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/
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
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/
Hofbrauhaus Festbier: 7.0 – For a golden lager that it is pretty much dead on what you expect and want. It’s not too crazy, or perfectly executed, but it’s the standard you wish was standard.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.hofbraeu-muenchen.de/en
Suspicious Delicious: 6.5 – With a ‘thing’ like that going on the bottle you’d expect this to be mind-blowing – but it’s not. We will give it the suspicious delicious because while tart this does manage to find a nice balance between that tart and the saison making it less of a sour and more of an interesting saison.
Price Average: $11
Website: https://collectivebrew.com/
Rocky Mountain Kolsch: 4.0 – There’s an herbal sort of aspect here or at least some kind of vegetation that’s not like wheat. It feels slightly odd for a kolsch and it’s not terribly tasty.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack cans
Website: https://www.upslopebrewing.com/
Von Pilsner: 6.0 – It has a sort of wood or honey-like flavor to it. There’s definitely something to that effect beyond just hops and wheat. Overall it’s a nice delicious beer.
Price Average: $11 for 6-pack cans
Website: http://www.csartisans.com/
Pride Pils: 5.0 – It’s a tiny bit hoppy for a pils, but otherwise forgettably average. Yeah. not really much to say here. The can is very pretty and the cause is nice.
Price Average: $10 for 6-pack cans
Website: https://dcbrau.com
Dragons & YumYums: 6.5 – A few things to note before reviewing. Yes that collab is with the band, and this is a pale ale brewed with a combination of dragon fruit, yumberry, passionfruit, pear juice, and black carrot juice. Which coupled with the art implies that a lot is going on; however, and this is critical – this is NOT a sour.
There is a whiff of bitter, but overall it’s just over the top tropical. With that combo of ingredients and the color of the beer you’d expect it, but it’s truly a sour w/o the sour and just a nice pale ale stuffed with tropical fruit. It’s complex and delicious, and has a theme song?
Price Average: $14 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.dogfish.com/
White Oak: 3.0 – The bourbon barrel aging really has made this a sad excuse for a beer ruining what was good. Overall that sweetness just makes it bad, and any amount of spice or hops or flavor is just overpowered and ruined..
Price Average: $15
Website: https://www.thebruery.com/