Dales Pale Ale

My brother and his friend zach picked up this beer a few days ago

first impressions: hoppy smell

taste: strong hoppy start and slight bitter aftertaste

overall: good. This is a decent pale ale. especially outa a can. Its not quite as good as sierra nevada pale ale, but its decent.

Weyerbacher Quad

another Thanksgiving beer. This was picked out my brother's friend Zach who is here for the weekend since his family lives in washington state

first impressions: nice dark amber colored, a distinctive nose of banana

ABV: 11.8%

taste: sweet but complex. slightly oppy start but then then turns malty and sweet with a hint of spice

overall: good. Im not a big fan of strong belgian beers or Id probably call this great. Its definitly a good representation of the style.

yeungling prenium lager

My grandfather brought this over for thanksgiving.

first impressions: light colored, slight beery smell

taste: smooth and crisp start has a bite near the middle, and ends well, no bad aftertaste.

overall: good. Im pleasantly surprised. Regular yeungling lager I find is fairly bland and uninteresting. This is better though, its crisp in the style of a Bavarian helles lager

Steel Head Extra Pale Ale

This is the beer that my brother greg picked out over thanksgiving weekend

first impressions: smells a bit hoppy

taste: hoppy bite at first but mellows out and ends clean

overall: good This is a good standard pale Ale, Id rate this similar to sierra nevada.

Weyerbacher Simcoe double IPA

I went out with my dad, brother and brother's friend to pick up some beer for thanksgiving. We each picked out a 4 pack/6pack. After enjoying the Harpoon double IPA, I thought I would try another

first impressions: nice floral hoppy smell

taste: strong hoppy bite at the start, which continues through and develops a bit of an alchohal flavor. Ends with an unpleasant long lasting aftertaste.

overall: ok This beer tastes fine, but the aftertaste sinks it

Sam Adams Ale

More left over party beer.... yay!


first impressions: slightly darker then sam lager, smells a little malty

taste: strong bite at first, then turns malty and slightly spicy, with a bit of lingering bitterness in the end


overall: good This reminds me a lot of sam lager in flavor, just more full bodied maybe
... I'll have to try them together to be sure.

Legacy Midnight Wit

I picked this up 3+ weeks ago for the the final obama/mccain debate. I felt slightly sick at the time, but I wanted a beer while watching the debate. And well later on that week I started to feel worse.... till I found out I had a mono-like virus, so I havent drank it since then.

first impressions: nice orange opaque. Smells of slight citrus

taste: tiny bite at first, but overall smooth. middle has hints of orange, and spice, slightly bitter aftertaste, but not in a bad way.

overall: good/great This is a solid beer, probably my second favorite belgian wit. Its definitly not better then alagash white, but I think its better then just about any other wit beer I have had.

Saranac Octoberfest

Another leftover party beer... yay!

first impressions: nice amber color, slightly sweet octoberfest smell

taste: bit at first, somewhat malty middle
and crisp aftertaste.

overall: good
Id rate this on-par to Sam adams Octoberfest, which I consider the
the best domestic octoberfest.... and which I had 4-5 pints of last night at karaoke with my coworkers after finishing the first draft of our project. Saranac tastes good, is crisp.. all together a solid beer

Aventius wheat doppelbock

I picked up this about 4 weeks ago, but have been recovering from Mono for the past 3 weeks so I havent got a chance to drink it. Im feeling better now, and with Barack Obama's win last night.... and the completion of the last 18 months of my work completed today.. it seemed like a good time to break it out. I also had a Weihenstephaner vitus(weisenbock) which is one of hte best beers in the world.. but I split it with a friend last night during an election party... I'll have to get another one to blog about.


first impressions: dark and opaque, smells a little sweet.

taste: slight licorice, but not over powering, hints of wheat, very smooth, and sweet aftertaste, but its not bad.

overall: Great Im impressed, I am not usually a fan of doppelbocks, and I found the Aventius eis bock good, but too strong. This on the other hand Id say is just right. The traditional licorice flavor of a doppelbock is not to strong here. Its quite smooth and goes down easy. Its definitly thicker, but not syrapy. The mix of licorice and wheat flavors go quite well together

Harpoon winter warmer

This is another left over party beer. Ive never considered myself a fan of spiced winter beers, but Ive never tried the winter warmer, so with a free party beer, I figured why not

First Impressions: nice solid amber colored, I smell a hint of cinnamon.

taste: malty start, with a spicy but not overpowering.


overall: good.
I am surprised... this is a spice beer that I enjoy. Its very drinkable

bud lite lime

my first beer after 3 weeks of mono.... and I make it a bud lite lime..... yeah thats right My roomates had a cast party last night so there is currently a lot of party beer left over. Anyway Ive been mildly interested ever since this came out.. but never felt like getting a full six pack, so when given the option of trying one... I decided, why not.

initial impressions: very pale, smells small hint of lime

taste: not bad. malty start, followed by a hint of lime. with no aftertaste.

overall: ok I really had no idea what to expect, and really it sorta tastes like a mix between bud and limeade. Its interesting, but I wouldnt call it good, and definitly wouldn't get it myself