Fat Tire
I once again fell victim to the store’s featured display, grabbing the first two six packs I saw instead of spending any more time navigating the hundreds of other flavors I could’ve tried. This time I picked up a New…
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Author Archive: Ben
Grapefruit Sculpin
After trying Ballast Point’s Watermelon Dorado last week, I fell in love. So naturally, when I saw another Ballast Point beer featured at the head of the aisle at Old Line, I didn’t hesitate to pick up a six pack. In short: Yes, I…
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Iron Maiden: The Trooper Beer
Being a huge Iron Maiden fan, I tried their beer, The Trooper, as anxiously as I play their new albums. I fell in love immediately with this English-Style Pale Ale. One thing stood out as odd to me: On the the Eddie/Trooper artwork on…
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Expo 58
On first taste, especially after my beer league hockey game, Ninkasi Brewing Company’s Expo 58 is a beer to guzzle before reaching into the cooler to find something else. That doesn’t make it bad, but this blonde, low-alcohol content (5%), Belgian…
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Morning Glory Espresso Stout
Once again, I made the mistake of judging a book by its cover. Or, in this case, a beer. Even though I knew I wouldn’t dig an espresso stout, a dark beer made from coffee beans, I drank it anyway…
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Bear Naked
You’d think with a name like ‘Bear Naked’ and a bear on the label, you’d be in for some sort of grizzly-sweat flavored microbrew from the hill folk of North Carolina. Instead we get an easy-to-swig amber ale from Adirondack…
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The Duck-Rabbit Brown Ale and Milk Stout
It’s taken me six hours to write this review because I keep getting distracted by the logo on the bottle from the Duck Rabbit Brewery. I mean, it’s both a duck and a rabbit at the same time. How mind-numbingly awesome is that?…
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Beaver Tail Brown Ale
Like its name would suggest, Adirondack’s Beaver Tail Brown does indeed have that outdoorsy woodsey taste, with little aftertaste, while still being gulpable like a light pale ale. At 5.60% abv, you’ll need a few of these to feel it. At that point, you…
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Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat
Like warm soft pretzels? That’s essentially what Shock Top Twisted Pretzel Wheat is, but liquified. First, this is perhaps one of the best-smelling beers I’ve ever sniffed. The taste, however, leaves something to be desired, as there’s no tasty payoff after taking a swig. What…
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