Abbey Ale Dubbel: 6.5 – There’s some meat and fruit, and it’s really nice tasting. The problem is while not sugary – the sweetness here is just a bit too much to make it not great.
Price Average: $9
Website: http://www.ommegang.com/
Tag: Ale
Kasteel Rouge Ale
Kasteel Rouge Ale: 6.0 – It’s a nice slightly tart and sour beer, and the cherry is a nice addition. The smell alone brings back childhood candy for better or worse. Overall though unless you are seeking out cherries and particularly not fresh cherry taste – this isn’t something you’d buy.
Price Average: $12
Website: http://www.globalbeer.com/belgian-beer/kasteel-rouge
The Orkney Brewery Dark Island Ale
Dark Island: 7.0 – The word here is rich. The aging here is done perfectly but this beer has a gravitas and opulence to it. This is a once in a month kind of beer, but it’s still a good one.
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.orkneybrewery.co.uk/
Southwark Centennial Single Hop American Pale Ale
Southwark Centennial: 3.5– It’s sweet, and served a bit too warm. Its a vary cloudy beer when poured but overall its just not good. Just a poor quality American Pale Ale that is sadly perpetuating the myth that imports and bad british attempts that have led to multiple people deriding APA’s to me while abroad.
Price Average: $8
Website: http://southwarkbrewing.co.uk/
Shepherd Neame Bishops Finger Kentish Strong Ale
Bishops Finger: 5.0 – It’s nice, and there’s a good sweetness at the end. Not sure why its called a strong ale as its not heavy on gravity or flavor, and at 5 percent its fairly standard alcohol wise. Which is a true overall description of this beer.
Price $3
Website: https://www.shepherdneame.co.uk/
Count: 38/71
Camden Town Brewery Gentlemen’s Wit
Gentlemen’s Wit: 4.5 – its okay but there’s an off taste that is sort of nutty to it. It’s fresh from a tap, but it tastes kind of skunked. (Note we tried this again to confirm, but the result is the same)
Price Average: $6
Website: http://www.camdentownbrewery.com/
Badger Tanglefoot Ale
Badger Tangle Foot: 6.5 – So the issue here with these kind of reviews is that while this has some characteristics of lesser beers there is the right mixture of aftertaste lingering yet the majority of the beer ending clean. Its not delicious, but it is tasty and certainly can be enjoyed, and dare say is one of the beat of the poster so far
Price $18 for 8-pack
Website: http://www.hall-woodhouse.co.uk/beer/tanglefoot
Count: 37/71
Firestone Walker Bretta Rose Wild Ale
Firestone Walker Bretta Rose Wild Ale : 6.5 – If you are looking for a nice sour and tart beer that doesn’t go so far that you pucker in disgust? This might be your match, my only complaint is that in terms of complexity, body, or other flavors – it’s kind of a one note sour + tartness.
Price Average: Name $26
Website: http://www.firestonebeer.com/
Firestone Walker 19th Anniversary Ale
Firestone Walker 19th Anniversary Ale: 5.0 –We’ve actually had the 15th Anniversary (seriously though who celebrates 19 years though?). We found that lacking despite giving it a full-blown style review as a special beercation review. This has some better taste to it, but overall it’s high and low points are much the same.
Price Average: Name $23
Website: http://www.firestonebeer.com/
Berkshire Brewing Company River Guide American Wheat Ale
River Guide American Wheat Ale: 6.5 – Once again Berkshire delivers a solidly good ale for a damn good price in big bottle. The nuttiness and the wheat here are great, and if I’m honest Berkshire is one of those companies that I want to just keep making more and more beers.
Price Average: Name $5