Boulder beer fails to please

Remember when i said "more to come on this later" of the failure that boulder beer did?
so flash myself back to a few weeks ago. I Was reading this magazine article about said beer "refreshing, very hoppy, blah blah effing blah". Made it sound delicious. So i saw this beer while walking around party souce the other day. Grabbed a single for $2, took it home and instantly opened it. First sniff smelled a little dark for my taste (that kind of musty "brown" smell, like a decent amber ale) so i took a swig and let it sit on my pallet for a moment. Some beers are weird for the first few strange faced sips. so i took another, and another one, and i never seemed to get any more glorious. So i ended up giving this to my friend who loves ambers (widmer drop top ring a bell?)
would i buy this again? nope, i highly doubt it. considering i can pick up hazed and infused and mojo right next to this one.

Boulder beer company
http://www.boulderbeer.com/
@ the party source
http://www.thepartysource.com/

Boulder beer strikes at rich!

A Brewery like boulder beer brewery so far has never EVER left me disappointed (more to come on that statement later).

This is another prime example! Mojo risin' IPA, basically it almost seems like they were makin a great batch of their greatness that is called Mojo IPA... and someone had a little too much of the batch and accidentally dumped a double load of cascade hops into the mix, the resulting screw up? delicious hoppy malty gorgeousness that i tried last night. Absolutely bursting with hops, just barely too much on the malt for my tastebuds, but i couldn't help but smile right after i sipped to the very last bubbly droplet... lets just cross our double visioned fingers and hope this is not a limited edition (and they sell it in more places then just KY!) (and it's 10% alcohol... malt liquor barely touches that and tastes like heavy liquefied beer)

Boulder beer company

http://www.boulderbeer.com/

@ the party source

http://www.thepartysource.com/

White hawk IPA

Only one thing could leave me this excited that i have to write about it in a hungover stooooooper! a GREAT IPA!

while IPAs normally hit the spot, taste wonderful, and leave me yerning for more after i've hit the deep end of my drunken self. Nothing since halo and hazed and infused has ever left me this warm and fuzzy... It's called sexy velvet IPA... only i'm completely joking. It's called White hawk IPA. Never did i think something from the small area of new york could ever leave me beat, wondering what happened last night, with a headache, smiling and absolutely loving life all in the same night. It tasted almost identical to widmer brothers halo, there is no way else to explain it! an explosive burst of hops, just enough malt to not leave an aftertaste of caramalized beer on you pallet. All in all wonderfulness in a bottle that i haven't tasted since i left home.

White hawk IPA

http://www.mendobrew.com/home.html

@ the comet

http://www.cometbar.com/

Asian beer that did it wrong?

Usually i'm a fan of EVERY asian beer i've tried.. EVER!

However this one was a bit on the werid side (not the asians, they would never do something strange... furries ring a bell? hentai?... never mind)

So while i was enjoying the loveliness that is raw octopus and yellowtail tuna... our waitress came around with the menu. Seeing a beer i had never tried nor heard of i opted for a large ASAHI. mistake!

It was strange, tasted like a very bland, malty, seltzer water that left you extremely thirsty (????) it was was one of the more strange beers i had ever tried, then my friend pointed out the "EXTRA DRY BEER" on the label, and it all made sense.... just kidding, no it didn't.

After i was done gagging down this strange beer, i ordered a keiran ichiban and was back to my normal self of loving asain beer.

Asahi beer

http://www.asahibeerusa.com/

@ Dancing wasabi

http://dancing-wasabi.com/

a sorta local beer

Had a chance to try this beer on tap last night. While semi potent, it was lacking...... not sure what to say about it, lacking something... Really didn't hit the spot like a cloudy beer would (no american pie references people...) example, Widmer heffeweizen, blue moon etc etc...

Best way to discribe this beer? a cross between a really mild shock top and coors light with a tad of skunky-ness (not sure while all ya'll mid westerners like this skunky beer, leave that to the europeans).

Deffinatly not my bottle O beer, might have been better with some sort of sweet citrus added in, but i doubt i'd give it another try. Had a PBR right afterwords which DID however hit the spot...

You tried bells brewery. you tried.... A for effort, C for delivery.

Bells Brewery Oberon (bells beer, MI)

http://www.bellsbeer.com/

@the stand

http://www.thestandcincy.com/

Burger beer

I Would never ever joke about such things.

2 of my most favorite things listed on one can? it doesn't taste like burgers *sticky note for burger infused beer*.

However it has been a Cincinnati staple since 1880. So, i can't deny it's following that this strange pilsner has.

Has its lovelyness replaced Pabst? no way in hell.

However, Just like Pabst. It is crisp, light, refreshing. However imagine a bit of skunkyness like heinekin added to a PBR. All in all not horrible, however you can only really find it around cincinnati so i wont give it too much hell. (and for usually only $1.75 at a bar, i ain't gonna complain!)

And no Kevin, I Will not write about Morelin untill they make a decent beer.

LOCATION :

Everywhere arond the greater cincy area

Widmer exists in ohio!

Low and behold... a portland microbrew staple is found! hiding under my nose all along. I Saw the yellow box and immediatly did a little kooky dance in the asileway.

I'm guessing because anheuser busch is now distributing them throughout the USA (slowly i might add, but it's getting there!) so alot of people soon will enjoy a true northwest (not so micro anymore) microbrew.

I Only found 2 brews from widmer within this small midwest area called Cincinnati (aka, domestic pilsner central!)

which did not give a good review because it is not a TRUE hefeweisen. which it really isn't, true hefe is a tad bit on the whiter side of the beer realm with a skunky aftertaste.
Widmers version is more of a domestic/american wheat version with a citrus kick.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8/17


http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/8/46767

Ultimately a great pale ale. with some slight high on the hoppy side without a full blown IPA. Has a slight bitter citrus after taste, almost like a mild sweet grapefruit aftertaste.

Location :

KROGER -
4100 Hunt Road (513) 792-1500
Blue Ash OH 45236

The start!

So since obviously no where will ever be as good as it was back in the PNW for beer selections and microbrews. I Decided to start a blog for fellow beer entusiasts like myself who need something else besides the basic domestic piss water. (although, decent and cheap.. it's just there to get ya drunk!)

So this blog i'm sure will start slow as i get used to this whole blogging thing. but i do expect it to pick up once i find more beers around these here midwest parts!