Brew Kettle One Eyed Jack Robust Porter

As part of a beer trade with Cleveland Food and Brews, I received a bottle of Brew Kettle One Eyed Jack Robust Porter. The beer pours a dark brown color with a foamy tan colored head. The aroma consists of toasted malts, chocolate, coffee, cream, and vanilla. The taste is smooth and bold with a milk chocolate body at first before a strong toasted malt flavor takes over the beer. A light hint of caramel and vanilla smooths out the finish, and a coffee flavor lingers behind to make up the after taste. The alcohol content is 6.5% ABV. This was a very bold porter with lots of toasted malt flavor. The coffee accent on the finish really rounded out the experience and made it very enjoyable to drink.

Brew Kettle Four C's American Pale Ale

I received a bottle of The Brew Kettle Four C’s American Pale Ale from Cleveland Food and Brews in a beer trade. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy white colored head. The aroma consists of lemon, orange, tangerine, pine, spruce, and a light funk. The taste is light bodied with a solid caramel base. Lots of hops provide wonderful balance with orange, lemon, tangerine, and a funky hop flavor. The finish has a pepper and pine accents give a nice spice. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. This was a nice American Pale Ale with a very hop forward flavor and just enough base to balance everything.

Brew Kettle Old 21 Imperial IPA

I received a bottle of Brew Kettle Old 21 Imperial IPA from Cleveland Food and Brews in a beer trade. This was my first exposure to Brew Kettle, so I was excited to check out a new brewery. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy off-white colored head. The aroma consists of caramel, lemon, tangerine, and orange. The taste is a little bitter but has a big caramel base with lemon, orange, and tangerine citrus flavors. A pepper finish blends all of the flavors together nicely. The alcohol content is 9.5% ABV. I’d say this beer is very clean and pretty well done, with all of the flavors blending adequately and balancing each other.