Brewer Description Warm spiciness and tradition grace this bold winter ale. Intriguing, layered flavors unfold to reveal chicory, dried fruit and toffee notes with a hoppy kick to finish. The deep garnet color pairs perfectly with holiday celebrations. Deschutes was released to us Ohioans earlier this year, so this is our first tasting of Jubelale. … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion The begin­ning. A clas­sic. Our most pop­u­lar beer. Pale Ale began as a home brewer’s dream, grew into an icon, and inspired count­less brew­ers to fol­low a pas­sion of their own. Its unique piney and grape­fruit aro­mas from the use of whole-cone Amer­i­can hops have fas­ci­nated beer drinkers for decades and made this … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion “Neb” is a home brew recipe that has been scaled up with no con­sid­er­a­tion to economies of scale. Some say idi­otic, and as an econ­o­mist I would have to agree. Get fresh or die trying. I can’t say that I can pro­nounce this beer’s name cor­rectly, but I sure can drink it! Omnipollo, … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion Bark­ing Squir­rel is a 5% ABV amber lager with a dis­tinct rich burnt orange colour and sub­tle noble hop aroma. Its medium body, pleas­ant hop bit­ter­ness and caramel malt sweet­ness makes it smooth and drink­able with a slight hop after­taste. On our lat­est beer-run to Penn­syl­va­nia, I decided to try some­thing new and … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion Every once in a while you know you stum­ble upon some­thing glo­ri­ous. That some­thing just so hap­pens to be our Pri­vate Reserve Pump­kin. We have com­bined our sig­na­ture taste with a refresh­ing pump­kin fin­ish. Lim­ited to just two and half hours on the pro­duc­tion line this is a true connoisseur’s cider. After hear­ing … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion …Rep­re­sent­ing the darker side of Shandy, Jack-O-Traveler is an allur­ing beer illu­mi­nated by the tastes of fall. He strikes the per­fect bal­ance between bright refresh­ment and sea­sonal spice. Jack is brewed with fresh pump­kin, for a deli­cious, dark hued, Shandy-inspired beer. I was very sur­prised to see a Pump­kin shandy in the mix, … Read more

Melt Menu Descrip­tion An extremely rare, exper­i­men­tal IPA. Fea­tured only at Melt. If you live in Ohio and have never made the trip to Melt for their ginor­mous deli­cious sand­wiches, then you are really miss­ing out. Just as good as their sand­wich selec­tions is their many beers on tap or in bot­tle. While read­ing the … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion Belgian-style Sai­son — Inspired by the orig­i­nal Farm­house ales of Bel­gium. A gold-colored ale with esters of spice and fruit and a smooth body from a fine Pil­sner malt. Fer­mented with a spe­cial blend of Bel­gian yeast. This is the third beer I have tried from this Cleve­land based brew­ery, and so far … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion It’s here! Our lat­est brew ded­i­cated to beards, Beard Beer is brewed with a yeast cre­ated from Brew­mas­ter John Maier’s beard. No Need to freak out, Brew­ers have used wild yeasts in beer mak­ing for cen­turies. John has had the same Old Growth Beard since 1983 and for over 15,000 brews, so it … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion Oompa Loompa Choco­late Cream Stout is the golden ticket to lus­cious indul­gence. Brewed in small batches with Bel­gian Dark Choco­late and Mada­gas­car Vanilla Beans to yield giant aro­mas and fla­vors of dark choco­late, roasted malt, caramel and vanilla with a creamy mouth­feel and bit­ter­sweet fin­ish. All other stouts seem dwarfed by com­par­i­son. This … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion Schöf­fer­hofer Ger­man Wheat Beer Hefeweizen is brewed in Bavar­ian tra­di­tion using wheat malt. The live yeast gives bot­tle “con­di­tion­ing” guar­an­tee­ing a refresh­ing fruity fla­vor. The yeast sed­i­ment also leads to the “cloudy” nature of the beer. Care needs to be taken when pour­ing. Tilt glass and poor slowly. Before pour­ing last quar­ter, roll … Read more

Brewer Descrip­tion From the Depths of the Full Pint fer­menters comes a Spine Tin­gling Stout that will have beer nerds return­ing from their graves. We sin­gle hopped this brew with cas­cade for a cit­rus char­ac­ter per­fectly bal­anced with roasted malts for unre­lent­ing great taste. Dead­heads and beer lovers unite with this dark and thick stout … Read more