Name: New Holland: Blue Goat
Brewed In: Holland, MI
Type / ABV: Doppelbock / 7.5%
Bought at/Price: Binny's / $6.99
Dennis: Very smooth malts on this one, but with a very light body...which I wasn't expecting after the first whiff. Sure the alcohol is low, and there are no hops, but his is one easy to drink beer. I don't know if it's really worthy of the "high gravity" title per say, but it's a safe bet for lovers of English brown ales (ie newcastle) if they want something a little more...well manly. They should put this in a six pack.
Jen: High gravity, not IMO. Though I find this to actually be good. At first glance, I thought this was going to be overly sweet, but it isn't. It starts with a nice malt flavor that is somewhat nutty and a little sweet. I don't really taste the hops, although I think they mute the malts slightly without giving you that hop bite. As the beer goes on, it gets slightly mundane. I agree (believe or not) with Dennis that this should be sold in 6-packs instead of bombers.
Rating: x out of 5

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Name: Boulder Beer: Mojo Risin'
Brewed In: Boulder, CO
Type / ABV: Double IPA / 10%
Bought at/Price: Binny's / $5.99
Dennis: If I hadn't read the label on the side of the beer you would have never convinced me that this brew was 10%. Despite the Double IPA label, this beer comes across so balanced and tasty I just can't imagine where they hid it. Certainly not the hoppiest brew I've ever had, the malts usually come across as overly sweet, but not in this glass they don't. Thin, good malt balance, surprisingly not too many hops. A very very good way to pop some one's cherry to the Double IPA style.
Jen: I love me some DIPA, and I had high hopes for this one, only to be slightly let down. Yeah, it is a good brew, but it isn't wowing me. For a double IPA, the hops are extremely masked by the malts, which leave a slightly sour after taste in my mouth. The one thing about this brew that does wow me, is the absence of any alcohol bite, and that is a lot to say about a 10% brew. Easy to drink, and pretty decent, but not that spectacular that I was hoping for!
Rating: 3.75 out of 5

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