The Pale 31 pours a light color with no head and is reminiscent of apple cider in appearance. The beer gives a crisp hoppy aroma. The smell is nice and simple, nothing too complex.

The taste is pretty tame, nothing too wild. Very refreshing and great drinkability definitely a nice step in the direction of craft beers from the standard mass produced fizzy yellow beer. The beer doesn’t stand out too much in any single way but still a good beer to throw back on a hot day or as a gift to someone who is curious about the beer world! If you are just stepping out of the mass produced beers and into the craft beer scene, this would be a great beer to start with. Take your time with bitter beers since they can take some getting used to…

The Anniversary Ale pours a nice thick head with a dark warm color not much head retention with this ale. The hops stand out with this brew and there are subtle hints of spices, honey and pine to it. A nice aroma from this strong ale.

The Stone 13th Anniversary tastes great! There is a nice sweet flavor that combines the bitterness of the hops with the sweetness of the spices and pine. The high alcohol content provides a nice warm feel going down. The taste is unique, you can tell this beer was definitely brewed outside of the box. Overall, a smooth beer that has great drinkability for such a strong beer.

The American Ale gives off a floral-hoppy aroma with some hints of citrus.

The beer is refreshing and has a nice crisp bite to it thanks to the extra hops added during the brewing process. For an ale its one of the hoppiest we’ve tried. Rogue did a great job at creating an American Ale that stands out.

Overall this beer was above average we did enjoy it and it had a unique taste and character to it that Rouge is able to instill into their handcrafted beers.

Another beer we tried while In CA was the Cali Belgie from Stone which is a specialty IPA with a Belgian influence, the yeast is special Belgian strain that offers a unique taste.
We picked this beer up at Stone while out at the brewery for a special release of the vertical epic series where we were lucky enough to try the Vertical Epic 06.06.06 beer which was a nice spiced seasonal beer.

The IPA pours a nice golden color with about two fingers of head and great lacing that sticks to the glass. Cali Belgie has a very fresh hoppy aroma with faint hints of the imported yeast, nice smooth taste and great mouth feel. This great blend of ingredients brings together a high quality IPA with a sophisticated taste that has subtle hints of citrus.

A very tasty and unique IPA indeed.

The Honey ale pours a cloudy lemonade looking brew that almost looks like a heffe but is a little bit lighter and is topped of with a 2 finger head with decent retention.

not sure if it was my alegies acting up that day but the beer really didnt have much to it as far as aroma goes.  I detected a very mellow citric aroma after letting it sit for a minute. but not much else.

When I first tried this Rogue ale I tasted a mild citric flavor and some hints of orange as well. Reminds me a bit of a heffeweizen with the lemon and orange wedges. theres a little sweetness to this beer and thats it. A very mellow beer with nothing that really stands out about it, an average beer that would really only appeal to me for repurchase if I was preparing for on a hot day by the pool.

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• India Cream Ale (Monk Rawk Brewing)
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• Beautiful Bitter (Monk Rawk Brewing)
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• Black Forest Ale (Jimbo Baggins Brewing)
• Shire Summer Wheat (Jimbo Baggins Brewing)
• Ryeteous Red Ale (Beerological Design)
• Stranrar Ale (Salem’s Brew)
• Tobi Dog India Pale Ale (Michael Pollack)
• Grenada Hop Grenade (DCD Ales)
• Indian Summer Oktoberfest(Mercury/Rush Brewing)
• Black-Eye PA (No Limits Brewing)
• Last Minute Wheat (Worm Farm Brewing)

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As the title suggest this Beer is brewed with hazelnuts which was inspired by home brewer Chris Studach. This is a truly amazing brown Ale, So amazing in fact that I would say the Hazelnut Brown Nectar is in my Top 5 favorite beers.

The  Brown Nectar has a nice warm honey color with a nice clean 2 finger somewhat fluffy head that sticks around. you get a nice woody nutty smell with just hints of sweetness up on smelling this brown ale which is very inviting. A nice aromatic ale indeed.

Now for the taste!

Refreashing nutty taste warm hazelnut almost Bread-like flavor to it. A very flavorful beer, the Addition of Hazelnuts was a great touch it definitely completes this beer and compliments the ale in every way. its what makes this beer stand out so much… its NOT just another brown ale. The Taste comes in two waves. Again the two waves of taste only enhance the experience as the differences compliment each other so well to deliver a solid great taste.

Very High drinkability. 2 or 3 and your set.

Today I tried the Black Magic Stout brewed by Left Coast Brewing Co. out of San Clemente, CA. The Beer is described as stronger version of a traditional Dry Irish Stout. Being a fan out the stout and seeing this one around a few times now I decided to give it a shot.

This American Style stout poured a nice dark color with a creamy mocha like head that had a nice tan hue to it. About 2 fingers of nice silky head and excellent lacing that coated the glass. also noted was a subtle carbonation cascade.

The beer had a really sweet chocolate aroma to it that was complimented with hints of roasted coffee.

When I first tried the beer I could immediately taste the rich chocolate and roasted barley, there were also hints of a burnt coffee that brought a nice warm feel to the beer.  I understand this is a dry stout but I get more of a sweet/bitter chocolate taste from this beer.

The first thing I noticed when the beer was delivered was that the head had a nice red tint to it from the Framboise. aside from that the beer very much looks like a Young’s chocolate stout with its beautiful cascading effect and about 2 fingers of head.  The smell bore a strong raspberry aroma followed by the dark dry chocolate aroma the Stout brings to the blend.

I was pleased with the initial taste which has as strong raspberry zing to it from the framboise. The best way to describe the beer would be to compare it to that of a Raspberry chocolate bar as it has a strong sweet raspberry sweet taste initially and is filled out with a dark rich and dry chocolate taste that mellows out the beer. Definitely a great desert beer!

I always like to get other peoples opinions so I had two girls and another guy try the blend and they all agreed that it was a great tasting beer they they would all try again. a Great beer for both guys and girls.

I went home and wanted to make my own Framboise/Young’s and after some experimenting I found that about 75% Young’s and 25% Framboise is a good mix to try and match the brew that the Yard house presents.

I strongly recommend trying this beer next time your out at the Yardhouse or if your at a Beer store pick up a bottle of Framboise and Young’s and do some experimenting!