This was brought up in the latest episode of Whiskeypedia (a podcast about drinking whiskey and Wikipedia), and as mentioned there – we buy entirely random, and often to our own detriment. This whiskey irks us especially being a slight contradiction and also because it doesn’t even mix well.
Oxbow Harvest: 7.0 – We’re perfectly sure if given the same beer where one is dry-hopped and the other wet you could tell there’s something different about it. As for what exactly that is bringing to this saison though – it’s hard to say. This is mostly because by being an Oxbow saison it’s pretty freaken good, and you’re not sure if that’s typical oxbow character or specifically whatever magic wet-hopping does.
Price Average: $5
Website: https://oxbowbeer.com/
We’ve had a string of bad reviews lately, and it feels like we buried the lead sometimes. Hard pass on this vodka y’all. Anyway with that out of the way the review must go on – this is a small batch Vermont vodka, and while we’d love to sing the praises of people in the Northeast of the USA doing good honest work – they bloviate and fail to produce something of true quality and instead make something okay that costs too damn much.
Matsurika Pilsner: 4.0 – So this is a type of pilsner that adds jasmine petals which are called ‘Matsurika’ in Japan (hence the name). However, if you try this it feels less like a Czech pils, and oddly more like a south american lager? It’s overall not the best pils so regardless of where or what it feels like – pass.
Price Average: $7 draft
Website: https://www.japascervejaria.com/
Disconnected: 7.5 – While it certainly leans more on the juice side of beer, there’s no denying the balance of citrus and hops here with a bit of tang and bitters is just right. It’s tropical, it’s fruity, and it’s fucken phenomenal. Out of an understanding with our IPA bias, we tend to not post/write about them here – but this is fan-tastic.
Price Average: $9 draft
Website: https://www.discordbeer.com/
We do want to assure people that next week’s review will actually – be something good, and while we do have 2 really bad ones in a row – that’s sort of what happens when you roll the dice on these things. If only there was a – wait no – too meta. Anyway, we get a vodka from Poland that says almost nothing, but what’s inside screams volumes.
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/
We move this week from a scotch that is much better neat to an Irish whiskey that is much better neat, with the week prior to that being an American single malt better neat… (everything is the same kids). In all seriousness though, this is technically a fantastic whiskey.
