We just had two weeks of something we liked – how about we let some god damned nonsense bilge water ruin it? Hello folks, and welcome to HBR where we’re proud to tell this specific vodka company to go suck an ostrich egg because they basically did something as bad by giving us this.
Tropigose: 2.5 – Oh so it’s a gose with passion fruit and guava? Where? Where’s the fruit, Captain? There’s a hint of something, but a tropical gose this is not. It’s not even a good gose.
Price Average: $5 for 16oz can
Pictavia Scotch Ale: 7.5 – A very very well done scotch ale, another great hit from Allagash. This is certainly what you want from a scotch ale, and the barrel aging from the scotch barrel hasn’t turned it cloyingly sweet like some bourbon barrels do. The problem here is that you kind of wish it was more. It’s a solid scotch ale of course, but it’s missing that tiny bit it needs to push it over the edge.
Price Average: $20 for 4-pack
Website: https://www.allagash.com/
Patron Silver was one of our earliest reviews, embodying the well know stance of shouting “PATROOOON” in your college dorm. We much like this tequila have done a lot of growing up from the ‘Sex, drugs, and dubstep’ phase. (We have not really). This Patron is certainly not the oaky and wood flavored you may have signed up for – but it will surprise you.
Meat & Potato Dinner Stout: 6.5 – It is a nice creamy stout without being in the style of a milk stout. The roasted elements shine here and it really is a perfect meat and potatoes beer.
Price Average: $10
Website: https://lordhobobrewing.com/
This is normally the bit where we talk about how this relates to the regular version and what the distillery specific breed brings to the table. (But we’ve not actually done that yet – our bad). In fact, the only thing we’ve done that’s dealt with Caol Ila on this site is its inclusion into Johnnie Walker Green (which is defunct). But that’s okay.
Night Owl: 3.0 – This tastes like a vegetable and while surely there might be someone who likes that its really not a great overall beer to drink.
Price Average: $14
Website: https://www.elysianbrewing.com/
When you get down to it, gin is just a weirdly flavored vodka via some juniper or spices no one can pronounce and often clog up a spice rack. So when you make a gin there are a few ways to lean. Some go more juniper heavy, others citrus, some floral. Langley’s answers the question of what if a gin went full power?
