Tonight I decided to try one of the beers from, new to RI, Fort Collins Brewing. I tried their Z Lager, which is a rauchbier. It pours a darker reddish amber color with almost no head. It smells of caramel and other malts with a hint of smoke. The taste isn’t quite as smoky as I would have liked, but it is nicely smoked. It’s an easy drinking beer and worth a try as it’s one of those styles you don’t see very often. Fort Collins is likely a welcome addition to RI.
On Wednesday, I had Southern Tier’s Cherry Saison from their imperial beer series. I’ll start off by saying that I wasn’t crazy. It was a little dark for a saison. It had a cloudy orangy yellow hue to it. It smelled of spices and a slight hint of cherry. The flavor lacked the cherry, which wasn’t too bad, but it had too much of something and not enough of something else. I can’t put my finger on it, but something about this beer seemed off. I didn’t finish the bottle. It wasn’t overly drinkable and it is definitely not worth another try. In fact, if you have to drink the whole bottle yourself, it’s not worth the price. It’s worth trying if you’re going to split the bottle with 2-4 other people.
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