Matsurika Pilsner: 4.0 – So this is a type of pilsner that adds jasmine petals which are called ‘Matsurika’ in Japan (hence the name). However, if you try this it feels less like a Czech pils, and oddly more like a south american lager? It’s overall not the best pils so regardless of where or what it feels like – pass.
Price Average: $7 draft
Website: https://www.japascervejaria.com/
Disconnected: 7.5 – While it certainly leans more on the juice side of beer, there’s no denying the balance of citrus and hops here with a bit of tang and bitters is just right. It’s tropical, it’s fruity, and it’s fucken phenomenal. Out of an understanding with our IPA bias, we tend to not post/write about them here – but this is fan-tastic.
Price Average: $9 draft
Website: https://www.discordbeer.com/
We do want to assure people that next week’s review will actually – be something good, and while we do have 2 really bad ones in a row – that’s sort of what happens when you roll the dice on these things. If only there was a – wait no – too meta. Anyway, we get a vodka from Poland that says almost nothing, but what’s inside screams volumes.
Newburgh English Brown Ale : 6.5 – It’s a bit odd to think of what makes this a British/English style brown ale when it’s really not exactly like an ESB. However, this is by no means a brown ale akin to a typical American style or a nut style. Style aside it’s just plain great – fantastic beer. Considering the Cream Ale – might be worth looking more into Newburgh for us.
Price Average: $8 draft
Website: https://newburghbrewing.com/
We move this week from a scotch that is much better neat to an Irish whiskey that is much better neat, with the week prior to that being an American single malt better neat… (everything is the same kids). In all seriousness though, this is technically a fantastic whiskey.
Lost Town Stout: 6.5 – It is a slightly odd stout. It has a sweet almost dark candy-like aspect to it. It’s not exactly like a bar of chocolate, and the lactose milk style is their sort of adding to the effect. The effect is profound and delicious though.
Price Average: $16 for 6-pack cans
Website: https://www.vanishedvalley.com
Listen, sometimes it’s another week for reviews, you’ve not done a gin in a bit so let’s grab some of that and it’s a plastic bottle. Now we inherently don’t have much issue with the bottle being plastic other than environmental concerns because as we know all too well – you can put some shit into a glass just as easy. Here though we have a big, very big problem.
Hefe weizen: 5.5 – Surprisingly malty for a hefeweizen, but the wheat and hefe style are still prevalent. The aftertaste though has a bit of what feels like wet grass/wheat? that’s not great, but a fine effort overall.
Price Average: $12 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.queencitybrewery.net/
