craft lager

New Beer Blog Motor City Brewing Motown Lager

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into the third beer from Motor City Brewing in the last few days.  It is their Motown 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 this Detroit craft brewery. Let us get into this Lager.

It has a clear golden color with a white constant head. The aroma has a sweet corn to earthy notes. The taste has an earthly malty with slight hop notes. The aftertaste has a dry crisp aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer.

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

Motor City Bohemian Lager is an original Detroit beer style. We use Noble Hops and pure Detroit water to bring out the crisp, clean flavor that made Detroit famous.

ABV: 5.2%

OG: 1.048

IBU: 18

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.motorcitybeer.com

Twitter:  @motorcitybeer

In the end, as many of you know, I am always looking for the perfect or near perfect craft Lager.  If I see a craft Lager that I did not had yet, I pick it up.  This one was pretty east because it was in their Tool Box Sampler pack.  This is not the best craft Lager but it was not the worse.  It is right in the middle.  It had everything that a lager drinker is looking for with corn notes etc.  This is by far the best beer that this craft brewery makes. I like it. This is so much better than their Ghettoblaster.  There is always a cheaper beer with the same notes.  I recommend this beer at least once.  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 Short’s Twist Of Cain Black Lager

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another beer from Short’s Brewing.  It is their Twist Of Cain Black Lager.  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 Black Lager.

It has a jet black color with creamy tan head that disappears over time. The smell has a chocolate to coffee notes. The taste has a chocolate to hints of coffee. The aftertaste has a dry crisp chocolate notes. It is kind of drinkable beer.

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

Twist of Cain is a pitch black lager with notable aromas of roast, molasses and hints of sweet chocolate. Intense flavors of rich sugary malt and dark fruit resonate with a big coating sweetness. Coupled with a cocoa like bitterness, all of the flavors seem to linger equally and dry the palate.

8.8% ABV
25 IBU

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.shortsbrewing.com

Twitter:  @shortsbrewing

Closing, everyone knows how I feel about this beer but they have some good beer.  They are just far and between.  They make way too many seasonals but I see it is by design.  They are attacking craft beer drinkers in a way they do their shopping.  This beer is one of the good ones.  It is smooth but has some nice flavor.  It is pretty average but I wish this beer was everyday. Shiner Black is still king for me but I will search this out if I was looking for a Michigan craft.  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 Bell’s Third Coast Beer

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Bell’s Brewery.  It is their Third Coast Beer.  This beer always gets confused most beer drinkers with Third Coast Old Ale.  This one is a lager and the other one is old 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 lager.

It has a cloudy golden color with a white constant head on this Lager. The smell has a sweet malty notes. The taste has a sweet malty note with a dry aftertaste. It is pretty drinkable beer and true to beer style.

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

Nicely balanced, Bell’s Lager Beer focuses on the flavors developed in the brew house, matching a crisp bitterness & distinctive herbal hop aromas to a simple yet firm malt backbone. Following in the tradition of Bohemian-style pilsners, this beer spends a full six weeks maturing in the fermentation vessels. This extended conditioning period refines the overall flavor, highlighting the contributions of the malts & hops.

In order to best preserve shelf & flavor stability, it is recommended Bell’s Lager Beer be kept refrigerated.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.bellsbeer.com

Twitter:  @bellsbrewery

Closing, as many of you know, I have been trying to find a perfect craft lager.  I have never had this beer so I broke down and pick up this beer.  It is pretty funny how this beer gets confused with their Old Ale.  I do not know why they named it about this same name. This beer is pretty average but I can see why they made this beer.  When Bell’s Brewery was starting, there was not many craft beer drinkers.  This craft brewery was trying to get mass produced lager drinkers.  There is many of these craft breweries that have lagers.  Mainly, these craft breweries started in the 1980’s.  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 Sierra Nevada Kölsch

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Sierra Nevada.  It is their Kölsch.  This beer is only available in their summer sampler.  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 summer like beer style.

It has a clear golden color with a white constant head. The aroma has a fresh light earthly notes like hay to grass. The taste has a refreshing and sweet malty notes. The aftertaste has a crisp finish. It is pretty drinkable beer.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.sierranevada.com

Twitter:  @sierranevada

Ending, I am not a fan of Spring and Summer seasonals.  They are too light in body for me or have no flavor.  I normally do not drink too many of these when they are in season.  Sierra Nevada Summerfest is about the only one that I will enjoy during the late Spring and Summer.  This Kölsch has a light body but it is still has a nice flavor.  I love this beer. I could drink this beer all day.  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 Atwater Bloktoberfest

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In this fall beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Atwater Brewery.  It is their Bloktoberfest, which is their Oktoberfest.  If you read my earlier beer blog posts on their beers, you know the history of this Detroit base craft brewery.  If you have not, please, read them to get to know this Michigan craft brewery.  Let us get into this fall beer.

It has a clear amber color without a constant head. The smell has a sweet malty notes. The taste has a sweet burn malty notes with a slight caramel that is burned. The aftertaste has a dry burned notes.  It is drinkable beer.

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

Atwater Bloktober

ABV 6.4% IBU 30
Color: Rich Amber

Oktoberfest is a German tradition that celebrates the harvest. Now, Atwater carries on that tradition with our own special lager.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.atwaterbeer.com

Twitter:  @atwaterbeer

Ending, I know many of you out there from my readers here and friends of mine.  They all know that I am not a fan of this craft brewery.  I just feel that they could be make better beers.  They have no pressure right now to check anything.  Michigan craft beer market is still growing along with their drinkers.  Once it is hits the peak.  I believe they will need to change some things up at that time.  I just wished they made better beer, however, this beer is pretty good.  It is better than most of their 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 Perrin Black Ale

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In this beer blog, we are going to get into another brew from Perrin Brewery.  It is their Black Ale.  This beer was a Black Lager.  They changed this beer to an ale to keep up with demand.  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 black ale.

It has a jet black color with a tan color head at first that disappears over time. The smell has a chocolate with coffee like notes. The taste of this light body ale has a chocolate to coffee like notes. It has a heavy malty notes but still light like a light Lager. The aftertaste has a nutty finish that hangs around. It is extremely drinkable beer.

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

Perrin Black ABV 5.8% IBU 25

The Black Ale is low in gravity, clean, crisp, and flavor-filled; giving off a bread-like aroma. This beer proves that deep colors do not signify rich potency. Our Black Ale is deceptively light on the tongue.

Here is their website and twitter addresses:

Website:  www.perrinbrewing.com

Twitter:  @perrinbrewing

Closing, this brewery is one of my favorite craft breweries in the State Of Michigan.  I am a fan of Petoskey Brewery, Right Brain, Frankenmuth Brewery, and Canton Brew Works.  The goal for this craft brewery is to brew beers that are drinkable and does not matter the beer style.  I will say they did a great job on this brew.  This is not my favorite beer style. I am not saying this is a bad beer.  It is a really good beer and respect what they did with this beer.  I can see many people liking this 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