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Made in the Shade 2009

Made in the Shade 2009

Made in the Shade Beer Festival June 20, 2009 The beers are listed in order of tasting, so the effect of increasing concentrations of EtOH can be taken into account. 1. Coopers Lager, ABV 5.0%, pretty light, would be good if it were really hot, but rather tasteless. 2.

Blue Moon Agave Blonde Ale Review

Blue Moon Agave Blonde Ale Review

Blue Moon Agave Blonde Ale Fruit beer [Type 15] 5.6% ABV Fruit beer? Isn't it labeled a blonde ale on the label? It is, but since what you get is mostly the agave syrup and not much else, this is really more of a light ale with

Cable Car Small Batch Amber Ale

Cable Car Small Batch Amber Ale

Cable Car Small Batch Amber Ale Marzen/Oktoberfest [Type 57] 5.7% ABV Brewed in the Marzen style, meaning German malts and little in the way of hops. Big head that dissipates quickly. A sweet and light amber. The color is light too, not as dark as the name might

Beer Club March 2011

Beer Club March 2011

Beers of Central and Eastern Europe Baltika #5 Gold 5.3% ABV, Euro Pale Lager. [Type 12] A pretty good lager, tastes a lot like a Heineken. 3 beers. I'd drink it. Stout homebrew More delicious homebrew that we have had in months past. Czechvar 5.0% ABV,

Leinenkugel Oktoberfest Beer Review

Leinenkugel Oktoberfest Beer Review

Leinenkugel Oktoberfest Oktoberfest [Type 57] 5.1% ABV I like Leinenkugel beers in general. I am up for trying just about anything they brew. This beer was underwhelming. I have had a lot of Märzen recently, and this one just was not as good. It was a solid example of

Beer Club September 2010

Beer Club September 2010

Amber and Red Ales Amber ale is a variant of pale ale that uses crystal malts to achieve a slightly darker color. The ambers can range from copper to dark reddish brown. The malts tend to give the ambers a caramel flavor. Some beers referred to as amber are actually

Beer Club August 2010

Beer Club August 2010

Pale Ales Lineup PintThe pale ale isn't necessarily pale, it is called so in distinction with the porter, the other common style in England. The use of malts with less color makes the pale ale less dark than a porter, but usually darker than a pilsner. As an