Ommegang Wild at Heart American Wild Ale
Ommegang Wild at Heart: 6.5– This is a very flavorful and tasty wild yeast beer, and doesn’t seem to have any drawbacks, but it’s fairly standard as far as unique yeast beers go.
Google Shop Average: Ommegang Wild at Heart $15
Website: http://www.ommegang.com/
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale
Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale: 6.5 – It’s actually got a lot of nice flavor to it, and isn’t just hop city. These Shiner beers have been mostly middling, but this is certainly the best so far.
Google Shop Average: Shiner Wild Hare Pale Ale $7 for 6-Pack (with mixed pack)
Website: http://www.shiner.com/
Grand Macnish 12 Year Blended Scotch Whisky 750mL
Yes it’s more scotch. Come fight me if you have a problem with that. Anyway this week we discuss one of our more recent finds, and one that we love – because so far we’ve yet to find a 12 year (albeit blended) scotch for this price point that we can drink time and time again and still enjoy it.
Sebago Bourbon Barrel Stout
Sebago Bourbon Barrel Stout: 4.0 – See the problem I have now when it comes to beers doing specifically bourbon barrel aging is that it’s a misguided attempt (as is the case here), because it just makes the beer too sweet, and not really something you enjoy drinking, but then I remember Allagash when they did their Black in bourbon barrels, and then wonder why everyone else is having such a hard time with it.
Google Shop Average: Sebago Bourbon Barrel Stout $11
Website: http://sebagobrewing.com/
Weyerbacher Blasphemy Quadrupel Ale
Weyerbacher Blasphemy Quadrupel Ale: 5.0 – Because this quad is also aged, it’s simply way too mellow of a beer, even for a quad style ale. It’s certainly not a bad beer, but it feels like drinking a heavy cream or something with a bunch of spices.
Google Shop Average: Weyerbacher Blasphemy Quadrupel Ale $9
Website: http://weyerbacher.com/
Lagavulin 16 Year Islay Single Malt Scotch Whisky 750mL
In place of an article this week for one of my favorite scotches of all time, I have a video instead. Make no mistake I too enjoy Lagavulin as much as that man, and my brevity comes not from a lack of desire to write about the scotch, but that really nothing more needs to be said. This is in my top 10 of greatest things I have ever drunk in my life.
Shiner Kosmos Reserve
Shiner Kosmos Reserve: 5.5 – I’ve been told this is basically a watered down version of a previous American Pale they had. Much like the beer it’s not that I’m angry about it, but I’m mostly just disappointed and disinterested.
Google Shop Average: Shiner Kosmos Reserve $7 for 6-Pack (with mixed pack)
Website: http://www.shiner.com/