Notch Black Lager: 5.5 – It has more in common with a nutty Lager than a black as far as flavor goes. The color matches, but it’s an okay beer.
Price Average: Notch Black Lager $9 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.notchbrewing.com/
Category: Beer
Sol
Sol: 1.0 – I really wish this was good, just so I could make a bunch of ‘praise the sun’ jokes and drink this while playing Dark Souls – but it’s bad. It’s not tasteless, and it’s a little sweet – but it tastes like what soggy cornbread would taste like.
Price $8 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.sol.com/
Count: 20/71
Allagash 2011 Victor Ale
Allagash 2011 Victor: 4.0 – You can certainly tell this is an ale made with grapes, but unlike interlude it feels less like interlude, and more like someone dropped a single kool-aid package or white wine bottle into a vat of ale. I worry though that this is simply just past it’s prime, so we’ll see if we can get a younger beer.
Price Average: Allagash 2011 Victor $18
Website: http://www.allagash.com/
Tsingtao Lager
Tsingtao Lager: 2.0 – Tsingtao: it’s a slightly more tasteful Heineken. Still not good though, but hey if you’re in a sushi bar – why not, who cares if it’s not even Japanese
Price $8 for 6-Pack
Website: http://tsingtaobeer.com/
Count: 19/71
Spencer Imperial Trappist Stout
Spencer Imperial Trappist Stout: 5.5 – It’s an okay imperial stout, and much like their ale it’s totally servicable. Certainly not worth the hype or price it carries though.
Price Average: Spencer Imperial Trappist Stout $12
Website: http://www.spencerbrewery.com/
Murphy’s Irish Stout
Murphy’s Irish Stout: 4.5 – That is a slightly subpar, but otherwise generic as fuck stout. It’s like a less good Guinness in terms of taste/texture, but otherwise meh.
Price $7 for 4-Pack
Website: http://www.murphys.com/
Count: 18/71
Ommegang Game of Thrones Seven Kingdoms Hoppy Wheat Ale
Seven Kingdoms Hoppy Wheat Ale: 4.5 – I was hoping for another Fire and Blood, but this is once again a perfect example of an inoffensive hoppy wheat ale. It doesn’t have much going for it, and even fans of hoppy beers would likely pass it by as something easy to drink, but tasteless outside it’s basic taste.
Price Average: Seven Kingdoms Hoppy Wheat Ale $9
Website: http://www.ommegang.com/
Rolling Rock Extra Pale
Rolling Rock Extra Pale: 2.0 – Not as tasteless as Heineken, but I think I’m beginning to see a picture – people drink these well known beers at bars because they wish to be drunk and taste nothing.
Price $7 for 6-Pack
Website: http://www.rollingrock.com/
Count: 17/71
Brewmaster Jack Total Eclipse Rye Porter
Total Eclipse: 6.5 – I’m not a huge fan of what most companies do with Rye flavored beers, but I really like how well balanced the taste and flavors are here. My main complaint is that while not being heavy this doesn’t endear itself to wanting to drink more of it (low drinkability I guess)
Price Average: Name $10 for 4-Pack
Website: http://www.brewmasterjack.com/
Beck’s Bier
Beck’s: 4.5 – That is a slightly okay beer. Nothing to write home about, but it does the job.
Price $2
Website: http://becks.com/
Count: 17/71