"Glaslyn" by Purple Moose Brewery from Porthmadog, Gwyneth, Wales (4.2%): Definitely the winner of the session... Nose is like sticking your head in a mash tun in a Scotch Whisky distillery and getting light headed from the CO2 filling in your nostrils. Amazingly tasty, roasted, crunchy malted barley notes on the palate. Superb brew... Yumm!
"400 Pound Monkey" by Left Hand Brewing, Longmont, CO, US (6.8%): The nose is sour and soapy in a beautiful way but not so aggressive. The palate takes all the points from me: heather, tart fruits, damp black garden soil, bread and butter and oaked Chardonnay. Excellent brew from Left Hand Brewing showing that they are not only about the Milk Stout.
"C-Dah Pils by Martha's Exchange Brewery, Nashua, NH, States (5.1%): Ok, this is going to sound a little weird but the nose is resembling urinals of a dive bar... Not disturbing though. The palate is citrusy with lemon zest, grapefruit and kumquat rounded with beautiful toasted wood notes. A perfectly balanced mellow pilsner. Would be a perfect brew to sip at your neighborhood bar right after work on a hot summer evening before you go home...
"Wild One" by Bantam Cider, Cambridge, MA, States (6%): It is a cask conditioned cider from the creators of Wunderkind cider. A cider blended from two separate wild fermentations, unfined and unfiltered. Cloudy, dry and sour like Normandian ciders. My kind of an apple brew. Only if I could find it bottled somewhere...
Kudos to Cask-conditioned Ale Support Campaign for putting up a very successful event...
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