Welcome to Cosmo's Beer Blog!

We’re a small group of friends and family scattered across the country who’ve all developed a thirst for craft and import beer. We decided that a blog would be a great venue for us to share our hobby. Here we will review beer, compare notes and challenge each other with "Beer Missions".

So welcome to our little world of discovering great tasting beer!

Our Prefs

For some of us, the best crafted, most sought after Double IPA would be a waste. For others, a medium bodied Belgian Strong Dark Ale would leave us unsatisfied, no matter how sweet and smooth the ale.

To help make sense of our reviews and opinions, we thought that it would help to know a little bit more about each of us and our preferences.


Charles
Favorite Styles:
  1. Scottish Stout
  2. Trappist Ale
  3. Hefe-Weisse
Favorite Breweries / Brands:
  1. Belhaven
  2. Spaten Franziskaner Brau
  3. Westmalle
  4. Unibroue
  5. Allagash
Beer Styles That I Haven't Developed A Taste For:
  1. IPA
  2. American Lagers
Sweet Sixteen:
  1. Bellhaven Scottish Stout (English Stout)
  2. Allagash Four Ale (Quadrupel)
  3. Franziskaner Hefe-Weisse (Hefeweizen)
  4. Maredsous 10 (Belgian Tripel)
  5. Maredsous 8 (Belgian Dubbel)
  6. Westmalle Trappist Dubbel (Belgian Dubbel)
  7. Samuel Smith's Imperial Stout (Russian Imperial Stout)
  8. Guinness Extra Stout (Irish Dry Stout)
  9. Unibroue La Fun Du Monde (Belgian Tripel)
  10. Shiner Bohemian Black Lager (Schwarzbier)
  11. Murphy's Irish Stout (Irish Dry Stout)
  12. Sam Adams Boston Lager (Vienna Lager)
  13. Westmalle Trappist Tripel (Belgian Tripel)
  14. Bellhaven Scottish Ale (Scottish Ale)
  15. Live Oak HefeWeizen (Hefeweizen)
  16. Newcastle Brown (English Brown Ale)



Laura
Favorite Styles:
  1. Lambic
  2. Belgian Dubbels
  3. Hefeweizen
Favorite Breweries / Brands:
  1. Brouwerij Lindemans
  2. Brasserie de Rochefort
  3. Brouwerij der St. Benedictusabdij de Achelse
  4. Spaten-Franziskaner
  5. Dogfish Head Craft Brewery
Beer Styles That I Haven't Developed A Taste For:
  1. Still Working On IPA's
  2. Extremely Strong Stouts
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Mike
Favorite Styles:
  1. Stouts
  2. IPAs
Favorite Breweries / Brands:
  1. Three Floyds
  2. Bell's
  3. Founders
  4. Alesmith
  5. Brasserie de Rochefort
Beer Styles That I Haven't Developed A Taste For:
  1. Hefeweizen
  2. American Lagers
Sweet Sixteen:
  1. Founders Kentucky Breakfast Stout (American Double / Imperial Stout)
  2. St. Bernardus Abt 12 (Quadrupel)
  3. Three Floyds Apocalypse Cow (American Double / Imperial IPA)
  4. Bell's Hopslam Ale (American Double / Imperial IPA) 
  5. Three Floyd's Alpha Klaus Christmas Porter (American Porter)
  6. Trappistes Rochefort 8 (Belgian Strong Dark Ale)
  7. Three Floyds Pride and Joy (American Pale Ale)
  8. Oskar Blues Ten FIDY (Russian Imperial Stout)
  9. Alesmith Yulesmith (Summer) (American Double / Imperial IPA) 
  10. Founders Red Rye PA (Rye Beer)
  11. Rogue Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout (Oatmeal Stout)
  12. Three Floyd's Moloko Milk Stout (Milk / Sweet Stout)
  13. Three Floyd's Dreadnaught IPA (American Double / Imperial IPA)
  14. Alesmith Speedway Stout (American Double / Imperial Stout)
  15. Oskar Blues Gordan (American Double / Imperial IPA) 
  16. Guinness Draught (Irish Dry Stout)



Randall
Favorite Styles:
  1. Russian Imperial Stout
  2. IPA / Double IPA
  3. Belgian Strong Dark Ale
Favorite Breweries / Brands:
  1. Three Floyds
  2. Bell's
  3. Founders
  4. Brasserie de Rochefort
  5. Unibroue
Beer Styles That I Haven't Developed A Taste For:
  1. Smoked Beer
  2. Adjunct Lager
Some Of My Favorites:
  1. Stouts
    1. Founders - Kentucky Breakfast Stout (American Double / Imperial Stout)
    2. Bell's - Expedition Stout (Russian Imperial Stout)
    3. Oskar Blues - Ten FIDY (Russian Imperial Stout)
    4. Founders - Imperial Stout (Russian Imperial Stout)
    5. Three Floyds - Black Sun Stout (Irish Dry Stout)
    6. Founders - Imperial Stout (Russian Imperial)
    7. Guinness - Draught (Irish Dry Stout)
  2. IPA's
    1. Bell's - Hopslam (American Double / Imperial IPA)
    2. Three Floyds - Dreadnaught (American Double / Imperial IPA)
    3. Three Floyds - Apocalypse Cow (American Double / Imperial IPA)
    4. Oskar Blues - Gordon (American Double / Imperial IPA)
    5. Victory Brewing - Hop Wallop (American Double IPA)
  3. Belgian Style
    1. Rochefort - Trappistes 8 (Belgian Strong Dark)
    2. Van Steenberege - Gulden Draak (Belgian Strong Dark Ale)
    3. St. Benedictsabdij - Achel 8° Brune (Belgian Dubbel)
    4. Westmalle - Trappist Dubbel (Belgian Dubbel)
    5. Unibroue - La Fun Du Monde (Belgian Tripel)
    6. Duvel (Belgian Strong Pale Ale)
  4. Other
    1. Founders - Backwoods Bastard (Scotch Ale)
    2. Three Floyds - Cenotaph (American Pale Ale)
    3. Three Floyds - Pride and Joy (American Pale Ale)
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