Seven Brides Oatmeal Ellie Stout

Seven Brides Oatmeal Ellie Stout, one of seven offerings from Seven Brides Brewing, poured a thick black with red highlights into the pint glass, with a creamy brown head tinged with orange.  The nose carried forward notes of roasted grains, cry cocoa, milk chocolate, and a hint of coffee.

Seven Brides Ellie Oatmeal Stout hit the mouth bone dry, with just a touch of underlying green apple before the grains came through.  The stout was defined by its subdued, roasted middle with a slight burnt note.  Ellie stout exhibited no bitterness, and ended on a dusty, cocoa power fade.

Seven Brides Oatmeal Ellie is a light bodied stout that brings all the flavor and depth of a stout-style without the thickness or ABV (less than 5%!).  If there was a category along the lines of "winter session beer" this would be a strong contender.

Seven Brides Brewing Frankenlou's IPA

Seven Brides Frankenlou's IPA, an as-of-yet unlisted IPA offering from Seven Brides Brewing, poured a dark, iced tea color into the pint glass, with mild carbonation feeding an ample, bone-white head.  The nose carried an even balance of vanilla, caramel, and grapefruit.


Seven Brides Brewing Frankenlou's IPA opened with a surprisingly creamy start before a wave of grapefruit rind hops took over.  The was a very subtle sweetness that came through before a raw hop bitterness took over in the fade.


Seven Brides Brewing Frankenlou's IPA is an interesting beer to drink given all the context they try to add on the label.  105 IBUs doesn't come through (unless we are counting the unpleasantly bitter fade the ale had), and it was distractingly creamy and malt-heavy for an IPA.  It certainly isn't a bad beer, but it would have held  its own better if it didn't shoot for a ridiculously big beer.

Seven Brides Lil’s Pils Pilsner

Seven Brides Lil’s Pils Pilsner, a year-long offering from Seven Brides Brewing, poured an ever-so-slightly cloudy pale gold, with heavy carbonation feeding to a loose white head.  The nose was extremely clean, with just the faintest hints of grass (although not at all skunky).

Seven Brides Lil's Pilsner opened bright and heavily carbonated, with a tart lemon middle that was offset with a touch of malt sweetness.  Lil's Pils ended on a dry finish with a small amount of bitterness as it faded.

Seven Brides Lil's Pils is an almost good pilsner, in my opinion.  The lemon flavor is unnaturally pronounced, giving a lemonade-like quality of the beer that made it seem off.  Too bad, because there is a lot of things going on if one can get past the sweet-tart citrus.

Seven Brides Brewing Emily’s Ember Ale

Seven Brides Brewing Emily’s Ember Ale poured a cherry wood brown into the pint glass, slightly hazy with a sticky, bone white head.  Dry malts led the nose, with very light chocolate and a subtle sweetness backing it.

Seven Brides Brewing Emily’s Ember Ale opened a little flat, dry and a weird; watery with slight notes of peppery hops.  There wasn’t too much to the body of the beer other than a barely detectable sweetness, and the ale ended on a light, but unpleasant, bitter fade.

I wanted to like Seven Brides Brewing Emily’s Ember Ale more than I did, but it didn’t really hit any highs and barely hit “average” on most fronts.