#SippyTimeBeer Review – @StaasBrewing Part II

Staas RR SignsOne thing I didn’t mention in Part I of my review of Staas Brewing was their bar. The only interior that I’ve been to in town that is comparable to Staas’s is North High Brewing. They have beautiful wood work, bar set up and even snazzy pendant lights. I should have taken more pictures to back up this statement but I’ll let you go there to figure it out. I did take a picture of some of the restroom photos. One of which is above and another below. Back to the beer.

Second Six

BaumholderGerman Weizen – This beer won them the King of the Hill home brew competition in 2013. It was created because Delaware’s sister city is Baumholder, Germany. It’s everything you want out of a wheat beer, light, crisp and a little bit of banana flavor in it. They don’t use much spice so it’s a very clean beer flavor. The ABV on this one is 5.0% so it is a session beer. Prost!

The Little Brown AleEnglish Brown Ale – Staas doesn’t supply much information on this one which is too bad. It’s a tasty beer that has a nice hint of nuttiness. Brown ales do have more malt in them which adds to the nuttiness. Like the previous beer, this one is light, crisp and not too heavy on spice. The last part isn’t too common in brown ales so that isn’t a surprise. Neither is leaving out a banana flavor. One piece of information they do supply is that it has a 5.5% ABV.

Flood WaterOatmeal Stout – This beer is poured using nitrogen which aids with stouts and porters. It helps to make them come out nice and creamy. I do tend to like the thickness coming from an oatmeal stout as opposed to other stouts even without the nitro. This beer is packed full of all of that creamy smoothness. Everyone claims that chocolate is in these styles of beer but my palette still can’t find it. That’s no reason to dislike the nice balance in this beer though. This beer rolls in at 5.6% ABV so we’re inching up in the ABV department with these beers.

Staas SharktopusCinnamon Basil Saison??? – I’m not sure how to categorize this beer other than to say it’s a saison. I can’t say it’s farmhouse because I don’t see someone in Belgium tossing cinnamon and basil into their beer. Maybe I’m short sighted. That part doesn’t matter though. It would seem to me that they use Wildcat Sally as a base and add the spices which do come through but not in an overwhelming fashion. Both spices are prominent ones to me so they did well tempering the flavors. We’re starting to talk when it comes to ABV as this one is 7.0%. This beer is a perfect, light summer beer.

StaastoberfestOktoberfest – I tasted a lot of Oktoberfest beers while I was at the North Market Craft Brew Fest. None of those beers was as good as this one. This one was pure, unadulterated malty goodness. It wasn’t too sweet which can happen but didn’t because of a very minor hops note. This beer too comes in at 7.0% ABV.

The EvangelistBelgian Quadrupel Ale – Remember that part at the beginning of the first article when a fellow patron mentioned the father had been home brewing Belgian beers for years? It really comes out in this beer. I’ve had my fair shares of dubels and tripels but they took care to go for that one extra step and it pays off, big time. It has a smoothness to be envied and a flavor that backs it up. I can’t say I could pick out the fig, plum and raisin notes but it was a mouth full of flavor when it went down. Quickly, I might add. At 10.0% ABV, this beer gets a label I normally reserve for mixed drinks in which you can’t taste the alcohol. That simple label is “Trouble” and I don’t mean that in a bad way. This beer is delectable and if we lived any closer, The Lady might be dragging me out of Staas on a regular basis. As much as I enjoyed the Golden Delicious, this beer is their master piece. – Kevin

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