this is a phenomenal offering from the Magic Hat brewing co. The offering is not quite pale ale #9 and it is just that. This beer has ale like qualities like the bitter hops taste, but it also has a sweet ending nodes as well, in addition to that, you might also detect a hint of grapefruit as well. However, the bitter comes back after you finish the drink and it is this quality that makes this beer an exquisite when it comes to matching it with food. I have found that it is hard to find a food that this beer does not go well with. Some of my flavors were tie food, and pizza, the beer just goes so well with the spice from the tie and the robust flavors of the tomato sauce. However, it does lose some points in that I have deemed this beer best as a food beer and not both a food and drink beer which is sad because I would have loved to put this one in the running for beer of the year, which is coming up soon so stay tuned.
NGOK BEER
NGOK Beer
from the Congo, this beer reminds me of a cross between Rolling Rock Beer and Heineken Beer. However this is not necessarily a bad thing. The beer is a little skunky as after taste, but the beginning and middle part of the taste is pleasant. The beginning of the taste is sweet and lightly refreshing just what you would expect on a hot day it is so good, but then like just like the crocodile on the bottle, in comes the bite. Which hangs on for quite a long time which makes you want to take a quick swig of more to stop the the bitter bite. The beer is a pale gold with a medium head which falls off rather quickly. The beer is 5% ABV which makes it a middle of the road messer-upper when it comes to getting buzzed. Ebenezer, the beer drinking cat does not particular care for the smell much less the taste of the beer, but what can you say, he is a fickle puss. My final thoughts for this beer is that it is a good standalone beer, you know one you have at a social gathering in the summer, but that is about all. Remember, it is most like Heineken in the flavor profile so if you like you some Heine, then you will enjoy this beer but if not like me then you might not it is also a quick drink. Just like the croc on the label one minuet you see him, the next you don’t he is gone. A side note, the bottle for this beer is really heavy, I have never seen a bottle with so much empty weight, it really is heavy. In Addition to that, the name NGOK is African for crocodile.
As the close of the year comes around I will be unveiling my BEER OF THE YEAR so stay tuned to see who it will be.
Dixie Beer
I have been needing to do this review for a long time and now that I finely am getting around to it I find that I am less excited about it than I was when I first got the six pack. I first tried this beer back in September at the beer festival which was held in Galveston. The festival was bust but to the was it was setup, but thats another story. The beer is great as a drinking beer and good with food, but not grate. The beer is felled with a strong malt taste which is leads way to a cascading sweet nodes. This is a truly refreshing beer, just right for this transition time from summer to winter. It tastes like no other beer I can think of which also brings up another point, in addition to being like no other beer I have ever had, it is like on other I have ever seen. It is only within the last part of this year that I have seen this beer hit the scene. But the bottle says that the beer has beer around for a century, but juste like a Saints Super Bowl win; till now it has been nonexistent and so is any info in the net. So enjoy
Pabst Blue Ribbon
This beer is a contender for this years beer of the year and it is about time. Ten mounts into it and I do believe that this is the first contestant we have. The beer on the block today is of all beers a Pabst Blue Ribbon. This is not one of those trendy beers that everyone is drinking, in fact I think this beer had a stigma about it back in the day as being a billy bob beer, one which the proud beer swilling blue collar workers of the americas guzzle wile watching the fine quality programing only found on CMT, (is that channel even still around), but I digress. All stigmas aside the only place I have found this beer is whole foods a place which congers stigmas of another, but I will spare you all the stigma talk and get on with the beer review. This beer has a lightly malty taste with no bitter after taste. This thing is as smooth as all get out and in addition to that the beer is refreshing and thirst quenching as well. This beer will go well with darker meats such as steak and ribs. The beer is not so good with chicken but that is of little consequence. The beer has so many good attributes it is just so good, it comes in a one pint can which is the way all beers should come. The beer is about 6 to 7 bucks and is a good deal in my opinion. The web page is a little basic and leave much to be desired, but with a beer that is this good you don’t need a really boffo web page. So, as the temps start to drop and you want to head back outside and start grilling you might think about grabbing a PBR. Patrick, this ones for you wherever you are.
Palmetto Summer Seasonal Watermelon Wheat Ale.
Going going gone. As I sit here on my balcony enjoying this departure from the summer I enjoy the last of the beers I picked up on my vacation to the east coast. Todays beer is Palmetto Summer Seasonal Watermelon Wheat Ale. I was all ready to blast this beer as not being worth the bottle it was put in because I had it the other day as a standalone and was not pleased due to the fat that the watermelon taste that the beer touts was non existent and the beer was overall bitter. However, that was before I sat down with a cigar and the beer. I by no means call myself an aficionado when it comes to cigars but on occasion life calls for celebrating and this was one of those times for me and so I find myself sipping and cigaring on the balcony (I was enjoying a 10th Anniversary Maker’s Mark, thanks Jay). This combo works, the smoke brings out the watermelon taste that was so lacking when I first tried the beer. This was like a whole different beer, I was like “where were you all my life you wonderfully balanced beer?" The mellon taste sits on the back of the tong as the wheat taste mingles with smoke from the maker’s mark. For those who smoke cigars on a regular basis, I think you will enjoy the tactual mouth taste of the beer and the cigar as well as the taste. For those who include the physical sensation of enjoying food or drinking or smoking or loving for that matter, I think you will find that this combo just feels good in the mouth as well as on the taste buds. With the smoke the beer is well balanced with a nice mix of mellon and wheat. Without, the beer is a bit bitter and uninspired. As a result, the beer is not one that I would get in the future due to the fact fact that I just done smoke cigars that much to justify buying this beer, but to those of you who do, this beer is a good smoking beer but that is about it.
So enjoy.
Son of a peach wheat Ale
I wish that I could report that this beer was a phenom of sorts but a lass it is not. This beer is in my opinion a novelty beer. You are pulled in by the label with it’s scowling eyes framed by that refreshing looking peach, you are thinking this might be good so you let yourself believe. The beer is an American wheat that is made with “mean peaches” and if you google mean peaches you will come up with bunk and a picture of some chunky asian chick who is suppose to be “mean peaches”. I tried this with food of all sorts but nothing matched the odd flavor profile of this beer. The same is said for the beer as a standalone, the beer is just too bitter and the slight peach taste is too little too late and it just ends up leaving an unpleasant taste in your mouth and wallet. Well, when you go out into the world and try new things you don’t always walk away a winner, but the good thing is that you can always try once more.
Stillwater Vanilla Cream Ale
Enjoy =)
Sunray Wheat Beer By: The Terrapin Beer Co.
Flying Dog Old Scratch Amber Lager
The beer is called an amber lager, however it looks like dark amber or copper. The color is reminiscent of the snake dog IAP I last reviewed, and tastes like it as well. However, not as strong in the flavor or alcohol department (alcohol content 5.5%). The first thing you will experience is a tingling taste near the sides of the mouth as well as a flat after taste going down. This is a a fast drinking beer but not a drinking one, it is a good eating beer due to it’s bitter ending. I feel that it would be best as an ingredient in foods or with foods. For example I could see this beer being used in beer bread and if it came in a can it would do good in a beer can chicken or duck or game hen. The Flying Dog web page says that the beer is good with roasted meats, hearty breads, spicy foods and cajun food. All in all this was my second favorite beer from the flying dog brewing Co. my first being the Snake Dog IAP which was a real kick in the mouth unlike this one is. In conclusion, the last two beers I reviewed from Flying Dog were the most flavorful of all that I tried. So as the dog days of summer start to wind down so too does my reviews of the Flying Dog. We start next time with some beers I picked up during my trip to the east coast.
P.S. Thanks Lina for the the beers.
Snake Dog IAP
Right off the bat this beer is a vast improvement from the other ales offered from the flying dog, This is a real kick in the mouth. The beer even looks cool as it goes into the glass, is I poured mine into the glass the fizz looked like a fuse burning in on it’s self revealing the slight reddish tent of the beet. As with most ales, this would be best enjoyed during the winter due to the fact that it’s alcohol content comes thundering in at a whopping 7.1% which leaves me feeling like that lyric in the song tik tok (tryin get a little bit tipsyyyyyy) so take it easy with this one. This beer is one of the more potent ones I have ever had. The best way to describe this beers taste is grapefruit and hops, this ones taste profile bowls you over from the first sip to the last it is a real power house of a beer but not as powerful as arrogant bastard ale. All in all this is a much better than the others I have tried from Flying Dog. However, this beer is not one that I loved but it was still a much better offering than the rest. So enjoy!!!!
Tire Bite Golden Ale from Flying Dog brewing Co
I am sorry to say that the old saying of “you can’t teach an old dog new tricks” applies to this brewers ales. If you want to know how this beer tastes just look at all the other flying dog ale reviews and there you have it. Even when looking at the flying dog web page http://www.flyingdogales.com/Beer-Pack.aspx under their ales you can see that the light/dark and malt/hops meters are all about the same the only thing that differs is the alcohol content. I wish that I could use some of my clever to describe this beer but at a lass the beer is what it is and there is nothing more to be said about it. however this does give me a an opportunity to talk about different beer region of the U.S.. For the longest time the us did not have many different brewers, the market was dominated by the big three brewers, Bud Miller and coors then back in the late 90’s home brewers started the do it yourself movement which has given rise to the current micro brews that now are so common. Everywhere you go in America you can find a brew that is representative of the region.
For example, on the WEST COAST: there is the Stone Brewery which is a good representative of the west coast brewing style, which is to use an extreme amount of hops in the beer which makes the beer very bitter in taste, then there is the MID WEST REGION: which tends to be a sweeter more mild taste. The brewers tend to use less hops which not only leads to the lighter taste and color, i find that I tend to enjoy beers from this region.
Then we have the THIRD COAST REGION: which in this case is primarily made up of Texas, but also includes Louisiana. I find that this region is influenced primarily by germanic influences, yes even the mexican style beers which are so popular in the south have there very roots in the germanic brewing style. In this region you find a good mix of golden and darker beers, there is something for everyone in this region. Lastly, there is the EAST COAST REGION: which is where you find brewers like Yuengling and dogfish head and Samuel Adams. This region is heavy into ales and is not as heavy in the hops as the western coast region, but still in my eyes a little hard to swallow. However, this brings me to my point. Regional beers represent the local beer drinkers and every region is different. So what region are you?
In-heat wheat (Hefeweizen) By Flying Dog
The clove flavor that has been so prevalent in the wheat beer that I have beer sampling as of late is not so evident in this offering from flying dog. However, on the side of the bottle they give you a bunch of crap for thinking about adding a lemon wedge to the beer, which i have been known to do. WFT, the way that people drink beer their is as big a decision as their sexuality and one should never chastised for the lifestyle choices they make. I mean really, there are as many ways to drink beer as there are colors in the rainbow. But I digress, we are here to blog about beer. The beer is a hazy amber which one would expect to see from a wheat beer. However, in my opinion the beer in not hazy enough for me. Some hefeweizens looks like a pale pearl yellow where this is more golden than I care for. The overlying taste in this beer is of a slightly bitter hops which is not common of a wheat beer. The beer finishes fast in the mouth without any after taste or fullness in the mouth, it is overall refreshing but is in my eyes, only a standalone beer; the contradicting taste profile makes it hard to place it with any food. However, I find that most hefeweizens are best as just drinking beers, perhaps an after dinner beer, or a before dinner beer. Which ever you like, hell have one before and after dinner and with an alcohol content of 4.7% this is one you can afford to guzzle down when you are waiting around and not pay for it later. All in all the beer is ok, I feel that it would be best for a late summer early fall sipper, with friends down at a local bar with an outside seating area like the front porch pub on Gray St, good times, good times. Enjoy!!!!
Doggie Style Classic Pale Ale
Woody Creek White Belgian Stile Wit By Flying Dog Brewing Co Fredrick, Md
Before the dog days of summer set in I decided to review the dog, the flying dog that is. For the next few weeks I will be reviewing beers form the Flying Dog Brewing Co. The first beer out of the gate is an interesting one, the beer is not filtered and as a result it comes out looking like pale smokey gold with little nuggets hovering slowly to the bottom of the glass. In addition to that the beer is extremely effervescent in the mouth, so much so that there is a bitter taste when you drink this beer the fist thing you will notice is this bitter phenomenon followed with a clove flavor which is reminiscent of the Oak Creek Hefeweizen that I reviewed back in January. At first I thought that this was going to be a copy of that review however this beer turns out to be a very complex drink when you start to think about how this beers flavor profiles are gathered from the carbonation process in addition to the normal taste infusing of the brewing process. The beer ends with a sweet note which gives more depth to the overall complexity of the beer. The beer is hard to pare with a food due to it’s complexities, so it is best as just a drinking drinking beer. all in all the beer is a real thinker when it comes to the taste profile but be warned, the beer does leave you belching from all that potent carbonation.
Kirin Ichiban Special Premium Reserve Beer
I first ran into this beer back in the day when I first started eating Sushi at Miyako’s
(the one at 6345 Westheimer Rd). Sitting at the sushi bar at happy hour after ordering a large batch of sushi and needing something to wash it all down with, I looked to what was being consumed all around me and it was Kirin. I can still remember the experience today and it was a good one, the beer went so well with the Squid and octopus, so smooth and refreshing. You can really tell the beer is well crafted. This single wort brew with it’s fine barley malt and top notch hops helps to make this beers finish a non bitter one which also helps to make it so versatile in the taste department. This beer is just so good, that I have a hard time coming up with more words to describe the taste other than extremely refreshing and light in taste, the beer enhances the taste of food much like salt can do if applied correctly. This is the jack of all trades beer in that it is good for drinking and eating with most everything. Perhaps the only detractor from the beer is that the art on the bottle is so fine that you may not think to pick it up for something as simple as just a weekend BBQ, you might look at the beer and think, this beer is too high brow for me I can’t just come inhere with my summer looking flip-flops and this T-shirt and grab this beer. I need a tux on or something before I purchase this fine looking beer. Don’t fool yourself, if you like good beer then this is the beer for you. Don’t let the label scare you
Real Ale Devil's Backbone
This beers initial taste profile is reminiscent of Steel Reserve which was a candidate for beer of the year last year, however with some differences. First off the malty taste is much more subtle than that of the Steel Reserve which makes for a much more enjoyable and multifaceted beer for drinking and enjoying with food. The taste profile on this beer is a strong clove and sweet pumpkin spice which rides rough shot over the bitter hops with which comes in as a slight aftertaste. The best food to enjoy this beer with is spicy dishes like Indian food, or what I enjoyed mine with which was a grilled chicken breast with an improvised BBQ sauce with habanero hot sauce and brown sugar and soy sauce. The spice of the food and the sweetness of the beer play well with each other and that makes for a nice meal, one you enjoy after a long day out in the summer sun. In addition to that the beer is good as a standalone and perhaps best as a dessert beer. So despite the fact that there is a devil on the bottle this stuff is good and that is saying a lot. Perhaps I will have to give the folks over at Real Ale another chance.
Southern Star Brewing Co. Bombshell Blond Ale
Right off the bat from what I can reed off the back of the can, this beer is a very informative beer and in addition to that a very socially responsible one as well. the can indicates an ideal serving temperature of 40 degrees a reminder to recycle and to cut the plastic six pack rings so birds and fish don’t get caught in them. Starting out i am impressed and in addition to that this beer is brewed in Conroe Texas. This is an interesting beer right out of the gate this beer is a taste duo in that on one hand you have the malt taste which is not found in ale beers and vise-versa. Two taste profiles that you don’t find in beers together. Southern Star does a good job at pulling the two flavors together. I would look to Southern Star to refine this flavor as the company grows. This special blend has a malty earthy taste which is lightly sweet at the start and ends in the ale taste, it smells like sunflower seeds and even though it says blond in the glass it looks like a dirty blond. In conclusion this is a good backyard beer one which is best enjoyed with chicken. So enjoy this diamond in the ruff of a beer.
Honey Moon
Honey Moon from the Blue Moon Brewing Co. is a Summer Ale with a 5.2% ABV and is golden in color just like the town in Colorado where this beer is brewed. The beer is good as a standalone and as a beer you eat with. Things like fried catfish, chicken or pork sausage. However, the taste profile is full of subtleties; the honey flavor is there but the orange flavor is not, however this does not really detract from the overall taste which is sweet and refreshing, a real thirst quencher. In addition to that it also brings out the spice in foods. The price is 7.39 at Speck’s which seems to be the new norm for what a six pack should cost. All in all this is a good beer but not great. I feel the Belgian White Ale, the companies original offering is still the best brew that the company has thus far produced. However what is best is for you to decide, so in conclusion, think right drink right and enjoy.
Anchor: Porter
The smell of dark carbonated chocolate emanates from the glass just before your first sip. As you take your first sip the sweet chocolatey hints touchdown on the tip of your tongue ever so lightly ?followed? by an on slot of ?happiness?. This is truly a complex and well made beer in that it’s brewing process is simple and natural which in this world of mass mechanized manufacturing of beers something is lost in the process. However this not the case with this beer. Anchor lets it beer naturally carbonate, which results in a less carbonated taste which lets the true taste of the take center stage as apposed to taking a backseat to the taste of CO2. this is a rich heavy beer that is best ?suited? as an after dinner night cap or as a meal in itself. My suggestion for food pairing is a thick bison steak or a beef and barley stew perhaps even an angus burger. So if you are looking for a real beer drinkers beer. Weigh anchor and set sail for some porter. Enjoy
Beer Battles
This beer news comes to us from a Wall Street Journal article from March 26 2010.
As I stated in past article reviews, the rise of “historically poor” countries economies has led to an increase in beer sales. America, look at places like South America and Africa for this is what we looked like to those countries when we were experiencing the rapid-expansion of the middle class; and to places like the ones i just mentioned, you to China. If you are not carful you to could end-up in the mess the American middle class is now finding itself. As a result of this new middle class in Africa, two beer brewers are now battling for beer supremacy in the ice boxes of middle class Africa. Heineken (the worlds third-largest brewer by volume) recently opened a large-scale brewery near Johannesburg which will brew Heineken and Amstel brands since the company stopped allowing SABMiller(who brews Miller Genuine Draft etc. etc.) to brew it for them back in 2007. As a result, the beer giant is taking to the TV in an effort to capture the market. Unlike conventional beer advertising that we are all with; in Africa the shows are sponsored by the beer makers. For example a show called “Class Act” which is like American Idol, where no-named contestants compete to win an agent, a trip to New York for acting classes and a staring role in a Amstel beer commercial and a soap opera called “Generations” where the Amstel brand is prominently placed allover the show. This is not necessary a new idea when it comes to brand placing here in America, we see it all the time like on CSI with all those swift working Dell computers that can pull up a perps record in a blink of the eye, which must just be a prop because anyone who has a Dell knows that the only thing it does in the blink of an eye is carp out! However I suppose it is not so much the fact that The beer advertisers are placing the beer in TV shows like the ones I just mentioned, but what that TV show is about. Generations is about a successful middle-class black family in Johannesburg, the prominent placement of the beer is telling the shows viewers, this is you, and this is your beer. In a sense telling this newly emerging middle-class how to be when it comes to what to drink. To all the people in the newly emerging affluent classes I beg of you. Don’t accept the well played advertising of the big beer brewers as a guideline as to what you should drink, It is not as if you all just started drinking beer for the first time. I know that you have been drinking it before you had more money to piss away on it, so yes go out and explore new opportunities that are being presented to you, but stick with your taste buds and not this newly found sense of who and what you which has come from you new found affluence. Remember beer should be about what taste good not what looks good.
Wanted: more brew pubs in Houston, NOW!!!!!
Todays beer news come from a Houston Chronicle newspaper insert that comes out every Thursday called Preview which gives a general rundown of what is going on during the weekend and where to go to eat and drink. This article I am reviewing is called “Brew pubs’ market is flat” and I could not agree more. The article talks about the lack of brew pubs in Houston despite a market that is ripe for such venues. Apparently back in the 90’s there were ay least three other brew pubs in Houston, it looked as if Houston was starting to become a beer lovers town. However, for one reason or another all but one brew pub (Two Rows) has gone the way of the do do bird. Today as brew pubs, like the sand hill crane seem to be making comebacks in other parts of Texas like Austin and San Antonio. Houston, a port city no less is stuck with just one lousy brew pub. It has been quite sometime since I went to the Houston location but from what the author of this article says, not much has changed. The place reeks of corporate conglomo franchising and that is so sad because in my opinion a brew pub should be anything but. A true brew pub in my mind is remenisent of a whole in the wall eked out of some old brick building in a historic part of town, run by guys who have full beards wear clothing from places like whole earth provision company to work and drive an old beater Isuzu trooper with Kinky Friedman stickers on the back glass. The food at Two Rows is lackluster at best and the beer was uninspired as well. Houston deserves better in the way of brew pubs and brewers. Houston is ready and as I stated before the demand is there it just seems that all we need now is some intrepid brewers and perhaps one cleaver “C” to help out with the location selection, but I digress. from the article it sounds like the Texas hill country is the place to be for good brew pubs and beer. Sounds like someone needs to go on a road trip.
“This Bud’s Screwed”
This bit of beer news comes to us from a March 5th 2010 Wall Street Journal Article titled “U.S. Sales Slump Clouds Outlook for Anheuser” However, “This Bud’s Screwed” sounds like a more appropriate title for the article. Apparently due to the state of the economy in America and Europa, two of Anheuser-Busch/InBev’s prime beer consuming countries the outlook for profits seems grim at best. in 09 the amount of beer that Anheuser sold dipped seven percent from the previous year when the onset of the economic hangover we are currently in was just starting to creep up on us the way a real hangover does, as we sit guzzling down the suds in extreme excess the night before. However, even with the companies two prime cash pipelines “sobering up” there is a silver lining in Anheuser’s can in the form of Latin American sales. Some of the reasons that America and Europe markets are doing so poor and Latin America is not is that in Europe the slump is being blamed on the aging population which is turning to wine instead of beer as they “grow up”. I am highly suspect of that claim, just look at places like England and Germany. The last blog I did was about how much fighting was going on with beer glasses. You can’t expect me to believe that all that beer related carnage is being portrayed by young wanker alone, beer drinking as a way of life there as it is in places like Germany. The last time I checked October feat was about Beer once again beer drinking is a strong bar of the culture and not going to go away any time soon as such. However, in america the reasoning sounds a little easer to swallow.
1) due to the slump in the U.S. economy less people have money to piss away on beer.
2)Young men, Anheuser’s core consumer are finding themselves unemployed of which the article says that “the us jobless rate among males age 16 to 24 stands at 22.5%” according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Meanwhile down in Latin America thanks to a 2009 wage hike which and some cleaver re-packaging of the beer (Remember when Bud lite cans got taller and sleeker looking? Even I found myself almost swayed to pick up the swill solely based on the new can design, however I am proud to say my “taste Buds” were not as easily tricked. Trick me once shame on you trick me twice shame on me.) the newly emerging Latin American segment of the market is doing very will in terms of “brand preference”. If Anheuser-Busch/InBev wants to remain as a beer behemoth in the American and European markets as it has in the past it needs to adapt to the new frugal consumer markets. Perhaps focusing on what is inside of the can and not on the outside is what needs to be done here. If you want to hold onto the European markets, brew beers that have a little complexity to them, an example of what to stay away from in terms of taste is Stella Artois, the Budwiser of Europa and go for something with a little more flavor like say wells Banana Bread Beer. As for American consumers what i think it will come down to is value. As we all reevaluate our spending habits the general populous will want a beer that tastes good and is a good value. Thanks to the micro-brewers of America the taste revolution has beer going on for quite some time. American now have an alternative to what has been the big three of brewing (Budwiser, coors and Miller). As the screws get tighter people will look for value in flavor and price. Because we all know that no matter how bad it get people will continue to drink, however they will now be drinking smarter. Smarter with there money and there taste buds.
Brawling Brits
Budweiser Select
Budweiser Select was originally released as an answer to Michlobe Ultra. The beer says that it is full flavored and only 99 calories, and surprisingly both are true. As much as I hate to give this honor to a beer from a company that for the most part don't care for because of it’s ubiquitous nature in the market which has led the beers that come from Budweiser to be flavorless and boring. A good example of what I dislike about Budweiser is what is going on with Toyota, they have become so popular that somewhere along the way they lost something in the way of product quality. The same is true for Budweiser, with few exceptions and Bud Select is one. So much so that this beer is also in the running for beer of the year and here is why. To start, the beer is cool on the tong with a smooth middle and a full flavored finish. The beer is not complicated but simply refreshing. I know what I hate and I don’t hate this. This beer is good for enjoying with virtually any food or just as a Sunday sipper. However, as I sit here guzzling this on the couch I just can’t stop thinking about all of the food pairing options. Plus the beer is fairly low in the calorie department, however not as low as some of the beers on the market today but it does hold it’s own in the ever changing beer market.
(Editorial note)
For lint this year I will be forgoing all alcohol, so during this time I will be bring you beer news instead. I will be scouring the newspapers and internet to bring you the latest beer related news. Enjoy!!
Hornsby’s Hard Cider
Hue Beer Export By Hue Brewery, Hue City, Vietnam
http://www.huda.com.vn/default.asptype=portal&tab=news&menuID=32&SubmenuID=86&path=Hue Beer
Lhasa Beer by Tibet Lhasa brewery LTD
http://www.lhasabeerusa.com/
Hoogstraten Poorter by Sterkens Meer
P.s. thanks for the brew bro, I love you
Oak Creek Brewing Co Hefeweizen
drinking. The form is called Rate That Beer and it can be found by going to this web page.
http://www.knockknock.biz/catalog/categories/pads/classic-pads/rate-beer-pad/
You can just copy and paste it into your browser bar if you would like to see the format that I will be using to help to better serve you. So with further adieu I present to you
Oak Creek Brewing Co Hefeweizen
To hefeweizen (German for "Yeast wheat") purists, this beer is anything but. However, to understand my description of this beer one must look at where the beer is from, Arizona, a place that is not known for being a part of the breadbasket of America much less a beer brewing state. The folks at Oak Creek Brewing Co have done a good job what I would like to call a regional style of hefeweizen. Arizona is hot and dry, so who wants to drink a wheatie beer in a place like that? No, you want a beer that is easy drinking, refreshing and flavorful. Oak Creek does a good job at filling this order; even the bottle art conjures cool blue tones that is nothing like Arizona. The first thing you will notice is the unmistakable flavor of cloves, yea that Yuletide spice and uncommon brew ingredient has lawn darted itself nicely into this beers uncanny flavor profile. The beers color is reminiscent of morning fog turned golden by the suns rays. The yeast that is in my eyes what makes a hefeweizen a hefeweizen floats like diamond dust in it’s alcoholic atmosphere. This is not a particularly heavy beer, in fact its head was almost nonexistent even after the "rousting" of the yeast from it’s bottom of the bottle bed. The aroma is slightly pine like. However, pine is not in the flavor profile that happens to be consistent throughout the beer, which is nice in any beer you are drinking. The alcoholic content of the beer is 4.5%, which is consistent with the overall lite refreshing aspect of the beer. My overall impression: The beer is great for drinking on a hot as hell Houston day, where were you this summer?
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