While visiting my brother from another mother in College Station last week, I took the opportunity, as is my custom, to visit the local beer seller to see if he had anything I can’t get (or didn’t remember seeing at my local store). This is what I came home with:
From left to right, that’s Old Speckled Hen, Saint Arnold Oktoberfest, Abbay du Leffe Blonde Ale, and Kona Longboard Lager.
Old Speckled is a traditional English Ale, pretty bitter and very delicious.
I was excited to find the Oktoberfest from Saint Arnold brewery in Houston. It’s quite excellent–a very sweet beer. I also had their Amber Ale when we were down there, and liked it as well.
The Blonde Ale from Leffe is a Belgian, and I am still convinced that the Belgian monks had some special revelation or something to make beer the way they did. This is a terrific beer.
The Kona Longboard Lager is from Hawaii. If you are like everyone else I’ve talked to, your first thought is, “Does it have pineapple in it?” No, it doesn’t have pineapple in it. It’s not bad, but it’s not world shaking, either. Pretty plain. I was interested in seeing what a beer from Hawaii would taste like, and now I know.
In case anyone was wondering if I ever met a beer that I didn’t like, the answer is yes. In addition to disliking Guinness, I recently tried “Haystack Wheat” from Left Hand Brewing out in Colorado, and I thought it was horrible. So there you go. You’ve been warned.
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Melian // October 23, 2008 at 7:45 pm |
So sad, considering Guinness is one of only two beers I’ve tried that I can actually claim to like! Of course, I haven’t had many, and most were low-quality, so what do you expect?