Category: Booze
Dogfish Head Seaquench Session Sour Ale
Seaquench: 5.0 – For a Dogfish Head sour you expect this to be truly out of the box, but aside from the sea salt and lime that makes you think more of a Corona served in a marg glass this is just average
Price Average: $11 for 6-pack
Website: https://www.dogfish.com/
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal Saison
Crooked Stave Vieille Artisanal Saison: 6.0 – It’s a little on the tart side. The oak aging has done some good things here, and overall it’s a tasty saison.
Price Average: $4
Website: http://www.csartisans.com/
Trago Reposado 750mL
Long, long ago there was a website similar to HBR, with a similar goal to try the worst of the worst to the best of the best, but with no preference between. They once wrote of a review of this tequila comparing its perfection to Keira Knightley in that there’s no single aspect that makes it perfect, but the entire thing – oh yes. While we may be harsher critics than they, it’s hard to deny they were on to something.
Stillwater Artisanal Oude Bae Sour Ale
Oude Bae: 6.5 – It really captures the fact that this isn’t a sour meant to remind you of grapes, but that really there’s just a bunch of grapes in here. Overall the beer is a nice sour, but it goes that rose/champagne route a little too much and there’s only the semblance of a beer/wine balance here. It is still tasty though.
Price Average: $12 for 4-pack cans
Website: http://www.stillwater-artisanal.com/
Port Askaig 110 Proof Islay Scotch 750mL
We originally tried this as the recent Whiskey America Day Special and knew we had to get it into the review banks. We then however totally forgot which version we gave an intial A- too, and picked up the 110 Proof for funsies. While we’re almost certain this is not the same dram, that A- rating may show up again in some form.
Chimay Bieres Trappistes ‘Cinq Cent’ Tripel
Cinq Cent: 6.0 – It has got a copper kind of taste. There’s a nice malt and overall the flavour is okay but now worth the traditional hype of Trappist ales. The other problem is the amount of head. This was one of the few times a cork given a mere second or two of negligence decided to pop off on its own.
Price Average: $12
Website: http://chimay.com/us/
Tequila El Mayor Anejo 750mL
You would think having reviewed things with the word Presidente, that a mere mayor would know their place. However this tequila thinks it deserves your vote, but it will never get ours. Between the bullshit awards, the burn afterkick, and the fact we’d never buy this again – strap in folks.
