Monday, 17 October 2011

On Vacation in Texas

So I have left England for a bit and hope to return with some memories of a few good beers (also family memories!).  So far it has been bleh on the beer front.  The Stone IPA on draft was good but I am partial to Stone Brewing.  the few bottles of the other stuff I have had is as follows.

Shiner Double Wheat 102 - An alright wheat beer but is overpowering on the sweet side.

Shiner Black Lager - Probably won't revisit it.  Not that it was bad but it was just an ok lager with some roasted flavors to it.

Shiner Oktoberfest - Another German style wheat but much to sweet for the style.

New Belgium Ranger - I was looking forward to this one as it advertises as a hop monster.  It was decent but not memorable at all.  Very little malt taste and for being a 6.5 you would have thought it would have a little.  The hops was ok but left a bit of a peppery feel in my stomach and not much of an after taste.  I would have thought NB would have put out something a little better.

That's all I have for now but there is a trip to a major beer store coming up and I have a small list of a few that I am looking to try from Dog Fish, Russian River and West Coast breweries.

Later,

Tim

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