Genesee Cream Ale

Swing and I miss for Genesee Cream Ale.

The beer touts the fact that it was a “World Beer Cup Gold”. However, with that said this does not taste like a gold winner to me. This is a far cry from creamy. This is flavorless and dull at best. I cant really cant think of a meal to enjoy this with at all. This is one of those beers that you just drink to drink. I think this beer is non alcoholic, nope never mind it clams that it is 5.1% ABV, yeah right. Perhaps this beer is best for cooking with, but what I can’t tell you because I have no idea what dish needs help being bland and if you look at the web page the brewer makes it sound like this beer is the best stuff to ever come out of america. This is a classic case of buyer be ware of false representation. You be the judge, I urge you to google this beer and go to the web page and see what it says. I can tell you that in my opinion after having downed one, every word on that web page in regards to the taste and it’s going well with food is a phlegm-flam. However, don’t take my word for how bad it is, make your own judgment. But if you trust my judgement at all, then stay away from this not and save seven bucks.

Pinkus Munster Alt

It is October and that means that it is Octoberfest time and this beer is a fabulous offering right out of Germany just in time for this holy time of the year for beer lovers. Right off the bat I will tell you that this beer is best with food. The best food you ask? German sausage and sauerkraut and where do you get all of this? The answer to the question to is Flying Saucer. Located downtown, this place is a beer lovers heaven. But now on to the beer. This particular beer has a sweet jasmine flower taste to it when you drink it as a standalone and is relatively flat in the carbonation department. However, when enjoyed with the food I mentioned above all the flavors mix so well together like they were meant to be the fats in the sausage play off the sweet almost smokey aftertaste of the beer. The alt style of which this beer is a mixing of two brewing styles, Lager and Ale. The two different styles of brewing which in my eyes are for all intents and purpose are contradictory, really do a nice job of mingling together in this aspect. The only sad thing about this beer is that it is not as well just as a standalone beer, to enjoy this beer to the fullest is with food and in this case it is German food. So while the weather is “nice” I urge you to get out to a place that serves this along with true German food. You will not be disappointed if you do.

Pumpkin Ale

Wow, the first beer review of the fall and I am giving to you all a beer that I first tried almost ten years before. I remember the experience like it was just last Sunday, it was a crisp fall afternoon just after 12pm (because you can’t buy beer or wine no Sunday before 12.) It was a magical afternoon shopping at the local grocer and sitting there in the cooler was an odd looking beer with a pumpkin on it. I being the adventures guy that I am took the gamble and it was a real hum-dinger. Now flash forward to today when I am on the lookout for new beers to try, I see this old classic sitting there in the cooler section. Be forewarned; as the autumn beer season emerges you will be inundated with “pumpkin Beers and Ale’s.” However, it is my opinion that this offering from Buffalo Bill’s Brewery is the pinnacle of pumpkin pouring pleasure when it comes to seasonal beers. This is a well balanced beer and as I mentioned in the last sentence, it is brought to us by Buffalo Bill’s Brewery which I have been blogging about all year. Perhaps I might not have a candidate for beer but perhaps for the first time, a brewery of the year? The beer is excellent for enjoying in the backyard contemplating what makes the birds know to fly south, or for that mater the North American Hobo migrate that way the same time every year. In addition to that, the beer is also fantastic for enjoying with food. My food picks are pork and chicken of most any types. The beer has that pumpkin taste with the beer bite at the end, it also has a refreshing flow through. The beer is just so well crafted from the ground up. please enjoy this beer, it is so good.