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Review – Brawler Pugilist Style Ale from Yards Brewing Company

Yards Brewing is well known on the East Coast but less so here so when I had an opportunity to try some “malt forward” beer for a change.

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Brawler pours a dark cola shade with a thin head that disappears quickly. There is a sweet but not overly so caramel maltiness in the aroma. That same caramel is quite evident in the taste as well. This is the anti-hop beer. No bitterness at all. Very light and super easy to drink bordering on watery.

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I wouldn’t call it pugilistic by any stretch but it is a solid and simple beer.

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Review – Thomas Jefferson’s Tavern Ale from Yards Brewing

Part of a “revolutionary” series that includes a Tavern porter for Geo. Washington and a Tavern Spruce for Ben Franklin, Thom. Jefferson’s Tavern Ale is my first foray into beer from Yards in Philadelphia.

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Pours a bright red and orange with lots of bubbles pulling upward. Aroma is wort-ish and bready. Tastes a bit green and undercooked. Because it’s a historical beer. I can’t claim with certainty that it is under done. Some baking bread notes but otherwise not tasting good to me.  Though as it warms it gets more of a maple taste that is more palatable to me.

I hope this was a random mis-fire or an old beer.

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When it Rains, It Let’s Pours – Part 2

Thanks to my extremely kind and generous sister and her familia up in Oregon, I purchased a nice selection of beers from three East Coast breweries from my choice for internet craft beer sellers, Let’s Pour.

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I got doubles of the Resin and Global Warmer because I wanted more than 12ozs to sample!

Yes, there will be a third installment which means many, many reviews in the coming weeks.