94. Stella Artois – Stella Artois Draft
I’m still stuck in the Memphis Airport, with not a whole lot of beer selection. However, since I’m here, and there’s beer, I thought I’d just knock another macrobrew off the list. After having ABInBev’s Shock Top Belgian White, I went for another “Belgian” beer – Stella Artois. As a side note, if you find yourself in Memphis, I highly recommend finding a place to eat/drink before you...
92. Tommyknocker Brewery – Ornery Amber Lager
I had a great day today at the ABNormal Brewers homebrew club picnic. My son and I had a great time fishing, swimming, and having fun with the other members of the club. I’ve also got the kids to myself tonight, as my wife is away on a girls weekend. So, I thinking the title of this beer was appropriate while watching my ornery kids, I opened up this beer to top off the evening. A few years ago, my friends and I went through...
89. Avery – Avery Anniversary Lager, Seventeen Dry-Hopped Black Lager
As I mentioned in my last post, things are pretty crazy around here lately. That has had me going to the beer fridge quite a bit, and tonight, I really wanted another really good beer So, I grabbed the Avery Anniversary Black Lager, Seventeen Dry Hopped Black Lager. The bottle says that it is “a dark study in German hops” and that it was bottled in May 2010, had an original gravity of 1.078 and alcohol by volume of 8.69%....
79. Two Brothers Brewing – Dog Days Dortmunder Lager Draft
We had our homebrew club steering meeting at Fat Jacks, here in Bloomington. They usually have some decent beers on tap, and tonight they had a decent special on little 10oz beers. It was a hot day out, so I thought I’d go for a lager. I hadn’t had the Two Brothers Dog Days before, so I thought I’d try it. It was a cloudy, straw-yellow color, and there was absolutely no head on it. In fact, it didn’t seem...
75. Sierra Nevada – 2009 Summerfest Lager
I found this Sierra Nevada 2009 Summerfest Lager when I picked up a few different beers (as I mentioned in my Boont Amber Ale review) in a “mix a 6” 6-pack at a local liquor store. I was a little hesitant, since it would probably be about a year old and likely sat in the store at about 73 degrees that whole time, but I went for it anyway. The bottle says that it is 5% ABV. When I poured it in the glass, it had a dark...
63. ABInBev – Busch
Yes, my Friday night back in my college town of Columbia, MO, was an eventful one. Yes, this is my third beer review from that evening (and a few more to come). We moved over from Booches to Coley’s (or as I remember it being called Grill One-Five). We met up with some older alumni, who pretty much live on Busch… So, when in Rome… I had a Busch bottle. Since I drank it straight from the bottle, I can’t...
61. St. Louis Brewery Schlafly – Helles Style Summer Lager Draft
I’m finally catching up on my posts, because this weekend I went back to my old college town – Columbia, Missouri – for a golf tournament with some fraternity brothers. It’s an annual event that I haven’t been able to attend in a couple of years, but I was really excited to be back. So our first stop was burger joint/billiards hall we used to frequent back in the day (I’ll talk more about it in my...
39. Heineken Brouwerijen – Heineken Premium Lager
I really can’t thank my travel partner Steve enough for all the upgrades to first class. On our last day of travel, I again sat in first class on our flight from Tampa to Chicago. As I mentioned in my review of Budweiser, my choices on the flight were limited, so I thought I’d try Heineken – which I had never tried in the can – since it’s not something I’d probably pay for if I didn’t have to....
38. Birra Peroni Industriale – Peroni Nastro Azzurro Draft
As I mentioned in my last post, we stopped for lunch at Millers Ale House in Tampa, FL. Also, as I mentioned, for a place called an “Ale House,” their beer selection was pretty domestic, generic, and ironically, filled with lagers. Although, a lager, I saw that the Peroni was on draft, so I thought I’d give it a try. It had a nice, pinky finger sized head with tiny bubbles which stuck around for quite a while due...
36. Desnoes & Geddes – Red Stripe Jamaican Lager
As I mentioned in my last post, it was the last night of our three weeks of intensive travel for work, and we had dinner at the RiverHouse Reef & Grill. I started with a Yuengling, but I ordered the mahi-mahi and grilled shrimp, so I thought I’d try something a little lighter. Besides, we were sitting on a pier overlooking the bay and Bradenton, FL, so I thought it would be good to go with a beer that would go with the...
35. Yuengling Brewery – Yuengling Traditional Lager Draft
It was the last night of our three weeks of intensive travel for work, and we found a nice seafood and steak place, the RiverHouse Reef & Grill, along the waterfront in Palmetto, Florida. It was a nice place to sit, relax in the sea breeze, enjoy the sunset and evening, and reflect back on the last three weeks. The beer menu wasn’t huge, but since we can’t really get Yuengling in Illinois, and because it was on draft,...
34. Köstritzer Schwarzbierbrauerei – Köstritzer Schwarzbier
As I mentiond in my last post, we’re in Miami, and on the way to the airport, we found Fritz and Franz Bierhaus in Coral Gables. The menu was full of German and Austrian food and I ordered a schnitzel sandwich accompanied by a Köstritzer Schwarzbier. It was delivered in a very cold bottle with the long stem goblet you see here. It had a nice, full tan creamy head on it when I poured it. The head had pretty good retention, and...
