Wachusett Country Ale

Initial Impressions: Smells slightly hoppy, nice full amber color, not much head

taste: An initial hoppy bite, which lingers longer then you would expect, which mellows out into a nice malty flavor, ending with no real aftertaste

overall: Good. This is a solid beer, quite refreshing and drinkable

A tale of two pilsners

I enjoyed the Pilsner Urquell that I had a few weeks ago... so I figured Id try a few more pilsners. I had some friends over and we tasted 2 different Pilsners that I got from Trader Joes recently. One is a german style from Joesephs Brau(TJs german label) and another is from BrouCzezh which is imported from the Cezech republic.


Joseph's Brau Hopfest German style Pilsner

smell: somewhat malty

color blond

taste: sharp bite at first followed by bitter flavor, ending with a mild but pleasant aftertaste

overall: Ok Like most TJs beers this falls solidly into the OK section, not great, not bad. Definitly a bit bitter then most Pilsners, but then again its called Hopfest

BrouCzech Pilsner

color amber-blond
smell: slightly sweet

taste: there is a bite at first but it is fairly weak. The middle taste is good, tastes a lot darker then your average pilsner, aftertaste is slightly hoppy.

overall: Good BrouCzech is a better beer then the TJs brand, its flavor is unique and interesting