Group Beer Tasting #2...And Some Board Games

This month my group lost a member (to Alaska) and gained another. So, we had six people and six beers. After tasting we also played some games, so this is sort of a double post.

This is what we tasted and below are some notes:
1) BSG (Kit) Homebrewed Porter - I gave some notes about this in my previous post, so I'll redirect you here. More about the kit here.
2) Otter Creek Copper Ale (Altbier style) - Malty, sweet, off-white head, orangish amber hue, grapefruit bitterness that lingers, orange notes, hops are not strong but they are bitter, malt aroma and semi-light in the mouth, 5% ABV. More here.
3) Bell's Amber Ale - Nice head, beer is a little hazy, pineapple notes leading to grapefruit, refreshing, delicate but tasteful, sweet to bitter in the mouth, this was a beer that grew on me! 5.8% ABV. More here.
4) Rhinelander Brewing Company Boatswain Chocolate Stout - Found this at Trader Joe's, it's a small batch brew of roasted chocolate, coffee notes, smoky, smooth, a tiny bit of vanilla sweetness, deep brown color, sweet to roasted to chocolate bitterness flavor progression and light in the mouth. It also hides 66 IBU really well. This one had me confused that I loved it and then wasn't super impressed and back and forth. I guess that's a good complexity, 5.4% ABV. Not any information on the company's website, but I've read that it goes by other names in different places, like Chocolate Bunny Stout.
5) Sierra Nevada Flipside Red IPA - A serious grapefruit aroma, some pine, citrus, peach even, an amber brown color, nice legs, crisp, I really wondered if there is some rye in this because of a spiciness, but overall it was a brew on the sweet side that I started liking less and less as I drank more, 6.2 ABV. More here.

Really cool bottle art!

6) The Alchemist Heady Topper - My brother finally had his first taste of this. This time it struck me as pineapple, grapefruit, herbal, tropical fruit, citrus, super fresh, almost white foam, hazy light gold color, and simply delicious at 8% ABV. More here.

Favorite on the night: the best brew in class clearly goes to Head Topper, but I was so impressed with Bell's Amber Ale, I've gotta give that the gold this time around.

For games this time, we played Bang! The new attendee, Joey, ended up winning as the Renegade. Next we threw down with Small World, and I ended up taking the cake with a nice combination of Trolls with their lairs (harder to conquer), Spirit Leperchauns (so I could have 2 decline races) and their pots of gold and Mercenary Barbarians.