Some great beers and some not so great

This has been a busy couple of weeks for me, both in terms of traveling, having visitors, etc and tasting beers. It’s been kinda hard to keep up with everything I’ve tasted, so I’m just going to give some quick comments. Here’s the list of stuff I’ve had lately:

Three Floyd’s Alpha King — Three Floyd’s is quickly becoming one of my favorite breweries. The Alpha King tastes a bit like an IPA even though it’s officially a pale ale. It’s a fantastic beer. 6% ABV, 66 IBUs.

Founder’s Dry Hopped Pale Ale — My sister brought this from Columbus. It’s very flavorful and I liked it a lot. Didn’t really do a proper tasting, but it’s something I’d love to have more of if I can find it. 5.2% ABV, 32 IBUs.
Kasteelbier Blonde– This is a strange little beer I bought at the Good Beer Store. It’s part of the reason this post was held up for so long. I couldn’t find any information on it at all and kept forgetting to dig the bottle out of the recycling bin to look at it. Anyway, I think I was searching for the wrong thing. It’s listed as a triple on the bottle, but the web site says it’s a blonde ( it was the brewery I had wrong — it’s Van Honsebrouck). Not sure if they can be considered the same thing. I found it to be quite good, although nothing extraordinary. 11% ABV.
Alesmith’s IPA — The label on this one sums it up pretty well: “I prefer Alesmith. It’s pretty awesome.” That’s definitely true. Another winner all around. I’d love to find more Alesmith stuff — the Speedway stout is also freakin’ awesome. 7.25% ABV.
Bell’s Oberon — I’ve been very much in to Bell’s lately. This was a Tyler’s beer and it was very light. Not a bad beer, but I prefer the Two Hearted Ale and any of their stouts to Oberon. I suppose I shouldn’t be too hard on it.  I thought it was pale ale, but it’s actually a summer wheat. 5.8% ABV.
Brooklyn Antwerpen Ale — We had this at Tyler’s in Durham when we went to the Bulls game. I liked it for the novelty factor — hadn’t ever seen it before, but the beer itself was just ok. It’s a Belgian style ale. 5% ABV
Big Boss Double Wit — Another Tyler’s beer. It was good, but quite aggressive with the clove and orange. The first taste was good, but it was a bit too strong by the end of the glass.
Klaster Dark Beer — Got this in a mixed twelve pack from a co-worker. Didn’t much care for it — it tasted almost like a brown ale, but was sweeter with a very distinct (although not altogether good) malty taste. 4% ABV
Chris’ Homebrew — I helped brew this one. It was good — tasted a lot like homebrew.