Eitan: Thanks to Greg we had to suffer watching the Yankees. Baseball is pretty boring. The beers of the night were ok. I didn't love them, but hated only one. The first beer was the Avery Anniversary Ale Sixteen Saison. This was a pretty decent beer, nothing fancy or over the top. It had a very nice golden color and cloudy, slight head retention and very carbonated. This beer had a little more floral and yeasty scent to it, not heavy on the spice scent. It was light, had a nice crispy feel and slightly bitter. This is a decent Saison, there are better ones out there, but I would have this one again.
The second beer was Troegs - The Mad Elf Ale. This beer was also ok. This is a nice beer to have during the late fall and winter months. It pours a nice reddish-brown color with some head retention. The consensus was that it had a nice cherry smell, not to overwhelming. It was definitely a bit dry, and a medium body. The taste of cherries was subtle with a hint of tartness (nowhere near the tartness of the Iris). I was expecting a little more from this beer. Maybe we had an off day, but this was just ok. I would be curious to try it on draft or just on a different night.
The last beer was MEH!!!!!! It was the Obovoid Empircal Stout. It was described as a oak-aged oatmeal stout, but it tasted more like a porter. Not even a good porter, and I like my porters. It had the color and look that was similar to coke or pepsi (or Shasta Cola; this maybe too extreme because Shasta is so cheap and syrupy looking). It was very dry and had an overpowering sweet molasses smell. It was hard to like this beer, the malt/molasses taste was too much and I was unable to pick out an other subtle flavors. Verdict? Greg should lay off on picking bad porter. Stick to porters that are as good as the Meantime London Porter. (No offense Greg)
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