2008 Michigan's Winter Beer Festival

MY FAVORITES:

STOUT
5 - New Holland "Night Tripper Imperial Stout"
(Outstanding!)
5 - Short's Brewing "Uber Goober"
(Creative, Peanut Butter overtones)
5 - Founders "Kentucky Breakfast Stout"
5 - Grand Rapids "Tiramisu Stout"
4 - The Hideout "Smuggler's Hazlenut Stout"
4 - The Hideout "Midnight Oatmeal Stout"
3 - Arcadia "Cocoa Loco Chocolate Stout"

PORTER
4 - Short's Brewing "Black Cherry Porter"
4 - Dark Horse "Reserve Special Black Bier"

RED
5 - The Hideout "Chicago Typewriter Double Red"
(Supurb! Served on Nitro)
4 - Big Rock Chophouse "Scotch Red"
4 - Dragonmead "Erik the Red"

IPA
5 - Short's Brewing "Rich's Rye Ice"
(Creative, Amazing amount of bittering hops)
5 - Founders "Black IPA"
(Creative, surprisingly what you'd expect!)
4 - Dark Horse "Double Crooked Tree IPA"
(This is how it should always be made)

WHEAT
5 - Weizenheimer Weiss
(Lot's of IBU's, like an IPA!)

LAMBIC
5 - Grand Rapids "Lambic Framboise"
(A true craft, nice and tart)

BELGIAN
5 - Jolly Pumpkin "Madrugada Obscura"
(Genious, Jolly is untouchable)
4 - Black Lotus "The Gift Belgian Strong Ale"
3 - Jolly Pumpkin "Bam Noire, Aged"

BARLEY WINE's
5 - New Holland "2005 Aged Pilgrim's Dole Wheat Wine"
(3 years perfected)
5 - Grand Rapids "Barrel Aged Barley Wine"
(GR's best kept secret)
4 - New Holland "2006 Aged Dragon's Milk Bourbon Barrel"
3 - Arcadia "Ceral Killer Barley Wine"

CHILI BEER
5 - Dragonmead "Chili beer"
(Best Chili brew I've had yet!)

WINTER SPICED
3 - Mountain Town Station "Winter Warmer"

DOPPLEBOCK
4 - The Livery - "Liverator Dopplebock"
3 - Atwater Block - "Voodoovator Dopplebock"

ESB
3 - Jamesport Brewing "ESB"

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