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Old January 13th, 2011 #121
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In the craft beer community, every year at this time we wait anxiously on pins and needles for the annual release of HopSlam D.I.P.A*. from Bell's Brewery (Kalamazoo, MI) in January.

It has just hit the stores locally, and all is right with the world.

The distribution for Bell's is pretty limited, but if you like hoppy beer, this is a must get if you come across it. It is released just once a year, and won't last long.

Be forewarned, it's 10% ABV, and dangerously drinkable.

www.bellsbeer.com





*Double India Pale Ale
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Old March 14th, 2011 #122
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Default Tröegs Nugget Nectar

Nugget Nectar from the Tröegs Brewery in PA. Down to my last bottle for 2011, thought I better get a review of it up.

Poured into a Duvel tulip.

A: Amber-ish, opaque deep copper with a sticky two-finger bright white head that leaves substantial, determined lacing which lasts to the very last sip. Looks outstanding.

S: Big aroma of fresh-cut fruit. Apricot, mango. Hoppy as Peter Rabbit on Meth. Not getting any malt in the nose. Honestly, it smells like an IPA, though billed on the label as an "Imperial Amber", which is pretty much a catch-all style.

T: Blitzkrieg bitter up front, then jack-rabbit (second rabbit reference, for those VNNers scoring at home) quick rounds out with a mouth-watering citrus fruitiness. Just wow. Such balance. The finish is crisp and clean, it begs for another sip. Alcohol is totally absent. Some don't, but Nugget Nectar is a beer that lives up to the hype it gets from beer geeks.

M: I found it quite light. Perfect level of carbonation.

D: High. It's so smooth, so quaff-able. It's a limited release, brewed once a year, and I buy all I can find.

It is just that good.
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Old August 3rd, 2011 #123
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Default Summerfest Lager (Sierra Nevada)

"The birth of Pilsner beer can be traced back to its namesake, the ancient city of Plzen (or Pilsen) which is situated in the western half of the Czech Republic in what was once Czechoslovakia and previously part of the of Bohemian Kingdom. Pilsner beer was first brewed back in the 1840's when the citizens, brewers and maltsters of Plzen formed a brewer's guild and called it the People's Brewery of Pilsen.

The Czech Pilsner, or sometimes known as the Bohemian Pilsner, is light straw to golden color and crystal clear. Hops are very prevalent usually with a spicy bitterness and or a spicy floral flavor and aroma, notably one of the defining characteristics of the Saaz hop. Smooth and crisp with a clean malty palate, many are grassy. Some of the originals will show some archaic yeast characteristics similar to very mild buttery or fusel (rose like alcohol) flavors and aromas".


Fans of The Beer Review Thread (both of them) know that I'm an "ale" kinda guy.

I don't dislike lagers, I just find them to (usually) be far less flavorful than ales.

That being said, lagers are the perfect "lawnmower" beer when the air outside is the approximate temperature of the surface of Venus, which it has been locally. Fucking Al Gore. And Pils was known to be Hitler's favorite style on the infrequent occasions he would drink beer.

Anyway, for all the lager fans out there (almost all mass-produced American beer is lager) this one is for you, my Beer Review Thread homies.

I like the Sierra Nevada Brewery.

I've tried and enjoyed many of their beers over the years, they rarely miss the mark, and their pale ale is a universally-recognized classic.

Summerfest is (one of) their seasonal offerings, available in...drum roll, please.....summer.

Pils is an easy style of beer to fuck up, because the lightness of the beer leaves no margin for error. Any off flavors are going to be readily apparent.

A: The beer pours perfectly clear, golden body. Has a very minimal amount of small-bubbled head, off-white in color, that vanishes faster than a Jew when the check hits the table. Looks almost watery.

S: Sweet, honey malts. Grassy and grainy smelling. Some slight banana esters. Nice dose of spicy hops, typical of the Pilsner style.

T: Flavor starts off with thin, cracker malts. Moves into banana and honey sweetness. Finish showcases floral and spicy hops, with a decent amount of bitterness. Good carbonation gives a nice bite, but there is also a creamy component to the mouth feel.

D: This is a classic summer beer. Not too challenging, and highly drinkable. Great introduction for those just weaning themselves off BMC* beer. It's basically Budweiser brewed by people who give a fuck, and don't use corn adjuncts in their beer.

I'm never necessarily looking forward to this beer, because I'm an ale guy and all that, but I do end up picking up a 12 pack every year because it's a great representation of the style.

WWW.SIERRANEVADA.COM



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Old September 12th, 2011 #126
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Default Tumbler American Brown Ale (Sierra Nevada)

"Spawned from the English Brown Ale, the American version can simply use American ingredients. Many other versions may have additions of coffee or nuts. This style also encompasses "Dark Ales". The bitterness and hop flavor has a wide range and the alcohol is not limited to the average either".


The mornings are getting crisp. The leaves on the trees out back are starting to turn ever so slightly.

It feels like fall, my favorite time of the year. Did you know you don't capitalize the seasons? I learned that on VNN.

I'm a big fan of the Sierra Nevada brewery out of Chico, Ca. I've reviewed several of their offerings heer on the VNNF beer-geek thread.

They brew truly great beer at a rock-bottom price, and do a wide variety of styles.

The cooler weather is a good excuse to try some darker ales, so I picked up a sixer to review.

A: Tumbler pours into the Duvel tulip with a beige 2-finger head that quickly falls away to a thin, tiny-bubbled skim. Dark clear strong-tea color. Stubborn lacing than coats nicely. Mild butterscotch/vanilla notes. Smells much more spicy than herbal.

T: Caramel, fresh coffee and malt all the way with a nice hint of roasted nuttiness. It has some of that cider tang indicative of the style. That aspirin-like bitterness in the end that seems suggestive of both certain malts as well as muted hop presence. This is not a hoppy beer, but it's not supposed to be.

M: Somewhat thin at first but the body builds as you sip. Seems strange, but it does. Carbonation is a bit harsh for the laid back richness of the flavor.

D: This will probably be one of the beers served at our annual neighborhood-renowned Halloween party. It's a nicely crafted version of a classic style. Recommended.

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Old September 13th, 2011 #127
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The Eight Beers Americans No Longer Drink

Posted: September 9, 2011

Some of America’s most famous beers have lost a tremendous amount of their national sales over the last five years. Mostly, they are full-calorie beers, and they have lost sales to lower-calorie products, as well as imports and craft beers. 24/7 Wall St. looked at the 23 largest selling beer products in America and found eight that have lost a staggering 30% or more of their sales between 2005 and 2010.

Most of the beers whose sales declined that much have one thing in common — they are “full-calorie” beers, or about 145 calories a can. Instead, beer drinkers have turned to “light beers,” which have 100 calories a can, and “ultra-lights,” which are closer to 90 calories.

Surprisingly, Budweiser, the best-selling beer in America for years has lost 30% of its sales over the five-year period. Given that Budweiser sold 18 million barrels last year, this is a massive loss – more than 7 million barrels less. Sales of Bud Light, on the other hand, held steady at just over 39 million barrels during the five year period. Six products on our list have lost half their sales since 2005.

Other than lighter-calorie beers, drinkers have also turned to imports, such as Corona, and to craft beers, which are produced, and usually also consumed, in relatively small regions, according to Eric Shepard of beer marketer’s INSIGHTS. Overall, sales of beer from 2005 to 2010 rose 1.9 million barrels to 208.4 million barrels. But sales of the top 20 brands dropped 10 million barrels to 149 million, a sign that Americans have turned to craft beers and imports.

24/7 Wall St. used two databases to do its analysis. One is kept by SymphonyIRI Group, one of the largest consumer research firms in the U.S. The other is from specialist research firm, beer marketer’s INSIGHTS, Inc.

These are 24/7 Wall St.’s “Beers Americans No Longer Love.”

8. Budweiser
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -30%
> Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
> Barrels sold (2010): 18 million

The self-proclaimed “king of beers,” Budweiser’s lager was originally sold in 1876. The company still refers to itself as The Great American Lager, despite the fact that the brand is now technically owned by Anheuser-Busch InBev, a Belgian company. For years, it was the most popular beer in the country, until Bud Light took its place in 2001.

7. Milwaukee’s Best Light
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -34%
> Brewer: MillerCoorsBrewing
> Barrels sold (2010): 1.3 million

Milwaukee’s Best Light was introduced in 1986 as the light version of Milwaukee’s Best. Now owned by MillerCoors, the beer has the tagline “brewed for a crisp, full taste.” Sales of the beer peaked at 2.1 million barrels in 1998 and 1999, but have declined steadily every year because of the success of larger brand name light beers like Bud Light and Miller Lite.

6. Miller Genuine Draft
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -51%
> Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
> Barrels sold (2010): 1.8 million

Miller Genuine Draft, often referred to as MGD, is MillerCoors’ unpasteurized beer. It was introduced by Miller Brewing in 1985. The beer is actually made from the same recipe as Miller High Life, but is treated differently post-brewing. The beer is cold-filtered, rather than pasteurized, and is considered a draft beer. Sales of the beer peaked in 1992 at 7.1 million barrels. It now sells barely a quarter of that each year.

5. Old Milwaukee
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -52%
> Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
> Barrels sold (2010): 525,000

Old Milwaukee is the flagship of the high -nd products made by faltering Pabst Brewing Company — once one of the largest brewery companies in the world. In 1990, Old Milwaukee sold over 6 million barrels. This brand, along with others made by Pabst Brewing, almost certainly have been hurt by the huge marketing budgets of MillerCoors Brewing and Anheuser-Busch InBev and their ability to leverage the large sales volumes for better positions in stores.

4. Milwaukee’s Best
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -53%
> Brewer: MillerCoors Brewing
> Barrels sold (2010): 925,000

Milwaukee’s Best is one of Miller’s economy brands. It is part of the line named “Milwaukee” meant to capitalize on the name of America’s former brewing capital. The product sold an impressive 7 million barrels in 1990. Its competition, which includes Pabst and Keystone, have been successfully taking market share at the bottom of the market.

3. Bud Select
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -60%
> Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
> Barrels sold (2010): 925,000

Bud Select is Anheuser Busch’s primary product in the ultra low calorie beer segment. It has only 99 calories per can. The large brewery has put a large amount of money behind the marketing of the beer, which has Jay-Z as a spokesman. The product was introduced in 2005 and has steadily lost sales since then.

2. Michelob Light.
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -64%
> Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
> Barrels sold (2010): 525,000

Michelob Light was launched in 1978 as Anheuser Busch worked to combat the huge success of Miller Lite in the mid-1970s. The plan did not work well. Miller Lite was the No.2 selling beer from the early 1980s until 1994 with sales of 14.7 million barrels that year. Michelob Light sales reached only 2 million barrels by 1994. The beer has steadily lost sales since, and is now barely selling over a half million barrels each year.

1. Michelob
> Sales loss (2006-2010): -72%
> Brewer: Anheuser-Busch InBev
> Barrels sold (2010): 175,000

Michelob was first brewed in Adolphus Busch, the founder of Anheuser Busch in 1896. It was named for one of the small towns in the hops-growing region of Germany. When Anheuser Busch needed a super premium beer to compete with high-end imports like Heineken in the 1970s, it positioned Michelob to take that place.

Douglas A. McIntyre

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Old September 15th, 2011 #128
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The Boulder Brewing Company here in Colorado sells a beer locally, but only through the fall, Cold Hop. The pizza restaurant within walking distance of my house just tapped a keg yesterday.

It's one of the few craft beers around here that doesn't have a strong and bitter, hop aftertaste. Not that I mind the strong hoppy beers, but I also like a change from time to time. What hoppy smell there is, is just slightly perfumed...the herb marjoram comes to mind. The barley taste and smell is also mild and pleasant. Oddly, just the kind of craft beer that I usually don't seek out and drink.

This one is very nice though and I drank three with dinner last night. Very pleasant brew. The alcohol is 6.3% by volume. It's presented as a British style ale, and of course, it's served a little too cold. I'm used to that, though. Very few places here serve ale at anything like the correct temperature.

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Old September 25th, 2011 #129
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The Boulder Brewing Company here in Colorado sells a beer locally, but only through the fall, Cold Hop. The pizza restaurant within walking distance of my house just tapped a keg yesterday.
I've had several beers from BBC. Enjoyed them all. Colorado is a good place to be a craft beer drinker. Avery brews one of my favorite beers.

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It's one of the few craft beers around here that doesn't have a strong and bitter, hop aftertaste. Not that I mind the strong hoppy beers, but I also like a change from time to time. What hoppy smell there is, is just slightly perfumed...the herb marjoram comes to mind. The barley taste and smell is also mild and pleasant. Oddly, just the kind of craft beer that I usually don't seek out and drink.

This one is very nice though and I drank three with dinner last night. Very pleasant brew. The alcohol is 6.3% by volume. It's presented as a British style ale, and of course, it's served a little too cold. I'm used to that, though. Very few places here serve ale at anything like the correct temperature.

Mike
Sounds tasty.

Thanks for the review, Mike.
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Recently tried Yuengling Traditional Lager for the first time. Brewery has been in continuous operation since 1829, listed as the oldest American brewery still producing Beer. It's in PA.

Not a bad beer at all.

From Wiki:

The German brewer David Gottlob Jüngling immigrated to the United States in 1823 from Aldingen, a suburb of Stuttgart, in the Kingdom of Württemberg. He anglicized his surname from Jüngling to Yuengling and began the "Eagle Brewery" on Center Street in Pottsville in 1829. His eldest son, David, Jr., left the Eagle Brewery to establish the James River Steam Brewery along the James River in Richmond, Virginia.

The first brewery burned down in an 1831 fire and the company relocated to W. Mahantongo Street at 5th Street, its current location.

The Eagle Brewery changed its name to "D. G. Yuengling and Son" in 1873 after Frederick Yuengling joined his father David in running the company. Although the company's name changed, the bald eagle remained the company's emblem. During the late 19th century, breweries were also opened in Saratoga, New York City, and Trail, British Columbia, although they were eventually merged with the Pottsville plant.

Frank Yuengling began heading the company in 1899 after his father Frederick died.

During the Prohibition era, Yuengling survived by producing "near beers" (beverages with a 0.5% alcohol content) called "Yuengling Special", "Yuengling Por-Tor", and "Yuengling Juvo".

The company also ran a dairy which produced ice cream and opened dance halls in Philadelphia and New York City.

After the 18th Amendment was repealed in 1933, Yuengling sent a truckload of "Winner Beer" to President Franklin D. Roosevelt in appreciation, which arrived the day the amendment was repealed — particularly notable since Yuengling beer takes almost three weeks to brew and age.

Richard L. Yuengling and F. Dohrman Yuengling succeeded Frank Yuengling after their father's death in 1963.

Yuengling suffered from the rise of large commercial breweries during the 1970s. It was able to survive owing to demand from its customer base in Schuylkill County. The company also experienced an increase of sales after a renewed interest in history owing to the United States Bicentennial in 1976.

Yuengling bought the rights to use the Mount Carbon (Bavarian Premium Beer) name and label when Mount Carbon Brewery went out of business in 1977. Yuengling initially brewed beer at Mount Carbon but eventually abandoned it. The dairy remained in business until 1981, but its vacant building sits across Mahantongo Street from Yuengling's 1831 brewery and still carries Yuengling signage to this day.

In 1985, the Yuengling brewery was listed on the National Register of Historic Places as the oldest brewery in the United States. It was also so listed in the Pennsylvania Inventory of Historic Places at some unspecified date. (The company's website mentions only a vague national and state registration in 1976). Yuengling has been a registered trademark since 1995. The Pottsville brewery was featured on an episode of The History Channel's American Eats.

Richard L. ("Dick") Yuengling, Jr. took over as the 5th-generation company president in 1985. In 1987 the brewery reintroduced a lager they had not made in decades to take advantage of a spike in heavier-style beers. Since this time, Yuengling Lager has become its flagship brand, accounting for 80% of production and much of its rapid growth.

In the early 1990s, demand throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware outstripped the existing brewery's abilities. In 1999, they increased their manufacturing capacity by purchasing a Stroh Brewery Company plant in Tampa, Florida, hiring the former Stroh employees, and began working with a trade union for the first time.

In 2000, the company built a third brewery in Pennsylvania, in Port Carbon in Schuylkill County near Pottsville. With production at the Port Carbon, Tampa, and original Pottsville plants, the company has been able to expand throughout the East Coast.

After management threatened to shut down the factory and close shop if workers kept union representation, Yuengling employees filed for union decertification in 2006. As a result, Yuengling did not renew a contract with Teamsters Local 830 of Philadelphia in March 2006. In response, the trade union began boycotting Yuengling products.

As of 2011, Yuengling is a moderately priced beer popular northward through New York, westward until Indiana and Kentucky, and southward through South Carolina. The Tampa brewery supplies the Florida Gulf Coast, the Florida Keys, Central Florida, North Florida, the Florida Panhandle as well as Alabama and Tennessee. The brewery uses corn from Minnesota and hops from Washington as ingredients in its products.

Yuengling began distribution in the state of Georgia on October 27, 2008. Yuengling also expanded distribution into West Virginia in May 2009, and Ohio in October 2011.

Richard Yuengling only has daughters, so the family name itself will discontinue with him. However, his daughters are being groomed to continue the Yuengling tradition as the 6th generation of the brewing family. According to a guide of the free tour that the brewery offers at their flagship location, each succeeding owner has bought the company from his father at full market price, and that tradition will carry on with the 6th generation.

President Barack Obama has stated that Yuengling is his favorite beer.

On Friday March 19, 2010, President Obama sent a case of Yuengling to Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper along with a case of Molson Canadian to cover a friendly wager on the outcome of the 2010 Winter Olympics hockey final. The beer was delivered by US Ambassador to Canada David Jacobson, who delivered it while wearing a Canadian national team hockey jersey as part of the bet.

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Old April 15th, 2012 #131
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Picked up a sixer to review.

Alpine Spring is a lager in a style that is not brewed very often today, at least here in North America. It's a keller, which Beer Advocate describes as:

Keller Bier / Zwickel Bier

Description:
A rather old, rare, and unique German beer style, Kellerbiers are unfiltered and unpasteurized lagers that date back to at least the Middle Ages. The beer is matured, unbunged (beer is exposed), in deep vaults. The final product is a smooth, naturally cloudy beer that's rich in vitamins (from the yeast). Hop bitterness can be high and alcohol will vary. Zwickel Bier is similar to a Keller, but not as pronounced.

Average alcohol by volume (abv) range: 4.0-7.0%


From the brewery:

Borne of our brewers’ many trips to Germany, Alpine Spring features a unique blend of lager attributes: the balanced maltiness and hoppiness of a Helles, the smoothness and slightly higher alcohol of a traditional spring bock, and the unfiltered appearance of a Kellerbier. The beer is brewed with Noble Tettnang hops to add a unique, bright orange-citrusy aroma and flavor.

I really enjoyed the last spring offering from BBC, Noble Pils, so I wanted to try this beer. It's headed to 80 degrees today, so now is the perfect opportunity.

A: The beer pours straw-gold & cloudy, almost like chill haze. The head is stark white with good retention, minimum lacing however.

S: Big citrus up front, with earthy herbal notes in the back. Grassy, in the best possible way. Looks like a beer commercial. If you live in Germany and it's the 1700s, that is.

T: A touch of malt sweetness, then a wash of lemony, herbal grassiness is quite pronounced.

M: Decent body with a very smooth finish. This beer goes down easier than Snooki after a bottle of Patron.

D: Very drinkable. Perfect after mowing the grass, or invading Poland.

Recommended.
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Old August 18th, 2012 #132
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Has anyone else noticed the increased shelf space that craft beer is now getting in most major stores?

Market share for craft continues to grow steadily, cashing in now on the "locavore" movement.

WN could learn a lot from the craft beer "scene".
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I'll probably get pooh-poohed for this, but in the summer, I like Miller High Life in the bottle, ice cold.
 
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I'll probably get pooh-poohed for this, but in the summer, I like Miller High Life in the bottle, ice cold.
You sir, should be shot.
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You sir, should be shot.

I've been brewing my own beer on and off for about 30 years now, all kinds of it.
I've seen the cult of beer snobs sprout up over the last 20 years or so.
Most of them are every bit as obnoxious as your average Mill Valley wine snob sitting around sipping their $60 a bottle Cabernet and bitching about the price of BMW maintenance.

American Macros have their market.
 
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I'll probably get pooh-poohed for this, but in the summer, I like Miller High Life in the bottle, ice cold.
I understand. I'm not fond of Miller High Life, but out of all the micro-brews here in Colorado no one seems to brew a good Pilsner style beer that is what I might call easy going (I don't want to use the word light. Now Lite or light means 'diet' and I find those beers repugnant.) When a micro brewer does make what could otherwise be a good summer beer, he gives it 6.8 % alcohol by volume...not what you need on a hot summer's day.

None of the standard premium or near-premium beers are good to my tastes or I'd be drinking them from time to time.

I've never been to Czechoslovakia to really give the Pilsners a tasting. The best beer I ever had of this style was on a train in Switzerland. No extreme tastes, just a good drink to quench the thirst. Probably not too alcoholic, served slightly chilled.

Nothing like that from a Colorado brewer.

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The Baptist Ladies, the 4th (and most powerful) branch of government in Mississippi have, for as long as anyone can remember, prohibited sales of beer above 4% alcohol content. This has meant that we could only get the standard stuff as craft beers usually have a higher alcohol content than that.

Either the Ladies were sleeping this year or they're softening up a bit because we finally got a bill through the legislature and signed by the governor that allows sales of beer with alcohol content up to 8%!

I'm seeing all kinds of beers I've never seen before.
 
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I've been brewing my own beer on and off for about 30 years now, all kinds of it.
I've seen the cult of beer snobs sprout up over the last 20 years of so.
Most of them are every bit as obnoxious as your average Mill Valley wine snob sitting around sipping their $60 a bottle Cabernet and bitching about the price of BMW maintenance.

American Macros have their market.
I really do need to start using emoticons a lot more often. Comedy ain't pretty sometimes. I don't really think you should be shot for enjoying the liquid abortion that is Miller High Life, Chris. I fucking hate emoticons. Every time I use one I feel like I'm 14.

I've been a home-brewer for quite a long time myself, although I don't brew near as often as I once did. Great to have another zymurgist on the forum.

If I had to pick an adjunct lager, it would be Olympia. Good summer beer, that.
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I understand. I'm not fond of Miller High Life, but out of all the micro-brews here in Colorado no one seems to brew a good Pilsner style beer that is what I might call easy going (I don't want to use the word light. Now Lite or light means 'diet' and I find those beers repugnant.) When a micro brewer does make what could otherwise be a good summer beer, he gives it 6.8 % alcohol by volume...not what you need on a hot summer's day.

None of the standard premium or near-premium beers are good to my tastes or I'd be drinking them from time to time.

I've never been to Czechoslovakia to really give the Pilsners a tasting. The best beer I ever had of this style was on a train in Switzerland. No extreme tastes, just a good drink to quench the thirst. Probably not too alcoholic, served slightly chilled.

Nothing like that from a Colorado brewer.

Mike
I don't know if it's available there in CO Mike, and it's not a CO local, but if you see it, I highly recommend Prima Pils from the Victory Brewing Co. out of PA. World class, IMO.

If you can't get it there, I trade beer all over the US, and would be happy to ship you a sixer if you would like. Gratis, of course.
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Speaking of Pilsners, I just took one out of the fridge. The Wright Pils from The Great Lakes Brewing CO. heer in Ohio. Cleveland, to be exact.

It's got a scene from the first flight at Kitty Hawk on the label.
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