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New Beer Blog Shiner Bock

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In this beer blog, we are going to sample the flagship from Shiner.  It is their Bock.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Texas base craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this American classic craft brewery.  Let us get into this bock.

It is not a see through beer. It has a reddish-brown color without a head. The aroma is pretty faded. It is hard to pick up but I believe it is a sweet malty notes. The taste of this medium body has a power of malt but it has some sweet malty notes with hints of nutty notes. The aftertaste has a sweet malty dry finish. It is a drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Bock Beer combines old world bavarian heritage with American handcraft brewing for a smooth, delightfully drinkable dark beer.

Handcrafted in this same brewery where it was first made back in 1913, this genty hopped medium brown brew is the pride of Shiner, Texas.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.shiner.com

Twitter:  @shinerbeer

Ending, this is an American classic brew.  I do not know anyone that does not like this brew. This brew has everything.  It is drinkable and has some flavor.  It is not really missing much.  I love it. I just wish it was a little bit bigger here in Michigan.  I normally go out of my way to get to this beer during football season.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Coronado Brewing Idiot IPA

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into a special release every year from Coronado Brewing Company.  It is their Idiot IPA Imperial India Pale Ale.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this West Coast craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Coronado Brewing.  Let us get into Imperial India Pale Ale.

It has a cloudy golden color without a head on this Imperial IPA. The aroma has a heavy citrus notes.  The taste has a heavy citrus notes. The aftertaste has a heavy citrus to hop bitter finish. It is a sipping beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

It doesn’t take a genius to know quality West Coast IPA’s require a stupid amount of hops.  A generous blend of Nugget hops and the four C’s – Cascade, Centennial, Chinook, and Columbus – brings forth a myriad of tropical fruit flavors and a brawny, persistent bitterness that makes for a highly intelligent brew.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.coronadobrewingcompany.com

Twitter:  @coronadobrewing

Closing, Anyone can make imperial IPA. The question is you need to ask.  Is this one a good one? Idiots can throw a ton a hops into a brew kettle to hide a ton of mistakes in their beer.  This Double IPA is one of the bad ones. The malty backbone is pretty weak and it is not strong enough to cut through the hop bitterest.  This beer to me taste like hop water beer.  It takes a genius and smart brewmaster to make a good Imperial IPA.  I think you need to take some lessons from your neighbor down the street.  They are always finding away to change and do something different with their Double and Imperial IPA.  I do not really recommend this beer.  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog North Peak Brewery Siren Amber Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another North Peak Brewery.  It is their Siren Amber Ale.  if you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Michigan craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Midwest craft brewery.  Let us get into this Amber Ale.

It has a clear red to Amber color with a white constant head on this amber ale. The smell has a faded sweet malty notes. The taste of this medium body has a sweet malty to slight caramel notes. The aftertaste has a dry malty finish. It is pretty drinkable.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.northpeak.net

Twitter:  @northpeakbeer

Ending, I will not lie on this blog.  I am not a huge fan of this craft brewery.  I am not a fan of the yeast that they use on their beers.  It just seems like they use the same yeast in all their beers.  I know it might not be the case.  I have to say they did something different.  I do not know if it is a new formation of their beers or new equipment.  There beers are pretty good now and better from the first time that I tried them.  I am not fan of amber ales. This beer is not bad. I am glad I tried it again. This brewery is improving.  They are making some better beers.  I recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!   Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Lagunitas Citrusinensis Pale Ale

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In this beer blog,we are going to get into one of the beers from One Hit Wonders series from Lagunitas Brewery.  It is their Citrusinensis Pale Ale.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this West Coast craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this craft brewery.  Let us get into this pale ale.

It has clear golden color with a white constant head. The white head has big bubbles. The aroma has a citrus to blood orange notes. The taste has a citrus to orange juice notes. The aftertaste has a orange juice finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.lagunitas.com):

CitruSinensis Pale Ale | Lagunitas Brewing Company

We took some fresh Sanguinello Blood oranges, juiced ’em, concentrated that juice (without heat) and threw it into a wheatier version of our New Dogtown Pale Ale. The end result? A refreshingly hopped pale-ish ale with a huge citrus burst!

The man bent over his guitar, a shearsman of sorts. The day was green. They said, ‘You have a blue guitar, you do not play things as they are.’ The man replied, ‘Things as they are / Are changed upon the blue guitar.’ And they said then, ‘But play, you must, a tune beyond us, yet ourselves, a tune upon the blue guitar of things exactly as they are.’ He sighs, I cannot bring a world quite round, although I patch it as I can. I sing a hero’s head, large eye and bearded bronze, but not a man, although I patch him as I can and reach through him almost to man. If to serenade almost to man is to miss, by that, things as they are, say it is the serenade of a man that plays a blue guitar…” These, the words of the Conjurer-in-Chief; Wallace Stevens, describe in perfect detail the work of a brewer as he sits to write a new recipe. Perfection is the goal, to fill a desire for a perfect beer. Yet the instrument of his mind and that of the brewhouse and yeast are the fallible tools at hand. And so he patches it as he can. A little hop here, a little citrus there, a yeast to marry the two, the worthy substrate of reality calling the key and time signature. The beer that comes will be the beer we drink, the beer whose story we will tell here. The brewer does what he can and imagines a world quite round. Conjurer-in-Chief Stevens concludes; “Exceeding music must take the place of empty heaven and its hymns.” What does it all have to do with beer?

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.lagunitas.com

Twitter:  @lagunitasbeer

In the end, I believe this craft brewery has not put out a bad beer.  They are like Tesla, who is a metal back from the 1980’s and current.  This band did not put out a bad record.  This is an awesome beer. This beer is part of One Hit Wonder series. This beer is made once and it is gone.  It has a nice balance and I wish this beer was around a little longer or makes a come back.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Canton Brew Works Night Strangler Danger

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into the first Mug Club Event and limited release from this Michigan base craft brewery.  They took their Night Stranger Stout and aged it in Rye Whiskey Barrel.  They call this beer Night Stranger Danger. If you read my earlier write-up on their overall business, you know the history of this young and upcoming craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read it to get to know this Michigan craft brewery. Let us get into this stout.

It has a jet black color without head. The aroma has a heavy bourbon to chocolate notes. The taste of this full body has a bourbon chocolate with a dry bourbon aftertaste. It is a nice sipping stout but drinkable for this type of beer style.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.cantonbrewworks.com

Twitter:  @cantonbrewworks

Ending, this craft brewery has been pretty busy making some new beers.  I will start making it a habit to write about those.  I wanted to wait for the first Mug Club Beer event.  I will say I picked a good one to do the first beer review from this brewery.  This is their first mug club beer release beer. It is really good with a nice balance. It is pretty smooth and the bourbon does not over take stout.  This is a great brew and I hope they will make more of this beer.  I hope to see different versions like coffee, berries, etc.  I highly recommend this beer.  It is limited. Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Nickel Brook Brewery Head Stock India Pale Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into Nickel Brook Brewery from Canada.  The beer that we are going to get into is Head Stock India Pale Ale.  There is not much information on their website about their history.  I do know they are part of the group of craft breweries that is back by Canadian Government.  Let us get into this IPA.

It has a cloudy golden color with a white constant head. The aroma has a tropical fruit notes. The taste has a smooth light carbonated notes with hints of tropical fruit notes. The aftertaste has a slight bitter but it is dry crisp finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from their website (www.nickelbrook.com):

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About: We admit it. We have a problem… We love our hops. We especially adore the amazing science of hops! As homage to our favourite wonders of nature, we present to you our award-winning Headstock IPA. The flowering humulus lupulus hop-cone provides us with the vital acids, essential oils and resins that permeate throughout our IPA. The result is a deliciously obscene wallop of tropical fruit, citrus and pine flavours and aromas any hop-head would gladly give a DNA sample for. We conclude that hop science is one tasty passion.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.nickelbrook.com

Twitter:  @nickelbrookbeer

In the end, I was pretty impressed with this brew. I love the play on the words.  It looks Nickelback, who is the Canada Hard Rock band.  I love the tasting notes and this is one of best Canadian Craft beer that I had. I know that I have not had many. It is a pretty good IPA. I have to say that I had better.  I would have this beer over the Flying Monkey Atom Smash Bomb IPA any day of the week.  There is a better balance than Flying Monkey Brewery IPA. They put more thought behind on what hops to use in this beer.  There is a nice well build malty backbone.  I highly recommend this beer.  I wish it was in Michigan or just the United States.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Roak Brewing Visit

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In this special beer blog, I had a chance to get by Roak Brewing a few days after their grand opening. They opened just this year but they were founded it in 2014. Let us talk about the beer.

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Their goal was to do something different in every beer that they make. If it is higher alcohol level on their Devil Dog Oatmeal Stout, it is same price as rest of their beers in draft to package. It is a huge value. Mean Streets Amber Ale is a hoppy amber ale. They also have a American IPA and session IPA along with Belgian style white ale and Belgian style Dark ale in package and draft. They will have brewpub only beers in the near future.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.roakbrewing.com

Twitter:  @roakbrewing

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Closing, they invested a ton of money into brewery and brewpub. They are here to make a stand in the craft beer world. Overall, their beers are really good. I am not a fan of both of their IPA’s. They are pretty weak to me. I can see some craft beer drinkers liking them. I am pretty excited to see what they will come out next. I recommend this brewery. Go get some! Drink it! Enjoy it! Metal it! \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email: djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter: @djweiser

Instagram: @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Flying Monkey Brewery Netherworld Dark Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into our first beer from Flying Monkey Brewery.  It is their Neither World Cascadian Dark Ale.  I cannot find any history on this Canada craft brewery.  I know this craft brewery is part of craft breweries that are back by Canadian Government.  Let us get into this Black Ale.

It has a jet black color with a health tan color head. The smell has a chocolate to citrus notes. The taste has a smooth to creamy chocolate notes with a hint of dry bitter aftertaste. The hops are not really in attendance. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Heeding a chorus of voices crying for a dark roasty thing with lots of west coast hops and a higher ABV we summoned Netherworld from the chaotic flip side of the brew house where hybrid is the norm and nothing is ordinary.

Hovering just this side of evil, in the right hands, our “Cascadian Dark Ale” is bizarrely nice with its own entrancing mojo.  However, watch out for those who refuse to see the darkness.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.theflyingmonkeys.ca

Twitter:  @flyingmonkeys

Closing, this import craft brewery is new to the craft scene in the United States.  I have had a few of their brews.  I just found them average because of the price.  The price is a little high for this beer market.  When most of the beer drinkers only want Michigan only craft beers.  There is nothing wrong with that.  I just found there are better beers outside of this state.  There is bad ones too.  This beer is a little different from the rest of the dark ales on the market.  It is not as bitter and hoppy.  It is pretty mild and I like that.  The price of this beer is too high and it affects the way beer drinkers looks at this beer.  It is a good beer but it is average because of the price.  I recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

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New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewery Edmund Fitzgerald Porter

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into a nice English style porter from Great Lakes Brewery.  It is their Edmund Fitzgerald Porter.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Ohio base craft brewery.  Let us get into this porter.

It has a jet black color with a constant tan color head on this porter. The aroma has a smokey roasted malts along with hints of chocolate and coffee notes. The taste of this full body has a smooth sweet chocolate to coffee notes. The aftertaste has a dry chocolate to coffee finish. It is a sipping beer but this one is kind of drinkable.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

Thanks to our craft brewing process, when you take a swig of our Edmund Fitzgerald, it will taste smoky, robust, dark, and bittersweet.  Thanks to our environmental efforts, if you take a swig of Lake Erie, it won’t taste smoky, robust, dark, and bittersweet.

Named after the ship that frequently docked in Cleveland and sunk in Lake Superior in 1975, our porter combines a complex, roasty aroma with a bitterweet, chocolate-coffee taste.

In keeping with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, this beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients:  barley, hops, yeast, and water.  no chemicals or preservatives are used.

Here is a description from their website (www.greatlakesbrewing.com):

Edmund Fitzgerald® Porter | Great Lakes Brewing Company

Robust and complex, our Porter is a bittersweet tribute to the legendary freighter’s fallen crew—taken too soon when the gales of November came early.

Flavor

Brewed in memory of the sunken freighter, with rich roasted barley and bittersweet chocolate-coffee notes.

Packaging:

  • 6-pack
  • 12-pack
  • Draft
ABV – 6.0%
IBU – 37
Pairs With Oysters, chocolate, and heartfelt balladry

Beer Availability:

  • Year-Round Beer
World Beer Championships
12-Time Medal Winner Since 1991 (World Champion, Platinum, Gold, Silver)
Great American Beer Festival Awards
5-Time Medal Winner Since 1991 (Gold, Silver)

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.greatlakesbrewing.com

Twitter:  @GLBC_Cleveland

Closing, there is not too many craft breweries out there that has a dark beer as their flagship beer.  Great Lakes Brewery is known for this brew.  It is a nice English style porter and it is one that the craft beer drinkers use to compare to other porters.  This beer is Midwest go to porter and dark beer.  There is some nice tasting notes that will have you coming back to even in the hot summer days.  It is really a sipping beer but some people make it a drinkable beer.  This is one of my favorite English porters. I love it. I wished they did other versions in package. I mean a vanilla bean, cherry, etc versions of the porter.  I know do it in draft but I am talking package.  Speaking of package, I wish this beer was in cans and I pretty stun this brewery does not put any of their beers in cans.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13

New Beer Blog Great Lakes Brewery Dortmunder Gold Lager

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another everyday beer from Great Lakes Brewery.  It is their flagship Lager, which is Dortmunder Gold Lager.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Midwest craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know Great Lakes Brewery.  Let us get into this Golden Lager.

This Dortmunder Style Lager has a clear clear golden color with a white constant head. The smell has a slight hint of corn. The taste of this medium body has a sweet malty to hints of corn. The aftertaste has a clean dry crisp finish. It is extremely drinkable beer.

Here is a description from the beer bottle:

our Dortmunder Gold is a consistent gold medalist and a balanced golden lager (do you see a pattern forming?).  In the Middle Ages, this style brewed in Germany was so popular it required armed escorts when exported to surrounding towns.  As you can see, this beer was and still is as good as gold!

Not as dry as a Pilsner or as malty as a Munich-style lager, our golden lager is a balanced beer named after Dortmund, Germany, the city where the Dortmunder style originated.

In keeping with the Bavarian Purity Law of 1516, this beer is traditionally brewed from all natural ingredients: barley, hops, yeast, and water.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.greatlakesbrewing.com

Twitter:  @GLBC_Cleveland

Closing, as many of you know, I have been on the hunt for the perfect craft lager.  I know I have found one in St Louis.  It is Urban Chestnut Brewery’s Zwickel.  I cannot get that beer in my market. I am still looking for a good craft lager that I can get in my beer market.  I believe I might have found it with Great Lakes Brewery Dort Gold.  This Golden Lager is well balance but still gives you flavor unlike the mass-produced lagers.  I have to say this is one of best lagers in my market. It is drinkable beer.  I highly recommend this beer.  Go get some!  Drink it!  Enjoy it!  Metal it!  \m/

Cheers!

Bill DJ Weiser

Email:  djweiser16@gmail.com

Twitter:  @djweiser

Instagram:  @djweiser13