January 29, 2014

29/1010)  Home:  Oatmeal Brown Ale by Six Pints Specialty Beer Co. (Beer Academy) of Ontario:  **;  6.28%, 34  ibu;  nose features a touch of mocha and roasty grain;  the label mentions cookie flavours and by George, there are cookie-like notes at that,  w/ith grainy, roasty, chocolaty flavours;

30/1011) Home:  Samuel Adams' Thirteenth Hour by the Boston Brewing Company of Massachusetts:  *1/2;  from the Samuel Adams Barrel Room Collection 3-pack;  a 9% Belgian style stout;  contains 13 ingredients including dextrose and brown sugar;  tart, citrusy nose;  the "Kosmik Mother Funk" ™ over shadows the chocolate and coffee notes;  it may well have been much better without it;  at the finish a hint of chocolate emerges from the shadows;

From Samuel Adams' Barrel Room Collection