This month, we got beer from Saranac and Atlanta Brewing Company. Saranac was represented by their Pumpkin Ale and their Oktoberfest, while we drank the Atlanta Brewing Company Brown Ale and Pale Ale.

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Atlanta Brewing Company Red Brick Brown Ale

Appearance: Tan stable head, about an inch and a half. Appropriately, the beer is brown.

Smell: A little bit of roastiness and some molasses sweetness. But fairly mild.

Taste: Smooth, slightly sweet. Almost creamy. A hint of hazelnut. Delicious! We would definitely drink a bunch of this. This has a great complex malt taste, quite nutty at the end. Still exceedingly drinkable!

Saranac Oktoberfest

Appearance: Bone white to tan head. Fluffy and sticks around. Looks much lighter than most oktoberfests... Copper.

Smell: Light, a little bit of malt. Not much smell to it.

Taste: Drinkable! Very smooth. Crisp even. Very light on the palate. Lacking the malt body normally expected from an Oktoberfest, but we like it. This would have been a great beer for our Oktoberfest party. Reminds us of Weihenstephaner Festbier. This gets better as you drink it. A bit bitter, but not hoppy. We approve!

Saranac Pumpkin Ale

Appearance: Off white head. Coppery orange color.

Smell: Spicy. It smells like pumpkin pie.

Taste: Quite spiced with pumpkin pie spices. Not very pumpkiny, really. A bit thinner than normal pumpkin beer. We may have been a little harsh earlier in our Pumpkin Beer Tasteoff. We still think it lacks a little of what we look for in a pumpkin beer, but it's quite a good fall spiced beer. This could go well with pumpkin pie or Thanksgiving dinner. In the context of a Pumpkin Beer Tasteoff, this is a little lacking when compared to others. But as a spiced beer, it's pretty good.

Atlanta Brewing Company Pale Ale

Appearance: White head. Not to fluffy, but it sticks around. Light orangey coppery amber.

Smell: Crisp hop goodness! Mmmmm... We could smell it just pouring it into a glass. The hops are almost orangey, like orange zest.

Taste: Dry and crisp with a great hop bite. Nice bitterness for a pale ale, a lot of smooth bitterness, they were not shy on this front! The hops taste great, too... still some of that orange zest. And, to round it all out, the malt backbone of this beer really complements the hops. This is a very well put together pale ale. This is probably one of the best beers we've received from Gourmet Monthly Clubs. We were told the hop shortage is making it harder to acquire hoppy beers for the club, so we're extra glad they were able to send this one out!

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