Jolly Pumpkin Oro de Calabaza Artisan Golden Ale
Style: Biere de Garde
Brewery: Jolly Pumpkin Artisan Ales
(USA - Dexter, Michigan)
 
PHENOMENAL! -Brandon Fry (Habersham Beer Connoisseur)
93 Points -Ratebeer.com 2006
88 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
Oro de Calabaza, an artisan golden ale produced in the Biere de Garde style. Refreshingly lush, spicy and peppery, with a gentle hop bouquet.
 
 
Leffe Blonde Ale
Style: Belgian Blonde Ale
Brewery: InBev Belgium
(Leuven, Belgium)
91 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Gold Medal -World Beer Championships
"Bright yellow-gold hue. Pours with a foamy white head. Vinous and fruity aromas suggest sweet pale malts. Follows through with sweet malty flavors on a moderately full-bodied palate where elegant hop flavors give this just enough bitterness to keep this in balance. A delicious and highly drinkable Abbey-style ale." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
 
Monk's Cafe Flemish Sour Ale  VERY RARE!
Style: Flemish Sour
Brewery: Brouwerij Van Steenberge
(Ertvelde, Belgium)
87 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
85 Percentile -Ratebeer.com 2006
 
 
Ommegang Hennepin
Style: Saison
Brewery: Brewery Ommegang (Moortgat)
(USA - Cooperstown, NY)
96-100 Points -Wine Enthusiast
94 Percentile -Ratebeer.com 2006
90 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
90 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Gold Medal -World Beer Championships
"Mildly cloudy golden yellow appearance; snowy white foam. Opening nosing finds minerally aromas of wet slate and wet pavement; with aeration the bouquet unfolds emitting seductive scents of yeast, cereal sweetness, distant spice, clove and malt. Palate entry is malty sweet and the texture is round and thick; midpalate is lusciously ripe and intensely malty and fruity. Fabulous domestic ale achievement." -Wine Enthusiast 
 
 
Orval Trappist Ale   (6% ABV)
Style: Belgian Ale
Brewery: Brasserie dOrval
(Florenville - Villers-d.-Orval, Belgium)
98 Percentile -Ratebeer.com 2006
89 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
4 Stars -Alcoholreviews.com
"Pale amber hue with a slight haze. Tangy, phenolic, vinous, malt and hop aromas with suggestions of cherry bark and an earthy, spicy edge. Frothy, tart, medium-full body with vinous, intensely phenolic malt and a lengthy, grilled citrus peel fade. A great food beer, try with goat cheese." -Beverage Tasting Institute
 
 
Saison Dupont Vieille Provision
Style: Saison
Brewery: Dupont Brasserie
(Tourpes-Leuze, Belgium)
96 Percentile -Ratebeer.com 2006
92 Points -Beverage Testing Institute
Gold Medal  -World Beer Championships
89 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
"Gold with a rich creamy head. The aromas show a distinctive, fresh, and fruity hop character. Full-bodied and faintly fruity, but has a focus of chewy pale malt and generous hop bittering on the finish. This beer has plenty of rustic charm." -Beverage Testing Institute
 
 
Thiriez Amber Farmhouse Ale
Style: Bière de Garde
Brewery: Brasserie Thiriez
(Esquelbecq, France)
 
87 Percentile -RateBeer.com 2006
85 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
This brisk Amber Ale is really a luminous golden-red. It is perfectly balanced, with a soft, fresh hop bitterness playing off a hearty whole-grain maltiness, and accented by an entrancing nose of earth and spice that is typical of French farm-country brewing.
 
 
Thiriez Blonde Farmhouse Ale
Style: Bière de Garde
Brewery: Brasserie Thiriez
(Esquelbecq, France)
 
87 Points -Beer Advocate 2006
Thiriez makes ales with an earthy, slightly wild character that recalls the early days of farmhouse brewing, before there was a border between France and Belgium. The delicate spicy champagne aromas of this thirst-quenching blonde beauty are quickly followed by a bracing rush of whole fresh hops.
 
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