Beer Of The Month

	July 2008: Gigantes Cream Ale This is a lightly hopped beer with a hint of malt character. There is hint of grainy sweetness from the rice. This is a light and refreshing summer beer. Ferment at Ale temp then drop down to 55 degrees for two to three weeks of conditioning.
	June 2008 : English Pale Ale A gold pale ale, this beer has is not as dry nor hoppy as its American counterpart. A thirst quenching beer for folks who like a lighter more refreshing beer in summer with out the sometimes over the top hop flavor found in American Pale Ales.
	May 2008 : Rheingarten Kolsch Our Kolsch uses a propriety blend of yeasts to make a proper Kolsch yeast strain as used in Cologne Germany. This beer is light with floral and slight fruit flavors. A great summer BBQ beer. This beer does require two weeks of cold lagering to bring out all the flavors.
	April 2008 : Rhine River Hefeweizen This hefe is done in the Bavarian tradition so it has more bubble gum esters, instead of the banana flavors in our Good Brewer Hefe. We also use the more traditional Hallertau hops for bittering and flavoring. If you like the German style here's give this one a try.
	March 2008 : Pop's Bad Ass Ale This beer is a family fave, originally created to be a beer for non-beer drinkers this has turned out to be popular with our regulars. This beer has a slight grainy and biscuit flavor, balanced with light use of cascade for bitterness and floral aromas from the use of fuggle hops. This is also done in the old west coast steam style, we use American Lager yeast to kickoff this brew.
	February 2008 : Santa Cruz Stout This beer has a nice malt backbone that balances out the generous use of dark roasted barley and chocolate malts. Prime this stout with a cup of espresso (make it yourself in your coffee machine) to give it a nice, but subtle coffee flavor. One of our easier kits, but with a ton of flavor. Don't be afraid of the dark side!!
	January 2008 : Montgomery's Scotch Ale This brew has a deep copper color due to the crystal malt and small amount of chocolate malt. It has nice malt character, balanced by a slight roasted flavor. Flaked Barley lends a smooth full mouth feel.
	December 2007 : Drow Strong Ale This is a dark Belgian Ale, full of flavor. The high ABV of 6.8% is boosted by 1 pound of Dark Belgian Candy Sugar. This Strong Ale variant is malty, slightly sweet with a hint of hop bitterness to balance the alcohol and malt.
	November 2007 : DaM Wicked Ale A winter warmer ale. Dark malts give this a distinct coffee bitter flavor, which balances out the alcohol and moderately hoppy character. Great for drinking by a warm fire.
$Best Bitter\$	October 2007 : Daniel's Best Bitter Somewhere between a Brown and Stout is the Best Bitter a robust porter. This beer has 6 oz of hops, 2 oz of which is used for dry hopping, a moderately strong beer at 6% ABV it has nice roasted grain flavor. A cult favorite here at The Good Brewer and our personal favorite.
	September 2007 : Drow Dubble One of two Belgian style ales, this beer has a low hop flavor, but nice malty character supported by the slightly sweet flavor from dark belgian candi sugar. This is a dark ale--beware the dark side!
	August 2007 : Bessie's Brown Ale This is a dry brown ale, with a moderately hoppy profile. While not exactly to style this American Brown Ale has nice dark grain flavor. So if you like a slightly drier brown than your typical nut brown give Bessie a try.
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