Florida Beer Company’s Key West Southernmost Wheat

Key West Southernmost Wheat – Brewed by Florida Beer Company from Melbourne, FL – ?% alcohol

Yet another real tasty beer. I seem to be on a string of good luck with the beers I’ve been picking out. That, or I just like EVERYTHING. Anyway, this brew is good. Slight taste of orange (Florida Beer Company…) and it says key lime, but it’s just oranges to me.

Real light, high drinkability. Probably even better on a hot summer day. I would definitely buy this again or get it out on tap if I ever saw it.

Final Rating -  (4.5 pints)

Heavy Sea’s Gold Ale

Heavy Sea’s Gold Ale – Brewed by Clipper City Brewing Company from Baltimore, MD (aka, High Sea’s) – 4.5% alcohol

Nice, smooth ale. Not too hoppy with a tiny bit of fruity flavor and real good drinkability. First one I drank didn’t stand a chance. I really enjoyed it.

Second time around, still as good, and some more of the fruitness is coming out. Great beer. Real tasty, complex, and real flavorful.

Final Rating - (4 pints)

Heavy Sea’s Classic Lager

Heavy Sea’s Classic Lager – Brewed by Heavy Sea’s Beer of Halethorpe, MD – 5% alcohol

So they claim right on the bottle that this beer pairs well with seafood. Let’s see if I’m craving a lobster after this……yep, I sure am (to be fair, I’m always craving lobster…). This is a pretty nice beer though. Kinda like a Budweiser or other lagers, but better, and of course not a macro brewery.

Goes down quick, smooth, light, can certainly pound these down no problem. Damn tasty, and keeps getting better bottle after bottle.

UPDATE: So the girlfriend went into the fridge and grabbed a Miller Light while I cracked a fresh Heavy Sea’s Classic Lager. Suddenly, she just HAPPEN to realize she doesn’t like Miller Light, and me, being the gracious boyfriend that I am, offered her my Classic Lager. She gladly accepted the trade. Heavy Sea’s Classic Lager: FEMALE APPROVED!

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Widmer Brother’s Original Drifter Pale Ale

The Original Drifter Pale Ale – Brewed by Widmer Brother’s Brewing from Portland, OR – 5.7% alcohol

Funny story: I onced seeked this beer out a couple years ago due to the review it received in Maxim Magazine’s beer issue. I believe it took 2nd over Pork Slap. When I finally found it after a few months of looking, I got excited, rushed home to stick it in the fridge. When they were cold, I grabbed one out, opened it and…..hated it. I was so disappointed. There was something telling me that I was really going to like this beer. I was still in my Bud Light phase and not very experienced in other beers yet. Segway to very recently…

My girlfriend decided to surprise me with a 6 pack of beer to do a review on, and not remembering that I had tried this brew before, she picked up some Drifter Pale Ale. Since I was a little more cultured in beers this time around, I said hell with it and tried it again. One word: Wow.

This beer is delicious and I don’t know what the f@#$ I was thinking. Even the girlfriend likes it. She hates pale ales. She hates most beers, honestly. There’s such a presence of citrus in this, but it’s not strong and overbearing and it definitely helps mask any bitterness that may be in it, because you taste absolutely none.

I’ve been reserved on giving out 5 pint ratings, and even though I love this beer….I don’t know if it’s that top tier 5 pint beer I’ve been seeking out. Still, if you see this anywhere, GET IT! It’s rare from what I can tell so you won’t see it often, and you won’t be disappointed.

Final Rating -  (4.5 pints)

Sam Adam’s Rustic Saison – Drunken Review!

Sam Adam’s Rustic Saison – Brewed by Sam Adams – 4.35% alcohol

Ok, so I’m not writing this review drunk, however, I took all my notes for this beer while drunk, and I’m not sure that was the greatest idea, but !@#$ it, I deeeeeed it!

So I never heard of this beer, and it came in through a variety pack someone brought to a party. It’s freaking delicious. It’s got a good, complex flavor, and tastes real good.  It is a Belgian style farmhouse ale, and according to Wikipedia, “saison is the name originally given to low-alcohol pale ales brewed seasonally in farmhouses in Wallonia, the French-speaking region of Belgium, for farm workers during harvest season”. Interesting indeed…

Simply put, it tastes good. Has a “fallish” character to it, and I like it.

Final Rating - (4 pints)

Heavy Sea’s Dubbel Cannon

Heavy Sea’s Dubbel Cannon – Brewed by Heavy Sea’s Beer of Halethorpe, MD – 7.25% alcohol

I’ve never heard of the Heavy Sea’s brewery, and ran across a variety pack at my local beer store, so of course I had to pick it up (NOTE: Anyone that does these reviews…do NOT pick up 2 12-pack variety packs and try to review each one in a day….just….it just doesn’t work lol, hence my lack of notes…).

This is a Belgian Style IPA. The bottle says it has tangy hops and a spicy aroma, but my nose sucks and I don’t smell any spice (note: I tried this right after the Troeg’s DreamWeaver which is cinammony, could be why…).

For being a bit stronger than normal, and an IPA, it’s actually pretty good. I was expecting a bit more bitterness and hoppiness, but it’s pretty mellow and pretty enjoyable. I dig it.

Final Rating -   (3.5 pints)

Troeg’s Pale Ale

Troeg’s Pale Ale – Brewed by Troeg’s Brewing Company in Harrisburg, PA – 5.4%

This is an American-style Pale Ale (APA), and it’s a very good pale ale at that. Light hops (cascade hops), and just a real, crisp, tasty beer. No harsh after tastes, and one of the better pale ales I’ve had.

Final Rating  (3.5 pints)