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Cheers Glen.

 

Saw this new beer from Southern Tier on the shelves within the last week or so. It looked interesting, so I decided to give it a shot. It's supposedly an imperial wheat ale brewed with blood orange juice, grapefruit and tangerine peels. Since this beer is new, there are only a handful of reviews online. It seems to get good reviews, but I cannot say I am impressed with this beer at all. It barely resembles beer (much less a wheat beer), and the body is very thin with little mouthfeel to speak of. This reminds me more of a shandy than actual beer. I wish I had spent the $14 I paid for this four-pack on something better. This is by far one of the worst beers I have had from Southern Tier, which is normally pretty excellent. The only thing this beer has going for it is a relatively high ABV at 8.5%. If this didn't cost as much as it did, it would be a definite drain pour, and I almost never say this.

 

I got a case of Great Lakes Edmund Fitzgerald , could not pass because it was only $25with tax.. not that's a big savings but eh'.. I do like their brews, not to many let me down..

 

tower 10 ipa

 

Great Lakes make some great brews. The EF porter is a simply incredible beer in every way.

 

I am now drinking one of the last two Alpine Duets I had left in the fridge. Now this is real beer.

 

had hop hunter from sierra Nevada and its name is misleading. I was expecting a very hoppy beer. it was very well balanced and pretty light. almost a session beer, I could easily have polished off a 6er last night if I had one.
I definitely recommend it for summer or winter.
drinking one I had on display now, its Weidenmayer jersey lager. I was just going to have it as an unopened bottle in my bar...kind of like a little slice of home (jersey) but I ran out of low abv beers and don't feel like going to the store.
its about 4 years old which isn't good for a lager but it still tastes ok. its got a nice malty flavor and is on the lighter side. I am not upset about breaking it open, it is as good as I could have expected it to be....better actually.

 

you drank a 4 year old beer??? I thought only wine got better as it aged?

 

Actually pretty much any imperial stout is better when aged. Also barleywines are better aged. And a few ipa's can be aged. Now the one I had is not one of them but you got to work with what you have.

 

Beers with high ABVs are suited for aging, but rarely anything much below 10% ABV.

 

Drinking one of these bad boys in honor of my hard working manager

 

does the bottle have to be special for aging?

 

Nope.

 

I got a Troegs Troegenator that's about 4yrs old now. I dont know if that qualifies ..

 

I just found a bud light from like 9 years ago do you think itll be good? If i dont post again tonight i bit the dust

 

I also have an Arnold Palmer IC lite aluminum , never opened.. double dog dare you to drink it.

 

It wasn't good when it was fresh it sure as hell won't be good now. It won't kill you or even make you sick though. I have a few pretty old unopened bottles. Not sure how old though. I will check next time I go upstairs.

 

I have a Corona from 83. A Krakus light with no date but it looks just as old. A Spaten Munich light with no date that I know for fact is at least 15 years old but honestly it also is likely from the 80s. A Rheingold extra dry that looks older than all of them but once again no date. A grolsch that also is at least 15 and likely from the 80s. And a bud with no date but I bet a search for the label could give me an estimate.

 

drinking cucapa's green card. yes I bought it just because of the name (working with a Guatemalan might do that I guess) but I did like their brown ale and I am always up for a good barley wine. I had intended on aging this one but being I am drinking all the other ones I have been aging I figure this one should just follow suit.
light for a barley wine. and you can tell their is alcohol in it but its light for a 10% beer. anise taste in the front but disappears soon after. definitely the most drinkable barley wine I ever had and the most carbonated. a few minutes in and its got no head but is sparkling like crazy. I could easily say this is the best one I ever had but the problem with that is their isn't much flavor compared to say....Brooklyn's monster ale. lets just say I enjoy it and could drink them all night....well it would be a short night if I was drinking these all night but it would be a good short night. that's about it, there really isn't much to this one. you don't say that often about a 10% beer or about a traditionally strong tasting style but this is unlike any barley wine I ever had before.

 

Drinking lagunitas exquinox. never seen this one before until today