Proof, the Tallahassee behemoth of beer

Proof, the Tallahassee behemoth of beer

The proof bottle shop............Do I really even have to elaborate on this store?

I mean, who doesn’t already go to this store when they are looking for the best stuff in town?

Very few beer stores have the kind of reputation. For many (myself included) it was the first place I really had good beer and as a result, it was the beginning of my love for beer. Hell, if it wasn’t for this place I probably would not had gotten into home-brewing.

I owe a lot to this place, in terms of how its helped me with beer and what not.

Packing the largest collection of beer in town, the most refrigerators dedicated to beer, and (easily) the most knowledgeable staff in town. There are a lot of reasons for people to check this store out.

Hell, even their custom made brews are pretty damn good.

As I said before, its goes without saying. Go to this place if you haven’t already. It will really get you started on enjoying better beer.

Now then...........

Here is a current list of some of the cooler bottles\cans on the shelf right now at proof:

WARNING: proof has a huge list of beer, and has more of some than others. sections that are in italics indicate that they may be out of that beer at the moment, and overall indicates beers in small supply. Some might be restocked later, some may not. Eventually, some of these will be struck off the list. Right now, in-between semesters, some beers may also be harder to find than others.

bombers\single bottles
(all of these are either 22 bombers or 750 bottles unless specified)
• stone
  • punishment, 18.99, 500ml
    • Style: American strong ale, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (38\100), beer advocate (72\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • southern char, 18.99 500ml
    • Style: American strong ale, 12.6%
    • rating: ratebeer (n\a), beer advocate (96\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • self righteous, 7.99
    • Style: Black IPA, 8.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: 87\100
  • old guardian, 8.99
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• Yeastie Boys
  • Rex attitude, 5.49, 12oz
    • Style: Smoked beer, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (59\100), beer advocate (81\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• williams brothers
  • black ball stout, 5.49, 12oz
    • Style: English stout, 4.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (67\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
• de ranke
  • XX bitter, 11.25
    • Style: Belgian IPA, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • XXX bitter, 11.25
    • Style: Belgian IPA, 6%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• B nectar
  • vanilla cinnamon mead, 17.99
    • Style: mead
    • rating: ratebeer (90\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Panil
  • panil divina, 14.99
    • Style: unblended Lambic, 5.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (86\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Nøgne Ø
  • dark horizon 4^th edition, 10.99 12oz
    • Style: Russian Imperial stout, 16%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: will arrive in 2-3 years when I drink mine ;)
• founders
  • sweet repute, 17.99
    • Style: wheatwine, 12.6%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• southern tier
  • compass, 7.99
    • Style: American Pale ale, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: 87.2\100. A great beer for people who say that they don't like beer, and a good beer substitute for campaign. Hoppy, floral, and spritzy.
  • pumping, 7.99
    • Style: Pumpkin ale, 8.6%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: 98\100. Simply the best pumpkin ale there is. Period.
  • oat, 8.99
    • Style: Imperial stout, 11%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • iniquity, 6.99
    • Style: black IPA, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: 93\100
  • back burner, 7.99
    • Style: Barleywine, 10%,
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (90\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • chokolat, 8.99
    • Style: American imperial stout, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (95\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Coronado
  • Stoopid stout, 6.99
    • Style: American imperial stout, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Great Divide
  • Wolfgang dopplebock,
    • Style:
    • rating:
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  • Belgian style Yeti, 9.99
    • Style: Belgian stout, 9.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: n\a, but this beer is retired. If your curious pick it up. You never know when youl get another chance!
• heavy seas
  • The big DIPA, 8.99
    • Style: Double ipa, 10.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (88\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Below Decks, 6.99
    • Style: barleywine, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (75\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Schneider
  • aventinus weizen eisbock, 4.99, 11.2 oz
    • Style: Eisbock, 12%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• heller bock saphir, 4.99 16.9 oz
  • Style: helles bock, 7.4%
  • rating: ratebeer (92\100), beer advocate (88\100)
  • person rating: n\a
• zolo vintage roden batch, 18.99
  • Style:
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• samichlaus, 15.99
  • Style: doppelbock, 14%
  • rating: ratebeer (94\100), beer advocate (89\100)
  • person rating: n\a
• Brasserie de Rocks
  • tripple Impériale, 8.99
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • grand crue, 7.99
    • Style: Belgian strong ale, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: Their are many who claim to be the best Belgian brewery, but I feel that for the money, these guys beat out all the rest. A must try for anyone who loves Belgian style beers, or is looking to celebrate something special. 94\100
• buffalo Belgian stout, 8.99
  • Style: Belgian imperial stout, 9%
  • rating: ratebeer (79\100), beer advocate (82\100)
  • person rating: n\a
• St Sebastiaan , 8.99, 16oz flip-top bottle (A souvenir!)
  • Dark
    • Style: Dubbel, 6.9%
    • rating: ratebeer (85\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Gold ale
    • Style: Tripel, 7.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (74\100), beer advocate (85\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Grand reserve
    • Style: Belgian strong ale, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (85\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Samuel Smith
  • yorkshire stingo, 11.99
    • Style: English strong ale, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Harviestoun Brewery, (the old engine oil people!)
  • Ola Dubh 16 year scotch aged, 8.25, 12 oz
    • Style: old ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Ola Dubh 12 year scotch aged, 7.99, 12 oz
    • Style: old ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Ola Dubh 18 year scotch aged, 9.99, 12 oz
    • Style: old ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Schmaltz\hebrew
  • Origin, 5.99
    • style: fruit beer, 8%
    • Stats: ratebeer (61\100), beer advocate (80\100)
    • personal rating:
  • Reunion ale, 7.99
    • style: American brown ale, 7.5%
    • Stats: ratebeer (93\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • personal rating: n\a
• Swamp-head
  • hoe-hoe-hoe, 13.49
    • Style: Witbier, 5.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (40\100), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Ballast point
  • sea monster, 9.49
    • Style: American imperial stout, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (90\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • victory at sea coffee Vanilla porter, 9.49
    • Style: American porter, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (98\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• bear republic
  • Peter Brown tribute, 4.99
    • Style: American brown ale, 6.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (92\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • black bear stout, 6.99
    • Style: American double Stout, 8.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • cafe racer, 8.49
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 9.75%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• North Coast Brewery
  • Grand Cru, 13.99
    • Style: Belgian strong ale, 12.9%
    • rating: ratebeer (n\a), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Rogue
  • double dead guy, 13.49
    • Style: American strong ale, 9.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• terrapin
  • All American Imperial pills, 8.49
    • Style: Imperial Pils, 8.9%
    • rating: ratebeer (89\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Hopping Frog Brewery
  • silk porter, 9.99
    • Style: American porter, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Gangster Frog, 8.99
    • Style: American IPA, 7.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (95\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Karminator, 11.49
    • Style: Doppelbock, 9.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (92\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Hopped up Goose Juice Rye, 8.99
    • Style: American IPA, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Mean Manalishi IPA, 11.99
    • Style: Double IPA, 8.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (85\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Hop Dam tripple IPA, 15.99
    • Style: imperial IPA, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Belgian IPA, 10.99
    • Style: Belgian IPA, 8.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Dogfish head
  • Rhizing Bines, 12.49
    • Style: imperial ipa, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (91\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• lagunitas
  • lucky 13, 4.99
    • Style: American Strong Ale, 8.56%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: 88\100
• Brasserie De La Pleine Lune
  • Aubeloun, 11.49
    • Style: Belgian IPA, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (79\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating:
  • Super Nova, 11.49
    • Style: American style IPA, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (80\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
• Avery brewery
  • mephistopheles, 9.49 12 oz
    • Style: Imperial stout, 16.43%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Samael, 8.99, 12 oz
    • Style: English barleywine, 15.53%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • hog heaven, 6.99
    • Style: American barleywine, 9.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• humboldt
  • 500 bc, 8.49
    • Style: imperial IPA, 8.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (91\100), beer advocate (90\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• New Albanian
  • Black and Blue grass, 8.49
    • Style: Saison, 6.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (69\100), beer advocate (79\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Highland brewing company
  • Imperial Kashmir, 8.99
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 10.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Evil Twin
  • Justin Blabaer, 12.49
    • Style: Berliner Weisse, 4.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (93\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Brouwerij Hof Ten Dormaal
  • Barrel aged project 1 Sherry, 19.49
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (49\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Barrel aged project 11 Armagnac, 19.49
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (86\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Barrel aged project 10 Madeira, 19.49
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (n\a), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Barrel aged project 13 Cognac, 19.49
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (94\100), beer advocate (n\a)
    • person rating: n\a
• Shipyard
  • Bourbon Barrel aged Monkey Fist, 13.49
    • Style: American IPA, 7.6%
    • rating: ratebeer (n\a), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• victory
  • Red Thunder, 8.49
    • Style: Baltic porter, 8.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (94), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Unibrue
  • 17 grand reserve, 12.49
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • La Terrible, 8.99
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 10.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Green Flash
  • Saison Diego, 7.49
    • Style: Saison, 4.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (89\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Trippel, 7.49
    • Style: tripel, 9.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (91\100), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Anchor Brewery
  • Number 4 Fort Ross Farmhouse Ale, 10.99
    • Style: Saison\Farmhouse ale, 7.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (86\100), beer advocate (80\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  4\6 packs
• breckenridge
  • regal double pills, 11.49\4
    • Style: Double Pilsner, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (68\100), beer advocate (81\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Sierea Nevada
  • Kellerweis, 8.99\6
    • Style: Hefeweizen, 4.8%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: If there is any style that some people feel American brewers cannot touch, it is German styles. How could Americans beat breweries that have been brewing their German styles for HUNDREDS of years, when we have only come back as a brewing nation in the last 2 decades. Well this brew gives them a run for their money. Easily the best American made hefewisen, period (and better than most German hefewisensas well). A high recommendation. 92\100
  • Narwal, 9.99\4
    • Style: Russian Imperial Stout, 10.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: in a old review of this beer, I stated that it tasted like “liquified black chocolate”, and only had criticism for its subtle aroma. For the money, you can not do any better for a high quality stout like this one. Pick it up if you haven’t already. Rating: 96\100
• U-rthel
  • hop-it, 14.99\4
    • Style: Belgian IPA, 9.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Brasserie de Silly
  • scotch de silly, 14.99\4
    • Style: scotch ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (90\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Samuel Smith
  • Imperial stout, 10.49\4
    • Style: imperial stout, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Nut Brown Ale, 10.49\4
    • Style: English brown ale, 5%
    • rating: ratebeer (92\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: 90\100
  • India Ale, 10.49\4
    • Style: English IPA, 5%
    • rating: ratebeer (86\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Fullers
  • ESB, 10.99\4
    • Style: Premium ESB, 5.9%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: 88\100)
  • London Pride, 10.99\4
    • Style: Premium ESB, 4.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (87\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: 87\100
  • porter, 10.99\4
    • Style: English Porter, 5.4%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Coronado
  • Islander IPA, 12.49\6
    • Style: American IPA, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (85\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Idiot IPA, 12.49\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 8.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Mad river
  • humboldt haze, 11.99\4
    • Style: India pale ale, 7.95%
    • rating: ratebeer (80\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• New planet, gluten free
  • Pale, 8.99\4
    • Style: gluten free pale ale, 5%
    • rating: ratebeer (8\100), beer advocate (63\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Raspberry, 8.99\4
    • Style: gluten free fruit beer, 5%
    • rating: ratebeer (10\100), beer advocate (66\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• mission
  • shipwreck double IPA, 13.49\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 9.25%
    • rating: ratebeer (92\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• unibroue
  • don de dieu, 10.49\4
    • Style: Belgian strong pale ale, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • trois pistoles, 10.49\4
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 9%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: 91\100, very very good.
  • maudite, 10.49\4
    • Style: Belgian strong dark ale, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • ephemere apple, 10.49\4
    • Style: fruit beer, 5.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (82\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• lagunitas
  • little sumpin, 9.49\6
    • Style: American pale wheat ale, 7.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: 81\100
  • brown shugga, 10.99\6
    • Style: American strong ale, 9.99%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (90\100)
    • person rating: 92\100
  • censored, 9.49\6
    • Style: American red ale, 6.75%
    • rating: ratebeer(88\100), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • pills, 9.49\6
    • Style: Czech Pilsener, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (71\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • maximus IPA, 10.49\6
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 8.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • IPA, 9.49\6
    • Style: IPA, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (94\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Lexington
  • bourbon stout, 14.49\4
    • Style: Imperial stout, 8%
    • rating: ratebeer (88\100), beer advocate (81\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Erie brewing co
  • derailed black cherry, 10.49\4
    • Style: fruit beer, 5%
    • rating: ratebeer (35\100), beer advocate (74\100)
    • person rating: 90\100. Ill be honest, this is a slanted review. I'm rating it to style. In terms of a beer tasting of black cherries and not sucking, this beer is the only ones I've ever had to deliver. Trust me, its worth it. Would work great with some vanilla icecream.
• Dogfish head
  • festina peche, 9.99\4
    • Style: Berliner Weissbier, 4.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (82\100), beer advocate (67\100)
    • person rating: 65\100
  • Burton Baton, 15.99\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 10%
    • rating: Ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Palo Santo, 15.49\4
    • Style: Imperial brown ale, 12%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (93\100)
    • person rating: 87\100
• Smuttynose
  • vunderbar, 9.99\6
    • Style: German Pilsener, 5.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (88\100), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• victory
  • Prima Pills, 9.99\6
    • Style: German pilsener, 5.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: 93\100. By far one of the best American made pilseners there is. A fantastic hop-flavor focused brew, light and easy on the pallet, its a perfect easy drinking beer for long days when you need to beat off the heat of summer. A must try if you have not done so already.
  • Golden Monkey, 11.99\6
    • Style: tripel, 9.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: 85\100. a good trippel, but really, I remember this beer as being the ones that I would buy for the highest craft alcohol by volume for the lowest price. If that is your goal (to get drunk) but still want craft, this is your beer.
• highlands brewing
  • Thunderstruck coffee porter, 9.99\6
    • Style: American porter, 5.9%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: 94\100, by far one of the best coffee beers on the market. Great, great beer at a good price. Highly recommended.
• hinterlands
  • white cap white IPA, 10.91\6
    • Style: Belgian IPA (aka, white ipa), 4.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (77\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• terrapin
  • Moo-hoo chocolate milk stout, 9.49\4
    • Style: sweet stout, 6%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: 91\100. Best commercial milk stout on the market.
  • Big Hoppy Monster, 14.99\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (91\100)
    • person rating: 85\100
  • Pumpkinfest, 9.49\4
    • Style: Pumpkin ale, 6.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (91\100), beer advocate (84\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• fathead
  • headhunter IPA, 11.99\4
    • Style: American ipa, 7.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (97\100)
    • person rating: 94\100
  • bumbleberry honey blueberry ale, 11.99\6
    • Style: fruit beer, 5.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (61\100), beer advocate (82\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Six point
  • Bengali Tiger, 10.49\4 pints
    • Style: American IPA
    • rating: ratebeer (94\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: 90\100
  • Autumnation, 10.49\4 pints
    • Style: harvest ale, 6.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: 90\100
  • Crisp, 10.49\4 pints
    • Style: German pilsener, 5.4%
    • rating: ratebeer (59\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Goose Island
  • 6^th day, 8.99\6
    • Style: Strong American Brown ale, 8.3%
    • rating: ratebeer (88\1000, beer advocate (80\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Bells brewery
  • Expedition, 15.99\6
    • Style: imperial stout, 10.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (100\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: 96\100. A near perfect, enormous imperial stout. Well worth the price. Should sit well and age for years. Get it while you can.
  • Double cream, 12.99\6
    • Style: American stout, 6.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: 89\100. Note: its not a sweet stout, and has no lactose or dairy products in it. A True malt-lovers brew.
  • Java Stout, 15.99\6
    • Style: American stout with coffee added, 7.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• fort collins brewery
  • z smoked amber lager, 12.99\6
    • Style: Rauchbier, 5.4%
    • rating: ratebeer (61\100), beer advocate (80\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Hoptitude, 11.99\4
    • Style: Double IPA, 7.5%
    • rating: ratebeer (45\100), beer advocate (77\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Rocky Mountain IPA, 12.99\4
    • Style: American IPA, 6.2%
    • rating: ratebeer (80\100), beer advocate (83\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Boulder brewing
  • Mojo Risin, 13.49\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 10%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (85\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Green Flash
  • green Bullet, 13.49\4
    • Style: Imperial IPA, 10.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (88\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Grand Cru, 13.99\4
    • Style: Belgian dark strong ale, 9.1%
    • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (85\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • West Coast IPA, 10.99\4
    • Style: American IPA, 7.4%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (94\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Double Stout, 10.99\4
    • Style: American imperial stout, 8.8%
    • rating: ratebeer (99\100), beer advocate (92\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Rayon vert, 10.99\4
    • Style: Belgian Pale ale, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (97\100), beer advocate (86\100)
    • person rating: n\a
  • Hophead Red, 10.99\4
    • Style: American amber ale, 7%
    • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (89\100)
    • person rating: n\a
• Southern Tier
  • Harvest ale, 9.99
    • Style: Premium ESB, 6.7%
    • rating: ratebeer (95\100), beer advocate (87\100)
    • person rating: n\a

bulk\box sets
• Davy Jones lagger, 19.99
  • style: steam beer, 6%
  • rating: ratebeer (49\100), beer advocate (83\100)
  • personal rating: n\a
• 312 wheat, 16.99
  • style: American pale wheat ale, 4.2%
  • rating: ratebeer (29\100), beer advocate (78\100)
  • personal rating: n\a
• All day IPA
  • style: American ipa, 4.7%
  • rating: ratebeer (96\100), beer advocate (87\100)
  • personal rating: n\a
• Fat tire, 18.49
  • style: Amber ale, 5.2%
  • rating: ratebeer: (48\100), beer advocate (82\100)
  • personal rating: 75\100. Not a bat beer at all, but also not that amazing. For the price, its usually a OK option.
• Dales pale ale, 19.49
  • style: American pale ale, 6.5%
  • rating: ratebeer (98\100), beer advocate (88\100)
  • personal rating: 50\100. I really did not care for the cheesy hop flavor of this beer. It just tasted like feet to me. Not recommended at all, but I seem to be the minority here.

spot update: Cigar City Black ash at proof

This ones looks like its a peppery, unique black lagger, that is aged in black ash casks. Its a collaboration between cigar city and Max Lagers (an Atlanta brewery). Its ingredient list looks like it uses a lot of the same ingredients that you would get off of a black IPA, except fermented more like a lagger.

its high gravity lagger yeast should mean that its hop and wood character should shine through the most.

• Cigar city,
• black ash, abv unknown
• Style: black lager
• rating: ratebeer (unknown), beer advocate (unknown)

Their is not a lot of reviews, information, or background to this one atm. its very new and really as a result, is not very well known. the Reviews of it atm are pretty good, so I would suggest picking it up if your a huge fan of either Black IPA's (and want to try one in the form or a lager), or a a big Cigar city fan.
Get it while its still available!

Prost!

The Sam Adams Odyssey P1, Blackberry Witbier

The Sam Adams Odyssey P1

ahhhhhh good old Sam Adams. Its where most people got started in drinking good beer. Its the largest craft brewery in the world, and the most widely distributed craft beer as well (its hard to find a place that doesn't sell their iconic Boston Lager). However, the question arises: is their beer ACTUALLY good? Can it stand up to scrutiny of a seasons craft beer drinker?

Most say no. Most say that they are now a very boring brewery: unable to properly coax the seasoned beer drinker into buying either their staple 6 pack beers or their seasonal 4 pack or bomber beers. However, it cannot be overlooked that their is a real bias against the Boston Brewing company. They are, after all, the largest craft brewery. Their brewing volume and use of tv advertisements (Boston brewing co is in fact, one of the only craft breweries that relies on traditional advertisements like tv or billboards) have caused many the beer aficionado to shun them in favor of “local” and smaller breweries which they see as being the producer of the better beer.

Is this criticism correct, or does Sam Adams have some real winners out their that people are just ignoring just because of their own biases? Well that's the questions that I hope to answer, one beer at a time. I will look at trying ALL the beers from Sam Adams (or at least the ones I can find and afford), and giving a honest and good-natured review to all of them.

I will be focusing on both their bomber\4packs series and larger 6 packs. Hopefully this will eventually paint the breweries overall skill into focus and show once and for all whether or not Sam has what it takes for me to call them a real “craft” brewery, not in terms of what the BA paints it as, but merely as the producer of good beer.

Ill be starting with this brew I picked up with my new years beer (of which I might do a spotlight on as well), Sam Adams Blackberry Witbier.............picked up for the usual 1.99 a bottle from the Proof bottle shop

consumed at breakfast with two toasted waffles covered with peanut butter. Because, why not!

Da Review, Beer-Advocate style:
Blackberry Witbier

Appearance: strikingly clear, looking more like a cider or campaign than a witbier. Really, only the most style-driven lovers of wits will have a problem with this (tho YES, I gotja...wit bier means white beer and this isn't the cloudy white that it should be) but still, as opposed to grading it on style, it looks very nice if you grade it merely as a blackberry beer.
Ill compromise and give it a 3.5 for appearance.

3.5\5

Smell: This beer smells wonderful. It has a sour blackberry smell, mixed in with the character of the beer. Id say that it comes out smelling like a blackberry scone or another type of fruit pastry. not too shabby!
4.5\5

Taste: see what I like about this one, is how subdued it is. The blackberry flavor never takes up too much power from the beer, and it never gets to be too powerful to be cloying. Too many fruit beers do that and I find it in bad taste. However, this brew has some problems. It does not have enough wit flavors in it....and what little it has will not satisfy wit diehards (it has just a slight touch of soft bready wheat character). but for what it is as a fruit beer, I've it a 3.75 on taste.
3.75\5

Mouthfeel: Relatively middle ground in body final gravity, with a great heavy dose of carbonation. easy drinking.
4\5

Overall: Ill be honest, I liked this one, against all expectation. I'm not a big fan of wits OR fruit beer. mixing them together? odds are that if it was not for my blog, I would never had had this one. but I like it. if you treat it as a blackberry beer, its pretty good. I like it. overall, Id give it a 3.5\5

That totals out to a 3.86\5 on BA......but I feel that's its closer to about a 80\100 overall.

if it had just a BIT more un-malted what (and maybe some more oats) I would give it more.
its good, and great for the uninitiated in beer, especially if they like blackberry's.
Unexpectedly good. Not recommended for lovers of the classic wit style...you will not find any classic witness here.