Shiner Bohemian Black Lager: 5.0 – While I love Black Lager’s in general, this lacks any sort of power which is why I love Black Lagers, as such it’s another passable beer from Shiner.
Google Shop Average: Shiner Bohemian Black Lager $7 for 6-Pack (with mixed pack)
Website: http://www.shiner.com/
So this week as a change of pace let’s review another whiskey. No wait – it’s an Irish Whiskey, which therefore makes it more unique that our scotch-reviews-every-week trend of late.
Maine Beer Company Red Wheelbarrow: 4.0 – Now we typically have liked Maine Beer Company’s beers (even went for a tour once), but this promised to give me a Red Ale, but the MBC’s hop-forward taste, and it’s awful. I honestly could not finish it, and that’s truly sad, not so much for them, but for me.
Google Shop Average: Maine Beer Company Red Wheelbarrow $11
Website: http://www.mainebeercompany.com/
DuClaw Sawtooth Belgian White Ale: 2.5 – Imagine Allagash White as this bright vibrant painting of a New Hampshire forest – now imagine these people tried to paint said forest, but only had a paint roller, beige paint, and a lack of an imagination.
Google Shop Average: DuClaw Sawtooth Belgian White Ale $10
Website: http://www.duclaw.com/
I actually tried this a while back at Armsby Abbey (local bar in Worcester that’s just awesome, if just a little pretentious). I had seen Bully Boy as a fairly new release in a few places, but figured I’d get a taste before randomly buying it.
Victory Wild Devil Ale: 8.0 – First to be fair as a beer overall this is a 6 at best, and I was tricked into thinking it was a wild ale, when in fact it is an IPA – now I’ve tried many IPA’s but eagle eyed viewers will notice we have no reviews of it (which I’m certain ruins our beer and hipster cred) this is because we hate IPA’s. All of them, like as a category they are basically awful. However for this it doesn’t taste like an IPA (read: weed, your shitty beer tastes like weed you West Coast beer nerds) and while it’s certainly as hoppy as say an American pale, it’s not too hoppy, and there’s other flavors going on as well. So in that regards it gets in 8 for being the only good IPA.
Google Shop Average: Victory Wild Devil Ale $10
Website: http://www.victorybeer.com/
Shiner Prickly Pear Ale: 4.5 – I don’t think I’ve ever had a beer with pear in it, and while it’s a nice tart little thing, I’m not entirely sure I’d have it again though. That might just be the pear though, so I won’t hold that against this too much.
Google Shop Average: Shiner Prickly Pear Ale $7 for 6-Pack (with mixed pack)
Website: http://www.shiner.com/
That is a very pretty bottle…but it makes me wonder if its possible for a scotch to look a bit too Scottish.
