180 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL
July 4, 2012 (Wednesday)
Happy Independence Day
1554 ENLIGHTENED BLACK ALE
12 FL. OZ., ALC. 5.6% BY VOL.
Brewed and Bottled by New Belgium Brewing Company, Fort Collins, CO
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FROM THE LABEL: "Born of a flood and centuries-old Belgian text, 1554 Enlightened Black Ale uses a lager yeast strain and dark chocolaty malts to redefine what dark beer can be. In 1997, a Fort Collins flood destroyed the original recipe our researcher, Phil Benstein, found in the library. So Phil and brewmaster, Peter Bouckaert, traveled to Belgium to retrieve this unique style lost to the ages. Their first challenge was deciphering antiquated script and outdated units of measurement, but trial and error (and many months of in-house sampling) culminated in 1554, a highly quaffable dark beer with a moderate body and mouthfeel."
FROM THE MOUTH: BLACK ALE: That is a mouthful! Starts with smooth sweet malty chocolate/coffee rounds out nicely with some hops- undertones of pepper and dark fruit. Reminds me of a mix of a brown ale and a porter. Nice beer. A
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