Einstok Icelandic White Ale: 2.0 – That tastes like another well known beer, you know the exact one if you try it, so don’t spoil yourself and stop now if you really want to be adventurous. It’s Heineken, and that says too much.
Price Average: Name $12 for 6-Pack
Website: http://einstokbeer.com/
Einstok Icelandic Arctic Pale Ale: 5.0 – I know often titles are meaningless, but I kind of get the arctic naming here there’s a crisp cleaness too it. Sadly the taste is lacking, and it has some of the same problems as the white ale.
Price Average: Name $12 for 6-Pack
Website: http://einstokbeer.com/
Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale: 5.0 – Initially this is one of our favorite blueberry beers; however as you get farther along in the taste you wish it ended crisp and cleanly. However it sort of gets a bit more ‘pie-like’ if you could describe it.
Price Average: Bar Harbor Blueberry Ale $10 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.atlanticbrewing.com/
Mayflower Thanksgiving Ale: 6.0 – It has a powerful rye and nutty combo that hits you almost too much. Not sure if it’s a ‘thanksgiving ale’ other than an ale that they brew seasonally. (Also yes we realize this is way out of season, but reviews aren’t scheduled in order)
Price Average: Mayflower Thanksgiving Ale $11
Website: http://www.mayflowerbrewing.com/
HipHipHooray!: 3.0 – It’s overall just a subpar American pale ale. That taste simply isn’t great – it’s not powerful, easily drinkable, complex, or flavorful.
Price Average: HipHipHooray! $14
Website: http://dugges.se/
Extra Special Oak: 4.0 – This overall tastes pretty good, and that oak-y/earth-y flavor is quite nice. However despite a sealed cork cap it’s very likely this went flat as it had very little carbonation and felt more syrup-like. In the future if we can try this again, or find a draft we will issue a correction, but at this time it’s possible this rating is accurate.
Price Average: Extra Special Oak $13
Website: http://www.elementbeer.com/
Timmerman’s Blanche Lambicus: 5.0 – It’s got the lambic and white ale quality, it’s a bit pineapple if not other tropical flavoring. While it may be easy to drink its not fantastic. Overall fairly standard lambic ale.
Price Average: Timmerman’s Blanche Lambicus $14
Website: http://brtimmermans.be/en/
Stone Xocoveza: 3.5 – Oh god the amount of coffee and mocha there is obnoxious. A coffee flavored beverage can often be okay, but this bitter and dark-chocolate, and spiced monstrosity is for people who want to appear to drink beer. The problem being those people hate beer, and now we’re catering to them. The small number of points here is purely for a serious coffee lover would enjoy this enough to balance the score a little.
Price Average: Stone Xocoveza $16 for 6-pack
Website: http://www.stonebrewing.com/
Ta Henket: 5.5 – It’s kind of bland – especially for a Dogfish Head but it does have some unique character to it via the citrus zest and a bit of spice. Overall though it’s nothing special aside from the aesthetic.
Price Average: Name $13
Website: http://www.dogfish.com/
The Hum Low Frequency Porter: 7.0 – It is a delicious porter. It’s got the right amount of depth of flavor, it doesn’t lean too far in a single direction, it has an aftertaste that linger but it’s very muted to give it almost a clean finish. It’s certainly not standard due to how average porters are often like, but then it’s not exactly award winning either.
Price Average: The Hum Low Frequency Porter $8
Website: http://www.mystic-brewery.com/