Cross Path: 4.5 – It’s soft and malty but with some spice that is sort of like rosemary? There’s a lot of oats here though like more than an oatmeal stout and it sort of dominates. It’s okay overall.
Price Average: $4
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Portals Strawberry & Vanilla: 3.0 – If you have been lamenting the loss of the strawberry cremesaver you are in luck. This is like that in the oddest beer format you could imagine. However it is also just awful and wrong. Even if you did like the candy it’s unlikely you could drink more than a half pour of this. While there are some companies who can take strawberry & vanilla and knock it out of the park, this is not one of the,
Price Average: $5
Website: https://www.definitivebrewing.com/
Arctic Panzer Wolf: 2.5 – This site is still new to IPAs (because they by and large suck), but we’d found enough that were okay to warrant it. This is not one of those – it’s basically what you would expect from an imperial IPA. A 9% stupidly hopped beer that’s shouting it’s hopness at you like – well like some sort of dangerous wolf beast
Price Average: $16 for 4-pack tall cans
Website: https://www.3floyds.com/
The Craic: 3.5 – this certainly falls more onto the spectrum of an IPA instead of a proper red ale. It’s not awful as far as most IPAs go, but it’s still bitter and there’s no aspect of fruit or creaminess to help the IPA. Overall – just give us a red ale instead.
Price Average: $11 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.harpoonbrewery.com/
Mountain Ale: 6.0 – Really does have that peak Vermont or snow season vibe to its taste, it’s very dark for an ale but not heavy like a stout. It’s not as nutty though for a brown ale, but that’s exactly a complaint. The caramel flavor is in full swing here too with almost maybe some maple as well?
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: http://theshedbrewery.com/
Sweet As Pacific Ale: 5.5 – It’s a pretty good ale. The hop flavor seems slightly odd here almost like a dry hopping, but not. Overall is refreshing, not too bold, and slightly above average for an ale.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.goodlifebrewing.com/
Whalers Dry Hopped American Pale Ale: 5.0 – It’s not super bitter, but certainly hoppy and citrusy. Overall it’s an okay beer, but nothing worth writing much more about.
Price Average: $11 for 6-pack cans
Website: https://whalers.com/
Fruh Kolsch: 5.0 – It’s overall pretty damn standard for a kolsch, nothing to wow – but nothing to distract. Average is the key word of the day it seems.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://www.frueh.de/
Candlepin: 5.0 – It’s a pretty hoppy pale, and there’s enough citrus to make it not terrible. Its overall about average for what you’d expect from a pale.
Side Note: Candlepin bowling is dumb @me in the comments all you want.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://castleislandbeer.com/
Bijoux: 7.5 – Actually a slightly mellow sour (likely the aging), but does not skimp on the sour (the mellow comes on the backend) Overall it’s a pretty nice, complex, and fruity sour.
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.allagash.com/