Beers 121-129

I had some free time in between my studying, so I have opted to blog the 9 that are sitting here on my desk. These aren't necessarily beers 121-129, because we finished American Macro night (ended up being two days) before we drank these. But these were consumed prior to us going to The Great International Beer Festival (which Wes will be blogging shortly).

Onto the beer:

Jever
This beer was terrible. Reeked like a skunk. "Wow that's not good" was the first thing Wes could blurt out after taking his first disgusting sip. Which later turned into "Weh" (which is how I choose to onomatopoeia a vomit sound [yea I used onomatopoeia in that way]). After all of our various onomatopoeias we later decided that the beer tasted like a really bad light beer. Therefore... we will shame this beer with a 1.5 of 5 steins.

Lion Stout
Good long lasting head on this one. Which drank very sweetly and smoothly. So you know we're going to give this a good rating... but please keep reading on. This beer had the standard Stout taste to it, but oddly enough, did not had as strong of an after taste as other Stouts. We liked this beer so much that we're going to grant it a magical 4.5 of 5 steins.

Guinness Extra Stout
This was a real dark beer (as expected with any Guinness beer). Surprisingly this beer didn't have the usual coffee taste that Guinness brings. If I closed my eyes I would not have thought this was a Guinness. So we're going to give it a 3.75 of 5 steins.

Gose Leipziger
This was an interesting beer that was brewed with various spices (including but not limited to coriander). Because of this, the beer had a coriander aroma (which Retha was new to... I guess she doesn't spice her food with coriander ever... I don't know... She's never cooked for me... but apparently is good at it...). This beer also had a orangy/cinnamony taste about it. Which made this a very interesting beer to have at our tasting. Due to its difference and cleverness we're giving this beer a 3 out of 5 steins.

Adnams Broadside Ale
This beer was spicy yet sweet and quite robust. To be honest with you guys, I don't have much in the line of notes on this one. But I do remember the beer; and I remember Wes' comment. "It's like the small girl that can surprisingly pick you up" I guess I'd agree (if I knew what that meant). We give this beer a 3.75 out of 5 steins.

Adnams Suffolk Special Bitter
"Tastes thinner than it smells" commented Wes. I put this in because I think it's the best description of this beer. It was pretty average (but good nonetheless). I believe Wes also decided to add, "If I saw it on tap I'd drink it" other than that... this beer was okay. 3.5 steins of 5.

La Choulette Framboise
"This is alcoholic?" (Me). "This is my 5" (Retha). So yea... I think that tells you how we felt about this one. Review over... Wouldn't I be a bitch if I did that to you all? This was a delicious beer that had a tangy yet sweet taste. The scent (and aforementioned taste) was strong of raspberries. In fact in my notes I have "v. good" which (if your incompetent) means very good. 4.5 out of 5 steins.

Specziel Rauchbier
mmMMmm another Rachbier. Wes and I could throw these back all day everyday. This is much lighter than the Aecht Rauchbiers that we blog so much about. When I type lighter, I mean in taste, scent, color, and body. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing for this beer. We'd throw it into the Rauch lager category. Which landed it a 3.75 out of 5 steins.

Aecht Weizen
Yes, we have more Aecht. But since all the beers are relatively the same, I will keep this to a short entry. Smells like the other Aecht beers we've had. Not a strong Weizzen taste. 3.25 out of 5 steins.