Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Geuze Zomer (Summer)

My fiancee Janine won a bottle of Brouwerij Drie Fonteinen Armand’4 Oude Geuze Zomer (Summer) at a bottle share, and I was lucky enough she wanted to share it with me. The beer pours a golden color with a lively and lofty frothy off-white colored head that leaves plenty of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of hay, horse blanket, barnyard funk, lemon, pepper, straw, and earth. The taste is sour and tart with a nice puckering effect. There is hay, barnyard funk, earth, and lemon. Light citrus comes out with musky and dank taste with hints of mint. All of this mixes very well together, and on the finish pepper and a nice dryness that reminds me of a summer in the field. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. This was a wonderful beer and was perfect to drink on a warm spring day. It makes me think of summer and how I can’t wait for it to get here.

AleSmith YuleSmith Holiday Ale (Summer)

I picked up a bottle of AleSmith YuleSmith Holiday Ale from Al's of Hampden. The Holiday Ale is brewed twice a year, once for the winter holiday season and once for the summer holiday season. The summer version is an Imperial/Double IPA. The beer pours a golden color with a foamy and massive head. The aroma consists of lemon, pine, pepper, orange, and apricot. The taste is smooth and powerful before exploding with hop flavor. There is a bit of sweetness on the front end with caramel and toffee and some light hints of apricot and orange. The flavor transitions into lemon and pine and a toasted caramel finish. The after taste is sweet and lightly dry, and the brewer's yeast is very prevalent. The alcohol content is 8.5% ABV. AleSmith has again impressed me with another excellent beer offering. This Imperial/Double IPA is perfectly balanced and not overly sweet or overly hoppy. I hope this review makes your mouth water, and if it does, there is only one way to quench your summer thirst: with a YuleSmith Holiday Ale.