Ungespundet-Hefetrub: 6.5 – There’s not been a lot of lagers here of late, and that is by no means our fault. It is nice to have one again even if the name is so unprounecable it might as well be gibberish. As for the beer itself, it’s malty and nutty and delicious. The overall taste is a bit short, but we suspect that’s intentional to have you drink a lot.
Price Average: $4.5
Website: https://www.mahrs.de/?lang=en
Sliding into the DMs: 6.5 – Dammit. That’s actually pretty damn delicious. Much like a guilty pleasure White Chocolate Mocha Latte from the ‘Bucks this is something enjoyable, but holy fuck is it pretentious. This honestly might have the most cringey name for a beer we’ve ever seen, but we can’t deride it for being wasteful, because it is actually tasty – despite it being not very beer-y.
Price Average: $12 for 6-pack
Website: http://evilgeniusbeer.com/
Zywiec 1881 Porter: 7.0 – It’s very malty, and there’s a twinge of spice akin to cayenne that reminds you of a mexican hot cocoa alongside the other roasted malt flavor. Overall it’s a delicious porter. There’s no faults, and while the final aftertaste is a bit ‘bland’ it has other flavors to help it out.
Price Average: $4
I Love Lamp: 5.0 – If you came here signed up for pineapple, you are at least in luck – it is there. However the initial taste of the beer with it’s muted spices feels more like an ale mixed with pineapple juice. It’s not great almost like a nothing beer despite this flavor, but it does give way to a classic pineapple aftertaste. The main problem is that those who like pineapple alot will be disappointed alongside those who like beer – should be fun for a BBQ sauce though.
Price Average: $11 for 6-pack
Website: http://evilgeniusbeer.com/
Pub Style Pale Ale: 5.0 – It’s a little sweet and nutty, but otherwise fits the idea of a more ‘pub style’ beer you’d expect to get in a British pub, even if it’s not really a ‘pale ale’. As for a typical Maine beer it’s certainly easy to see this more with some hearty winter grub than seafood, but overall it’s a passable beer.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://grittys.com/
St. Peter’s Golden Ale: 3.0 – It has much more depth and almost lager like quality over a golden. It’s almost nutty. There is a weird mint like aftertaste, overall it just feels like a wrong grab bag mix of beer flavors.
Price Average: $5
Website: http://www.stpetersbrewery.co.uk/
Little Sal: 8.5 – It’s not often a mere trio of words can make one salivate, but Allagash, Sour, and Blueberry fit the bill. We don’t talk much about ‘color’ here on HBR because it’s often meaningless, but you pour this and look at the color and know it’s going to be a good time. As for the beer itself, it’s as expected – well executed, the sour is there, but the sweetness of the blueberries means it’s never not enjoyable. If we have a complaint it’s that the local store only sells 1 per customer and that soon enough this will likely be gone forever.
Price Average: $14
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Cigar City Golden Ale: 6.5 – That is a very good combo of wheat/malt and bread like flavors. This is a very good spring time beer, being delicious and easy to drink, but not as light or pale as a true summer beer. There is a tiny bit of a ‘bite’ to this beer (it’s not the alcohol), that’s intriguing as well.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.cigarcitybrewing.com/
Science Fiction: 7.5 – That is most certainly a funky blonde. It’s got some wild yeast and some tart sour going on, but there’s other flavors as well. It starts off a bit like grapefruit but the aftertaste is almost wine like. It’s certainly got some style, and overall is quite nice.
Price Average: $12
Website: https://rhinegeist.com/
Hand of the Queen: 4.0 – The last of the 4 pack of GoT beers because we already reviewed one. Man that episode was killer huh? #topical #nospoilers #peaksellout. It appears we finally found it folks – a GoT beer that takes a risk, and sadly doesn’t pay it off well despite the Lannister it’s namesake refers too. This barleywine style is just a bit too bold in flavor and almost even feels barrel aged. We wouldn’t say this is bad, but it does require a certain type of person who likes this style (as in unlike others in this box it’s not a beer for everyone)
Price Average: $25 for 4-pack with glass
Website: http://www.ommegang.com/