499. Anheuser Busch InBev – Bud Light Platinum
I’m in St. Louis for work, and went out to dinner with my dad, who lives there. We went out to Texas Roadhouse for some steak, and I thought I’d have a beer with dinner. The selection was mostly macrobrews… well, I remember when this one came out, there was quite the buzz about it, so I thought I’d give this beer a try and see if it lives up to the marketing hype. Location: Enjoyed in the bottle at Texas...
497. Dixie Brewing – Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager
I looked into the beer fridge and thought I’d dig around a little bit. I found a mixed six pack of beers I picked up on a work trip to New Orleans several months ago. This one looked most interesting, so I thought I’d give it a try. The bottle says, “Inspired by old world brewing methods, this bewitching all malt brew is a darkly rich, exotic lager, crafted with a touch of magical New Orleans spirit.”...
496. Pennsylvania Brewing Co. – Penn Dark Lager Beer
I mentioned it when I had earlier beers from Penn Brewery – Penn Weizen, Penn Oktoberfest Lager, and Penn Overlook IPA – but my dad and sister were in Pittsburgh several weeks ago and brought back several beers for me. As I sit here and watch the presidential election coverage this evening, I felt like it was time for a beer. If you watched the presidential hype on election night, you probably agree with me. I went to the...
491. Pennsylvania Brewing Co – Oktoberfest Lager
As I’ve mentioned in my last few reviews of Penn beers (Penn Weizen and Penn Overlook IPA), my dad and sister brought several beers back for me from a recent trip to Pittsburgh. Since there’s only a few days left in the month of October, I thought I’d better have the Oktoberfest beer they brought me. Location: Poured into a large tulip shaped pint glass from the bottle at my home in Bloomington, IL. Numbers: 5.5%...
455. Cervecería Cuauhtémoc Moctezuma / Heineken – Indio
A little over a month ago, I was contacted by a PR firm representing this beer. They were having an event in Chicago to introduce the beer to the U.S., but I was on vacation and couldn’t attend. So, they sent me a few of these beers to try and review here on this blog. I also brought a couple to my homebrew club meeting for folks there to try and get feedback from them as well. Location: Poured into a curved pint glass from...
451. Florida Beer Co – Florida Lager
It’s just a lazy Saturday, and I’m digging into some of the beers that I picked up during my vacation to Florida last week. I already had my last Cigar City Jai Alai. When I found this one at the grocery store in Flordia, I wasn’t exactly sure how great it was going to be, but I thought I’d give it a shot. Besides, what’s better in hot weather than a nice clean lager, right? Location: Poured into a...
446. Margaritaville Brewing Co – Landshark Lager
As I’ve mentioned in my last couple of posts, I’m on vacation with my family in Florida. Today we stopped for lunch at a place on John’s Pass called Gators so my son could try gator nuggets. It was a great place to sit waterside and watch the boats, birds, people and the drawbridge (which you can see is open in the background of my photo). Their beer list was limited to the typical big brewery beers, but I...
419. Heineken Nederland B.V. – Heineken Dark Lager
For my wife’s birthday, I got her tickets to a concert here in town. Before the concert, we decided to go out to dinner at Jim’s Steakhouse. It’s one of these old school steak house places with dark wood everywhere and a piano in the bar. I was looking forward to the concert and wanted a couple beers with dinner beforehand. Like most places, when I asked the waiter what craft beers they had, he responded,...
414. Urban Chestnut Brewing Co. – Zwickel
After a long day of hitting a few St. Louis microbreweries, including 4 Hands and Urban Chestnut, we headed out for dinner at Dressel’s Public House in the Central West End. Despite having just left Urban Chestnut Brewing Company, this was one of the only local beers on their list I haven’t had yet. According to UCBC, “Zwickel, our flagship lager, pronounced ‘zv-ick-el’, is an unfiltered, unpasteurized, German...
381. Boston Beer Co. / Sam Adams – Winter Lager
We were at TGIFriday’s for dinner and I wanted a beer. The selection of craft beers wasn’t exactly great, so I thought I’d take my chances with the Sam Adams seasonal. Location: Enjoyed a pint glass, at Fat Jack’s in Bloomington, IL. Numbers: 5.6% ABV, 25 SRM, 14.3° Plato OG, 22 IBUs, 193 Calories Ingredients: Malt: Two-row Harrington, Metcalf, and Copeland pale malts, Caramel 60, malted wheat, Weyermann...
348. Lucky Bucket – Pre-Prohibition Style Lager
We’re in the middle of a heatwave, and I’m in the back yard keeping an eye on the kids as they run around the yard with the neighbor kids. I was looking for something light that I could enjoy on this hot afternoon, and went for the first lager I could find. This beer was given to my by my sister’s friend Courtney a couple of months ago. The bottle says, “A lot of things go into making a great beer. This...
328. Griesedieck Bros. – Premium Golden Pilsner
I’m in St. Louis today for the beginning of my annual golf weekend. My friend Joe (seen in the background having a Stone IPA) lives here and set up a nice half day “mini-micro” tour as I call it. We’re planning to hit 3-4 microbreweries here in St. Louis. Before getting started we knew we had to get some food in us, and a few beers, since it’s about 100 degrees outside. We stopped at the Shaved Duck for...
