Long Trail Brewmaster Series Imperial Pumpkin

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Brewmaster Series Imperial Pumpkin at Discount Wine and Liquor in Boonton, NJ. The beer pours an orange-tinted amber color with a bubbly white colored head that leaves specks of lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of nutmeg, cinnamon, allspice, and pumpkin. The taste is sweet at first with pumpkin and caramel before the spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, and allspice settle in. This beer isn’t overly spiced which is great but provided plenty of balance. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. This was a rather nice pumpkin beer with just the right amount of sweetness and perfect balance of spices.

Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Centennial Red

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Centennial Red from Discount Wines and Liquors in Boonton, New Jersey. The beer pours a dark cherry red with a frothy off-white head. The aroma consists of fresh pine hops and caramel malts. The taste is smooth and sweet with caramel at first with a wonderful toasted caramel malt base. The finish is a little dry with toffee and lemon. The alcohol content is 7.9% ABV. I really enjoyed the toasted caramel aspect of this beer, as it wasn’t just your typical red ale. The amount of hops also adds a great bitterness element to it.

Long Trail Ale

As part of the sampler pack that my girlfriend picked up, I tried the Long Trail Ale. The beer pours a golden color with a foamy white head. The aroma consists of caramel with soft fresh hops underneath the sweetness. The taste has sour hops hit on the front end with a smooth caramel finish that dries out the tongue a bit. The aftertaste leaves a bit of earthy hops. The alcohol content is 4.6% ABV. There is nothing too intense in this beer, but it was an easy drinking and smooth beer.

Long Trail IPA

My girlfriend picked up the Long Trail sampler pack for a tailgate, and I set aside one of each of the bottles to review. The first beer I tried was the IPA. The beer pours a golden color with a frothy white head. The aroma consists of lemon and pine hops with a light malty backbone. The taste has a nice caramel malt base with a good lemon accent and a pine hop finish. The alcohol content is 5.9% ABV. Nothing in this beer attacks the tongue, so it will not go over well with hop heads, but could be used as a transition beer for those that fear hops.

Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Winter White

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Winter White from Barley's and Hops in Pittsburgh. The beer pours a golden color with a bubbly white head. The aroma is orange and citrus with a mint background. The taste is heavy on orange and other citrus, such as lemon and tangerine. The beer then foams with a lot of carbonation and finishes with a bit of a mint hop bite. The alcohol content is 7.2% ABV. The beer was great with the fruit accents without being too sweet, thanks to the carbonation. It was a very pleasant beer, even if I consumed in the spring season.

Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Double IPA

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Double IPA when I was in New Jersey. The beer pours a vibrant yellow-gold color with a lofty bubbly white head. The aroma consists of lemon and tangerine with light pepper accents. The beer tastes creamy and lemon, almost like lemon meringue. There is some tangerine accents on the finish and a bit of caramel and pine. The alcohol content is 8.6% ABV. This was a thoroughly delicious brew. Every time I pick up a Long Trail beer, I am surprised as to how great it was for the price I paid. This was a great example of a double IPA, and I think it could be drinkable by most people.

Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Coffee Stout

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Brewmaster's Series Coffee Stout on my last pass-thru New Jersey. The beer pours syrupy and thick with a deep black color and a foamy tan head. The smell is full of coffee with a sweet milk lining. The taste is sweet with lots of coffee and has a light milk and chocolate lacing. The beer then finishes slightly dry. The alcohol content is 8.0% ABV. Long Trail obtained the coffee from Vermont Coffee Company for this beer. I thought that this beer is an amazing coffee stout with a ton of flavor and it really packs a coffee punch with a great flavor. This is an ideal coffee stout if you love the taste of coffee.

Long Trail Hibernator

I picked up a bottle of Long Trail Hibernator from D's Six Pax and Dogz. The beer has an amber color with a thin white filmy head. The smell consists of sweet malts. The taste is lightly spicy on the front and has a smooth malty flavor in the middle. It finishes with a light dry hop finish. The alcohol content is 5.6% ABV. I thought this was a nicely put together beer and it goes nicely with a winter night, but it has enough hops to make you think of summer.