Safe Harbor 1790 Semper Paratus Lager, 5.5% ABV 1 12 oz. bottle, $? Purchased at... oh who knows anymore I've been thinking a bit lately about these contract-only labels. I'm talking about the ones with no designs on ever opening a brick and mortar brewery. Just when I think the model is almost dead (Weed, … [Read more...]
3 BAD SONS Beers
Three BAD SONS Beer Company's Beers Purchased at the Brewery, Derby January 2018 In an effort to make our collective lives easier, I’m going to start bundling beer reviews. Especially tap room offerings like this. We’ll see how it goes. GHOSTED White IPA 16 oz, $6, 5.6% ABV GHOSTED is in all caps … [Read more...]
Prost
Shebeen Brewing’s Prost Oktoberfest Lager 16 ounce can, $2.82 5.6% ABV, Purchased at Manchester Wine & Liquor September 2017 Cheers! Prost! This is a pretty good Oktoberfest lager. I think the point of a "pretty good Oktoberfest lager" is to all taste like the standard "pretty good Oktoberfest lager" and … [Read more...]
Signature Single Hop IPL
Shebeen Brewing's Signature Single Hop IPL (2016) 16 ounce can, $2.49, 6.8% ABV, Purchased at Crazy Bruce’s, West Hartford June 2016 Let’s play a game. We’ll call it... “Who Remembers.” Like, who remembers why I thought it would make sense to “pose” this beer with a bow saw? I’m old enough to remember a … [Read more...]
Thimble Island Lager
Thimble Island Lager 12 pack, $13.99, 4.5% ABV Purchased at Liquor Depot, Simsbury Yo, I wanted to quickly write this page before this upcoming late summer weekend. It’s going to be fairly warm and many of you are surely planning some outdoor activities. Those activities will involve beer, and if you read … [Read more...]
Stony Creek Brewing.v.1 & Beers (RIP)
Stony Creek Brewing Beers.v.1 Contracted Bottles 2012-15 This page is ONLY about Stony Creek.v.1 - the three bottled efforts: 203 IPA, 860 IPA and 203 Lager, which the owners admit didn't work. The brick and mortar Stony Creek v.2 has opened in Branford, so if you're interested in those beers, go here. Note: … [Read more...]
Rye 95
Rye 95 lager $12.49++ six pack, 9.5%ABV Purchased at Maximum Beverage, West Hartford This is a very strange beer. And considering it’s from Two Roads, masters of the “Let’s make something that sounds creative but really isn’t all that much” beers, that’s saying something. That’s not really a knock on Two … [Read more...]
Hizzoner Maibock
Hizzoner Maibock 5 oz?, $2.00, 6.5% ABV Purchased at the brewery, Stratford One could kvetch about the "everything for a buck" mentality at Two Roads, and I've done a small bit of it here and there. But the fact is, they are in business and as such, they need to make money to support their huge operation to be … [Read more...]
Schnickelfritz (Dunkel Lager)
Schnickelfritz (Dunkel Lager) 1 draught pint, $3.75, 5.8% ABV Purchased at Cambridge House Brew Pub, Granby I was all gung-ho to do a page exploring the anagrams of Schnickelfritz. I would have written a bunch of clever short little stories about them. Like how when I was single and had a couple beers in me, … [Read more...]
Beaver Brewnette Amber Lager
Brewnette Lager 1 bottle, $1.79++, 5% ABV Purchased at Crazy Bruce’s, West Hartford [For no other reason that mildly humorous continuity, you should read at least one of the other two Beaver reviews before you read this one. It just works better that way.] The beer is pretty terrible. Definitely the worst of … [Read more...]