to swirl some dregs in the finish of the pour, but much of it stayed in the bottle.

Tried from Bottle on 02 Jun 2025 at 01:59

McDermottDrink has a new beer style achievement

Level 9 for Stout - Imperial ticks with a total of 200 ticks of this sub style.
Expedition Stout (2005) from Bell's Brewery was the one that did it!
11 months ago

McDermottDrink (4627) reviewed

Expedition Stout (2005) from Bell's Brewery

11 months ago

9/10 — Appearance 10 Aroma 8 Flavor 9 Texture 10 Overall 9

Bottled. Yum! I’m still cellaring my one bottle, but I got a sampler this weekend at Picadilly Beverage Shop in Champaign, IL. Heady, smoky, deep, chewy, thick, oily: all sorts of adjectives just pop into my head. Pours black and viscous. You’d almost think it was brewed exclusively with bitter black malts. Coats my little plastic sampler glass like a film of 10W-30. Exceptional.

Tried from Bottle from Piccadilly Beverage Shop on 28 Sep 2005 at 05:00