Jim was back this week, so yeah!
Author: BuffaloJern
I am the Buffalo editor and curator of Honest Booze Reviews
Saratoga Lager
Saratoga Lager: 5.0 – The standard fare from Olde Saratoga Brewing Company flagship beer, which really is trying to beat Samuel Adams Old Fizziwig Ale for most beer-y beer that’s so… beer.
Google Shop Average: Saratoga Lager $10 for 6-pack
Smuttynose Fashionably Old Ale
Smuttynose Fashionably Old Ale: 6.0 – Sadly much like Ry(e)an Ale, this is another Julio’s Liquors exclusive, even more sad though is that when we went in expecting something as nice as Ryean, we were met with a beer that tried to be so many things, but ultimately failed to live up to what we wanted it to be, or what it could have been
Google Shop Average: Smuttynose Fashionably Old Ale $ (No clue w/o being there again)
Website: http://smuttynose.com/
Gray’s Peak Small Batch Vodka 750mL
The issue with small batch vodka’s in America is that while they are obviously better than a lot of the other lower tier American vodkas – they are often hard to find and expensive.
Tap Brewing Company Honing Belgian Ale w/ Honey
Honing: 5.5 – Now this is certainly one of the few beers with honey, and even fewer one that actually tastes like honey was actually involved. However while it has a nice taste, it’s just not that magical combination that you would want a Belgian Ale and a Mead to have an amazing baby.
Google Shop Average: Honing $ (We can’t find a price, we’ll update if we learn it)
Website: http://www.tapbrewingcompany.com/
Jack’s Abby Coffee Smoke and Dagger
Jack’s Abby Coffee Smoke and Dagger: 3.5 – Sadly while we love the original, this coffee variant just doesn’t hit the right spots, even for a coffee beer.
Google Shop Average: Jack’s Abby Coffee Smoke and Dagger $7
Website: http://jacksabbybrewing.com/
Bombay Sapphire London Dry Gin 750mL
Not since our cookout where we had the delicious Kraken, have I ever really had Bombay (which was sadly lost to us). As stated I’m more a Tanqueray kind of man, but then Justice would have some fighting words with me about that – mostly because we’d have drunk our respective gins. However not to show bias this week I shall partake of the original Bombay Sapphire for you all.
Rogue Beard Beer
Rogue Beard Beer: 5.0 – Now I’m not 100% sure the story of wild yeast being extracted from a man’s beard and then going into this product is true; however the problem with any wild yeast beer is that some can be downright amazing, whereas others are just bland or skunked feeling. This isn’t as bad – and considering the name at least it’s not an IPA.
Google Shop Average: Rogue Beard Beer $8
Website: http://www.rogue.com/
Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout
Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout: 4.0 – This again suffers from the classic problem that many beers fall into with barrel aging, in that you don’t really get a nice woody flavor, but a more mellow sweet flavor that overall is really not what you want from the beer. Some have gotten aged beers in bourbon barrels right, but it’s far and few between.
Google Shop Average: Anderson Valley Bourbon Barrel Stout $9
Website: https://avbc.com/