Syzgy Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Tasting and Review

Syzgy Cabernet Sauvignon Wine Tasting and Review at Aroma Thyme Bistro. This 92 Parker wine is now available.

Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner Craft Beer Review & Tasting

I think we have out first 100 point beer!!! Eric & I love this beer. We just don't drink it enough. We are talking about the Rogue Morimoto Imperial Pilsner.

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100pts perfection, most likey not available because I will try to buy everything that is available
95-99- this beer rocks, go out of your way to get some
90-94- awesome beer all around
85-89- solid beer, but maybe lacking one quality like finish, body, nose
80-84- depending on the price it's a toss up. This beer is just ok and may be lacking two qualities like finish, body and/or nose
70-79- not recommended, has no like-able qualities
under 69- just a mistake or maybe stored wrong. off notes and you will most likely pour it down drain

Rogue Chatoe Single Malt Craft Beer Review and Tasting

This is a new beer at Aroma Thyme. Here is our official rundown of the beer.


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100pts perfection, most likey not available because I will try to buy everything that is available
95-99- this beer rocks, go out of your way to get some
90-94- awesome beer all around
85-89- solid beer, but maybe lacking one quality like finish, body, nose
80-84- depending on the price it's a toss up. This beer is just ok and may be lacking two qualities like finish, body and/or nose
70-79- not recommended, has no like-able qualities
under 69- just a mistake or maybe stored wrong. off notes and you will most likely pour it down drain

Rogue Dead Guy Craft Beer Review & Tasting

Rogue Dead Guy tasting. I have not had this beer in years and I think I even forgot what is was about. But I am loving it and going to make a point to drink it more often or at least once a year.

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My Restaurant
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My Chef H Rating System

100pts perfection, most likey not available because I will try to buy everything that is available
95-99- this beer rocks, go out of your way to get some
90-94- awesome beer all around
85-89- solid beer, but maybe lacking one quality like finish, body, nose
80-84- depending on the price it's a toss up. This beer is just ok and may be lacking two qualities like finish, body and/or nose
70-79- not recommended, has no like-able qualities
under 69- just a mistake or maybe stored wrong. off notes and you will most likely pour it down drain

Southern UberSun Beer Review

Kevin Burns and I are reviewing Southern Tier's UberSun. Watch as we explain the difference in the glassware. I feel that the glass makes a huge difference in wine and beer.

My Chef H Rating System

100pts perfection
95-99- this beer rocks, go out of your way to get some
90-94- awesome beer all around
85-89- solid beer, but maybe lacking one quality like finish, body, nose
80-84- depending on the price it's a toss up. This beer is just ok and may be lacking two qualities like finish, body and/or nose
70-79- not recommended, has no like-able qualities
under 69- just a mistake or maybe stored wrong. off notes and you will most likely pour it down drain

Bluepoint Hoptical Illusion Cask

I am in the tasting room with Bill Helms today. Bill is the the first hall of Fame Beer Drinker at Aroma Thyme. We are tasting the Bluepoint Hoptical Illusion Cask of beer. This is another awesome beer that we are tasting.

My Chef H Rating System

100pts perfection
95-99- this beer rocks, go out of your way to get some
90-94- awesome beer all around
85-89- solid beer, but maybe lacking one quality like finish, body, nose
80-84- depending on the price it's a toss up. This beer is just ok and may be lacking two qualities like finish, body and/or nose
70-79- not recommended, has no like-able qualities
under 69- just a mistake or maybe stored wrong. off notes and you will most likely pour it down drain

Innus & Gunn Oak Aged Beer Review

Oak Aged Innus & Gunn beer review. Not my style but a very well made beer. This beer has gotten raves reviews from our fans at Aroma Thyme.

The Bruery Rogbrod Beer Review

We are reviewing the Bruery's Rugbrod Rye that is on tap at Aroma Thyme.
Meaning "rye bread" in Danish, we took our inspiration for this beer from the Danes' staple dark, whole-grain rye bread. Brewed with three types of rye malt, this robust brown ale showcases the earthy, spicy character of the grain, complemented by bready, nutty barley malts and a hint of roast. Loosely based on the Scandinavian Christmas beer or "Julebryg" tradition, this beer is perfect for the colder weather of winter, although it will be available year-round (because who doesn't love a dark beer now and again, regardless of weather?) And don’t worry about the name, we can’t pronounce it either! But we do have a video of us and a lot of others trying our best at it. http://www.vimeo.com/7504797.

Rogue Beer Dinner 21st 2010 at Aroma Thyme Bistro

We love Rogue beers at Aroma Thyme. And we are having them back for another beer dinner. Sebbie, yes from the Chocolate Stout bottle, will be here from Rogue hosting the event.

Five Courses with Five Rogue Beer $49
call 845 647 3000 for reservations

Chatoe Single Malt
Grilled Pears, Maple Walnuts & Great Hills Blue Cheese

Yellow Snow IPA
Polenta Cake, Grilled Asparagus & Proscuito

Dead Guy Ale
Roasted Pork Loin, Black Bean Mole & Grilled Chili’s

Imperial Pilsner
Mushroom, Spinach & Fennel “Rockafeller” Gratin

Chocolate Stout
We are planning this course now!!!

Rogue Ales are made with the finest hops and barley malt, free range coastal water and Pacman top fermenting proprietary yeast. Preservative, additives, chemicals: Never! Rogue does not pasteurize its products.

Plato: A description of the ratio of fermentable malts to water.
A quick way to convert degrees Plato to an approximate ABV is to divide Plato by 2.5 (note, this is not exact!)

IBU: International Bittering Units; parts per million of isomerized hop resins in beer, related to the amount of alpha acid of the hops.

Apparent Attenuation: measure of the difference between the original and ending specific gravity after fermentation. Pacman yeast eats a lot of sugar, but leaves complex sugars.

Ingredients:

Lovibond: a color indicator-the higher the number, the darker the product.

Malts: Pale malt is always a 2-row blend of #1 Harrington and the rare Klages from carefully selected gene strains, grown on fertilizer-limited, volcanic rich Northwest lands, carefully graded for plump and protein. Speciality grains are generally from small European maltsters.

Hops: Northwest-grown European varieties, hand selected for look and smell, female only, kilned lupulin-abundant herbicide limited.

Yeast: Rogue’s proprietary ale yeast is PacMan. "Pacman is really great yeast; everything about it is good. Pacman attenuates well, is alcohol tolerant, and it produces beers with no diacetyl if the beer is well made. It’s very flocculent, which makes it a great choice for bottle conditioning. I ferment almost all my beers at 60deg.F; once in a while for certain styles I’ll ferment as high as 70deg.F, but never higher. Use lots of oxygen, and a high pitch rate. I never repitch past the 6th generation, and I always use Wyeast Yeast Nutrient."

Southern Tier Gemini Beer Review

We are reviewing Southern Tier Gemini on tap at Aroma Thyme Bistro.

COMMERCIAL DESCRIPTION
“blended hoppe & unearthly” High in the winter sky, two parallel stick figures are visible & known as “the twins,” or the constellation Gemini. The astronauts of the 1960s flew as teams of two in a program named after the celestial pairing. At Southern Tier, we have our own fraternal twins, Hoppe & Unearthly. Blended together & placed in this vessel, the mission of our Gemini is to travel high & take passengers on a journey far into the heavens. 10.5% abv • 5.8ºL * 22° Plato
2-row pale malt, malted white wheat, cara-pils malt, red wheat. Kettle hops: columbus, chinook, cascade; aroma hops: amarillo; hop back: styrian goldings; dry hops: a