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CLEVELAND, Ohio – We tried 11 beers - and almost as many styles this month - with a big range of alcohol, 5% to over 11.2%. Reminder: Our review column focuses on beers from out-of-region breweries. We show color and label, and all should be available on Northeast Ohio retail shelves. The goal is to offer flavor notes, but we will list our personal favorite of the month. Feel free to email your thoughts on beers we should try. Cheers!

Our monthly beer review column focuses on out of region beers — Hacker Pschorr Weissbier: Hacker-Pschorr, Germany, Weissbier, 5.5% alcohol

Hacker Pschorr Weissbier

Hacker-Pschorr, Germany, Weissbier, 5.5% alcohol

Light, very clean-tasting with some banana and a faint hint of spice on the finish. Good food beer or nice quaffer. The 16.9-ounce cans, out in four-packs, are new for the brewery. The brewery dates to 1417.

Hoppy Anniversary Ale

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Chico, California; Mills River, North Carolina; West Coast India Pale Ale, 6% alcohol

There's a nice underlying citrus that starts with grapefruit on the palate and moves to orange pith on the far end of the finish. But the hops stay with you on every sip (it's 65 International Bittering Units). Well balanced, with a solid malt backbone coming through. You’ll reach for another from this venerable brewery. Like I did.

Blueberry Maple Pancake

Ellicottville Brewing Co., Ellicottville, New York, fruit beer, 7% alcohol

There's a slight cream-soda taste, but the beer is not as sweet as you would expect. Blueberry is almost as strong as the maple-syrup notes, though the latter isn't that sugary. Syrup flavor lingers. A bit of a surprise. This could have been a sugar bomb easily, considering the label showing syrup dripping atop a stack of 'cakes. But it was a solid blueberry beer.

Boont

Anderson Valley Brewing Co., Boonville, California; Amber Ale, 5.8% alcohol

As expected from the style, caramel seeps through a strong malt backbone. Cinnamon notes also come out. It's got a sweet tinge, but hops balance this out toward the finish. Well made, a nice break from all the India Pale Ales on the market.

Fruit (and Hops) on the Bottom

Stillwater Artisanal of Stratford, Connecticut, and Hoof Hearted Brewing Co. of Marengo, Ohio; Sour India Pale Ale, 6% alcohol

This ale is made with strawberry, banana, milk sugar, yogurt and vanilla extract. We detected strong tangerine and orange-juice flavors. Banana is there but faint. Not sweet and really just a bit sour. Nice black-peppery finish, good effort.

Bed of Nails

Hi-Wire Brewing Co., Asheville, North Carolina; Brown Ale, 6.1% alcohol

Traditional Brown Ale, made to style, with sweetness. But the nuttiness and caramel flavors are fairly subdued.

Krusovice

Heineken, Czech Republic, Lager, 5% alcohol

Fruit - specifically mango and peach - is dominant without being sugary. It's got a sweet tinge before hops come out on the finish. Very refreshing. I'd crave this after cutting the lawn in the summer. The brewery dates to the 16th century.

Boulevard Bourbon Barrel Quad

Boulevard Brewing Co., Kansas City, Mo., barrel-aged ale, 11.2% alcohol

A nice sipper that belies its alcohol content. The Bourbon doesn’t knock you over the head, nor does the ale taste overly alcoholic. We detected root-beer flavors.

Triple Hop’d Lager

Bitburger, Germany and Sierra Nevada Brewing Co., Mills River, North Carolina; Lager, 5.8% alcohol

The delicious beer is the second collaboration between Bitburger in Germany and Sierra Nevada in the United States. Their first was an Oktoberfest. Some floral notes, minimal fruit, very clean-tasting. I'd call this a lager with some oomph. The hops are delayed for a second than hit your palate. Slightly creamy mouthfeel. It's brewed with Cascade, Centennial, Chinook and Siegelhopfen hops. The latter is sourced just a few miles from the German brewery.

Maple Mistress

Saucony Creek Craft Brewery, Kutztown, Pennsylvania, Imperial Ale, 9.5-9.8% alcohol

The maple is there with a slight warming on the finish. Bubble-gum and honey flavors come out along with maple. This ale is as sweet as you would expect. While it was an intriguing sipper, you'll want to stop at one until the next time. It's also made with butternut squash, rum spices and pumpkin, but maple dominates. (Label says 9.5% alcohol, website says 9.8.)

The Duck-Rabbit Milk Stout

Duck-Rabbit Craft Brewery, Farmville, North Carolina; Milk Stout, 5.7% alcohol

Apparently this brewery isn't big on punny names, going with the name of its brewery and style of beer. It's not as sweet as the style often tends to be, with slight hops and pleasing toast notes emerging on the finish. Nice sipper. Despite being a different style from Guinness, I found the two to be fairly close in flavor and body. The brewery bills itself as "The dark beer specialist" and has won some serious honors for this beer.

Our favorites this month: Krusovice and Triple Hop’d Lager.

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