Beer reviews

[Bushmaster]

Yeah well next fall on gameday let's see you try and down 20 plus cans or bottles of some peach & mango/pomegranate infused fruity pebbles brew after hacking down a rack of ribs and 20 or so hot wings....
Beer is meant to be swill.....and it's meant to be swilled in large quantities that won't make you sh!t a fruit salad or worse yet regurgitate one on your living room floor in the 2nd quarter....

Dude, I am not even sure how to respond to that. I am not a beer snob and I will drink a bud light on occassion (if NOTHING else is available and I have to grill). I like a Blue Moon or a Sam Adams Summer Ale. There are a lot better beers out there than anything Budweiser. They make cool commercials though.

 

[Detroitgator]

Dude, I am not even sure how to respond to that. I am not a beer snob and I will drink a bud light on occassion (if NOTHING else is available and I have to grill). I like a Blue Moon or a Sam Adams Summer Ale. There are a lot better beers out there than anything Budweiser. They make cool commercials though.

The Summer Ale is the one with the sailing ship on it, right? That's about as fancy a beer as I like/drink.

 

[GatorBart]

Having a Lagunitas Super Cluster IPA - camping out in the backyard for the holiday weekend.
This is what it really looks like.
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[Gatorbait25]

Having a Lagunitas Super Cluster IPA - camping out in the backyard for the holiday weekend. View attachment 21880
This is what it really looks like.
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That’s a damn fine brewer . Never can go
wrong with Lagunitas. I had a couple Stella’s
At the pool earlier .

 

[Detroitgator]

Ya see that fellas? It's just beer... no fruit 'n schit, just ice, cold, beer...

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Ya see that fellas? It's just beer... no fruit 'n schit, just ice, cold, beer...

The other two beverages sharing the counter space; are they what I think they are? Yuck; disgusting.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Am currently in Pasco at the in-laws, so that means I drink whatever beer my FIL drinks, and as he is 95, that means it’s never any thing craft; it is always something that tastes like “beer”. This visit he’s featuring Germany. Can’t complain about the taste and after working on projects around the house all day, it went down pretty well at “happy hour.”

 

[soflagator]

Crooked Stave Trellis Buster Double IPA



Really great beer. Stronger than I usually drink, and as expected very hoppy. But one of the handful of brewers that do the doubles right. Clean, but light, and a surprisingly smooth finish considering the 8 points. The type of beer that if you didn’t know what you were drinking, and killed 3-4 over the course of a UF game’s first half, there would be stories told to you the next day. On GB25’s scale, I’d call this an A-.

 

[GatorBart]

Stone’s Enjoy By IPA. 9.4%
Nice and fresh, grainy. Alcohol is well masked.

 

[soflagator]

Stone’s Enjoy By IPA. 9.4%
Nice and fresh, grainy. Alcohol is well masked.

I have not seen that recently over here, maybe at all. Ballast Point has an unfiltered and it's great, so I'm sure that's a great beer. Enjoy.

 

[GatorBart]

I have not seen that recently over here, maybe at all. Ballast Point has an unfiltered and it's great, so I'm sure that's a great beer. Enjoy.

Love Ballast Point!
Stone produces the Enjoy By series about every 3 months. They usually do one for Xmas, Valentines, July 4, and some other Fall date. It's usually very consistent with hop content and the heavy grain flavor. This is the first time I've seen it in a can. It used to only come in 22-oz. bombers, but I've seen six-pack bottles in the past year, and now the can. I was pretty happy with it, despite the $14/six price. I'm going to pick up some more tomorrow when I'm at Trader Joe's so maybe a few will actually last until July 4. ;)

 

[Detroitgator]

Am currently in Pasco at the in-laws, so that means I drink whatever beer my FIL drinks, and as he is 95, that means it’s never any thing craft; it is always something that tastes like “beer”. This visit he’s featuring Germany. Can’t complain about the taste and after working on projects around the house all day, it went down pretty well at “happy hour.”

I think I like your FIL... sounds like he is actually a man! ;)

PS Warsteiner is a safe domestic choice... we used to buy the little 5L mini kegs all the time.

PPS Also, next time I'm in Tampa, there is a german restaurant that I need to visit that is actually owned by germans from the town i was stationed in and never knew the restaurant was in Tamp until the other day.

 

[GatorBart]

Relapse IPA from Wayfinder out of Portland. 7%
Can says clear, clean and hoppy.
That sums it up nicely.
Solante!

 

[Gator By Marriage]

Relapse IPA from Wayfinder out of Portland. 7%
Can says clear, clean and hoppy.
That sums it up nicely.
Solante!

Solante? Never heard that one before. (Or did you mean Slainte?)

 

[GatorBart]

Solante? Never heard that one before. (Or did you mean Slainte?)

Yes.

 

[Gatorbait25]

St Patrick’s day IPA by Atlanta brewing

Really good . Similar aroma to most citrus forward IPA. Taste is a nice blend of that , but the hops are fairly light and don’t linger . Perfect for an afternoon by the pool or on the golf course. A-.

 

[soflagator]

I generally like Swamphead. But this is a failure of epic proportions, imo. I’ve kind of cooled on NE’s recently but my wife got me this for a gift. There’s no direction. It lacks balance. I’m not even sure I’d call it a NE style. It’s just a bad beer. Giant F.

 

[Gator By Marriage]

I generally like Swamphead. But this is a failure of epic proportions, imo. I’ve kind of cooled on NE’s recently but my wife got me this for a gift. There’s no direction. It lacks balance. I’m not even sure I’d call it a NE style. It’s just a bad beer. Giant F.

It’s called “It takes a Village?” What did you expect?

 

[SeabeeGator]

I don’t like NE IPAs generally.

 

[soflagator]

I don’t like NE IPAs generally.

I did briefly. A lot of the breweries add lactose for the haziness. Maybe it’s that, but something changed with me and I just don’t enjoy them at all anymore.