Honey Moon Summer Ale

Brewer: Molson Coors Brewing Company
Type: Pale Wheat Ale
Rating: 7/10

I’ve liked every one of Blue Moon’s seasonal ales so far (though I still have yet to try the Harvest Moon, since pumpkin beer kind of scares me.) Honey Moon is brewed with “clover honey, orange peel, pale malt, and malted white wheat”, so it has a . . . → Read More: Honey Moon Summer Ale

Maredsous 8

Brewer: Duvel Moortgat
Type: Belgian Abbey Double
Rating: 5/10

The first two thoughts that came to mind were: “Wow, this smells like barley. And…it tastes like barley.” Oddly enough I didn’t taste the higher alcohol content that much (I suppose it was overpowered by the heavy barley flavor). I enjoyed it, but probably wouldn’t drink more . . . → Read More: Maredsous 8

Shock-Top Belgian White

Brewer: Anheuser-Busch
Type: Belgian Hefeweisse
Rating: 7/10

Susi picked this out at the Spec’s the other day, and I was pretty skeptical. This beer has a giant orange dude (not a dude who’s orange, but a dude who’s actually an orange) on the front, surrounded by wheat, with BELGIAN WHITE printed in big letters underneath. I’m not . . . → Read More: Shock-Top Belgian White

A note on ratings

Here’s my rating scale for beer. At some point, I’ll come up with one for food.

The scale goes from 1 to 10, with 1 being bad and 10 being good. Ratings 3-7 are based on party experience.

7 means that after coming home in the afternoon, I’d happily open one of these beers . . . → Read More: A note on ratings

Harp

Brewer: Guinness Brewing Co.
Type: Lager
Rating: 6/10

Up until recently, it was uncommon to find a Lager in our fridge (unless my dad was visiting). We are not ironic hipsters guzzling PBR or Schlitz. For a while I automatically associated “Lager” with “bad”. Fortunately, that’s not always the case. We visited Spec’s just before . . . → Read More: Harp