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Holy Mackerel Mack in Black is one of the beers I found and drank last week in Florida—that is, it’s a genuine Florida-brewed beer. The pedigree on this beer is interesting; it’s nominally produced by Gordash Beer Company, but in fact they’re a beer marketing company and they actually contracted … Continue reading
Before I dig into some new reviews for Colorful Beer Week, I thought I’d troll the archives and point to a bunch of old reviews I’ve done for colorfully-named beers. Brown Shugga Beertown Brown Flying Dog’s Woody Creek White Red Barn Ale from Lost Abbey Sharkbite Red from Port Brewing … Continue reading
For this month’s Theme, I decided to go whimsical and ended up with "Colorful Beer Week": essentially, the only criteria is that I’m writing about beers with a color somewhere in the title. Or style. For instance, off the top of my head styles "named" after a color: Belgian white … Continue reading
In case it’s not obvious by this point, I’m skipping Theme Week for July. No particular reason other than a kind of "summer vacation" and this month has been kind of all over the place—and this week in particular, there’s a lot going on. Blogging will otherwise continue as normal.
This is a late entry for Wheat Beer Week, originally intended for last Friday. But I was out of town without internet access so I’m running it today. Another beer from Pyramid Brewing; this Crystal Wheat Ale is fairly recent I think—there’s nothing about it on their website—and according to … Continue reading
I picked up the Samuel Adams "Summer Styles Mix Pack" from Costco last week, which includes their Cherry Wheat. This beer has been around awhile but it’s the first time I’ve had it. Their website proclaims: Samuel Adams Cherry Wheat® follows the centuries old American tradition of brewing beer with … Continue reading
As much as Widmer’s version, Pyramid Hefeweizen is one of those beers that helped define a style: the American Wheat. Of course, I’ve seen a bit of pushback in recent years against the Pyramid and Widmer hefes; I don’t know if it’s because the breweries have grown into large, overly … Continue reading
Ah, a Trader Joe’s beer by way of Gordon Birsch: "JosephsBrau" is the contract label for TJs that has produced several beers (I’ve reviewed two). Their Dunkelweizen is fairly new, a dark wheat beer that is 5.2% alcohol by volume. Since it’s a TJ’s "house beer", it was picked up … Continue reading
When I first picked up Dogfish Head’s Festina Pêche, I didn’t know that it was brewed in the style of the (rare-ish) Berliner Weisse. (You can see the point in my tasting notes when I figured this out.) Berliner Weisses are sour wheat beers, typically low in alcohol. Dogfish’s own … Continue reading
Yes—gasp!—it’s a beer from Anheuser-Busch. I drink those from time to time, and when I saw this in the store, my curiosity finally got the better of me. While the name and packaging seem to come straight from a marketing department (hat tip to Stan for that), the beer comprising … Continue reading