Well before the WVU Mountaineers losing to the Oklahoma Sooners left us dispirited, our tailgate started brilliantly at Morgantown's
Chestnut Brew Works. This three year old brewery is located in historic South Park and provides a wide range of styles brewed by Bill Rittenour. The brewery's name results from Rittenour graduate work (he holds a Ph.D. in Fungal Biology) studying the chestnut tree and how to resurrect the tree from it's demise due to a deadly fungal infection. Bill was on hand to pour my flight of seven beers and explain the reasoning behind each offering. And the beers were more than solid, they were delicious. We were in a cheerful, buoyant, optimistic mood heading to Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium...
- Smoke Hole Lager Rauchbier - love this style, light bacon smoke flavor, smooth tail
- Highwater Roselle Blonde Ale - refreshing even in the hold, snowy weather
- Your Best Hoption - 100 IBUs comes across rather smoothly
- South Park Porter - delicious sweet choclate and smooth finish
- Halleck Pale Ale - their best seller, flavorful and a bit more hop aromatics and bite than others
- Nate's Nut Brown Ale - fits the style, light malty and smoke
- Mo-Bel Prize Dark Belgium - IMO the weakest link,
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