Sierra Nevada Kellerweis

I haven't had too many Sierra Nevada beers, but I did see this hefeweizen, unfiltered wheat, and though it would be good for a beer tasting on American wheat beer. This is an old microbrewery in Chico, CA and soon they will have another brewery here in the Asheville North Carolina area soon. They have been brewing beer since the eighties,& probably&older than me. I really enjoyed this hazy brew, but I can say the same about most wheat beer. Wheat beer is one of my top favorite styles. Kellerweise pours a rich hazy-golden color with a nice bright foamy white heat. There is a nice spicy clove and banana scent that is nice and pleasant and just wonderful. About the same can be said for this one's taste, but there is a nice ripe banana too. Yes there is a faint bit of wheat but you should know that if you've had wheat beer before. The finish is nice crisps a tiny bit spicy and good. This Hefe is one I'll try again very soon. A day or two after having this I still want more and couldn't stop thinking of it. It is just really good but simple at the same time. Really good work on Sierra Nevada's part. Well done! This is great with grilled sausages, a big juicy hamburger, or good chicken wings. This is also good on a hot day when you want to relax and feel refreshed, cause this Sierra is most refreshing. I loved it! Cheers! Please drink responsibly!  

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Copper

This is my favorite brewery Old Mecklenburg Brewery, and this is one of my favorite beers that they brew, Copper amber ale. This is an authentic Dusseldorf-style Altbier. This is a "lagered ale". They use barly matl and noble Hallertau hops. Copper is 4.8% abv, and is a full-bodied, full-flavored yet amazingly smooth and refreshing. OMB Copper is a year round beer and it is they're flag ship brew. Cooper pours a nice rich amber color with thick whitish head. There is a nice scent of the malted barley and a light wisp of the Hallertau hops. Cooper as a nice clean ale taste that has a very very faint hop flavor there with nice malts. This is also clean and crisp, as is the finish of this wonderful brew. I believe that Old Mecklenburg does a really great job of brewing they're beers, and all the beer only come in a one pt, six fl oz bottles, which to me make the beer seem a little special. That's a nice touch. But you can get them is a six pack of the one pt, six fl oz bottles. That is a lot! Each sip of Copper is always better than the last until it's gone. But then you're happy that you just had one amazing beer and you want to go and tell everyone just home great OMB Copper really is. Well isn't that why I am righting this. I mean I just think that everyone should at least try Copper. You won't be sorry that you did. I never am. I love this stuff a lot. One of my favorites from my favorite brewer. Keep up the good work Old Mecklenburg Brewery! Cheers! Please drink responsibly!    

Blue Moon Belgian White

This here is a popular brew enjoyed by many. This is brewed in Denver Colorado in the Sandlot brewery, at the Colorado Rockies baseball park, Coors Field. Pretty cool especially on the seventh inning stretch! Blue moon is owned by the Brewing giant Millercoors, and now MolsenCoors. This is 5.5% abv. This Blue Moon is a dark orange color with a white head that fades fast. This beer is brewed with coriander and orange peels. You can really smell the orange peels and the wheat on this beer. This is one is one of my favorites, very good. Blue moon has a clean wheaty taste that is crisp and refreshing. There is a nice orange flavor there, but its not so strong and present. Good flavor, and drinkable. The finish is tasty  good crisp with a great wheat orangeness to it. This is like an old friend, can make you smile  and feel happy whenever your around it. Blue moon is especially good on a warm day had outside enjoying all that the Blue moons flavor has to offer. I think that Blue Moon really knows how to hand craft a great beer and everyone they make is just as good as the last. I would love to have one from the source sometime soon. So please try this old favorite and share with friends, family, and so fourth. Cheers! Please drink responsibly!  

Saranac White IPA

Well I am certainly enjoying the warm climate by having a beer out on my porch. I have just recently had this enjoyable brew, Saranac White IPA, 6% abv from the Matt Brewery. This is a blend of Belgian white ale and India Pale Ale, and they go together rather nicely. This is a darker, cloudy and yet hazy yellow with a very bight thick head, and yes there is a some sediment from the yest in the beer, but that is they way its made. This white IPA smells of strong hops, yeast and yet has a nice bitter scent. I was expecting the hops and the rest was a bit surprising, not bad though. Now when you get to the taste of this, it starts creamy and slight IPA bitter, but not overly hoppy bitter, that's cause the Belgian white takes some over the bitterness down a notch. Quite a good trick if ya ask me. Now the finish is good slightly hoppy bitter but clean and good. I like this but not my top pick, just overall good beer and yes I'd have this again. It is a different kind of beer. You could call this hybrid beer, but that's not right I think. I just call this one good and tell everyone about it. You should too! Cheer! Please drink responsibly!

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Capt. James Jack Pilsner May 20th, 1775

On May 19, 1775 twenty-six local civic leaders convened the Mecklenburg Convention at the corner of Trade and Tryon in downtown Charlotte, NC. One day later on May 20th, the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence was unanimously adopted. It was the first such declaration by any civic body in the British colonies. Captain James Jack, a local tavern owner, volunteered at great personal risk to carry the Declaration more than 500 miles on horse back to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. That's the interesting story on this Old Mecklenburg Pilsner's name, no on to the beer itself. This is a pilsner at 4.9% abv and has nice sharp gold color with a brilliant white head that is thick, but is gone before you know it. It has a nice calm light hop scent with a sort of grassy aroma to it that smells like a spring lawn, not bad. On the taste you get a crisp hop not that is light and refreshing with the tiniest bit of bitterness. You get a nice clean crispy refreshing finish that goes down rather smooth, that makes this is a good everyday kind of beer, when you just want to good plane beer. This Captain is good and drinkable, not to light not to heavy, a good balance of things. This is good on any day, especially a hot one. Old Mecklenburg Brewery seems to pride themselves on making each beer special, great and tasty in my opinion and that's how you need to feel about most beer in general , pride and happiness. That is key to good beer drinking. Try this and you'll agree! Cheers! Please drink responsibly!

Shiner Blonde

Yes everyone loves a good looking blonde, and this is a one of them. This blonde is a Bohemian-style golden larger. It's a 5% abv blonde that is a true blonde in color with a nice head of white. There is a nice hoppy scent and there really is much more that I found. The Blonde has a nice crisp slightly sweet taste that is full of flavor. Shiner blends American and European hops to achieve the great taste. It is great on a hot day of working or being outside. Shiner Blonde is quite refreshing. The finish is light crisp, slightly bubbly with a tiny sweet hop flavor. I believe that most common beer drinker would enjoy this, simply because well it simple. Not much to this beer really, nor does it look dark, bitter, and/or heavy. Good spring and summer beer. This is good, but not excellent. I would give this to Bud drink and make a Shiner Blonde drink out or him, and I would work. It's a better than a Budweiser in my opinion. I should try that sometime, and you should try THIS sometime. Cheers! Please drink responsibly!

Shiner Bock

This here is a pretty common beer from Shiner. It's pretty easy to find around most of this country. This Shiner is a Bock beer. If you don't know what a bock beer is please read my lesson on bock beer here on this blog. Shiner Bock is 5.0% ABV, and is the combination of old world Bavarian heritage with American handcrafted brewing. There is a nice semi sweet scent about this on that remind of a sweet roll, with a nice roasted malt scent. Tasting this bock you get a smooth malt taste with very little hops and that nice subtle roasted malt. Shiner Bock has nice clean finish with a tiny sweetness with a good crisp malt finish. This dark beer is delightfully drinkable. This is yet another beer that isn't at all what is appears to be. This a good beer to sway some to liking darker beer, or want to try them. Some say this is just a novelty brew, but those don't know squat about beer or how good this is. This one is like my old friend, good always there, easy to get a hold of, and one of the first beers I had eight or nine years ago. I look back and say what a great choice. I really like this Bock! Cheers! Please drink responsibly!

Shiner Ryes & Shine

Well it's been a while on the beer blogging but do not worry there is plenty of taste beers worth blogging about, Like this one. This is a Shiner, (Shiner, TX), and no it not really the perfect summer beer as the glass would lead you to believe. But that is a Shiner glass. Anyway, this is a darker beer, but not like a porter or stout, more long the lines of a dark brown ale. This is a Rye Lager of medium-body and 5% Abv.This rye beer trend is a growing trend in the beer world. There is all kinds of different rye beer, such as a rye larger, rye IPA, and rye pale ale. This Ryes and Shine use rye malt and chocolate rye from Germany, caramel malt and three hop varieties. Ryes and Shiner has a roasted scent with the smallest hint of sweet sugar. The taste starts off rich and roasted with touches of sweetness and little hops. Then it finishes nice dry with again nice sweet hops. This rye lager is quite good, it surprised me. I didn't think it would be as good. I mean I was thinking that it was going be average, but it was above that. This isn't a heavy beer as it would look. Most people think darker beers are heavy, sour, bitter, thick, and they are not always right. I think this is one that could make a beer drinker think twice before judging a dark beer again. It's good my friends! Cheer! Please drink responsibly!