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So, I wonder if this is some re-incarnation of an earlier Dank Tank or some other special release. It feels like it may be. I know Dank Tank #3 this, but internally I wonder … 60 IBUs screams the can. 12oz, part of a six-pack. Pour is a clouded,...
22 oz bottle, usual Dank Tank/SW presentation in the silk screened bottle. Gold clarity with a rush of bubbles. High head and lovely form in the glass. Amazing sweet and sour effect on the initial tastes. Orange flavors. It's a very non traditional...
July 2016 cellared review. Decent carbonation. Great brown garnet color. Head not huge but does the job considering both the age and ABV. Nose and taste are really quite excellent. Alcohol sweetness with raisins and figs are there, but all in...
'Pineapple laced' IPA. I don't know whether this is true or not, but this does feel like a fruit infused Sweetwater IPA. Same recipe? No idea, but it feels that way. Honestly, the fruit is not strong, and this would pass simply as a fruity IPA...
Corked and caged, the latest Anniversary beer from Sweetwater. 18 was a let down, let's see what we have here. Surprising beer all in all. Golden, dark pour with some decent head and lace but the retention is poor. MUCH more Saison like than I was...
6 pack of 12 oz bottles 'India Style Brown Ale' - marketing claptrap. Bottled conditioned. Mmmm, hopped up brown ales? What's the point? I'd rather have a brown ale with its traditional smooth, malty background with nutty sweetness, or an IPA. When...
22 oz usual Dank Tank presentation. A smoky bacon porter? With Fox Bros. BBQ in ATL. Nice black or super dark brown pour. Nose does not give up a smoky bacon aroma initial, since it's probably too cold. As it warms more of both come through. Tastes...
Corked & Caged, nice presentation. Promising, and then ... ... 'Belgian style' Tripel? As opposed to what? I supposed that's supposed to tell us that it's not actually Belgian. OK Errr ... why does a Tripel, trigger a 'Hopped Up' badge on...
12oz single from the six pack. Not sure that I'm keen on the Belgian Style Red Ale moniker, but this is what I have to live with in America. On the plus side, this beer does drink like a Lightly hopped American red that has been made with Belgian...
12 oz bottle, last one in the six pack. Very reminiscent of Sticky Nugs. Pale golden pour. Good sticky, white head, all is in place. Nice rich, hoppy oil, nose, which is replicated in the initial tastes. Very drinkable with lots of malt backbone to...
I always feel a little guilty about my relationship with Pilsners since I have relatively stringent criteria for me to be satisfied. Do we have complete, unfiltered clarity? Do we have clean edges? Do we have decent carbonation and lasting head an...
Clear gold body, high white head and sticky lace, all a little reminiscent of sticky nugs. Plenty of aspirin like C notes breaking everywhere, with some sweetness. The beer is quite drinkable considering the style. Bitterness competes with...
Bright golden body with a high white head. Looks like a strong lager. Head fades badly, no retention no lace. All the charm and sophistication of a loud mouthed American trawling through Northern France and Belgium, mouthing off about the war and...
Final 12 oz bottle of the sixes. On the whole I have enjoyed this, but I'm afraid it's not quite as simple as that! There is a very slight haze to the beer but it is is largely clear which makes me think that it is filtered. Is that an issue? Well,...
Murky dark burgundy body with some decent thick, white head an lace. Head fades, but at 8.6% I'll give it a pass. Nice orangey, citrusy rounded big feel, with a decent drier finish. It's quite rich and bold which is what we would expect. A nice...
Perhaps my least favorite style on earth, the 'black' IPA - dumbass name. The usual guff on the Sweetwater label, God I swear that they are getting more juvenile as they age. Lovely color on the pour, with a nicely pitted, mocha colored head....
On-tap notes 10/10/13 Happy to move away from the rye. Not that I didn't like that beer, but a break is good too. Decent bitterness crisp and light highly drinkable. Light haze some mid-level carbonation enough to keep me interested. Some carbonate...
Latest Dank Tank. On opening, there is an immediate whiff of hops. In a nutshell this is NOT a BSPA. It has way too much soapy bitterness for that moniker. Appearance is deep golden but lacks any head or retention. Viscosity is not quite there for...
A wheatwine. Most in the style that I have had have been enjoyable in small measures, so this will be interesting. Quite what a 'Red' wheatwine is I have no idea, but Sweetwater has a tendency for the non-sensical in some of their marketing...
Pour is a mid to dark brown, thinnish looking beer. The head is initially better than expected, but drops away to give almost no head apart from a thin film. Nose offers some light caramel notes and some fairly feint alcohol. Given the 10.3% ABV, I...
The latest in the Dank Tank series. Blue and white checkered motif in a nod to the Bavarian flag. Pretty good looking beer, with a nice, red-amber hue and a decent, off-white head. Retention of the head is pretty average, and there is little or no...
I am assuming that this is a re-birth of the Crank Tank Rye'd Ale from the fall of 2010. I've got to be honest right off the bat here, I generally do NOT like rye beers. The harsh, bitter, peppery notes that the spice delivers is usually not to my...
If the truth be known, I didn't like this much when I first tasted it, immediately after it came out, but thought it might be a beer that could change quite quickly, so I put one aside and am now trying it a few months down the road. This time the...
OK, so I suppose this setting out to be a combination of 420 and IPA, merged for the latest in the Dank Tank Series. The usual presentation for the series, this time coming with a sort of retro-blue and yellow color scheme. Pour is a fairly bright,...
22 oz bottle, the latest in the Dank Tank series, this time with a red, yellow and green motif. It's difficult to keep up with the amount of beer being produced of late, especially in the what has now become, quite prolific Dank Tank Series. The...
Full disclosure: This is probably not a particularly objective review since I have a particular bias against these 'Black' IPA's, so take it for what it is. In a nutshell, if you like a fresh, green tasting hop character in a beer like this one,...
On tap, Taco Mac July 16th, 2011. This is an aggressive beer, and some people claimed int was a Black IPA at the time. I don't know the truth of that, but it's certainly a beer that could get into that area based upon its taste, even if not its...
Another 22oz, one-off (presumably) offering from the Sweetwater Brewing Co., that for my money have eclipsed Terrapin in their ability to produce a consistent, high quality special release beers. The usual Sweetwater presentation with screen...
22oz bottle in the usual Dank Tank presentation this time with a brown and yellow motif. The pour is basically black with a few brownish highlights at the extreme edges. Head is quite small and lacks any retention or lace, a little disappointing....
22oz bottle, usual Dank Tank presentation. The usual nonsense written on the bottle (pointless) and this one comes with a similar (if not identical) green color as Wet Dream. Very attractive clarity on the mid-orange body. Good lace, nice retention...
Had this a few times in the last few weeks, this review is for the final 22oz bottle that I will drink. Pour is a rich looking, clear orange with some good carbonation and head and lace to match. The lace is pretty sticky. Looks solid in the glass...
22oz bottle in the usual Dank Tank presentation. I've had this a few times before now, this is the bottled review. Poured into the DFH glass, the beer is truly a deep golden color with (considering the ABV) a decent head and some retention. The...
12oz single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. After a few seconds of settling down, the pour gives a very suspiciously clear, macro-esque body and a head that fades badly. Despite the description on the label, the beer looks as though it has been...
22oz bottle, $5.99 from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. Same Dank Tank presentation, this time with a green and white color scheme (DP Red/White, BOBBB Blue/White). This beer has been described to me in many ways, the most frequent being an "Imperial...
22 oz bottle with the same basic artwork as the bottled DP but with a blue & white theme rather than the red & white. $5.79 from Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. I agree that the associated text on the bottle in relation to the name has...
22oz bottle, Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. $5.99. OK, not really sure what's going on here, but I guess I will try to unravel it. The pour offers a reddish, hazed body with little or no head except for a small collar. The head has poor retention...
Dank Tank #3 sampled at The Porter, Little Five, Atlanta, GA, USA yesterday afternoon. Small, Wellington style glass pour, perhaps eight ounce. Golden hazed body, on the lighter side of things in terms of the shade. Small head, but it produces...
DELIBERATELY added as a different beer to the cask, Johnnie Walker chip-soaked version, this beer was drunk on tap at Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. #2 in the Dank Tank series (The Creeper was #1). Regular keg version NOT the cask, flavored one....
On-tap at The Brick Store, Decatur, GA, USA. #1 in the Dank Tank series. Golden pour with an impressive head and some nice lace. Nice carbonation. Would definitely categorize this as a hoppy tripel rather than a Belgian IPA. The sweetness is...
12oz bottle from a sixer from Green's on Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. $7.49 for the sixer I think. First beer that I have drunk in nearly six weeks! Pour is a somewhat thin looking amber/reddish orange that looks surprisingly carbonated with lots of...
Followed up my bottle review of last week with a sampling of this on draft at Taco Mac on the East West Connector in Austell, Atlanta, GA, USA. Small (10oz??) serving for $4.00 - good value. ($4.50 for a 16oz pour at Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA...
$8.49 from Green's, Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. MIGHTY impressive looking bottle - the old flip-top 1 L bottles used for Festive Ale. Homebrewers LOVE these bottles. Gold Foil tops off the package impressively. Pour is a slightly cloudy mid-brown...
$4.00, 16oz serving on tap, Taco Mac, Marietta, GA, USA. The new release from Sweetwater. Pump clip is an attractive sky blue color. Nice looking golden yellow pour with a medium head that unfortunately fades quickly. Nose and taste have the Pils...
Following up on last years on-tap offering, the newly bottled version at $8.99 a sixer from Green's, Ponce, Atlanta, GA, USA. (2014 vintage, in 12oz bottles pictured). Excellent black color and plenty of (if somewhat thinnish lacing), but this is...
2009 Vintage - on tap, Taco Mac, Douglasville, GA, USA. Again less spice than some of the first vintages and this year more licorice flavors. Still drinking well though. === 2006 Vintage - on tap. Taco Mac Linbergh City Center, $4.50. Still the...
2004 Vintage at 10 years old My experiment in terms of cellaring beer has long been over, but there remains the small matter of trying to drink down the once 1000+ bottles that resided there. This beer is an interesting one to me, since it has hit...
Taco Mac, East West Connector, Austell, GA, USA. On-tap in October 2006 as part of Sweetwater's re-introduction of Exodus as an ocassional guest (not a seasonal, but an infrequent re-visit) - maybe ESB will do the same soon. A bit flat. Lack of...
Pictured 04/09/21 Original notes 08/10/06 Living in Atlanta it's sometimes easy to forget what a nice beer this is, especially when fresh and on tap. I had one of these at Mellow Mushroom in Douglasville, GA, USA for $3.50 for 16 oz. Color is more...
On-tap, Taco Mac, Decatur, GA. Small tulip serving. If this truly is a Dubbel it's the best looking one that I have seen ever! It was a mid-brown, with a small head and most delightfully, it was crystal clear. It lacked the nasty, murky dishwater...
Updated Review 01/08 $4.50 16oz Taco Mac, East West Connector, Austell, GA, USA - AGAIN! MUCH, MUCH more mild than a couple of years ago in terms of bitterness. In fact, almost relegated to a Porter! Still has that mild green tinge on the head....
Very, very nice, 100% drinkable and a perfect complement to the Atlanta heat that is slowly, but steadily, rising here in mid-May. From the bottle a large frothy, rocky head adorns the orange haze below it. Definite relationship between the orange...
Firstly much of what can be said about the draft serving has been said on the bottle review here. But the distinct differences are; Not such an impressive head on draft. The serving temperature seems to dampen the carbonation. Also, in terms of the...
For the life of me I can't really work out why a small brewery would attempt to brew a non-mainstream beer like this. It pours with a standard smallish head that disappears quickly, and has a distinct pale green/yellow appearance. Although this...
Potentially exciting, ultimately very disappointing. This beer is way too lightweight all around. Color is suspisciously golden (macro lager) rather than a darker, bitter color, aroma and taste are way too short and undemanding and the taste is...
Very clear, red-copper brown colored pour with a nice head that disappears quickly. I didn't get much of the nuttiness or the honey malt that is mentioned on the bottle. Aroma is malty with what seems to be a real alcoholic tinge. The alcohol is...
$7.19, Publix Supermarket, Villa Rica, GA, USA. Took me a long time to get around to reviewing this. I've been treating this as a good staple to pick up around Atlanta for some time. Pours a slightly hazy, orange color with a frothy head. The aroma...
Drank this at Houlihan's at Atlanta Airport for this review (as well as hundreds of other times too) and as a result was overcharged - but hey, they had about 20 bottled beers and this was the only one of any quality that wasn't a macro. Great...
$2.75, 16oz serving, Buffalo Wild Wings Cafe, Douglasville, GA, USA. This is Sweetwater's flagship offering and it is simply put, steady and reliable. Very nice offering, a drinkable beer that strikes a very good balance between hop bitterness and...
Pours a very deep, dark brown with a very slight smoky aroma. This is a light Porter in my book that has a nice mouthfeel, but lacks the real creaminess I love in my Porters. The head was creamy and thick but faded very quickly with little or no...