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.