Month: June 2019
Back East Brewing Company Summer Ale
Summer Ale: 1.0 – There are a lot of hit or miss summer ales in terms of being the perfect beer, or perfect for the moment after a long hot day. This is neither of those. It is without a doubt one of the worst summer ales this reviewer has ever had.
Editor’s Note: This has been reviewed before in a different format & year (draft v. cans)
Price Average: $6 draft
Website: https://www.backeastbrewing.com/home
Thimble Island Brewing Ruby Tart Blonde Ale
Ruby Tart Blonde Ale: 3.5 – The name thimble may be the company but in terms of this ‘tart blondge’ I suspect only a thimble of a true sour is in this beer. It is otherwise just a slightly odd but basic ale. While that makes it easy to drink it’s not stellar.
Price Average: $10
El Peloton de la Muerte Mezcal Blanco 750mL
Alright, that’s far too much whiskey for Father’s day timing, now let’s go with something my father would actually drink (he only drinks on Christmas, and always tequila). This is a Mezcal, but it’s not like that should matter right – there’s no substantive reason why it’d be considered anything less than tequila? Right?
Rogue Brewery Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout
Shakespeare Oatmeal Stout: 6.0 – This is for the true real deal fans of Oatmeal beers, because dear god is that majorly all you get. Sure there’s a bit of some roasted stout flavor, but unlike some other Oatmeal stouts which are lacking in a flavor falling back to being a typical but lightly tweaked stout – here’ they’ve gone full on. The downside of that is – well you have to be a fan of that, which we were not.
Price Average: $10
Website: https://www.rogue.com/
Bulleit Rye 12 Year Old Straight American Whiskey 750mL
So we have recently had the Bulleit 95, but thanks to our Father’s Day gift of whiskies to recommend we have the 12 year and figured we’d put this one on the usual Wednesday. This too unlike Cascade was also just a sample size, but unlike that French Oak Crown Royale – we wish we had a full bottle of this.
Hoppin’ Frog Gulden Fraug Belgian Style Ale
Gulden Fraug Belgian Style Ale: 6.0 – The consensus on this beer is that while it’s nifty with the nutty and banana flavors (really feels like banana bread), and that overall it’s a good beer – it was not the beer we wanted. It sadly suffered a bit by being used during a summer cookout, but also because when you get a golden belgianyou are looking for something like a quad without a heads up.
Price Average: $16
Website: http://www.hoppinfrog.com/
Crown Royal Noble Collection French Oak Cask Whisky 750mL
Once again in honor of Father’s day, we have another week of Whiskey on a Monday (the name of our Bukowski themed only-covers band). While we were not sent a full bottle of this like Cascade, we understand because this Crown Royal is nobler than that, and with a price to match. The quality though – well let’s just say there’s a reason we put this after the actual day we were asked to recommend it for.
