Pint Night 12/20/06 Franziskaner Weissbier

Description from www.franziskaner.com:
Franziskaner Weissbier is a top-fermentation beer brewed in strict accordance with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516. Only choice high-quality raw materials (wheat malt, barley malt, hops, top-fermenting yeast and pristine brewing water) are used in the production of this premium-quality weiss beer.

By employing
- an especially large proportion of wheat malt
- our own special purebred strain of top fermenting yeast, maintained and regularly inspected in our own culture, and
- constant quality controls throughout the production process

we ensure that Franziskaner Weissbier has
- a constant level of carbonation
- an optimum distribution of yeast and
- a constantly superior taste

Pint Night 12/13/06 Rogue Santa's Private Reserve

Description from www.rogue.com:
Rogue's annual holiday offering, Santa's Private Reserve, is a variation of the classic Saint Rogue Red, but with double the hops--including Chinook, and Centennial, and a mystery hop called Rudolph by head brewer John "more hops" Maier!This holiday elixir is brewed with two-row Harrington, Klages and Munich malts, along with Hugh Baird 30-37, Carastan 13-17, and Crystal 70-80 malts, plus free range coastal water and John's proprietary top-fermenting Pacman yeast. Available in both 22-ounce bottles, 12oz Loose packs for Winter 2005, and 12oz six packs for 2006.

Measurements: 13 degrees Plato, IBU 44, Apparent attenuation 73, Lovibond 26
No Chemicals, Additives, or Preservatives

Pint Night 12/6/06 Bass

Official Website: www.bass.com

Pint Night 11/22/06 Delirium Noël

Description from www.delirium.be:
DELIRIUM DE NOËL
VOL.ALC: 10%
Née pour l'année 2000, elle est cependant brassée uniquement pour les fêtes de Noël et de Nouvel An et complète la trilogie des "Delirium". Son approche est chaleureuse déjà par une superbe robe cuivrée au rouge rappelant la "Nocturnum", sauf sur son goût. De prime abord, elle cache sa subtilité par un palier de saveurs. Elle s'aborde en toute confiance, avec une nuance typiquement Noël, saucé d'une petite touche sucrée, couverte ensuite par un ton plus amer sans allongement et ensuite une curieuse sensation de fraîcheur sur la langue. Finalement, elle se libère totalement en fond de palais comme un poivré sur une salade de saison. Elle s'apprécie à la première gorgée, et se fidélise à la seconde. Toutefois son haut " volume d'alcool exige une consommation responsable.

Pint Night 11/15/06 Guinness Draught

Description from www.guinness.com:
Adored since 1959, it’s the powerful surge and settle that gives GUINNESS® Draught beer its uniqueness. Lovingly poured around the world, GUINNESS® Draught is one of best-selling imported beers in the USA.
A unique mix of nitrogen and carbon dioxide helps create GUINNESS® Draught’s liquid swirl that tumbles, surges and gradually separates into a black body and smooth creamy head.
The rise and fall of our bubbles has perplexed PhD physicists. But all you need to focus on is the taste. With an initial malt and caramel flavour, GUINNESS® Draught finishes with a dry roasted bitterness. Enjoy.

Six Degrees of Preparation
GUINNESS® Draught is best served at 6°C (that’s 42.8°F), with the legendary two-part pour. First, tilt the glass to 45 degrees and carefully pour until three quarters full. Then place the glass on the bar counter and leave to settle. Once the surge has settled, fill the glass to the brim. It takes about 119.5 seconds to pour the perfect pint. But don’t fret. It’s worth the wait.

Pint Night 11/08/06 Spaten Optimator

Description from www.spatenusa.com:
Spaten Optimator
The classic German dark beer, bottom fermented 'Doppel Bock'.

Flavor profile: Full bodied with a deep dark color and rich roasted malt flavor.
Original gravity: 18, 2 %
Alcohol content: 7,2 %

Available as 12 oz. 12-pack, 12 oz. 6-pack, 16.9 oz. single bottle and 30 liter keg.

Pint Night 11/01/06 Trois Pistoles

Description from www.unibroue.com:
La Trois Pistoles
Since 1997
Type Strong Dark Ale, refemented in the bottle
Alcohol 9 % alc./vol.
Color Dusky black
Taste Wild fruit with an aftertaste of port
Aroma Ripe fruit and chocolate
Shelf Life 8 years or more
Serving Suggestions Pasta, game and wild fowl, desserts

Trois Pistoles was launched in June of 1997. It contains 9% alcohol and is brewed with roasted malt. Its rich, smooth texture, and the presence of yeast used for in-bottle refermentation give it a very distinctive flavour.
This dark beer and has an aroma of ripe fruit and a pleasant aftertaste that lingers like old port wine.
Trois Pistoles can be enjoyed before a meal or after, and is excellent with pasta as well as game meat and wild fowl.
It also enhances the flavour of desserts like chocolate mousse and fruit salad, and can even replace coffee as an after dinner drink