Brew Brain Blog

Tonight’s beer review is Duke’s Big Ass Beer.  Generally, even if I really don’t like a beer, I can see that the brewer at least put some effort into the product and tried to create something that people would like. I’m not so sure this time.

The best feature of this beer is the bottle. […]

Today I bring you Sunshine Wheat Beer, my second selection from New Belgium Brewing:

I need a pick-me-up after the brutal experience with the blueberry beer from last night. Like a closer entering the game in the ninth the day after blowing the big save the night before, New Belgium Brewing gets another shot […]

Tonight I deliver another seasonal summer brew - Anchor Summer Beer from Anchor Brewing Co.:

This is a wheat beer from Anchor. According to the label on the bottle, this is the “first American wheat beer in modern times”. Well, if that’s true, they’ve certainly started something, haven’t they. How did it […]

but if anything I thought worse of it this time. I drank about half of it straight from the bottle and I think it was a stronger sour flavor that way. I dumped the last half out and may very well be dumping my remaining bottles. Lesson learned, never buy 12 of a new brew […]

Summer Ale is a seasonal brew from Samuel Adams. The label on the bottle describes it as “refreshing, crisp and tangy”. It is a wheat beer with lemon zest and Grains of Paradise, which, according to that same label, is a “mysterious brewing spice used by Renaissance brewers centuries ago”. How did it do?
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