When a 22oz beer comes in a box and costs $11, it better be good. The fancy ass box alone lifted my expectation for this oak barrel aged beer. Sounds good right?? Not so much. The best part about it was the buzz I had after making myself finish it. At 11% it packs a punch. Since there is not allot of carbonation it's heavy and alcholy (alcholy is definitely not a word). It tastes like you are drinking a vanilla biscotti dipped in rubbing alcohol. This is the second beer from Southern that has just plane sucked. I'm not gonna waste anymore $$$ on their overpriced swill.
Beer and football; two pleasures inextricably linked, but at a time when fans are tightening their belts and trying to cut down on frivolous spending it seems that the evil, money-grabbing football clubs in the Premier League are conducting a booze shakedown.
That's the take coming from Don Foster MP, the UK Liberal Democrat party's spokesman for culture, media and sport, who has accused clubs of ''blatant profiteering'', in what itself is one of the most blatant attempts to buy votes since the English Football Association took their 2018 World Cup bid bandwagon to see Jack Warner in Trinidad and Tobago.
Is a politician really calling for cheap beer at football? Why not go the extra mile and call for a loyalty scheme where you buy five pints and get a free flick knive...
That's the take coming from Don Foster MP, the UK Liberal Democrat party's spokesman for culture, media and sport, who has accused clubs of ''blatant profiteering'', in what itself is one of the most blatant attempts to buy votes since the English Football Association took their 2018 World Cup bid bandwagon to see Jack Warner in Trinidad and Tobago.
Figures released by Foster this week reveal that just three of England's top flight sides charge below the national average of £2.96 for a pint at their grounds.
It will come as no surprise that the costliest pint available is at StamfordBridge, where fans are asked to part company with a credit-crunching £4.00 for a pint, while the cheapest on offer comes at Wigan where £2.70 buys you your tipple.
The average price across the Premier League is £3.19, which is higher than the average of £3.07 charged by football's counterparts in Premiership rugby union grounds or the £2.84 average charged by rugby league's Super League clubs.
(Imagine the smirk on the face of Mr Foster's assistant being wiped from his face when the Member of Parliament for Bath told the poor chap that his research into the cost of beer at Premier League clubs would require 20 phone calls and not 20 taste tests.)
Arsenal, Manchester City, West Ham and Fulham are joint second in the Premier League booze table, all charging £3.50 a pint, while Manchester United find themselves in the lower half of the standings charging a fair £3.00.
Foster, who has got some good mileage and column inches out of his call for clubs to repay the loyalty of fans by cutting the cost of beer, says: ''Unfortunately, it comes as little surprise to me that Premier League football fans are, once again, being ripped off.
''As if extortionate ticket prices weren't bad enough, top flight football clubs are charging over the odds for a basic pint. This blatant profiteering should not continue to go unnoticed. When will Premier League football clubs learn to stop taking the loyalty of their fans for granted?''
This is an interesting beer. It's one of those tripels that will easily kill you. It goes down so smooth that you want to take hug gulps but it definitely should be sipped. Especially since it 9.85%. It has a vanilla and pear nose to it. Pours to a 1 finger solid head. This is a great tripel that reminds me of a citrusy Tripel Karmeliet. The bottle art for the brewery is great too. I guess there will be something to look forward to when work sends me to Indy now.
“We the Brewers of Avery Brewing Company, in order to form a more perfect ale, require new leadership that can liberate us from our quagmires in foreign lands; embrace environmentally sound energy alternatives to imported oil; heal our ailing health care system; free us from tyrannical debt and resurrect the collapsing dollar. We hereby pledge to provide him with an ample amount of our Presidential Pale Ale to support in the struggle for the aforementioned goals!”
This is what the label reads. The beer inside the bottle is as good as the label. They call it a pale ale, but it's more like an IPA or a Double. The brew has a strong alcohol aroma with some grassy hoppy notes that follow. There is also some malt in the nose as well. It has a dry malty bitter sweet taste to it. Not what I expected at all. I definitely poured this when it was too cool. Once it warmed up I really enjoyed it. With the beer being 8.75% it packs a punch. Well worth the $8 for a 22ozer. I need to get some more of these for inagruation day.
Jolly Pumpkin is a brewery out of Dexter Michigan, which is only a few mile outside of Ann Arbor. I have been totally impressed with everything I've had from them. The Bam Bière is a Saison/Farmhouse ale. One of my favorite styles. It was delicious. There are some wiffs of lemon and it has a slight sour apple note. Also theres a subtlle grassness to it. Bam is only 4.5% so anyone can enjoy this beer. I would recomend trying any of their brews.
Do you like hops? If yes continue reading. If not go have a miller shite.
This beer smells fantastic. Just like hops picked fresh off the vine. I couldn't keep my nose out of the glass. It has a nice citrus note that goes very well with the grassyness of the beer. At only 5.5 apv it goes down real easy. Also the bottle art is nice and creepy. I need to pick up some more of these.
How could I not buy this when I saw the name. After drinking it I think it I think it needs to be renamed to Adult Contemporary IPA. It's freakin lame. There was a nice good head. The hoppyness was very subtle. It goes down quite smooth though. Too smooth kinda like a pbr will go down smooth. Not what you would expect with that name. I was also excited because this was a Scottish import. The scotts let me down just like they did in Euro qualifiers. At $10 a 22 it hurts the walet too.
