The Brew Basement

Name: Vintage Ale
Brewer: Fuller’s
Style: Old Ale
Vintage: 2007
Cellared On: September 1st, 2008
Original Tasting: October 10th, 2008
Wow, it’s a beer in that comes in a cool red box! Caaatchy. I remember my first thought after seeing this was that you better be making a pretty damn good brew if you’re packaging the thing like that.
Fortunately for Fuller’s, [...]

Hello everyone. I’m hoping to get one of these tasting updates banged out each week until I finally get current. It’s going to be a long haul, but I’ll get there.
In the meantime, I want to make sure everyone knows just how well the Le Merle from North Coast brewing has been doing - it’s [...]

Name: Black
Brewer: Allagash
Style: Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: August 31st, 2008
Original Tasting: September 15th, 2008
So many beer styles, so little time. Even so, it’s a bit amazing that I’ve never managed to get around to trying a dark Belgian brew before now. I guess I should be saying Belgian styled brew because Allagash brewery [...]

Name: Double Dead Guy
Brewer: Rogue
Style: Strong Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: October 6th, 2008
Original Tasting: October 13th, 2008
It was awhile since I’ve had a new brew from Rogue Ales on here. I swear I stare at them every time I walk into one of my local beverage centers, but I’ve just been walking by them lately. I [...]

Name: Adam
Brewer: Hair of the Dog
Style: Old Ale
Vintage: 2008

Cellared On: November 23rd, 2008
Original Tasting: November 24th, 2008
I’ve been waiting to get some Hair of the Dog brew in my cellar for some time now. You just know that it’s going to get my attention for sure when a brewer makes a point of saying [...]

Here’s the first half of September’s tastings (since you asked for them James!). Part 2 will be following up soon! As seemingly always, the results were a bit of a mixed bag….
Middle Ages Druid Fluid ‘07 (Six Months) - There’s no mistaking this for a Double IPA now! It’s transforming into a fantastically balanced barleywine.
Southern [...]

Name: Pumking
Brewer: Southern Tier Brewing
Style: Imperial Pumpkin Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: September 25th. 2008
Original Tasting: October 1st, 2008
Hello everyone! Fall so far has been a busy time for me, but there’s no way I could let Halloween slip by without stashing another pumpkin brew down in the cellar. Last year it was Weyerbacher’s Imperial Pumpkin Ale [...]

Name: Ommegeddon
Brewer: Ommegang
Style: American Wild Ale
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: July 7th, 2008
Original Tasting: August 28th, 2008
I have to admit I was a bit disappointed last year when I first tried Ommegeddon from brewery Ommegang. I found the flavors a bit muted, almost like the beer was deliberately brewed mildly hoping for the Brett flavors to fly [...]

Hello everyone!
Hey, I’m only a month late with my August tasting updates - that’s not TOO bad, right? It’s hard to believe that as long as I get September’s tastings up within a week or two I might actually get caught up with my notes.
Anyway, check out my August tastings below. There were a lot [...]

Name: The Vermonster
Brewer: Rock Art Brewing
Style: Barleywine (Double IPA?)
Vintage: 2008
Cellared On: September 1st, 2008
Original Tasting: September 8th, 2008
Hi folks. I’m still struggling to work through my backlog of reviews here. I know, I know, what a tough hobby I have! Drinking is hard work!
This was my first beer from Rock Art Brewing [...]