June 2012 Featured Beers | Beer of the Month Club

Brouwerij De Molen - Zomerhop

De Proef Brouwerij & Hair of the Dog Brewing Company - Flanders Fred

Orkney Brewery - Skull Splitter

Neumarkter Lammsbräu Ökobrauerei - Lammsbräu Organic Dunkel

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Southern Pecan

Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Deep South Pale Ale

Woodstock Inn Brewery - Pig’s Ear Brown Ale

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Brouwerij De Molen - Zomerhop
De Proef Brouwerij & Hair of the Dog Brewing Company - Flanders Fred
Orkney Brewery - Skull Splitter
Neumarkter Lammsbräu Ökobrauerei - Lammsbräu Organic Dunkel
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Southern Pecan
Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Deep South Pale Ale
Woodstock Inn Brewery - Pig’s Ear Brown Ale
Woodstock Inn Brewery - Loon Golden Ale

Neumarkter Lammsbräu Ökobrauerei - Lammsbräu Organic Dunkel

ABV: 4.80%
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Mug or Stein
Country: Germany

This easy drinking dark lager cuts quite an attractive figure in the glass, with an attractive deep reddish color with plenty of foam. We found the aroma profile to be quite complex, with robust malty notes of brown bread, some molasses, and a touch of grassy, earthy hops with a touch of hay and spice. This dunkel lager offers one of the most beautiful and pure toasted grain aromas that we’ve experienced in a while, with a mild nutty quality th...

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Woodstock Inn Brewery - Loon Golden Ale

ABV: 4.75%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 30
Serving Temperature: 40-45°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Fuggle, Cascade
Malts: Pale, Torrified Wheat, Crystal
Country: United States

Loon Golden Ale is one of a number of very solid summer beers that we’ve had the pleasure to try recently. On the pour, expect an attractive golden color with a touch of chill haze and a cap of bright white foam. Right away on the nose you’ll notice the buttery note that is characteristic of the English Ringwood yeast strain used by this brewery. For us, it combines with a very bready malt aroma to create the impression of buttered biscuits. ...

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Woodstock Inn Brewery - Pig’s Ear Brown Ale

ABV: 4.30%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 25
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Mt. Hood, Cascade, Willamette
Malts: Pale, Crystal, Torrified Wheat, Roasted Barley, Chocolate
Country: United States

Usually pig’s ears aren’t too tasty unless you’re a dog, but this Pig’s Ear is certainly more than fit for human consumption; in fact, we found it quite compelling. Expect a rich brown color on the pour with red highlights and nice clarity. On the nose we found notes of brown sugar and a mild roasted malt character, a moderate dusting of cocoa, and hop notes that lean toward a spicy, grassy, herbal quality. The English yeast strain contributes...

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De Proef Brouwerij & Hair of the Dog Brewing Company - Flanders Fred

Style: Strong Ale & Lambic Blend
ABV: 7.50%
Serving Temperature: 55-65° F
Suggested Glassware: Oversized Wine Glass
Country: Belgium

A truly unique, inspired collaborative effort here, folks! Flanders Fred pours a vibrant brassy color, topped with an enormous fluffy ivory colored head. The froth leaves behind a gorgeous cling in the glass, doing a little interior decorating for us within our oversized red wine glass as it fades to a respectable covering that dresses the beer for the duration of our sampling (note the ample jets of carbonation that continue to recharge it). Thi...

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Brouwerij De Molen - Zomerhop

Style: India Pale Ale
ABV: 6.20%
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass
Country: Netherlands

Zomerhop is one of four seasonal IPAs made by Brouwerij de Molen. They are all named after the seasons: Winterhop, Lentehop (Spring), Zomerhop (Summer) and Herfsthop (Autumn). While stylistically all are the same (IPA), each is very different in aroma and taste. Zomerhop was brewed with four varieties of hops: premiant, saaz, columbus and cascade. Columbus and cascade were used for late and dry hopping, bringing an American style hop profile to t...

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Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Deep South Pale Ale

ABV: 5.21%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 27
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Cascade, Nugget, Columbus, Centennial
Malts: Pilsner, Wheat, Caramel
Country: United States

Lazy Magnolia’s pale ale pours a bright copper color with brilliant clarity and a head that drops plenty of lace as it slowly recedes. Big aromas of American hops are apparent as soon as one starts pouring, with floral and citrus notes that are a touch herbal with perhaps a hint of mint and a bit of hay. The hops present themselves right away on the palate too, coming through with a pungent herbal quality and some accompanying citrus zestiness....

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Lazy Magnolia Brewing Company - Southern Pecan

ABV: 4.39%
Int’l Bittering Units (IBUs): 19
Serving Temperature: 45-50°F
Suggested Glassware: Pint Glass or Mug
Hops: Nugget, Willamette
Malts: Maris Otter, Caramel, Wheat (and Roasted Pecans)
Country: United States

The brewery says this is the first beer made with whole roasted pecans. Other brewers have used pecans, but this is the only beer to use them in the grain bill, meaning the pecans get partially fermented in the brewing process and contribute to the core flavors of the beer rather than being an afterthought for adding aroma. Upfront, it smells fairly sweet and nutty, with a hint of plum, gingerbread dough, and a smidge of citrusy hops. We found pl...

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Orkney Brewery - Skull Splitter

Bottle Size: 12-oz
Style: Scotch Ale/Wee Heavy
ABV: 8.50%
Serving Temperature: 45-50° F
Suggested Glassware: Snifter, Tulip, Oversized Wine Glass
Hops: East Kent Golding
Malts: Maris Otter, Crystal, Chocolate, Wheat Malt
Country: Scotland

The “Wee Heavy” or “Scotch Ale” style is a robust, in-your-face beer, so it should come as no surprise Orkney chose to name their version after a fearsome Viking figure from Orcadian history, Thorfinn Turf-Einarsson Hauskaluif. But, Skull Splitter is not a one-trick pony; it offers many, many layers of complexity and subtlety, much like a fine spirit. On the pour, expect a somewhat murky reddish brown color with a head that reduces to a persist...

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