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Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 IPA

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Hazy amber with a yellow outline, creamy white head. Aroma is caramel sharing an entire half of the spotlight, while the other half is a mix of pine, citrus and flowers.

In the flavor, the hop bitterness isn't set at such a high tone. A heavy hop content, without the tongue-smackin' characteristic of say, the Sierra Nevada Torpedo. The hops are more "juicy" than anything. The caramel malt is all backbone. It's a little challenging to focus in on the caramel, but the hop content just radiates off of it. The body is pretty full, it's just one scrumptious IPA. Like a meal of hops. 93/100.

Hell or High Water Watermelon Wheat Beer

I must say, I'm really looking forward to knocking back several of these on the beach next weekend. Very light, refreshing and the hint of watermelon actually make this beer really nice.

I give this one a "must taste", check it out.

Popped open the Dogfish Head Immort Ale tonight

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(Barley Wine)
Murky dark brown with a red accent, lots of sticky lacing. Awesome aroma of Belgian yeasts, leather, vanilla, dark fruit and caramel...the oak they age this in is also noticeable. Oak comes out even more in the flavor. Tons of smoke, I mean tons!. Sheesh! Huge with the smoked barley, guys, it's taking me back. Caramel and a strong English/Belgian yeast character. A real slight touch of hops as the beer gets warmer. Alcohol is extremely well hidden.

The smoked barley is what it's about here, this tastes like a Quadruple or a dark Belgian Strong with smoked barley. The other flavors are kind of suffocated by the barley, but hell, it is a barley wine. Talk about a beer that would go well with a cigar...smokey flavor overload! Good pickup for sure! A- beer...let's say 92/100.

Okay, so I put in a solid 6 hours of yard work today, I usually love a ice cold miller lite after mowing, today I cracked a Watermelon Wheat, then a Sam Adams Summer Ale very tasty reward for my hard work.

The Summer Ale, Noble Pils, Octoberfest and Winter Lager are all good craft beers to slam back when you're real thirsty. They don't go heavy with their seasonals, that's for sure.

It's hard for me to rank 'em. Probably go Winter Lager, Noble Pils, Summer Ale then the Octoberfest. Nothing against the Summer Ale, have it plenty of times on the Chesapeake every year. Nice wheat/lemon zest brew, good with seafood.

Heavy Seas Small Craft Warning (Imperial Pilsner)

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A radiant, golden color, about 80% clear. Small, but soapy white head...a lot of bubbles flying up from the bottom of the lager glass. On the nose the malts come off as sugary: Caramel, biscuits and wheat. Hops are extremely toned down in the aroma, only a touch of flowers. I really enjoy the flavor of this beer. Getting a lot of darker malt than expected, it's sa-weet! Biscuits with butter, caramel, very sugary flavor. You can even interpret this as being chocolaty, as unexpected as that is. Especially on the aftertaste. The hops that merely accent the beer are citrusy and flowery, and there's a sneaky wheat undertone to all this. The body on this beer is shockingly big, it's almost milky! Did not expect that at all. Quite impressed. I have to give this an A for (A)ss-kickery and malt complexity. Good job, Heavy Seas. (93/100)

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Originally Posted by d0ublestr0ker0ll

Heavy Seas Loose Cannon Hop3 IPA

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had 2 tonight. :) one of my favorite beers. a must for hop heads. and the small craft warning is my favorite pilsner.

Anyone ever had any of these? http://www.firemansbrew.com/off-duty-drinks I think its only available in California, would love to get my hands on some. I typically like to support beers, food and resturants that promote my profession like these places

http://www.hookandladderbeer.com/Public/Default.aspx

http://www.thehalliganbar.com/

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Anyone ever had any of these? http://www.firemansbrew.com/off-duty-drinks I think its only available in California, would love to get my hands on some. I typically like to support beers, food and resturants that promote my profession like these places

http://www.hookandladderbeer.com/Public/Default.aspx

http://www.thehalliganbar.com/

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Heroes in Annapolis has 40-50 beers on tap and is a firemen/policemen supporting bar.

I've had the Hook & Ladder Backdraft Brown. Toned down brown ale. I believe their brewery is in Silver Spring, MD, although I've never actually seen it.

Had 3 Guinness Foreign Extra Stouts last night...followed up by the Small Craft Warning and Loose Cannon from Heavy Seas.

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The head on this thing is damn big, and it stays true for a very long time. Tons of lacing when it finally subsides. Smell is mostly dark fruit, with smokey roast right behind it. Getting quite a bit of that alcohol on the nose, a little chocolate and coffee to boot. Same pretty much goes for the flavor: Dark fruit and roast mostly, chocolate in there with a small touch of hops and coffee. Alcohol is more well hidden in the flavor. Body on this thing is satisfactory, high carbonation feels fluffy in the mouth...nice stuff.

Between the 3 beers I'd have to give the Loose Cannon the highest scores, with the Small Craft not far behind at all...the Guinness is an A- beer, barely. 90/100.

had one of these last night http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/130/35246

boulder beer, double IPA.

lots of beers claim to be hoppy (even miller lite- TRIPLE HOP BREWED!!! ****ing piss water). this one delivers. for lovers of sierra nevada torpedo and loose cannon, you will like this. i give it an A.

Shattered my Duvel glass while drinking last week. I was thrilled, because that meant I had to buy another Duvel gift box. 4 Duvels and the tulip glass. I've had the Duvel before, it's basically a very sweet and incredibly carbonated yeast bomb. A-

Heavy Seas Mutiny Fleet Hang Ten (Weizen Dopplebock)

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Dark copper, murky. Head is pretty bright tan, nice lacing - only after swirling it around in the glass. Aroma is rich and pungent, amazingly powerfu --: Caramel, yeast, toast, wheat, almonds and bread.

Taste: Massive flavor. Tons of malts. The caramel, brown sugar, wheat and chocolate flavors are all very strong. Carbonation is low and the body is like motor oil. It has some yeast and hops to accent, but it's mostly a massive malt bomb. Just a thick, sweet, oily brew with a huge flavor. The carbonation is turned way low, but it nonetheless kicks ass, get this one if you love big beers. My favorite beer by Heavy Seas so far.

94/100 (A)

The past two weeks I've had some Guinness Extra Stout, Anchor Porter and Natty Bo. The Natty Bo is a great beer to swig the hell out of, and the Guinness is so underrated. It's right up there with its brother, the Extra Foreign Stout. Really like it. The Anchor (from what I remember) is very dark brown and mostly tasted of dark fruits and roasted chocolate. Mild hopping, 5% alcohol, but absolutely a creamy body. She's very, very easy to drink for such a heavily bodied beer. I'll give it a 90/100.

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