Rockmill Dubbel

We're wrapping up the week with another of the beers procured in my trip to Columbus. The dubbel from Lancaster, Ohio's Rockmill Brewing. I don't know much about these guys other than this beer is certified organic. Also, I love a dubbel. So without further ado, to the beer!

REVIEW: Dogfish Head Urkontinent

Another day, another exciting experimental beer from Dogfish. Today's beer is called Urkontinent. Urkontinent refers to the mega continent that existed in prehistoric times prior to continental drift. A concept that I've always found kind of fascinating. And in the spirit of a time where traversing the globe was a whole lot easier Urkontinent is brewed using different spices. One from each continent in fact. Well, except for Antarctica. What is it with this guys and slacking n agriculture? But anyways, Dogfish actually collaborated with Google to come up with the different spices for each continent. A very cool video about the creation of this beer can be found here, recommended. The spices at work in this big hearty dubbel are wattleseed from Australia, toasted amaranth from South America, rooibos tea from Africa, myrica gale from Europe and honey from the good old U.S. of A. Now, I know what honey is, but I haven't the foggiest what any of the others are let alone what kind of flavors they're going to impart to the beer. But Dogfish hasn't let me down yet. To the beer!

REVIEW: Smuttynose Winter Ale

My first experience with Smuttynose was pretty fantastic. I adored their Shoals Pale Ale, a great beer to be sure. My second experience was less... enjoyable. I found their pumpkin ale to be a bit disappointing. I'm not one to be put off a whole brewery based upon one bad experience though! And after hearing some good things about this particular beer I'm back to my month of Christmas beers with Smuttynose's Winter Ale. A Belgian style abbey dubble checking in at 5.83% ABV and 30 IBUS. Let's see if Smuttynose can win their way back into my good graces. To the beer!