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Abita Purple Haze

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:18pm
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Product - Abita Purple Haze
Brewed By: 
Abita
Self-Defined Style: 
Raspberry Wheat
Strength (ABV): 
4.5% ABV

Lighter body, crisp refreshing palate, made with raspberry puree creating a mild berry finish.

Best With: 
Purple Haze is best on a hot summer day with light cheeses, fruits, nuts and chocolates. Mix with Abita Turbo Dog for a unique and pleasing experience.
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Allagash White

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:18pm
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Product - Allagash White
Brewed By: 
Allagash
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian Wheat Beer
Strength (ABV): 
5.0% ABV
Color (SRM): 
4º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
13 IBU

Our interpretation of a traditional Belgian wheat beer, Allagash White is unique and truly refreshing. Brewed with a generous portion of wheat and our own special blend of spices, this beer is light and slightly cloudy in appearance, with a spicy aroma.

Best With: 
Pair with a salad with vinaigrette dressing or a fresh goat cheese. Excellent accompaniment to poultry and fish entrées or a dessert such as a spicy apple pie.
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Lagunitas IPA

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:19pm
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Product - Lagunitas Ipa
Brewed By: 
Lagunitas
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.2% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
46 IBU

Thanks for choosing to spend the next few minutes with this special homicidally hoppy ale. Savor the moment as the raging hop character engages the imperial qualities of the Malt foundation in mortal combat on the battlefield of your palate!

Best With: 
This IPA would have a wonderful relationship with a hearty meal of steak, stew or chili. Strong and sharp cheeses, like the Roquefort or Stilton pair nicely.
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Oskar Blues Dale's Pale Ale

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:20pm
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Product - Oskar Blues Dales
Brewed By: 
Oskar Blues
Self-Defined Style: 
American Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Dale's Pale Ale is our flagship beer and America's first hand-canned craft beer. It's an assertive but deftly balanced beer (somewhere between an American pale ale and an India Pale Ale) brewed with hefty amounts of European malts and American hops. It features a meringue-like head, a copper color, and a hoppy nose, thanks to a big post-boil addition of Centennial hops. To complement its hoppy first impression, Dale's also sports a rich middle of malts and hops, and a bracing finish.

Best With: 
This intense example of an American Pale Ale would have a wonderful relationship with a hearty meal of steaks, stews and chili's. Strong and sharp cheeses, like the Roquefort or Stilton would pair nicely.
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Chimay Blue (Grande Réserve)

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:27pm
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Product - Chimay Blue btl
Brewed By: 
Chimay
Self-Defined Style: 
Grande Réserve
Strength (ABV): 
9.0% ABV

Named Grande Réserve in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, it is principally distinguished by its character of a strong beer. This is a beer whose fragrance of fresh yeast with a light, flowery rosy touch is especially pleasant. Its flavor, noticed when tasting it, only accentuates the pleasant sensations perceived in the aroma, while revealing a light but pleasant touch of roasted malt. This top fermented Trappist beer, refermented in the bottle, is not pasteurized.

Best With: 
Chimay Grande Réserve works wonders with creamy cheeses, chocolate desserts, or as a digestif.
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Chimay Triple

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:27pm
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Product - Chimay Triple btl
Brewed By: 
Chimay
Self-Defined Style: 
Tripel
Strength (ABV): 
8.0% ABV

Named Cinq Cents in 75 cl (25.4 fl.oz.) bottles, this beer with its typical golden color, its slightly hazy appearance and its fine head is especially characterized by its aroma which results from an agreeable combination of fresh hops and yeast. The beer's flavor, as sensed in the mouth, comes from the smell of hops: above all it is the fruity notes of Muscat and raisins that give this beer a particularly attractive aroma. The aroma complements the touch of bitterness. There is no acidity, but an after-bitterness which melts in the mouth.

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This complex Tripel 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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Stone Arrogant Bastard Ale

Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:21pm
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Product - Stone Arrogant Bastard
Brewed By: 
Stone Brewing Co.
Self-Defined Style: 
American IPA
Strength (ABV): 
7.2% ABV

This is an aggressive ale. You probably won’t like it. It is quite doubtful that you have the taste or sophistication to be able to appreciate an ale of this quality and depth. We would suggest that you stick to safer and more familiar territory–maybe something with a multi-million dollar ad campaign aimed at convincing you it’s made in a little brewery, or one that implies that their tasteless fizzy yellow beverage will give you more sex appeal. Perhaps you think multi-million dollar ad campaigns make things taste better. Perhaps you’re mouthing your words as you read this.

Best With: 
This IPA's generous hop character makes it an ideal pairing with spicy foods such as barbecue, dry-rubbed ribs, or ethnic cuisine such as curry based Indian food, wasabi based Japanese dishes, or spicy Thai entrees.
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Stone Cat I.P.A.

Submitted by tom.byrne on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 2:19pm
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Product - Stone Cat I.P.A.
Brewed By: 
Stone Cat
Self-Defined Style: 
India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.7% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
55 IBU

Our Stone Cat India Pale Ale, just like the one the British shipped to India, is highly hopped and brewed for those who enjoy fuller-bodied ales.

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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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Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale

Submitted by redmash21 on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:22pm
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Product - Yards Philadelphia Pale Ale
Brewed By: 
Yards Brewing Company
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
4.6% ABV
Color (SRM): 
8º L
Bitterness (IBU): 
36 IBU

Not to be boastful, but we honestly believe that all other ales pale in comparison to this one. Brewed with pilsner malt, Philadelphia Pale Ale is crisp and hoppy, bursting with citrus flavors and aromas.

Philadelphia Pale Ale was named one of the best Pale Ales in the country by the New York Times.

Best With: 
This non traditional Pale Ale pairs nicely with clear broth based soups, salted almonds, game birds and all sorts of seafood. This brew also offers a nice balance to spicier Indian and Cajun foods.
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Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale Ale

Submitted by ErinBiles on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:19pm
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Product - Flying Dog Doggie Style Pale
Brewed By: 
Flying Dog
Self-Defined Style: 
Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
5.3% ABV

Dry hopped with lots of Cascade hops, pleasant malt flavor.

Best With: 
A very drinkable American pale ale that pairs with anything from avocados to Mexican dishes to calamari to bar foods.
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Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA

Submitted by ErinBiles on Thu, 12/03/2009 - 11:43am
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Product - Flying Dog Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA
Brewed By: 
Flying Dog
Self-Defined Style: 
Belgian-Style India Pale Ale
Strength (ABV): 
8.3% ABV
Bitterness (IBU): 
60 IBU

Two inflammatory words…one wild drink. Nectar imprisoned in a bottle. Let it out. It is cruel to keep a wild animal locked up. Uncap it. Release it…stand back! Wallow in its golden glow in a glass beneath a white foaming head. Remember, enjoying a RAGING BITCH, unleashed, untamed, unbridled – and in heat – is pure GONZO!! It has taken 20 years to get from there to here. Enjoy!” – Ralph Steadman

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Generally speaking, Belgian ale is a gastronomic miracle. The delicate spicy and fruity nature of these ales, accentuated by the distinctive Belgian yeast strains, pairs beautifully with lamb, mussels, and semi-soft cheeses such as gouda, havarti, and tilsit.
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Rogue Dead Guy Ale

Submitted by sebuhler@gmail.com on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 6:20pm
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Product - Rogue Dead Guy
Brewed By: 
Rogue
Self-Defined Style: 
Maibock
Strength (ABV): 
6.5% ABV

Gratefully dedicated to the Rogue in each of us. In the early 1990s Dead Guy Ale was created as a private tap sticker to celebrate the Mayan Day of the Dead (November 1st, All Souls Day) for Casa U Betcha in Portland, Oregon. The Dead Guy design proved popular and was incorporated into a bottled product a few years later with Maierbock as the elixir. Strangely, the association with the Grateful Dead is pure coincidence. Dead Guy is a German-style Maibock made with Rogue's proprietary "PacMan" ale yeast.

Best With: 
This amber colored ale pairs nicely with brothy soups, salted almonds, game birds and seafood. This brew also offers a nice companion to cheeses and fruits.