McNeill's Brewery
Brattleboro, VT
Sat. 12/27/97, 3:50pm
[still open]
House Brews:
Oatmeal Stout
Dizzy Blonde
Pullman's Porter
Professor Brewhead
Duck's Breath IPA
Beer Me Amber
Champ Ale
Special Bitter
Alle Tage Alt (B)
Payday Beer
Wassail (Cathy)
Slopbucket Brown (J)
Our friend Cathy joined us on this excursion and drank the Wassail but did not participate in ranking it.
Alle Tage Alt: Good head, not long-lasting. First taste: hoppy with underlying malt. Nicely balanced. A complicated rainbow of flavors moving in the mouth during the swallow. A slightly more pronounced finish would do this beer well. Might have earned the gold at GABF that way [it did win the silver in 1997]. 8.2
Slopbucket Brown: Not much of a head. An interesting mixture of flavors. A pleasant roast/malt flavor starts off - the hops predominate in the finish. This beer leaves an interesting tingle on your tongue. Not my ideal mixture of flavors, but a noble effort. 8.0
Very very limited menu (basically munchies only). Seating at long community-style tables.
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