Peter Moran Beer List

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Affligem Tripel

Product - Affligem Tripel
Brewed By: 
Affligem
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
8.5% ABV

Affligem Tripel: the pride of abbey style beers. Its amber color and distinctive bitterness is bolstered by 8.5 alcohol.

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A complex brew is a perfect choice as an aperitif with crab cakes, scallops or mussels or an assertive cheese such as a Roquefort or a Stilton; particularly delightful with asparagus. The perfect accompaniment to a fruit dessert, crepes or wonderful on its own as a digestif.
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Affligem Blond

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Brewed By: 
Affligem
Self-Defined Style: 
Abbey Blond
Strength (ABV): 
6.8% ABV

Affligem Blond, the classic cleare blonde abbey ale, with a gentle roundness and 6.8 alcohol. Low on bitterness, it is extremely drinkable.

Best With: 
The characteristic bready, fruity complexity of this beer combined with its mellow, rounded finish make it an exceptional pairing for steamed, marinated mussels, grilled lobster tail, and gamier meats such as venison or wild boar.
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Allagash Tripel

Product - Allagash Tripel
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Golden hued, deep, complex palate including hints of banana and honey, long, soothing alcohol laced finish.

Best With: 
A complex brew is a perfect choice as an aperitif or with crab cakes, scallops or mussels or an assertive cheese such as Roquefort or Stilton; particularly delightful with asparagus. The perfect accompaniment to a fruit dessert, crepes or wonderful on its own as a digestif.
Awards: 
Silver Medal - 2009 Great American Beer Festival - Belgian-Style Abbey Ale
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Anchor Liberty Ale

Product - Anchor Liberty Ale
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

A special top-fermenting ale yeast is used during fermentation and is responsible for many of Liberty Ale's subtle flavors and characteristics. Carbonation is produced by an entirely natural process called "bunging," which produces champagne-like bubbles. Dry-hopping (adding fresh hops to the brew during aging), imparts a unique aroma to the ale. It is a process rarely used in this country today.

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Anchor Porter

Product - Anchor Porter
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Porter
Strength (ABV): 
5.6% ABV

Anchor Porter is a unique dark brew, which was introduced by Anchor in the early 1970s. Anchor Porter, like all of Anchor Brewing Company's products, is brewed with only natural ingredients. Specially roasted dark malts are used, along with a top-fermenting yeast. The brew is hopped at a very high rate, and is naturally carbonated to produce an intensely rich flavor and thick creamy head.

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Anchor Old Foghorn

Product - Anchor Old Foghorn
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Barleywine Style Ale
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Old Foghorn is highly hopped, using only Cascade hops. It is fermented with a true top-fermenting ale yeast. Carbonation is produced by an entirely natural process called "bunging," which produces champagne-like bubbles. Our "barleywine ale" is dry-hopped with additional Cascade hops while it ages in our cellars.

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Anchor Steam

Product - Anchor Steam Beer
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Steam Beer
Strength (ABV): 
4.9% ABV

San Francisco's famous Anchor Steam®, the classic of American brewing tradition since 1896, is virtually handmade, with an exceptional respect for the ancient art of brewing. The deep amber color, thick creamy head, and rich flavor all testify to our traditional brewing methods. Anchor Steam is unique, for our brewing process has evolved over many decades and is like no other in the world.

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Anchor Christmas

Product - Anchor Christmas
Brewed By: 
Anchor
Self-Defined Style: 
Christmas Beer
Strength (ABV): 
6.0% ABV

Each year our Christmas Ale gets a unique label and a unique recipe for the Ale itself. Although our recipes must remain a secret, many enthusiasts save a few bottles from year to year(stored in a cool dark place) to taste later and compare with other vintages. Properly refrigerated, the beer remains intriguing and drinkable for years, with different nuances slowly emerging as the flavor mellows slightly.

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Anderson Valley Boont Amber Ale

Product - Anderson Valley Boont Amber 2012
Self-Defined Style: 
Amber Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
15 IBU

Balance. It’s what makes our Boont Amber Ale so unique: rich, crystal malts give this beer a deep copper hue and contribute a slight caramel sweetness while the herbal, spicy bitterness from carefully selected whole-cone hops impart a crisp, clean finish. Hints of sun toasted grain, toffee, and fruity esters compliment the mellow, noble hop aroma.

Best With: 
FOOD PAIRINGS: Onion rings, grilled steaks, roasted chicken, pasta Bolognese, poached pears CHEESE PAIRINGS: Herbed goat cheese, Romano
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Ayinger Ur-Weisse Dunkel

Product - Ayinger Ur-Weisse Dunkel
Brewed By: 
Ayinger
Self-Defined Style: 
Dunkel Hefe-Weizen
Strength (ABV): 
5.8% ABV

Old-fashioned Bavarian dunkel (dark) wheat beer. Amber in color, dry in palate, very fruity, bursting with flavor. A complex beer with suggestions of soft fruit, apple, and, in the finish, perhaps even cloves. Amber in color, dry in palate, very fruity, bursting with flavor of fruit, apples and even, perhaps, cloves.

Best With: 
Sole with lemon beurre blanc, lemon chicken, hearty sausages, veal dishes, broiled game hen, game pie, venison, boar, corned beef sandwiches. Serve in tall vase-shaped weisse glass; a thin slice of lemon as garnish is a personal choice. The yeast is healthful and delicious.
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Beamish Irish Stout

Product - Beamish Stout
Brewed By: 
Beamish
Self-Defined Style: 
Irish Stout
Strength (ABV): 
4.1% ABV

Beamish is a rich, creamy Irish stout, with hints of roasted malts and a lingering finish.

Best With: 
Great with oysters.
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Beck's Premium Lager

Product - Becks Pils
Brewed By: 
Beck's
Self-Defined Style: 
Lager
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

This bright golden colored lager beer pours brilliantly clear, with spritzy effervescence and a slight head. The beer tastes clean and refreshing with some mild cereal notes and some delicate hop bitterness. The finish is clean and relatively swift.

Best With: 
This lager would be fine companion served cold with pizza or pub food, but would also do quite well to have beside a light whitefish cooked with white wine and some crisp greens on the side.
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Belhaven Scottish Ale

Product - Belhaven Scottish Ale
Brewed By: 
Belhaven
Self-Defined Style: 
Scottish Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV
Color (SRM): 
15º L

It's said in jest that the Scots like a drink. Put aside those clumsy "comedy" stereotypes for a second, and you'll find that our love of good beer is a more considered affair. Belhaven Scottish Ale is a fine example of this appreciation. This classic 3.9% strength Scottish ale is a real old timer, having been brewed at Belhaven longer that any other beer. Its sweet ruby mix of malt and hops pampers and primes the palate, preparing you for a smooth creamy finish. It's a carefully crafted ale to make our nation swell with pride.

Best With: 
Game birds, lamb and roast pork are ideal food pairings for this Scottish Ale.
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Belhaven Wee Heavy

Product - Belhaven Wee Heavy
Brewed By: 
Belhaven
Self-Defined Style: 
Wee Heavy
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

It may have come from a right old recipe but Wee Heavy fits the bill today as much as it ever has. It is a classic Scottish heavy but has a lightness of flavour and a great reddish colour in the glass. Cracking stuff if we do say so ourselves.

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Bell's Two Hearted Ale

Product - Bell's Two Hearted Ale
Brewed By: 
Bell's Brewery, Inc.
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
7.0% ABV

India Pale Ale style well suited for Hemingway-esque trips to the Upper Peninsula. American malts and enormous hop additions give this beer a crisp finish and incredible floral hop aroma.

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With a bold emphasis on hop bitterness, India pale ales are the ultimate beverage pairing for spicy dishes. The sharp hop presence in most India pale ales can stand up to even the most devilish of spices in Cajun, Malaysian, Japanese, Indian, and Mexican cuisine.
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Belle-Vue Framboise

Product - Belle-Vue Framboise
Brewed By: 
Belle-Vue
Self-Defined Style: 
Framboise
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV

Belle-Vue Framboise is made with another fruit lambic and is characterized by the elegant and sweet taste of raspberries. The alcohol content is 5.7% ABV.

Best With: 
Enjoy as an aperitif. This beer is also unbeatable with, fresh fruit, chocolate desserts and cheesecakes.
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Belle-Vue Gueuze

Product - Belle-Vue Gueuze
Brewed By: 
Belle-Vue
Self-Defined Style: 
Gueuze
Strength (ABV): 
5.5% ABV

Belle-Vue Gueuze, called "the champagne of beers," has a full bodied taste in which harmony is achieved between sweet, bitter and sour nuances. It is made by blending old and young lambic, triggering a new fermentation. The alcohol content is 5.5% ABV.

Best With: 
An ideal aperitif, this beer is also great with mussels, shrimp, escargots, smoked salmon, ceviche, goat cheeses, oysters and pate.
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Belle-Vue Kriek

Product - Belle Vue Kriek
Brewed By: 
Belle-Vue
Self-Defined Style: 
Kriek
Strength (ABV): 
5.2% ABV

Belle-Vue Kriek is made by macerating fresh cherries in the lambic, which gives a burgundy hue and a refreshingly fruity taste to the beer.

Best With: 
Crepes suzette, tuna salad sandwiches, roast duck, fruit or chocolate desserts. Mix this with a stout for a complex blend of chocolate and cherry.
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Bitburger Pilsner

Product - Bitburger
Brewed By: 
Bitburger
Self-Defined Style: 
Pilsner
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Germany's best selling draught beer. Balanced taste of freshness and distinctive but crisp hop character.

Best With: 
A great gold pilsner will always work with all seafood dishes, clear broth soups and tapas. This brew also lends itself nicely jambalaya, falafels, and certain Caribbean dishes. Don't forget a good pilsner will always work with bar foods especially brats.
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Boddingtons Pub Ale

Product - Boddingtons
Brewed By: 
Boddingtons
Self-Defined Style: 
Pub Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.7% ABV

Boddingtons is a refreshing, smooth & sessionable beer. It is renowned for its golden color, full-bodied flavor and malty, morish taste with smooth, tight creamy head. Brewed in Manchester since 1778.

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Good choice for roast beef, Thai and Mexican dishes.
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Boon Framboise

Product - Boon Framboise
Brewed By: 
Boon
Self-Defined Style: 
Framboise Lambic
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Burgundy color, huge complex aroma, moderate raspberry flavor.

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Truly magnificent with duck, goose, venison, country pates and goat cheese ravioli. Excellent with dark chocolate cakes and tarts, vanilla or chocolate ice cream and cheesecake.
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Boon Geuze

Product - Boon Geuze
Brewed By: 
Boon
Self-Defined Style: 
Geuze Lambic
Strength (ABV): 
4.8% ABV

Deep orange beer, fruit and floral nose with dry bitter palate with the classic tartness of a lambic.

Best With: 
This beer is great with mussels, shrimp, escargots, smoked salmon, ceviche, goat cheeses, oysters and pate.
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Boon Kriek

Product - Boon Kriek
Brewed By: 
Boon
Self-Defined Style: 
Kriek Lambic
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV

Frank Boon is one of the last lambic producers to use 100% traditional methods. His Lambics are 100% spontaneously fermented (no pitched yeast or chemical acidification). Aged only in oak (not stainless steel) and fruited with 100% fruit (no syrups, concentrates, or artificial flavors). The results are Lambics that are neither candy sweet or exaggeratedly sour. Just beautifully balanced, tart, dry and sparkling. Red beer with glowing pink head, insistent cherry palate an earthy aroma.

Best With: 
This beer is great with chocolate dessert, panna cotta, magret of duck and venison in a sour cherry sauce.
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Boon Oude Geuze

Product - Boon Oude Gueze Mariage Parfait
Brewed By: 
Boon
Self-Defined Style: 
Aged Geuze Lambic
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Frank Boon's Oude (old) lambics are his top-of-the-line. Oude Geuze is blended exclusively from old lambic (2 years) and is refermented in the bottle. Frank's driest and most assertive beers, the Oude series bursts with earthy aromas and complex organic flavors that will delight Lambic Connoisseurs and sophisticated drinkers of all types.

Best With: 
Excellent on its own as an aperitif.