Sunday, September 7, 2008

Belated Reviews #2


New Glarus-Hop Hearty
I love this brewery so much. I can kill easily kill off a 6er of almost everything they make. This IPA is no exception. It has a beautiful crisp earthy hoppyness to it and there's no apparent bitterness. Combined with the hoppy/citrus aroma. Its Damn good.I need to get some more of this. Who's going to Wisconsin?

Privatbrauerei Hoepfner-Hoepfner Pilsner
The taste of this beer brought back memory's. I went to Germany when I was 19 or 20. That was when I fell in love with beer. After drinking this I remember i can see why. The bottle was brought back to the states from friend that was traveling in Germany. I don't drink allot of Pilsners, but this one was f&*(ing good. It was a typical German pilsner with a hoppy kick to it. Time to start saving for another trip to the land of beer and encased meats.

Deschutes Brewery-Cascade Ale
When I lived in Colorado I would pick this up sometimes. This was brought back from Portland from a friend. Actually the same friend that brought me beer back from Germany. I have some great friends. I miss all of the west coast beers that don’t make it out this way. This is a good pale ale with a strong honey and malt aftertaste. It also has nice citrus flavor to it. It’s a good beer for a summer afternoon.

Thursday, September 4, 2008

Belated Reviews the 22's


The bottles are starting to pile up. So it's time to do a few reviews in one post.

Hitachino Nest-White Ale
This is a really solid white ale. It has the nice orange citrus flavors with a touch of lemon. Pours to a cloudy light straw color. This is good stuff for sure. Plus the owl on the label is just damn cool.


Southern Tier-Uber Sun

This is an imperial summer wheat beer. I’ve never heard of the style before. It’s a high gravity wheat beer. I was not impressed at all. It takes everything I like about a wheat beer and Americanizes it. It’s quite hoppy and all you can taste is the alcohol. There have been quite a few BIG BEERS coming out in the last few years. Some of them are just awful high gravity beers. A higher gravity does not make a better beer!!! End rant.


Three Floyds-Blackheart

Wow 3F do it again. It’s an English IPA. It has a earthy citrus aroma that doesn’t usually come with an English ipa. You get a big citrus start and then the malt and hoppy bitternes kicks in. This beer is way to easy to drink for something that’s 9%. I don’t think this a good example of the style but it’s damn good. The artwork on the bottle is great. It was done by Blackheart Tattoo of San Francisco.


Widmer Brothers Brewing Co.-Widmer Hefeweizen

On the bottle it says “uncompromised and unfiltered”. One of those statements is true. This stuff sucks. It pours like a hefe, but has no taste. Just plain boring.