I took shelter by the fire and nursed a Smuttynose Winter Ale or three. This beer gets panned by the experts. Fortunately, I'm not an expert because I quite liked it. It's a Trappist-style Dubbel that is flavorfully malty and rich. It's dark brown. It goes down smooth. It provided comfort from the storm.
2 comments:
Pete,
I'm not opposed to Smuttynose, but Portsmouth, NH is stretching the whole "local" thing a bit, don't you think? I know it's only 50 miles or so from Portland, but there are so many breweries in Portland itself that you shouldn't have to resort to beer From Away just yet! :-)
-Jason
You're right, Jason. Although I'm technically okay (locavore allows a 100 mile radius) there is no need to venture that far from Portland this early in my beer locavore year.
Pete
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