Edmund Fitzgerald
Next up in the Great Lakes multipack is the token porter, aka already the worst beer in the group and therefore the last one I’ll try. In fact, I had two left and decided just to drink them both at…
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Not an IPA
Picked up a variety pack of beer from Appalachian Mountain Brewery for the weekend as it is a North Carolina beer and I am trying as many “local” beers as possible. Appalachian Mountain Brewery is based out of Boone,…
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Dortmunder Gold Lager
The benefit of most multipacks is getting four times the number of types of beer to try, and I’ve still got a couple more to try from Great Lakes Brewing Co. But often in the multi-pack, there is at least…
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Guinness Blonde
Perhaps because I live in Maryland, I was drawn to Guinness Blonde, which was brewed in Baltimore. That said, the actual beer wasn’t what I expected. First, it doesn’t resemble anything that Guinness is known for, which is extremely dark…
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Dragon’s Milk
After taking just a nip of New Holland’s Dragon’s Milk, the bourbon-flavored stout with 11% alcohol knocked me on the floor. In my drunken daze I dreamt that I was a baby dragon, like Smaug, Viserion, or Pete, suckling this…
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Hefe Weissbier
I almost never drink wheat beers and wasn’t paying much attention when I took a sip of Weihenstephaner’s Hefe Weissbier. I was suddenly transported to a field in Germany, where words like Weihenstephaner roll off the tongue.
Iron Maiden’s Sun and Steel
My favorite band, Iron Maiden, released another beer last summer but it’s hard to get ahold of these unless my local beer store carries them. Lucky for me, the store, which isn’t getting in any new shipments because it’s being…
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Muddy Buddy
Today’s selection is from a very local brewery in Surf City, NC called “Salty Turtle Beer Company”. This is their latest concoction “Muddy Buddy” a peanut butter chocolate stout. From top to bottom here we go! Color, as you can…
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Commodore Perry
Next up on my Great Lakes to-drink list is Commodore Perry, an IPA named after yet another historical figure who I know nothing about. So I googled Commodore Perry and found the wikipedia page for “Matthew C. Perry,” who we…
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Eliot Ness
A beer named after noted prohibitionist Eliot Ness would be like a flavor of cocaine being named after Nancy Reagan. Yet, here we are. in a new era where such things are selling points, and Great Lakes went there. The…
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