Week 2 of the ‘Old Mexico’ brand our fury at them has only continued to grow in the interim. There is some saving grace here as this is not as terrible as last week’s Blanco, but that’s quite a low ankle height bar to clear. These for the same price so there’s no other way to say this – but go for the gold.
Dhumavati: 3.6 – A mixed culture smoked ale – dafuq? Then you try it, and well – it tastes EXACTLY like you expected from that series of words. It’s basically like if someone had some sort of farmhouse mixed culture ale, and then added a dash of liquid smoke – and well. Well. Well it’s not great y’all. We won’t disparage it too hard because like – maybe this is somebody’s jam – but who?
Price Average: $12
Website: https://www.trvebrewing.com/
Kulmbacher Monchshof Schwarzbier: 6.0 – That is certainly exactly what you want from a schwarzbier. It’s dark and roasted without the heaviness from a porter or stout. It’s not terribly crazy or crazy good and is by the books, but being average isn’t a problem here.
Price Average: $3
Website: https://www.kulmbacher.de/
Hello everyone and welcome to yet another cheap but shit tequila. Yes no holding back on our thoughts for after the fold, we want this shit in the Google Search Results to ward you off it. This is actually a 2-parter with the silver this week and the gold next week, and while that’s better we must first start with the swill.
Berkshire Grisette: 6.5 – It truly is what you want from a grisette its light bit of citrus and easy to drink. There was quite a bit of head despite the lack of what feels like hoppy or wild yeast to the beer.
Price Average: $7 draft
We wanted to post this at the end of the final season, but given how badly that went down we decided to let heads cool. (Get it?) The reason being that we actually want to recommend this to you dear readers, and it’s hard to do that with the amount of vitriol that was swirling around.
Summer Jam: 7.5 – There is a bit of that wheat and overall pale ale flavor here, but let’s be real. This is a punch in the face of strawberries. Other strawberry beers often taste like strawberries, but in the way that you can tell, oh that’s how the berry has changed the taste of the beer. This? This taste like fucken strawberries, and we love it.
Price Average: $9 draft
Website: http://barreledsouls.com/
We are suckers for a good creamy flavored vodka. (and to all of you who thought about that whipped cream vodka please seek help). No we mean a vodka that doesn’t feel clean or wheat-y, but creamy making it a prime candidate for one of our favorite drinks – a white Russian. This, however, is a double-edged sword because by virtue of not being ‘pure’ and ‘clean’ it’s possible this fails elsewhere.
