Flying Bison Dawn Patrol Gold

I went to Flying Bison Brewery today and picked up a growler of their seasonal brew called Dawn Patrol Gold. DPG is a kolsch style summer beer made only for draft June thru August. This beer pours a slightly cloudy golden color with a nice 2 finger thick head. The smell is a definite balance of malt and hops with the German noble hops slightly winning over the malt. While I am talking about smells, the brewery smelled heavenly. Even with a big garage style warehouse door open wide, the sweet malt wort smell was overpoweringly delicious. Anyway, back to the review.. Dawn Patrol Gold is a nice medium bodied kolsch. The German hops add a nice spiciness to this brew. This is a hoppier kolsch then most giving DPG a nice clean bite with a hoppy dry aftertaste. The head dissipated slowly and left a nice lace down the glass. Dawn Patrol Gold is a extremely refreshing beer great for thirst quenching on a hot day. I rate this local brew 4 out of 5 bottle caps.

St Peters Cream Stout

The First Ale I am going to review is St Peters Cream Stout. The Stout came in a 1 pint .9 fl oz. bottle that is capped. I poured this into a pint glass and got a rich thick light brown head that started 2 fingers thick and settled to about 1 finger. The stout itself was a rich dark chocolate color that no light passed thru. The smell had a strong chocolate sent, a medium barley malt sent and a light hoppy sent. The label says the stout has a combination of 4 different barley malts with fuggles and challenger hops. The malt and the hops are nicely balanced with neither overpowering the other. The head kept a nice lace retention throughout the whole tasting. As far as the taste goes, I really enjoyed it. It wasn't very thick like some stouts can get. It was rather refreshing with an almost soda pop mouth feel. The stout left a hint of bittersweet chocolate aftertaste that was almost suprising. I felt as if it would have a hoppier aftertaste even though the bottle did say it would be bittersweet chocolate. This cream stout was an excellent ale that I highly recommend. It was an easy drink from start to finish and definately wanted a second once the first was gone. I rate this as 4 out of 5 bottle caps.

Welcome to my review site

Welcome to Steve's MicroBrew Review site. I know I'm late to the game and people have been reviewing Micro brews for years now. But there is method to my madness. I have recently been indulging in a wide variety of micro brews. At first I was randomly picking different types of beer mostly by what the bottle looked like or the catchy name. Then, after a few duds, I decided to start researching a bit before purchasing. It was during this research that I decided to make my own review blog. I found many review sites and blogs out there, but none of them really clicked with me. I found many way too pretentious for my tastes. Allot of beer reviews were sounding like wine reviews.. and frankly, I do not have that kind of educated palate to differentiate the mildly earthy tones laced with a citrusy blah blah blah. I will attempt to give knowledgeable straight forward no-nonsense reviews of the brews I taste. I will post real pictures of the bottle and the beer in the glass. I am hoping that someone will read my review and it will make them want to purchase or avoid a particular brew. Micro brews can be on the expensive side and I hate to see any wasted beer.