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Not a beer that I would normally go for or buy, but given New Glarus's 25+ year record of excellent fruit beers, this deserves at least one 4-pack of attention. Paid around $11 for 4, 330 mL cans in Madison, WI. Color is an extraordinary, raspberry...
The SN Oktoberfest collaboration has come to be one of the more anticipated beers of the season for me. They've been producing some really excellent beers in the series and this is no exception. The color with its classic copper, bright clarity,...
When GameDay Lager was announced in this part of the world a few years ago, I assumed that it would be nothing more than another, shitty, American macro-like adjunct. Even though Upland was charged with brewing it, I thought that the only way that...
It's an absolute miracle that I haven't made notes on Westbrook's White Thai before today. A quick check of untappd reveals that I am one of its "loyal drinkers", and that I have checked-in 31 times going all the way back to May 2011. In short, I...
Fantastic color, with a deep copper pour. Head isn't retained that well, but there's some good lace. Nose has some simply bready malts, but there's also a light hop note that one would expect from an American Amber. Tastes mostly reflect the nose....
16 oz can. File under, "I'll drink anything once." An astonishingly clear, golden-yellow body. I might even say alarmingly so! Head is there briefly, and there's even a little lace. Nose is mostly a striking combination of artificial fruit esters....
I'm always interested in a new (this came out late 2025) Sierra Nevada beer, so even though this beer isn't necessarily something that would get me excited in terms of its style, I'm still grateful for the chance to try it. Pale lemon, light haze...
Pale edition, delighted to get a chance to try this. Light copper (amber) body with that spectacular, huge, pillowy pitted head. Unmatched in that department. Lace and retention are excellent. Getting a big mouthful of the foam gives the expected...
If I'm honest this is definitely not a beer that I would ever reach for, but I also have a mantra of trying almost anything once. Additionally Kasteel and Van Honsebrouck have enough equity with me to allow me to not exactly give them the benefit...
Various sources describe this a a BSPA and a Tripel, but for me it sits in the former category despite the brewery offering this description; "Filou is a strong blonde, top-fermented beer. Its subtle spicy aromas and nuanced sweet flavour profile...
12 oz can. Dogfish and I have a long, and fairly complicated relationship going back 20+ years. In short, they have been, at various points, an utterly essential brewery to the US scene. That has changed quite dramtically in the last decade, but it...
A beer that I have a lot of hope riding on, it's probably worth reading this post first. There's a bit of a debate about Czech or German Pils here, but I'm running with German because of SN's own notes regarding equipment. One of the lightest beers...
Well it's not "Belgian" so that might be a trade description problem, but it is allegedly a Belgian Style Tripel. This beer is flat. I know the picture suggests decent carbonation, but that's horribly misleading. The beer dies in the glass very...
Well this is interesting. Firstly I wish this wan't canned. Overlooking that, I get to the beer. A light golden body, with some impressive head. Retention is OK, but lace is above average. The lightness of the color gets repeated in the tastes as...
Last can from Bine & Vine in San Diego, CA. Newish beer that has been here for about 6-8 weeks. Read all about it here. Beautiful reddish copper body with the usual Schlenkerla head that gives large bubbles, pitted retention and lace. Nose has...
A annual pleasure, always something to look forward to. This is a pretty beer. A lovely, light golden color with a fine, white head to match. Well-carbonated. The color is interesting since it falls between the deeper orange like hues of...
A recent Tavour purchase that I bought simply on the back of it being a 4.2% bitter (of sorts). Good garnet, mid-brown pour with some good clarity. Decent head, some lace. Big whiff and initial tastes that include bitter oaty note. Good in as much...
Single, 12 oz can, $2.79. Pour is as expected with a heavily hazed lemon colored body, and some very wispy head. Head has moderate stickiness and produces some lace. Some retention. Appearance is by far the best attribute of this beer, and TBH even...
Modern American beer offers little to no interest for me these days. There's close to nothing that I see that piques my interest. Here's a beer to buck that trend. Apparently part of a series called, "Season-Ales 2025", although why it just can't...
Well, Dale's, and perhaps more accurately Oskar Blues, is such an extraordinarily well-established brand in (relatively) contemporary US brewing, that a certain degree of reverence is required here even before one opens the can. The pour is much...
I have loved Tank 7 for many years so I suppose I should give Dank 7 a chance. Not related beers, but here we go. 7 Hops used, apparently. The bright, clouded orange body produces some good head and the lace is sticky and impressive. Seems...
I've been seeking this one for a while, and it's been a relatively hard beer to acquire for me, but there it was, at Sergio's in Louisville for $9 to go. Pour is as one would expect, with an orange brown, dirty pour. Nice head, good sticky lace....
I am reliably informed that this is the re-branded Wittekerke. Pour is a slightly clouded, lemon body with excellent head. Retention is above average if not spectacular; much the same can be said of the lace. Sweet and bready on the nose as one...
Dark brown/purple pour with a head to match. Aroma is all raspberries but without an overwhelming element. Moderate head, lace and retention are what we would expect - minimal. Very fruit forward without being medicinal. It is sweet, but it has a...
An annual pleasure when Sierra gets together and collaborates with a German brewer. Standard Festbier pour (which seems to be the norm with these collabs rather than the US, Oktoberfest style). Retention isn't great. Light, soapy bitterness greets...
Pictured 02/08/26 Original notes 08/11/24 Hate the can. Anyway ... classic, hazed lemon colored pour with a decent head. The head is a little light in terms of density, but delivers some great lace. The lace redeems things a lot. As this warms...
2024 Barrel-Aged. Elijah Craig 10-12 Bourbon barrels. Just not the kind of beer I drink much these days, in fact, if ever. The pour is a classic one. Jet black pour, viscous look, modest mocha head with half decent lace for the ABV. I mean the...
$1.89 for the can from Houghton, MI. Clear golden pour with an initially great head, but retention and lace are not great. Sweet bready notes are up front on both the aroma and the taste. Hop balance kicks in mid palate and the back end to give...
Came across this on a recent trip to Northern Michigan and I have to admit that I didn't know that DAB made a Maibock. Since this is a style that I really enjoy it was a simply decision to pick it up. $2.19 for the 500mL can. Very standard, golden...
Funny. I must have drunk this beer a million times. How so? It's the beer that The Brick Store kept (and I believe STILL keeps) on as their 'American macro alternative'. That's a little harsh, but TBH it's true. It offers a completely clear...
Huge, quite annoying if I am honest, extremely wispy head that oddly fades to almost nothing quite quickly. The color of this beer is quite fascinating, very, very pale with a bit of light, lime green hue. A very strong but clean nose. Some white...
I guess that there are two ways to look at this. Firstly, if you take it for what it is, then it's not bad (even if I think it's a little too hop forward even for a Belgian Pale or Blonde). However, if you start comparing it to Duvel - which IMO is...
12 oz can which has a defect of some sort on the tab, since all six of these "splashed/mini-exploded" quite badly when opened. No problem passed on to the contents, but something isn't right about the hardware here. The label says the following;...
An anniversary beer, from an old school player from back in the day, allegedly in a style that I gravitate toward? Those things trump my aversity toward cans so I'm in - for a single at least. Doesn't get off to a great start. For me, the color is...
Tavour has many faults - many, but it does have a few redeeming features. One of those redeeming qualities is access to a handful of breweries that I know from 20+ years ago, and Kuhnhenn is one such brewer. Couple that with a style that I...
I love to come across a new Oktoberfest or Festbier or Märzen, and when there is the promise of some sensible Sierra Nevada old-school, no nonsense brewing associated with, it it all bodes well. The Sierra series of collaborations for these beers...
500 mL can, from the LCBO in Guelph, ON, Canada. Great color - a ruby reddish, orange Doppelbock/Märzen pour - but the head is poorly retained and offers little lace. It looks really good in terms of color, but the head is a bit disappointing to be...
If I'm honest I didn't know that this beer even existed. Pils? Yes. This? No (Also see this). 500 mL can purchased at the LCBO in Guelph, Ontario, Canada. Brought back to the USA. Judging by the reviews on beeradvocate this isn't available in the...
16 oz can directly from the farm. Dark chestnut pour with a good mocha colored head. Retention and lace are both good. Nose and initial tastes offer a bitter, black coffee experience. That's absolutely fine if that's what you like, but there is not...
11.2 oz can, from Belgian Style Ales here in the US. Pour is as expected with the Coke like head that is gone in seconds. Zero retention, zero lace. As expected. Great garnet red color as the light hits it. Nose is indistinguishable from its bigger...
In general terms and under most circumstances, I have zero interest in anything that Evil Twin does (this is the first beer I have ever reviewed from them). Silly, hyped, canned beer, in 'styles' that usually hold no interest for me, they are not a...
One of my favorite styles from a brewery that I have a checkered history with (some things I absolutely LOVE, some I hate, and I absolutely feel that they have lost their way of late). Anyway, happy to report that this is a lovely experience....
12 oz can. Well I wasn't expecting much, and expectations were mostly met. Decent looking pour with a high, white head. The head is one of those very wispy ones that is relatively soon gone, but does leave some decent, sticky lace even if it is...
Nice color, I can do without the haze. Head is good and high, decent retention and some nice sticky lace. Nose is aromatic, and quite citrusy that might well be a function of the Sterling hops. The beer is really quite flavorful, with a few...
Canned version, sold with the stein (pictured) in a gift pack in 2022. $10.99 for the combo. Right now I am somewhat unconvinced that this is a different beer to this one, but the ABVs are different (this at 4.8%, the Original at 5.1%) and they...
Purchased on a whim. 4 pack, Belmont Beverage, Decatur, IN. $10.99 for the 16 oz servings. To be fair, I was ready to hate this before I had tried it. In the end, I was not horrified! I do hate the term, "American-Style Märzen Lager", and a few...
All prerequisites fulfilled in the style, so perfect in that regard. Light, butterscotch, orangey gold colored body with a big pillow-like head. Looks resplendent in the Tücher half-liter glass. Nose offers everything that you'd want and expect....
Golden, butterscotch, hazed body with a decent head and some minimal lace. White film settles across the surface of the beer. Nose offers some deep, ready hop notes, but very balanced. Tastes begin with a bitterness upfront that is also...
Pale gold colored body, close to complete clarity (tiny amount of haze), with a moderate head; little to no lace. Nose has clean Belgian yeasts and not much else. It's good, but fairly simple. The beer opens with a decent splash of bitterness,...
I love me a Maibock, and I love some Westbrook beers, so there's a lot of hope here. 16 oz can from Blue Ridge Beer Hub in Waynesville, NC. While I like the presentation, I'd like it better in a bottle. Humbug. Pour is a surprisingly, light=orange...
Waypost tends to specialize in Farmhouse/Saison and other Belgian influenced styles, so a sojourn into the ESB area is not necessarily going to showcase their strengths. However, because their beer is generally very good, I'm encouraged to try one...
Light, but golden pour, slightly above average head, and some nice, sticky lace. For me, the lacing is crucial to a good Helles. Clean nose with some sweet bread and yeast. Tastes start with (more) clean, sweet, malt edges, that are followed by the...
Very good looker. I'm always seeking that correct, mid to deep, copper clarity in an Alt, and that is found here. The head (and especially the lace) are really very good. Sticky, white and persistent, the lace is a particular feature of the pour....
16 oz can from Belgian-Style Ales online. Wanted to grab this before it goes away forever. Obviously this is not a NEIPA (or maybe it IS!), but it certainly looks (and drinks) a little like one. Bright orange body, with some chill-haze that gives a...
16 oz can courtesy of Todd - thanks man! Beautiful, simple, amber pour with a little chill haze. Head is perfect. Some minor lace. The head fades quite quickly. Drinks like a classy, full-flavored, beautifully sweet and balanced Vienna Lager. I’m...
Light haze on the lemon colored body. Chunky white head, great lace. Sticky. Nose offers light hops, some bread notes. There’s a TON of flavor packed into this beer. I don’t know if you want to call this a Czech Pilsner or not, but there are a...
Not my first time drinking a Parlor City Brewing Company beer, but my first review of one. Thanks to the brewer and owner Chris for this complimentary 16 oz. Belgian Blonde Ale. Well, if you look at the BJCP style guidelines (25A) for this beer,...
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,...
Thank God for Hop River Brewing Co. in Fort Wayne! Now, before you get ahead of yourself and you think that I think that Hop River makes the best beer in the universe, let me dispel that thought immediately. I certainly do not like absolutely...
12 oz can, $7.48 as a single from Belmont Beverage, Lima Road, Fort Wayne, IN. I would NEVER have bought this beer before I moved to the Midwest. Now that I’m so much closer to Chicago, I read more and more about this beer, so I saw it as a single,...
The last 12 oz can from a six pack bought in Wyoming. This feels like a throwback beer. Very reminiscent of on older style, west coast DIPA with plenty of fruit notes finishing out a clean, big ‘ole DIPA. It’s refreshing in that sense. Lovely...
16 oz can, actually purchased as a single inside of Yellowstone. As such, I assumed this was a novelty product, and I had very low expectations. As it is, it’s a lot better than those low expectations, and is really quite good. Slightly hazed,...
2023 version which is (I suppose) release number 3 if my notes below are to be believed. Interesting changes here. New ABV at 7.8%, now in a can, and evened out a bit from two years ago. The lower ABV makes this beer better in every respect. Who...
12 oz can and several draught versions on the Island from Summer 2016. Adjunct American lager like pour with some of the same attributes - poorly formed head that dissipates, urine like color, slight vegetal nose. Tastes are a bit different. Noble...
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...
12 oz can. This has been on shelves for around $20 a for pack, and I'm not remotely interested at that price, but a single can, even at $3.25 pulls me in - I blame you, Norm! Quite what an 'Irish Porter' is I don't know, but I'll ignore that for...
12 oz can, single. 5.9% ABV. So Terrapin Beer Co., what exactly is a 'California Style IPA'? Anyway, hazed mid to dark golden pour with a white head that fades quickly. Nose is frankly a little watery and the tastes follow. Light onion, a little...
12 oz can Love the packing , the powder blue is cool looking. Not a fan of rye beers in generally, and anyone that says the rye in this is muted is, I think, mistaken. Silly, wispy head that dies to leave massive bubbles. Deep orange body. Hazed....
I have a massive problem with any beer that was brewed SPECIFICALLY for a marketing niche rather than for the sake of brewing a beer. It's in cans (as far as I know it's unavailable in any other format), and being described as a session beer (when...
Poured from the can. Looks decent enough with the golden body and the two-finger, rocky head. Lace and retention aren't great, but out of the box it looks clean. Sweet and grainy nose. Smooth but a bit of a grainy macro feel for me. Some decent...
16 oz can. $2.99 from Brawley's in Charlotte, NC. Having been to the brewery the day before and NOT drinking this, I thought it wise to pick up a can for me to try at home. The first thing that strikes me is the cost. This is an expensive four...
16 oz can. Poor head in terms of retention. Alarmingly transparent, gold body. Sweet vegetal nose. Very sweet palate. Drying alcohol in the finish. Nasty lingering vegetal taste. As expected.
12 oz can, $1.99 from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. The plain, primary color presentation of Cisco beers is attractive. Better than average head with very good lace and retention. Lightish, lemony pepper in the nose. Tastes are...
12 oz black can, $1.99 from Arbor Place Beverage. Pour is a bit of a dirty, amber pour. The color is not very attractive, but the head is excellent, with great retention and lace. Nice 'stickiness about it. Nose and tastes are both very earthy in...
Another relic from the recent Hilton Head trip. I've had this maybe once before, also purchased in HHI. A quick check on @untappd confirms that it was 11 months ago. 12oz can, popular on the island because fot he beach, Pour is a fairly cloudy...
Alright, let's be VERY, VERY clear about what we have here. Essentially, this is a beer marketing company (not a genuine brewery), that is hooking its business model to the word 'Craft', and choosing to make a beer in a style that is a close to a...
Finch's beers have been in Atlanta for a few weeks now but because I am SICK TO DEATH of the can hysteria which has been obscuring the infinitely more important factor of the beer in the container, I have been actively avoiding sampling these as a...
12 oz can from Vulcan Beverage, Birmingham, AL, and also at the brewery tap room. Unlike the IPA, there seemed to be less discernible differences between the two versions of this beer (one from the can and one on draught). Both give pretty classic...
Had this a couple of weeks ago at The Capital Ale House in Richmond, VA and when I opened that can there was an overwhelming smell of burning rubber - really overwhelming, and truly odd. So this time I was expecting something similar, but happily...
16 oz can from The Foodery, Northern Suburbs in Philadelphia, PA. Bought this along with the Bengali Tiger that I had tried a few days earlier. Pour is a dark, rust colored affair with a solid, pitted, inch-and-a-half head that has some decent...
From the 12 oz can, the beer pours a lot darker than I was anticipating with a quite significant mid-amber color. Head and lace are not substantial, but there is some nice, sticky lace that forms. A little chill-haze forms in the body of the beer....
Having had this from the can several months ago but I wanted to refrain from reviewing it until I could at least get the kegged version (given that I was pretty sure that I'm never likely to see the cask presentation here in the US). Patience, and...
Good People - Legally Brewed since 2008. Reviewed from the 12 oz can that came from Vulcan Beverage in Birmingham, AL, but with additional comments and notes from the draught version that was consumed a few days ago at the brewery on the same trip....
12 oz can as a single from Mac's. New style can with different colors from the first time I had this (used to be green, orange and white, now baby blue is the dominant color). Hazy but VERY bright orange color. Poor head and retention, and the beer...
Additional notes 03/17/23 (pictured) Almost 12 years ago since I last made notes on this. Note the new spelling. This is such a hard, hard beer to review in 2023 given what has happen to it in the 12 years since my initial notes. It’s not really...
12 oz metallic looking can. Thanks go out to Kevin for the chance to have a crack at this one. Any wispy head that was there on the initial pour dies really quickly above a fizzy looking, golden colored body. Pretty poor looking. No apparent nose,...
12 oz can, many thanks to Kevin for the chance to try this American classic. Pour gives lots of typical, American Adjunct Lager classic traits, but the body is a quite strange glassy affair with alarming clarity. As is son often the case the beer...
OK, let's be clear, at 4.4% this is NOT a session beer. Right, now we've got that out of the way, back to the beer itself. 12oz can, many thanks go out to BA Beejay for the chance to try this one. Pour is a deep gold color with a pretty spectacular...
12 oz single can from Mac's, Midtown, Atlanta, GA, USA as part of their new "Pick/Mix a Four pack" as opposed to the pick/mix a 6 pack. The beer pours a hazed, reddish-copper color with some cream colored head that does not linger. Not much lace....
12 oz can thanks go out to Kevin for the chance to try this one. The latest in a huge parade of Minhas mediocrity. This time the pour gives a pretty serious initially head, but it collapses to give nothing in terms of lace or retention. Body is a...
12 oz can, many thanks go out to Kevin for the chance to try this. Retro style can which is attractive - good times. Slightly hazed with a macro colored pour, the beer appears similar to a macro adjunct with perhaps a notch above in terms of color...
$1.65 for the 12 oz can from Green's on Buford Highway, Atlanta, GA, USA. A reddish, thin looking body with some brown highlights at the extremities. The head is richer than the body and leaves some nice, dense lace. The beer has very little hint...
Same beer as this but this time from the 12 oz can. Purchased at The Beer Dispensary in Apex, NC, USA. Very much the same feel as before with the sweetness coming through as the main asset. This beer is sweet enough to be firmly in the Tripel...
12 oz can from the Beer Dispensary, Apex, NC, USA. I've had this beer a few times before, but this is the first review. There is absolutely no doubt that the nose that the beer generates is absolutely unique and extraordinary. A big, fat, green,...
12 oz can from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA, a little while ago. Genuine import since the adhesive sticker that yields the Government warning obscures the original Japanese text that is printed on the can. Black pour with a few red highlights,...
12 oz can courtesy of Kevin - many thanks. Well, it is what is. No more, no less. Typical, light straw colored pour with perfect clarity, low carbonation and, virtually no head and zero retention and lace. Could be one of a million different macros...
12 oz can, many thanks go out to Kevin for the chance to try this one. Can and the brand make this look like a real retro beer - America in the 50's and 60's is the feel I get from it. Pour is a very pale golden hue with a large, frothy head. The...
12 oz can, many thanks to Kevin for the chance to try this. The pour produces an almost transparent lemon yellow color, a highly carbonated but a typically poorly retained head and not much lace. Frankly it screams American adjunct lager which I...
Thanks go out to BA finewinemike for this beer as part of my Secret Santa package for 2010. A Canadian born IPA in can, quite the novelty! The pour produces a slightly hazed, orange body with lots of white head and some super, sticky lace - always...
12 oz can courtesy of Kevin - thanks again! Orangey, yellow pour with some pretty fierce carbonation. The head that forms initially is very high, fluffy and white. It fades quickly though to give nothing more than a tiny film on the surface of the...
12 oz can, many thanks to Kevin for the opportunity to try this one. Golden, clear, macro-like pour with a decent, fluffy head. Some retention and some attractive lace but otherwise largely unremarkable. Grainy, buttered toast on the nose with some...
Retired? OK. Very recent purchase from Grassroots, Jacksonville, FL, USA. 12 oz can. Pour is a somewhat drab drown with lots of chill haze. head is quite dense and rich and leaves a lot of sticky lace. the aroma is pretty neutral even after...
12 oz can from Grassroots in Jacksonville, GA, USA. The beer has a somewhat disturbingly, pale color and in terms of the hue looks a bit weak. Paradoxically, the head is resplendent - high, fluffy and full of sticky lace, it looks really good....
500 mL can thanks to Kevin. Cheers mate. A crazy colored pour which is pale, but distinctly yellow. Not golden like some macros, but really noticeably yellow. A very sticky but quite a light and fluffy head. Very clean malts in the nose and tastes...
Delighted and impressed by another one of the offerings from Butternuts. 12 oz single can from Hop City, Atlanta, GA. Pours a decent black color with a smallish head that fades quickly. This is a simple milk stout that delivers a decent amount of...
12 oz can from a recent trip to NY. Purchased at Finger lakes Beverage in Ithaca, NY, USA. Nice pour with a good, solid copper colored body. Head is decent and leaves some pleasing, broken lace. Carbonation is mild but in proportion. Nose offers...
12 oz can thanks to Kevin for a chance to try this beer. Astonished to see that this is a Braggot - to say that style is fairly rare is a significant understatement. Alarmingly thin looking macro pour. The beer is VERY pale and lacks any depth in...
12oz can. $2.10 from Ned's in Lynchburg, VA, USA. Attractive simplicity to the can design with a slightly retro feel. I like it. Nice pour, with a golden body and a fluffy, light, non-dense head. An interesting beer to me since the upfront tastes...
12 oz can from CBX, Charleston, SC, USA. $1.99. Beautiful light copper pour with superb clarity and a nice head and decent carbonation. Despite the glass being impeccably clean, the head is not retained well and there is no lace. Clean malts and a...
12oz can. I've heard quite a lot about this beer over the years, and some of it I suspect has been simply because it has been canned; there seems to be a mild hysteria that accompanies some canned beers where people get ahead of themselves and...
12 oz can. Very interesting beer. The pour gives an amazingly dark, copper color with superb clarity. The copper color is pronounced and quite dark for the style. Nice head, decent lace, good looker. There is a real, significant bitterness in the...
Resisted the temptation to buy a $15+ four pack of this for a few weeks and went with a single from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. 12 oz can, the usual OB presentation. Can cracks with a somewhat disappointing (but expected) lack of pop, but given the...
Trader Joe's purchase as a single, 12 oz can. Given this stuff is about $3 a sixer I guess this cost around $0.50. Still struggles a little on the value! Water-like pour with a only hints of color, carbonation, head, lace or retention. Carbonation...
12 oz can from Trader Joe's - dirt cheap, may have only been around $1. Retro style presentation. Pour as expected, gives a nasty looking, macro urine color with plenty of trapped, large bubbles. Head is very fluffy and light, but has little or no...
12 oz, single can, Trader Joe's, Sandy Springs, Atlanta, GA, USA. Golden body on the pour (nice) but with a seemingly very low carbonation. Head is quite big at first but fades badly to give no retention and no lace. 6.2% is an interesting level of...
Thanks go out to DogBrick for the chance to try this. I suppose it depends on what you are looking for at any one particular juncture. If you want a macro-colored, well carbonated, sweet lager brew with some veggie highlights and some mild cereal,...
Having really enjoyed Snapperhead and Porkslap, I was keen to try this. 12 oz single from Mac's, Atlanta, GA, USA. Pour is a fairly authentic looking body with a cloudy, hazed orange appearance. Head is large to start with but both the retention...
12 oz can. Poured into the Tücher Weizen 500 mL glass, the beer produces a light straw-like color, clouded appearance and a lack of much head at all. Lace is pretty much non-existent. Nose reveals something fruity, although frankly it is difficult...
12 oz can from Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. $0.75 in the bargain cart - can't go wrong (I assume) - we'll see! Pour is, as expected, very, very light yellow with a high head on the initial pour that fades to almost nothing within 60...
Delighted to find this 12 oz can at Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA as a single. Took this to the beach with me. The pour reveals an orangeish body with some serious lace and decent retention. Sticky. I didn't really get much nose from the beer other...
Well, well, well, what do we have here? DELIGHTED to see this make it to the GA market for a whole bunch of reasons. I got this single 12 oz can from Hop City, Atlanta, GA, USA. OK, let me give the summary right off the top. This beer is a VERY...
Can from Arbor Place Beverage's bargain cart - 75 cents for the privilege! Took my own regular advice and paired this with a decent curry from The Viceroy. Despite some pretentious suggestions about IPAs and the like being paired with curry, after...
Thanks go out to EinWeizenbitte for the chance to try this (apparently he is furnishing the whole of the USA with this Happoshu)! Anyway, I owe him. I like the look of the can. Nice color and I enjoy the way it feels it my hand with the ridged...
Delighted to get hold of this one fom a recent Bruisin' Ales mail order. Can as shown in the BA db picture. Popped the top with very little fanfare. Aggressive pour leads to an initially high head but this fades to give a nice, spotty film on the...
Thanks go out to the groovy one for a chance to crack this one. 16 oz can. Nice, garnet color with super clarity. Lovely, high mocha head that fades fairly quickly due to the low carbonation of the can. Lace is there, sticky but not huge. The...
"Kids are different today I hear every mother say....", not sure if this was inspired by the Rolling Stones but it certainly feels that way. $1.50 as a single from Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA. A new entrant to the ATL market just in time...
Thanks to Robert for the heads up on this being available at a local Russian supermarket. $1.99 for the 500 mL can. It's an attractive looking presentation. Very little "pop" on opening, but it pours with a little more carbonation than the initial...
Thanks go out to BA...for the opportunity to try this one. 355 mL can as pictured in the BA db. Pour is a jet black with some brownish highlights and a good deal of mocha/coffee head. The head fades to give a lovely, tight, espresso like film which...
Thanks go out to swnicholson for the chance to try this one. 16 oz can. Not much pop on opening the ring pull. Slightly hazed, golden pour with good carbonation and a high rocky head. Bubbles continue to stream from the bottom of the Pilsner type...
473 mL can as pictured in the beer advocate db. Thanks to stopbarking for the chance to try this one Clouded amber pour with an excellent head, retention and lace are good too. It looks pretty darn good. Nose and tastes remind me of a MUCH higher...
Can split with Dave at The Brick Store courtesy of arkhamresident - many thanks. I *think* that this had the words "Oatmeal Brown Ale" on the can (whatever that is!) Anyway, on to the beer. Disappointing lack of pop on opening the can and this...
$0.75 as a single from the bargain bucket at Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Not sure what to say about this really, but here you go; Possibly the palest "beer" I have ever seen. The head on the pour is not bad, and there is even a...
$0.75 12 oz can from the bargain bucket at Arbor Place Beverage, Douglasville, GA, USA. Lifeless pour with a head that looks good for about one minute (rocky and leaves some lace) but then inexplicably fades to nothing. Pale golden color. Not the...
This is a great example of why I feel the need to walk into nearly every single beer retail outlet that I ever pass - you just never, ever know what might be in there! Picked this can (as pictured on BA) up for 50 cents at Track One between East...
12oz can, $0.65 at Green's on Buford, Atlanta, GA, USA - why not?? Complete clarity on the pour with a very light, high head that is short lived but leaves a small amount of decent lace. Golden color, light carbonation. Very clean and smooth -...
Additional notes 08/08/26 (Pictured) I've probably had this a couple of times between 2008 and 2026, but TBH not many. Head and lace better than the notes below would suggest. I can see why I wrote what I did below, but those notes also feel a...
Thanks go out to Mikegroove for this unexpected bonus in a recent package. 1 pint can. Slightly murky, darkish orange pour with a VERY impressive head and some of the best lace I have seen in ages - amazingly thick and sticky. Nice hoppy nose. The...
Oil Can as a single from The Wine Shop, Johnson Ferry Road, Marietta, GA, USA. Amber body with some decent carbonation, small head and some pretty good lace. Good clarity, this is not a bad looking beer at all. Nose is a bit worrying - has that...
Saw this in four packs (encased in a cardboard container like an energy drink) a few times before, and figured it was not good, but then I saw it at Mac's Midtown in Atlanta as part of their "mix-a-sixer" so guessed it was worth 1/6 of $7.99!...
Additional notes 01/19/26 Pictured. I believe this is a 2024 can, so in the region of 12 months old. I *think* that this is the same beer as Noel De Calabaza becasue of the ABV and the appearance, so for now I'm putting these together. I'm a little...
Well, well, well, you never know what's going to happen, do you? I pop into Taco Mac in Douglasville, GA, USA for a quick beer on a Saturday afternoon, and they are giving out 16 oz cans of this stuff for free - being a true BA, I felt I HAD to a...
WOW, this takes me back! Picture the scene - 1992-1999, De Hems Dutch pub on the edges of Chinatown in London. A Friday night out with the boys, and amongst other stuff, the Oranjeboom is flowing! Shame really, because it ain't a very good beer at...
Thanks to Travis as part of Blue Max BIF 48. 12 oz can. I have to admit that I was a bit suspicious. Very new brewery and a style that I am not really fond of, but I should have known better. If Travis says it's OK then it's fine with me. Good...
Additional notes 11/08/07 *** Thanks to Brewfan for another chance to taste this. This time the the beer lacks the clarity that I reported before, but this time the head and lace are (apparently) better. Good balance and a certain herbal quality...
Updated notes 05/28/22 Slightly redesigned can (pictured) from the original from 16 years ago, and most interesting to note that the hoppy nature of this American Pale Ale is now highlighted. It’s always been the case, and Dale’s has always been...
Very good looking beer, with deep, deep browns and reds making up the body, a small but nice head and then some serious, sticky and persistent lacing. Hops dominante the aroma, but the taste is not as bitterly hoppy as the aroma suggests. Quite...
Very nice. Amazing dark brown, ruby red highlighted beer, with a thick and bubbly head and some significant, sticky, persistent lacing. Chocolate, smoky malts appear in the nose, and are intensified in the initial tastes. Alcohol begins to...
Additional notes 08/09/23 (pictured) Well, this beer has been though a few changes over time. Saw it today as a single (can of course) in a grocery store so grabbed it in a purely curious fit of pique. As you can see below somebody at Three Floyds...
Pictured 10/06/24 Original notes 11/18/05 25.4 fl oz Black "Oil Can". Well, for what it is it's not bad. Of course, what it is is not good, but I think you may know what I mean. Appearance is not horrible, and is its best feature. A little too...
This is pretty much as pale as it gets. Hydrated urine look, fizzy head that disappears immediately and a little lacing. Massive corn and alcohol aroma. Mouthfeel? Well, it's carbonated water isn't it? Warming alcohol is the overpowering "taste",...