Bfan53 wrote: But please no fruit flavors or other funky tastes for me.......
I am not a fan of most fruit beer...but I tried the Pyramid Apricot Heffe this evening...and can easily have another one at some point....it's not heavy sryup fruit...just sort of a slight scent in a rather light unfiltered heffe.
I haven't seen a Pyramid beer since I was in California last a few years ago. It doesn't surprise me to hear they brew something else that's good.
I understand it can be found nationally but may be hard to find for a "fruity" beer is Smuttynose Pumpkin only available in the fall. It is a beer first, malty, with a subtle pumpkin and spice flavor to it. It is by far the best pumkin ale I have tasted.
C-Dawg wrote:I tend to agree with you all about fruity beers, but there are a couple I do like.....Magic Hat #9 and Long Trail's Wildberry Wheat....both are great beers.....if you get a chance to try them, do it
Magic Hat is only for the truly adventurous, they brew good beers but nothing like any other brewer. If you like strong malty beers with unusual characteristics then you'll like their beers, if not then you'll probably hate them.
I haven't tried Long Trails Wildberry yet but they brew great ales. Their Doublebag however is an acquired taste but it sure packs a punch. There are several very good breweries and a few great brewpubs in Vermont. There's some good beer there no doubt.
Bfan53 wrote: But please no fruit flavors or other funky tastes for me.......
I am not a fan of most fruit beer...but I tried the Pyramid Apricot Heffe this evening...and can easily have another one at some point....it's not heavy sryup fruit...just sort of a slight scent in a rather light unfiltered heffe.
I haven't seen a Pyramid beer since I was in California last a few years ago. It doesn't surprise me to hear they brew something else that's good.
I understand it can be found nationally but may be hard to find for a "fruity" beer is Smuttynose Pumpkin only available in the fall. It is a beer first, malty, with a subtle pumpkin and spice flavor to it. It is by far the best pumkin ale I have tasted.
You can get Pyramid at any decent grocery down here....I agree...overall their beers are quite drinkable...not bland, but not extreme....well developed taste profiles.
I had a few of the pumpkin seasonal beers this past fall...from the very subtle to the overwhelming....Is smuttynose the brewery or just the name of that one beer?
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Soraya wrote:
I'll keep an eye open for those.....heck, I'll try most things once.
I will say that one should AVOID AT ALL POSSIBLE COSTS the Sea Dog Blueberry Wheat Beer....oh my....horrible.
Cloying fruit taste...not chemical but not at all drinkable...even if you are a fan of some of the Belgian iambics for example.....urgh.....sort of like a blueberry pancake gone bad.
I can't say I've tried it, I keep wanting to get to the brewpub the next time I'm in Portland, ME but it never seems to work out. You may want to try Gritty McDuffs another brewery in Maine also with a chain of brewpubs that makes excellent ales. Their Rasberry Wheat is the best of the style I've had, I like it and I'm not a rasberry fan. Their Blackfly Stout is the best stout I've had that isn't Guiness. There are alot of good Microbreweries and brewpubs up, or should I say down, in Portland, ME.
Bfan53 wrote: But please no fruit flavors or other funky tastes for me.......
I am not a fan of most fruit beer...but I tried the Pyramid Apricot Heffe this evening...and can easily have another one at some point....it's not heavy sryup fruit...just sort of a slight scent in a rather light unfiltered heffe.
I haven't seen a Pyramid beer since I was in California last a few years ago. It doesn't surprise me to hear they brew something else that's good.
I understand it can be found nationally but may be hard to find for a "fruity" beer is Smuttynose Pumpkin only available in the fall. It is a beer first, malty, with a subtle pumpkin and spice flavor to it. It is by far the best pumkin ale I have tasted.
You can get Pyramid at any decent grocery down here....I agree...overall their beers are quite drinkable...not bland, but not extreme....well developed taste profiles.
I had a few of the pumpkin seasonal beers this past fall...from the very subtle to the overwhelming....Is smuttynose the brewery or just the name of that one beer?
Smuttynose is the name of the brewery. I'm fortunate that they are local to me or fairly local. If you ever get to the NH seacoast thier tour is a must do. I stopped in once to the brewery to get the tour and received a private tour with the head brewer. After showing me around the brewery and discussing the brewing process in depth he then sat and talked more about beers and brewing with me in the tasting room. It was the best brewery tour anywhere and I've had the good fortune to find many good brewery tours.
Caffrey's Irish ale is my favorite beer...trouble is i can't get it anymore! a couple years back coors bought their parent company and did not want caffrey's competing with killians and molson for market share in the us so they stopped distribution. it is still available elsewhere...my sister is making a trip to canada soon . i did file a written complaint with coors when i toured their brewery 2 years ago...oh well. here is some info on caffrey's and as this site shows, it is their #1 ranked beer http://www.briansbelly.com/beerbelly/ca ... hale.shtml
until it comes back i'll keep up with McEwan's Scottish ale and some Red Stripe.
PartofthePhlock wrote:I found Land Shark beer at Krogers last night........heck it is almost $8 /6 12oz bottles and $14 for 12pk cans. Is it worth it???
PartofthePhlock wrote:I found Land Shark beer at Krogers last night........heck it is almost $8 /6 12oz bottles and $14 for 12pk cans. Is it worth it???
You couldn't pay me that much to drink it...
I must admit that both Landshark Lager & M-ville tequila are disappointing. I'll drink them as long as I don't have to pay for them or have any other choices.
I just thought that JB's empire might market a premium lager (like Sam Adams) & tequila (like Patron). Guess he chose to exploit the "other end" of the drinking scales......unfortunately, the beer is still priced like a premium!
PartofthePhlock wrote:I found Land Shark beer at Krogers last night........heck it is almost $8 /6 12oz bottles and $14 for 12pk cans. Is it worth it???
You couldn't pay me that much to drink it...
I must admit that both Landshark Lager & M-ville tequila are disappointing. I'll drink them as long as I don't have to pay for them or have any other choices.
I just thought that JB's empire might market a premium lager (like Sam Adams) & tequila (like Patron). Guess he chose to exploit the "other end" of the drinking scales......unfortunately, the beer is still priced like a premium!
I agree but I also understand what Jimmy is thinking. He's after a share of the larger market share's of Corona and Cuervo. Both sell more of an image than a tasty product and both dominate the markets they are in. If they can sell a lot of cheaply produced beer and tequila respectively for a premium than Jimmy can too. There is nothing better to a corporation than a low investment product with a massive markup.
PartofthePhlock wrote:I found Land Shark beer at Krogers last night........heck it is almost $8 /6 12oz bottles and $14 for 12pk cans. Is it worth it???
You couldn't pay me that much to drink it...
I must admit that both Landshark Lager & M-ville tequila are disappointing. I'll drink them as long as I don't have to pay for them or have any other choices.
I just thought that JB's empire might market a premium lager (like Sam Adams) & tequila (like Patron). Guess he chose to exploit the "other end" of the drinking scales......unfortunately, the beer is still priced like a premium!
I agree but I also understand what Jimmy is thinking. He's after a share of the larger market share's of Corona and Cuervo. Both sell more of an image than a tasty product and both dominate the markets they are in. If they can sell a lot of cheaply produced beer and tequila respectively for a premium than Jimmy can too. There is nothing better to a corporation than a low investment product with a massive markup.
Those of us on this thread had previously mentioned about rating beers. I recently found this web site that addresses this issue pretty well: http://www.ratebeer.com/
