Phew, it’s been a good while since I’ve updated my old blog. Between moving on from my last job, having spotty internet access, and being generally sick of looking at a computer screen, I haven’t blogged in awhile. None the less, I’m back with a new beer review, and today it’s Kerberos Tripel from Flying Dog Brewery. So enough with the chit chat, and let’s get into the beer review!
After a shitty week or so (seems like I have a lot of those doesn’t it?), I decided that I really needed a good beer. Thankfully, luck was on my side as a brand new six pack shop opened up very close to my house. Being the complete beer dork that I am, I was obligated to pick up a six pack of some random beer and see if I could find any "gems". Sometimes picking out random beers is a crap shoot, as you have no idea if you’re going to find a quality product. I chose to pick out three beers from micro breweries here in the United States, and three imports. Today I’ll be trying out one of those imports entitled Staropramen Lager. This will be my first time tasting this beer, so hopefully this will be a discovery of a "gem" and not a turd.
This weekend I was itching to pick up a case of "everyday" beer. For me, there are beers for all types of occasions. Some beer is meant to be enjoyed in small quantities (depending on hammered I want to get), while others are for special occasions such as reviews or sampling. So I walked into the beer distributor (yeah, Pennsylvania has "distributors", you can’t buy beer in grocery stores or gas stations) and picked up a sampler case from Redhook Ale Brewery. Having enjoyed their ESB beer on tap, I decided to give this a try. Lets see if this IPA is stand out amongst the other beers in the sampler pack.
Update 4/11/08: Just thought I’d let my readers know that there has been a recall on certain Sam Adams bottles with the number "N35" on the bottom of them. Apparently these bottle may have glass fragments in them. The very bottle you see in this review has that lettering on it and I drank it from start to finish (yikes). Nothing has happened to me thus far, but I wanted to make sure to bring this to everyone’s attention. Don’t look for any further reviews of Sam Adam’s beer on this site, as I’ll be avoiding all of their beer for some time. Be careful everyone!
Last weekend, a good friend of mine had informed me that he was going to pick up a case of Samuel Adams White Ale. He had mentioned that he had tried this beer on tap and was quite impressed with the result. However upon drinking the same beer from the bottle, he had had found that it wasn’t nearly as good as he originally thought. In fact, he offered to give me a six pack of the beer in question and had asked me to review it on my blog. Never a man to turn down a six pack of beer, I accepted this gracious offer and thus here is my review of Sam Adams White Ale:
For the first time ever, I’m actually reviewing a beer that’s very popular. Here we have Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, which is actually the second highest "craft beer" sold in the United States. This one is so popular that Sierra Nevada brewery had to drop the name of a "micro-brew" to a "craft brew" due to the high sales. Often times I’m not a fan of ultra popular brews, due to the fact that most of them suck. Not to mention that I’m not a fan of pale ales in general due to hop overload. This one already raises some questions going into the review, so read on and see how this American favorite fairs:
Its February in Pittsburgh, and its colder than Hell. So far we’ve had some wicked wind storms, a few inches of snow here and there, and the usual shitty road conditions. So I figured what better time than now to review a winter ale. This one goes by the name of K-9 Cruiser Winter Ale from Flying Dog Brewery. Lets see how this brew can warm you up in those harsh winter months.
Cold be damned, I’m going to review some friggin’ beer! This next brew goes by the name of Raison D’Etre from the amazing Dog Fish Head brewery out of Delaware. I will go on record as saying that Dogfish Head is one of the finest micro-breweries in America, and their beers are more often hits rather than misses. This one is brewed as a Belgian Style Strong Ale and was even hailed as "American Beer of the Year" in January 2000 in Malt Advocate Magazine. Any beer thats good enough to hold that title has to be good right? Read on to find out:
Here it is, my very first beer review featuring Coopers Vintage Ale . Let me preface this by saying that much like my movie reviews, I like to keep things simple here as well. I’ll keep the "beer jargon" to a minimum here, and just tell you if the beer is worth your time. Additionally, I’m not going to go on a scale of 1 – 10 like the movie reviews, but rather have word ratings. I’d also like to add that many Australian members of some message boards I post on claim that Australian beer is superior to American beer. Well if you want to find out if these guys are blowing smoke up my ass, read on!
