Beers 1-3

So, my friend Retha and I were in a Barnes and Noble one day looking for books. We then stumbled upon a book of the "500 Best Brews" by: Michael Jackson. Now, we are both avid drinkers and we found quite a bit of amusement in this. So I took it upon myself to spend the $10 to purchase it. As we thumbed through the book we both noticed that we had only both had 3 beers listed. We found this to be a huge problem. We have made drinking all 500 brews a goal. We intend to taste and blog all 500 beers in a year's time.

The first beer we've both experienced was Sapporro Yebisu. I had this at a Chinese food restaurant. It came in a nice chilled bottle. However, it came with a sort skunk aroma. But I didn't let this bother me. All in all it was an alright brew; nice alcohol content, and despite the aroma a nice taste (followed by a par after taste). I give this beer 2.5 steins out of 5.

The second beer we both had we shared together, was New Castle Brown Ale. I really enjoyed this brew. An incredible flavor, nice price and an even better after taste. This was my first brown ale and I must say that new castle impressed me. I definitely give this a 4 steins out of 5.

The third beer that we had both had was Duvel. This was a very interesting beer that came highly recommended by a colleague of mine. So we were very interested in trying it. My number one first bad impressions was the price. $15.50 for a four pack. Now I'm sorry but I am a poor college student. I have to fund the tasting of 500 beers and that price is too steep. However, Retha and I are dedicated to bring you guys the skinny on all these brews; so I coughed up the cash. This was a very fair beer. No where near what I expected. The taste was that of an average beer. But what was the trick was the after taste. This beer brought a nice wine after taste. Plus the alcohol content of amazing. One and a half Duvels and I was definitely happy. This is a nice 3 out of 5 steins. Simply because of the price and the averageness of the taste.


-Matt