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Wildflowers in the mountains

A wildflower expert from the United Kingdom is spreading the alpine word in Qualicum Beach on Monday.

The Alpine Gardeners of Central Vancouver Island are presenting Cliff Booker at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre July 28 from 1 to 3 p.m.

The presentation is called Definitive Dolomites and it features over 900 images of the amazing flora, unique wildlife and incredible scenery of these magnificent Italian mountains.

Based on Booker’s twelve years of leading wildflower walks for UK travel company Collett’s Mountain Holidays, the lecture encompasses an astonishing array of alpine species.

Booker has presented his digital ‘tour de forces’ around the world. Entry is $5 and includes a plant prize draw, coffee and tea.

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City hosting fluoride open house in October

The question of whether or not the City of Cranbrook should continue the practice of adding fluoride to the municipal water supply will be put to a referendum this November. As part of the ramp up to the vote, the city will be hosting an open house on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Manual Training Centre.

The topic of the open house will centre around informing the public on the potential benefits and dangers that ingesting fluoride can have.

Cranbrook is one of a small minority of communities that still add fluoride to their water supply. Those include Sparwood, Prince George, Fort St. John, Prince Rupert and Terrace. Prince George will be having a non-binding referendum on the matter.

Cranbrook's referendum vote will be held as part of the municipal election on November 15, 2014. The city is encouraging all eligible voters to participate.

The referendum question on the ballot will be: "Are you in favour of Council adopting the City of Cranbrook Cease Fluoridation Bylaw No. 3799, 2014, which authorizes stopping the addition of fluoride to the municipal water supply effective January 1, 2015?"

A yes vote is for eliminating fluoride from the water, while a no vote is for the continued addition of it.

The Oct. 23 meeting will feature Canadian health experts on both sides of the fluoride debate. Dr. Alastair Nicoll, of the BC Dental Association, and a local dentist will argue for the continued addition of fluoride to the water, while Dr. James Beck, Professor Emeritus for Medical Biophysics at the University of Calgary and co-author of 'The Case Against Fluoride', will advocate against.

The presentation will be moderated by David Walls, president and CEO of the College of the Rockies. The speakers will stick around to meet the public and respond to questions for the remainder of the evening.

The City of Cranbrook's website also provides public information about the fluoride electoral assent question, the history of water fluoridation in Cranbrook and a place to learn more about fluoride with links to studies, reports and opinions around the pros and cons of water fluoridation. Visit for more information.

The Manual Training School is located at 1212 - 2nd Street North, next to the Cranbrook Public Library. All are invited to the free public event.

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Arrowvale still a farm market

To the Editor,

Re: Market Frenzy, July 3.

As longtime Alberni Valley farmers my family and I are always happy to see newspaper coverage of local agriculture like the front page story in your July 3 issue, “Market Frenzy: Farm market trend explodes in Alberni Valley.”

In reading the accompanying article we were surprised to learn that Arrowvale Farm and Campground’s market has come and gone. As the proprietors of Arrowvale Campground and Collins Farm we wish to assure your writers, and the many loyal customers who purchase meat and produce from us, that we have not “gone” anywhere.

Grass fed beef is available at our regular Saturday market at the farm year around. During the summer months we are open daily with select seasonal fruit and vegetables and occasional U-pick opportunities as well. We encourage you and your readers to check out special events and product availability at Arrowvale in our regular advertisements in your newspaper.

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Chad Funkhouser drills a double in the gap against Erskine. Photo by Bree McMahon.
Chad Funkhouser drills a double in the gap against Erskine. Photo by Bree McMahon.

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Tornados knock out 18 hits in win over Flying Fleet

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Brevard, N.C. - Brevard College snapped a five game losing streak at Gil Coan Field led by four hits by Chad Funkhouser and a standout pitching performance by Kevin Hamilton as the Tornados earned the season split against Erskine College on Monday afternoon with the 12-3 victory.

Hamilton (1-1) picks up his first win of the season as Brevard improves to 15-15 overall, while Kevin Cantrell (1-3) suffered the loss for Erskine (15-12).

Funkhouser went 4-for-5 from the plate with three RBIs and three runs scored, while Tarron Robinson, Christian Christopoulos and Bennett Hixson all drove in two runs apiece as Brevard topped Erskine, earning a measure of revenge after their season opening 11-8 defeat at the hands of the Flying Fleet.

The Tornados opened the scoring in the bottom of the second frame as Christopoulos led off the inning with a single. Randy O’Dell followed with a base hit, advancing him to third base, where he crossed the plate on Hixson’s sacrifice fly to give Brevard the early lead. Funkhouser continued the scoring with a two-out single up the middle, scoring O’Dell to put Brevard up 2-0 after two.

An infield single by Kameron Armacost put the Tornados offense on the go in the fourth inning as the senior centerfielder from Littlestown, Pa. stole second and third base, before scoring on Merriken’s base hit in the left centerfield gap. The Tornados loaded the bases on walks, before Kramer Clark drew a bases-loaded full-count walk, scoring Funkhouser to double the BC lead.

Erskine battled back in the top of the fifth, cutting the Brevard lead in half as Corn and Will Huff opened the inning reaching base on a walk and a single. A sacrifice bunt advanced both runners into scoring position, where Corn eventually scored on a wild pitch. Huff came around to score after Cameron Yost was caught in a rundown attempting to steal to put the score at 4-2 midway through the game.

The Tornados came back in the bottom of the sixth, extending the lead as Brevard sent 10 batters to the plate, scoring five runs in the frame to push the lead to 9-2. Funkhouser and Robinson had run scoring doubles in the inning, while Hixson and Christopoulos also added runs to pad the Tornados lead.

John Slade and Christopoulos added RBIs for Brevard in the seventh inning, while Funkhouser drove in Whit Bowen in the eighth for the final BC runs in the game.

Erskine pushed across their final run in the contest in the top of the ninth as Corn came around to score on a BC error, but Zach Huneycutt closed out the BC win on the mound to end the BC streak.

Brevard remains in non-conference play as the Tornados return to the road on Wednesday, March 21st as Brevard makes the trip to Bristol, Tenn. to take on King College. First pitch between Brevard and King is set for 2 p.m.

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Open-air exhibit pops up in Wynwood in time for Art Walk

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The vacant lot at 44 N.E. 29 Street, next to Morgan’s restaurant in Midtown, is usually nothing more than a patch of grassy land with an abandoned old rusty trailer. But since Jan. 28, the property has been re-purposed as an open-air, pop-up gallery as part of a national project to promote emerging artists.

“I loved the idea of using an available space,” said Meaghan Kent, director and chief curator for site95, a nonprofit established last November to present exhibitions in temporary urban locations. The Wynwood exhibit is site95’s first.

Called “Sagebrush Gulch”, by New Hampshire artist Sam Trioli, the solo show features as its center piece a V-shaped, wooden sculpture made out of 250 hewn logs indigenous to the New Hampshire area.

Facing the sculpture on the 7,000-square-foot property is a grey and black minimalist mural showing what looks like shifting planes laying on top of each other. Then there’s the trailer, which serves as a mini gallery.

On one of the white walls inside the 41-foot-long trailer are colorful linear print works not bigger than a letter-size page. The main piece on the trailer is an intimate diary in which the artist recorded daily activities for months and drew maps of his daily trips.

Kent says the exhibition is abstract.

“It really is open to what people want it to be,” Kent said.

The vacant lot is owned by Wynwood developer and broker David Lombardi. The exhibit runs through Feb. 25 and will be open for Second Saturdays Art Walk on Feb. 11.

Kent first experimented with open-air exhibitions in New York, where she’s worked at Chelsea galleries for the last 10 years. She then decided to take her idea to vacant lots at major cities throughout the U.S.

“Having exhibitions on available spaces allows us to promote artists from other places down here and vice versa, so it’s this kind of exchange created between these different locations,” Kent said.

The next exhibition will probably take place in New York, but Kent is already looking for a new venue in Miami.

“Since I’ve been here, I’ve found that people have been incredibly welcoming to the idea,” she said. “I’m hopeful that things will grow.”

Artists looking to get exposure and solo shows can email site95 at info [at] site94 [dot] org.

See more photos of the exhibition at

What: “Sagebrush Gulch” open-air exhibition
Cost: FREE
When: Fridays, Feb. 3-24, 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., and Saturdays, Feb. 11-25, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m. (open until 7 p.m. during Second Saturdays Art Walk on Feb. 11)
Where: Vacant lot at 44 N.E. 29 Street, next to Morgan’s restaurant in Wynwood

This post was produced in partnership with Open Media Miami.

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  1. 1 SamEagle said at 5:23 pm on February 7th, 2012:

    Is “abstract” the new “conceptual?” When did conceptual become a dirty word? For the man in the street, or in this case, the empty lot, this is BS. Still, the site95 “concept” is a worthy one and I hope it grows as a showcase for Miami artists. Why its first show in Wynwood is with a New Hampshire artist is hard to understand but I guess that’s the “abstract” part of the exhibit.

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The world is in shock after reports claiming Jessica Simpson is pregnant again have surfaced. Jessica Simpson has sparked a media frenzy in 2011, when she started to flaunt a fuller figure and a growing baby bump. After months of speculations, Jessica Simpson admitted that she was pregnant with her fiance, former NFL pro Eric Johnson, and in 2012, she welcomed her first bundle of joy, daughter Maxwell Drew.

During her pregnancy, Jessica was harshly critiqued for her weight gain (70 pounds), but brushed off any negative comments saying that she wanted to enjoy every bit of her pregnancy and that she doesn't care what others say. However, after baby Maxwell was born, Jessica signed a $4 million deal with Weight Watchers, to be a spokesperson for the weight loss program that eventually helped her to shed the extra pounds beautifully, but it seems that an unplanned event is going to put her diet on hold, as US Weekly reported that a source confirmed the singer/businesswoman is pregnant with her second child.

Jessica Simpson, who welcomed first daughter only 7 months ago, said she's smitten with her baby girl, and in a interview she gave People in May, Jessica revealed that "I don't want to have another baby right away but I do want to have more kids. Having babies back to back has to be so hard. I really want to give Maxwell all of the attention and all of the love and time that I possibly can give her. When I feel like it's the right time to bring another little one into the family, I will. I won't wait too long but I won't do it immediately."

However, things must have changed a bit as US Weekly reports that Jessica was caught by surprise with her second pregnancy. A source told the publication that:
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Jessica Simpson has yet to issue an official statement as far as her pregnancy rumors go, but her publicist told People when asked about the baby #2 rumors that "I'm not going to comment on this speculation."

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'Dancing With the Stars' sweetheart Julianne Hough sizzles on the cover of Glamour, the magazine's July 2012 issue as she goes rock-chic donning an array of sexy, glitzy glam ensembles that underline her perfect looking silhouette. The 24-year-old actress poses like a true pro for the camera lens of Ellen von Unwerth for Glamour as she channels her inner rock chick. The stunning actress also opens up to the magazine about her relationship to Ryan Seacrest, being groped by actor Tom Cruise in the upcoming movie 'Rock of Ages' as well as her personality and past, so check out excerpts of her interview and find out everything about the talented actress.

She's enchanted the world with her professional dance moves and now she's moved on to acting, making Julianne a multi-talented woman. In her upcoming movie, where she stars alongside Tom Cruise, a scene features Tom holding her breasts, but it seems that her nerves passed quickly as she says Tom was 'awesome'. Julianne told Glamour that:

“That was my first scene with him! I was nervous as all get-out, but after every take he high-fived me and was like, 'That was awesome.' At one point on the movie, I got really hurt—I tweaked my neck and was in so much pain. And everyone was pressuring me to keep shooting, but Tom came in and said, 'No, this is what insurance is for, Julianne. You have the rest of your career. You need to take care of yourself!' And I thought, Tom Cruise cares about me! Now I can cry.”

Preparing for the movie role wasn't super easy as plenty of exercises were involved in the process including dance lessons and rollerblading lessons, but as a former dancer, Julianne says it was "fun to be able to go back and be coached". She's an athletic girl that is used to physical activities and according to Julianne she and her beau, Ryan Seacrest have a competitive spirit in common and that is what drew her to him. She reveals to the magazine that:

“When we work out with a trainer, we'll die before we stop, like, to the point where we can't breathe.”

As far as how she ended up hooking up with her older beau, Julianne says that it was Ryan who hit on her while she was on his show with her ex boyfriend. She told Glamour that:

“I had another boyfriend, Chuck Wicks, whom I met on 'Dancing With the Stars'. While we were dating, we went on Ryan’s radio show together. The interview’s on YouTube, and I blush when I hear it because Ryan is hitting on me the entire time! At the end, Ryan said something like, 'You guys really have something special!' And I thought to myself, He’s so full of s#%t right now! When Chuck and I broke up, I wanted to be single. That lasted five months. Then Ryan and I went on a date.”

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        Bedford Deputy County Administrator Frank Rogers is moving next door.

        He takes the helm as Campbell County’s county administrator on Oct. 1. This completes exactly nine years of service with Bedford County. He came here as assistant county administrator in September, 2005. During the year between former county administrator Kathleen Guzi’s departure in 2012 and current county administrator Mark Reeter’s arrival a year later, Rogers served as interim county administrator.

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        Dooley said the Lodge had a meeting after this summer’s fireworks to decide if they were going to continue the displays.
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        The Bedford County Board of Supervisors won’t be holding a public hearing on raising supervisors’ pay at its Sept. 8 meeting. In fact, supervisor pay raises are off the table for the remainder of this year.
        At the end of their last meeting, on Aug. 11, the supervisors reached a consensus during the Board Comments section of the meeting to hold a public hearing on raising supervisors’ pay by $200 a month. District 6 Supervisor Annie Pollard made the suggestion during the Comments period.

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        Bedford County will begin looking for a new director of tourism.
        The position has been vacant since July 2 when the previous director, Sergei Troubetzkoy, left to take a job as Lynchburg’s first tourism director. The supervisors received, more than a month ago, an unsolicited proposal from an ad agency to take over the tourism director’s duties on a short-term or long-term basis, but no decision had been made.

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Arizona, United States

Style | ABV
English Strong Ale |  8.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round

Notes & Commercial Description:
Beer added by: BeerAdvocate on 10-02-2002

Our Old Monkeyshine Ale is an exceptional example of a true, traditional-style English Pub beer. Nimbus Old Monkeyshine Ale is medium bodied and possesses a distinct, dark roasted flavor. Its sweet malty taste is derived from liberal use of seven varieties of specialty malts and a touch of brown sugar. Our Old Monkeyshine Ale is dark in color, beginning with a slight caramel malt overtone and rounded with a relatively dry finish from its English Kent Goldings hops. The hops aroma is mildly subdued and the bitterness is just enough to balance the profile of this beer.

Nimbus Old Monkeyshine Ale is a true premium ale and is priced accordingly. We're so proud of this beer for its body, taste, alcohol content and drinking enjoyment, it may just become our signature beer. Be warned: its wonderful malty sweetness camouflages the 8.2% alcohol by volume content. It's a winner!
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Photo of Greywulfken
4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

So the contradiction right off the bat is "English style ale" and 8.2% abv, right? You're thinking mild, warming, malt-forward, but there's often an expectation of something "session-able" and then this thing comes in at 8.2% abv (sessionable to me, but I know that's wrong) - anyway - the sugars and abv are big enough that this could pass for an American brown ale if it were marketed as such - the Kent Goldings hops and the malt profile is English-enough, but the body, sugars, and abv American-ize it into something like an Imperial brown ale. I really liked it, and "English strong ale" is a nice catch-all category for it. Warm and smooth, some light toastiness, ample caramel and brown sugary cues; essentially mildly fruity, as of dates and browned fruits, mild, with a little caramel toffee. Super enjoyable and highly recommended, with the understanding it eludes simple categorization. If you like brown, sweet, and malty ales, this is terrific. (957 characters)

Photo of Dynobolt
4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Had it at the silver saddle steak house in Tucson. Wasn't much of a selection there but the steaks were delicious! (Prime rib) nice color, head and lacing, went well with the steak. Easy drink as it went down smooth. (218 characters)

Photo of OrestesMethuon
3.69/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

"Old Monkeyshine" seems a very apt name for this beer: right from the first whiff, it's clear that this beer is stodgy and rotund, bracing, bold, and robustly, wildly sweet, like dark, dank, slightly-rotted roof-beams.

The boozy elements of the bouquet are followed close on their heels by a distinct alcoholic, almost lacquer-like stridency—perhaps not so "camouflaged" as its expositional patter promises—but this is swallowed swiftly and thankfully by the strong-ale's other flavoring elements. Primarily, a distinct bitterness: coffee-grounds, oak, and burnt caramels that mellow into a smoother turbinado characteristic as Old Monkeyshine is sipped, becoming subsumed by the separate and subtle herbaceous bitterness produced out of the true-to-style old-blighty hop-varietal Nimbus employs.

And while I wouldn't say it's quite as dry as advertised, Old Monkeyshine—bracing at first—warms and worms its way around the drinker's tongue, charming one (helped by a surprisingly breezy, bubbly mouth-feel) into *almost* believing this beer might be sessionable. That's a dangerous deceit, given its several hefty traits, but it nonetheless allows for shining two or three of these without the palate feeling too sticky or stuck-in-the-mud. (1,252 characters)

Photo of DavidMumper
4.19/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Big malt profile with hints of molasses and raisin. Mild alcoholic taste with good balance of Goldings hops. Not for the faint of heart, but I find it quite yummy. (163 characters)

Photo of cbutova
3.03/5  rDev -20.9%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Random 12oz grab back in July in Flagstaff, AZ. Full review to notes last night.

A- Very dark Barleywine poured to a chalice from the stubby 12oz. A tan cap forms at one finger with frothy texture. Foamy belt around the top drops a large sheets as well as sparse spots of lace.

S- Fairly faint for the style. A bit of toasty with semi roast, deep caramel, raisin and dark candi sugar notes.

T- Opens up from the aroma just a bit here with a strange spicy bitterness and a hint of metallic feel. Fruitiness is apparent and it comes down as apple, white grape and raisin esters. Toasted, caramelized, dark crystal, nutty, semi burnt and a bit of sweetness from the mashed grains.

MF- Lies in the light side for Barleywines with a definite thin overall consistency. Carbonation at a medium level promoting a tiny bit of slick and foamy texture. Finishes with a light tart bitterness that doesn't suit the flavor.

Way too light bodied and lacking the rich flavors I look for in the style. Some definite off flavors with metallic and bitter fruity hints throwing off the malts and becoming a distraction. (1,104 characters)

Photo of ryannosaurus
4.25/5  rDev +11%

Pours deep dark garnet-brown with a significant creamy tan head

Aroma is light, malty and yeasty notes primarily.

Flavor is an amazing roasty toasty alcohol fueled mess. Sweetness is highly notable, perfectly balanced to the hoppy/roasty side. A little spice from the Goldings. Not terrifically complex, but a masterfully done biggish beer.

Body is robust, approaching the imperial stout range.

Far bigger beer than most browns, bordering on the imperial stout realm... not as black and balanced a little dryer. I'm kicking myself that I bypassed this one as often as I have in the past... damn good beer at an excellent price point. (637 characters)

Photo of TucsonJames
3.96/5  rDev +3.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

I think this beer is very understated. It starts out with hop notes and then complexly traverses an earthy porter finish. It is a fresh beer that could be drank year round as it is fresh, but also dark and could be appreciated in the winter time after a day working outside or by the campfire. (293 characters)

Photo of nickfl
3.66/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

A small head of off white foam on top of a clear, dark brown body. An aroma of toffee and musty hops. Dry, caramel and burnt toast with some molasses in the finish. Medium body, average carbonation, and a dry finish. Not bad, fairly bland but inoffensive. (255 characters)

Photo of kylehay2004
4.2/5  rDev +9.7%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

No head really on a deep amber brown clear body. No lace really. Aroma of breads, toasted malts, nuts, molasses and earthy hops. Flavor is also very toasty opening with nuts, toasted malts and earthy but finishing with brown sugar, caramel, rye . Medium body and moderate carbonation. The alcohol is very well hidden. This one is flavorful and definitely one of the better of the style. (386 characters)

Photo of coldriver
3.87/5  rDev +1%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

12 oz bottle pours a Pepsi brown with good head and lacing. Aroma is molasses with dark fruit. Taste is caramel, tobacco, dark fruit. Mouthfeel is little harsh, but nice dry finish. Alcohol is well hidden. I'm liking this better as it warms up - I bet it's really good on tap. Not a style that I'm typically interested in but I can see the appeal. (347 characters)

Photo of ckollias
4/5  rDev +4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Enjoyed this beer on tap at Nimbus Brewery.

A: Pours a clear light brown-golden hue with a thin white lace that quickly dissipates leaving a decent lace.

S: Slightly fruity malt aroma.

T: Similar to the smell there is a fruity malt flavor that finishes slightly dry.

M: Medium carbonation and medium body.

O: Decent English Strong Ale – lots of alcohol but blended in nicely with the malt. (396 characters)

Photo of chinchill
4.03/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into my new silipint.

A: Poured dark reddish-brown, with a proper, creamy tan head that lasted a good while and left good lacing. Coarse looking carbonation bubbles.

S: Smells like toasted sweet malt with hints of brown sugar and caramel.

Taste: Moderately strong flavor featuring dark malts with hints of dark fruits, caramel, and roasted nuts. Good sweet/bitter balance.

M: Medium-low carbonation works well for this full-bodied beer, Very smooth.

O: A flavorful English style pub ale with remarkably well hidden alcohol. Recommended. (573 characters)

Photo of FlatRabbitRed
4.31/5  rDev +12.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

This is an English style ale, so to all the other reviews; I personally expect some bittering to come out of it. Very happy to see this style from a local craft brewery, nice job!

Dark with minimal head, roasted malt and caramel, hint of licorice bittering after taste. High in alcohol but not syrupy or heavy at all.

Goes down real easy in spite of the high alcohol content, be careful! (390 characters)

Photo of Uncle_Jimmy
3.62/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance- Sparkling deep maroon the color is pretty! no head no lacing

Aroma- clean melon fruityness, carmel apple leather.

Taste- boozy, maple, tobacco vanilla, carmel, slightly sweet and a little peppery. resiny vegetable hops. maybe its the fact that it is an english ale but i get just a hint of meaty "brown sauce" to it. Its not bad or off putting though, just English!

Mouthfeel- I think this is spot on for an english style ale. Slick warm and boozy. Not too fizzy or syrupy.

Overall- My favorite offering from nimbus, i would like to try this from a cask/beer engine or on nitro. I think it would compliment bread pudding, brie, mashed potatoes and game hen. Defiantly a good beer to nurse in a pub on a rainy day while watching cricket or rowing. (765 characters)

Photo of cindyjeffsmith
3.65/5  rDev -4.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

appearance: Hazy dark bronze. Pretty fat messy off white head.
smell: butterscotch. very inviting, some dark fruit but butterscotch up front.
taste: quite different than the nose. Hint of butterscotch, not near as rich. Dry and slightly bitter finish.
overall: outstanding nose. A bit of a letdown after that. (309 characters)

Photo of DoubleJ
3.58/5  rDev -6.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Wow! Nimbus is back in Orange County. And I happened to find a bottle of Nimbus that I hadn't tried before. From a stubby 12 ounce bottle, on to the beer:

It's a gusher out of the bottle! Once that episode is over, we see a leather brown colored beer with an inch thick head and a few chunks of lace around the glass. The nose features toasted sugar, touches of pineapple, and brown sugar. Taste is somewhat fruity, features some pineapple and toasted sugar The firepower is acceptable, and the beer's alcohol is hard to find. The body is medium full with smooth carbonation that compliments the beer.

This is a mellow strong ale from Nimbus, and an acceptable one at that. (676 characters)

Photo of UCLABrewN84
3.2/5  rDev -16.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

Pours an almost opaque super dark brown with a foamy khaki head that settles to a film on top of the beer. Foamy swaths of lace form around the glass on the drink down. Smell is of toasted malt, caramel, and some alcohol aromas. Taste is somewhat the same but there is a metallic flavor that overwhelms everything else. There is a mild bitterness on the palate with each sip. This beer has a lower level of carbonation with a slightly crisp mouthfeel. Overall, this is an average beer and not something I would seek out again. (526 characters)

Photo of charlzm
4.04/5  rDev +5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

Consumed December 14th, 2012 from my trusty Triple Petrus tulip/snifter. The bottle is labeled April 2012, so the beer is between 8 and 9 months old.

Beer pours a ruddy caramel brown with deep garnet highlights. Almost no head despite a moderate pour. Small amount of sheeting.

Aroma is cinnamon and brown sugar with a touch of vanilla and molasses.

Flavor is fruity with an unfortunate note of cardboard oxidization. I'm going to blame the screw-off lid (what were you thinking, Nimbus, putting a beer meant to be aged in a screw-top bottle???) Dark candied fruits mingle with a touch of bready malt, followed by a bold, bitter finish. Some peppery spice and alcohol heat on the finish.

Mouthfeel is slightly thick.

Overall, a fine beer. Don't age it in the 12 oz bottle, though. (785 characters)

Photo of ChainGangGuy
3.11/5  rDev -18.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

12 ounce bottle - $2.29 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a clear, very darkened amber body with a half-inch-head head of beige foam.

Smell: Moderate toastiness, crunchy char, and a faint note of brown sugar. Some dark fruit, some aniseed, but more than one's fair share of alcohol.

Taste: Well-toasted malts dosed with dark brown sugar. Slight burnt malt edge in back. Slight earthy hop hint. A touch of date, then licorice growing into a larger, albeit ill-defined spiciness adjoining the heated alcohol quality until the finish. Not too much going on here, sadly.

Mouthfeel: Medium-plus body. Medium carbonation.

Overall: Lacks complexity, depth, and, more importantly, some much needed smoothness. For a second, I thought maybe some age would smooth it out, but I changed my mind. (816 characters)

Photo of htomsirveaux
3.62/5  rDev -5.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

12 oz. bottle tried 14 Mar 2011. Served in the (512) One snifter.

Smallish tan head. Well carbonated. Clear ruby brown in color. Aroma is roasty nuts with some toffee and cola. Fairly sweet and malty to start. Touch of cinnamon. Hazelnuts. Medium body, slightly warming ethanol. Flavor doesn't really linger, kind of washes out with a faint roasty bitterness at the end.

Finish is a bit disappointing but overall not bad. (423 characters)

Photo of merryjoulton
3.55/5  rDev -7.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a pretty deep brown mahogany hue. Head basically doesn't exist. Maybe a little bit of brown foam but thats about it. Smells like deep roasted malts. Don't detect any fruit, citrus, pine or any hint of hops. Tastes exactly like it smells. Has a full and thick mouthfeel. Overall a good beer. No complexity, but no flaws either. Just a good beer. (350 characters)

Photo of facundoCNB
3.7/5  rDev -3.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

pours a deep amber/brown with a few bubbles (no head). smells of raspberries, grapes and caramel.. kind of has a funk to it - not much in terms of "standard beer characteristics" which is in no way a bad thing. very sweet tasting like a toffee/caramel, tastes like a cross between a barley wine/esb, very fruity (peaches, raspberry, grapes), heavy malt profile. feels medium bodied which throws me off a bit, i keep expecting it to be thicker with every sip i take.

a bit funky in taste/smell, which keeps the mystery throughout the glass, and keeps me drinking it trying to figure out the ingredients. very lightly carbonated and the mouthfeel keeps throwing me off! not a bad sipping beer at all, but i don't think i can handle more than one in a session. (758 characters)

Photo of jmarsh123
2.86/5  rDev -25.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Thanks to stephenhawking for the bottle.

Pours a deep brown almost black with a small tan head that dissipates almost immediately.

Aroma is very malty with a little bit of raisin. Not many hops detectable here.

Taste follows the nose. Barely any hop presence and a big malt bill. Toasted malt hits up front, but there's a oxidized metallic finish that is off putting.

Mouthfeel is a bit thin for something of this profile with medium-low carbonation.

This one doesn't do it for me. A few flaws with not a lot of complexity going on. (537 characters)

Photo of ccrida
4.3/5  rDev +12.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

12 oz bottle poured into my large Gulden Draak tulip, Old Monkeyshine is a slightly turbid dark brown with a tan head leaving scattered lace.

Smell is very malty, sweet and sour, with some earthy hops. Robust

Taste is similar, this is a classic English brown, x2. Nice balance though for the amplitude, the bitter hops and drying, clean alcohol temper the sweetness of the malt. Very nice, with a long, malty finish.

Mouthfeel is on the medium-heavy side, decent carbonation.

Drinkability is high, this is my favorite Nimbus ale by a long shot, loads of character, flavor, yet still dangerously quaffable. I "monkeyed" around to much with their lesser offering before this! (680 characters)

Photo of uawildcat
4.47/5  rDev +16.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 oz bottle into an English pub glass. Poured it too cold, so I let it warm up a little bit.

A: Dark brown, a tad bit cloudy with a little head. Leaves behind a nice white head with lacing. Nothing special, but I will give it 3.5 for the lacing.

S: Smells like toasty malt and bready yeast. Only comes out once the beer is warmed up.

T: Taste is out of this world. It tastes of dark fruits upfront with a strong raisin flavor behind a toasty, toffee-like, sweet malt flavor. Yum!

M: The low level of carbonation works well for this beer, it lets the flavor really come out. It goes down very smooth. However, I do wish there was a bit more carbonation. For the amount of flavor and sweetness it is not too thick, it is medium-bodied.

O: A very tasty beer that could be drank on its own. It could go with a burger or fish and chips. Nice job Nimbus, this beer rocks. (885 characters)

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Flipside Red IPA - Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.

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Flipside Red IPAFlipside Red IPA

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Reviews: 382
Hads: 2,700
rAvg: 3.86
pDev: 9.59%
Wants: 76
Gots: 526 | FT: 1
Brewed by:
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California, United States

Style | ABV
American Amber / Red Ale |  6.20% ABV

Availability: Fall

Notes & Commercial Description:
Beer added by: Zorro on 08-25-2013

Just when it feels like the dog days will never end, suddenly, the switch is flipped, the air gets cooler and it’s clear that autumn is on the way. Featuring a ruby-red hue and abundant tropical fruit and citrus hop flavors, Flipside Red IPA is the perfect beer for the final flash of summer.
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Photo of ONUMello
3.98/5  rDev +3.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle poured into a pint glass
A: Amber color with a one-finger head & a fair amount of bubbles
S: Quite aromatic with nice citrus & pine from the hops & a sweet caramel malt undertone
T: Matches the nose, though the sweet caramel is up front with the hops riding in the passenger seat
M: Medium-bodied with nice carbonation
O: Perhaps just a touch sweet but very tasty (376 characters)

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Photo of AC-Mivsek
3.8/5  rDev -1.6%

A- Pours a gorgeous fiery red with carbonation bubbles racing upwards to form a decadent soft-white head of foam.

S- Smells of a terrific blend of spicy pine hops with a sweet malty backbone.

T- Taste is extremely reminiscent of the smell. The Citra, Simcoe, and Centennial tops tingle the taste buds, while the darkened malt taste sweetens the back end.

M- Nice, crisp, and well-carbonated. No surprises here. Goes down like a typical 6.5% IPA.

O- Very unique beer we have here. It is an IPA no questions asked, but it is a different breed of IPA. Not quite as roasty and malty as a black IPA, nor not as citrusy and bitter as a IIPA or even an IPA for that matter. Sierra Nevada continues to truly brew staples of each different beer style. A red IPA is mean't to blend together and blur the lines of IPA's and other styles. This particular brew does just that. There are a handful of breweries that just can't miss, Sierra Nevada is among them. To infinity, and beyond. (976 characters)

Photo of squonk45
4.85/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 5 | smell: 5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 5 | overall: 4.75

This was one of my favorite Siearra Nevada products . now for 2015 it will only be available in the fall variety pack .. I hope other who are displeased by this Let Sierra Nevada know .. Make us bbu 6 beers we don't care for to get the good stuff.. another poor management decision form Sierra nevada (302 characters)

Photo of ChainGangGuy
3.47/5  rDev -10.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

12 ounce bottle - $1.99 at Total Wine & More in Kennesaw, Georgia.

Appearance: Pours a tawny, rust-toned body with a smallish, near white head. Light haze. Little lacing.

Smell: Predominately hoppy, notes of grapefruit, additional oily citrus and even a sliver of mango. Rather grassy with pine-hinting resins. Underneath, a little basic toast and grain.

Taste: Toasted breadcrusts, touches of grain and a low, brief caramel-esque sweetness. Very, very faint unsweetened chocolate powder. Sharp, citric grapefruit and orangy kicks with a leisurely bitterness. Moderately resinous, grassy. Pulls up on the grassy, resiny tones at the tail end and into the bitter, drying finish.

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied. Medium carbonation.

Overall: It's red, it's bitter. I was fine with it. (780 characters)

Photo of Jeffreysan
4.06/5  rDev +5.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

12 oz bottle, poured into a pint glass

Appearance: Pours a very pretty, almost opaque, deep, dark, mahogany color, speckled with reddish highlights and a finger of white-colored head that quickly dissolved away into a thin lacing of foam that completely covered the top of the beer.

Aroma: Very aromatic with lots of floral, piney, grassy, citrusy hops, as well as some bready, toasted malt, which imparts notes of freshly baked rye bread, including the aromas of caraway, black pepper and heather, as well as aromas of caramel and honey. But the predominate aroma is of hops.

Taste: Very, very, nice! Yeah, it’s an IPA, which means that the predominate flavor is floral, grassy, piney, citrusy, hops, but there’s quite a bit of bready, toasted malt, black pepper and coriander and caramel-like sweetness to beautifully balance everything out. It’s an excellent beer!

Mouthfeel: Medium-bodied, crisp, and nicely effervescent as there is quite a bit of carbonation to tickle the taste buds. With an ABV of 6.2%, there is no alcohol on the palate.

Overall: This is an excellent, beautifully balanced IPA. And this is coming from a beer drinker that doesn’t generally like IPAs! My tolerance for hops must be growing as I really, really like this beer! Very, highly recommended! (1,300 characters)

Photo of oberon
3.81/5  rDev -1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Pours into a standard pint glass a deep amber/tawny with a great looking billowing light beige head atop,great color and a great head,it just looks like fall.Aromas of citric hops and nutty malt with light caramel sweetness.The palate is alot like aromas with a good shot of citric hops intertwined with nutty maltiness with a little brown sugar in the finish.A solid hoppy amber ale,I could drink quite a few of these this fall. (429 characters)

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3/5  rDev -22.3%

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3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

Had this from the bottle in Maui. Typical well made offering from SNB. Malty, very drinkable. (93 characters)

Photo of npala86
3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

Photo of Tiernan
3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

Photo of ccapurso
3.69/5  rDev -4.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Photo of Leeshka410
4.25/5  rDev +10.1%

Nice Amber ale, not overly hoppy or fruity but just enough to know you are enjoying a red IPA, perfect for a crisp, cool fall evening. (134 characters)

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4.75/5  rDev +23.1%

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3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

Photo of woodchipper
3.25/5  rDev -15.8%

Photo of wrycon
3.25/5  rDev -15.8%

Photo of briang01
3.4/5  rDev -11.9%

Photo of sabitu
3.25/5  rDev -15.8%

Photo of lordofthewiens
3.75/5  rDev -2.8%

Photo of NWer
4/5  rDev +3.6%

Photo of SD-Alefan
3.7/5  rDev -4.1%

Pours a very pretty copper-red with a tan head that leaves lace the length of the glass.
The aroma is of citrus and pine with a bit of baked bread beneath.
The taste is bitter up front with a hint of lemon following then an assault of pine and grapefruit pith coming up behind. It leaves a nicely tingly, drying bitter on the tongue.
The mouthfeel is medium and well carbonated.
Overall, a decent beer but it just didn't do it for me. Too many great IPA's out there (inc. several from SN) to buy this one again. (511 characters)

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3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

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4/5  rDev +3.6%

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3.5/5  rDev -9.3%

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3.8/5  rDev -1.6%

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Flipside Red IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.
87 out of 100 based on 382 ratings.


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Shiner Holiday Cheer - Spoetzl Brewery / Shiner

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Shiner Holiday CheerShiner Holiday Cheer

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Reviews: 352
Hads: 1,367
rAvg: 3.52
pDev: 7.95%
Wants: 38
Gots: 344 | FT: 0
Brewed by:
Spoetzl Brewery / Shiner visit their website
Texas, United States

Style | ABV
Dunkelweizen |  5.40% ABV

Availability: Winter

Notes & Commercial Description:
Beer added by: Atlas1 on 10-26-2008

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Photo of silver0rlead
3.69/5  rDev +4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3

Pours a light brown color with a frothy beige head that leaves nice lacing. The aroma is a nice blend of peaches, caramelized pecans, wheat, toasted bread, and a hint of bourbon. The flavor has some peaches in syrup notes upfront, along with a pecan nuttiness, a bit of toasted bread and caramel, wheat twang, earthy hops, and some alcohol. The mouthfeel is medium and drinkability is pretty good. An interesting and unique dunkel, with an amazing aroma but it's too sweet to have more than one. (495 characters)

Photo of emmasdad
3.72/5  rDev +5.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

My first thought here is WOW! Six and a half bucks from a brewery that is meh at best, and I am very impressed. Pours a medium amber color, with a bit of a white head on top. Light to medium bodied, with a good amount of carbonation. Huge peach aroma and flavor carry the day here, along with a hint of nuts, some light brown sugar and earth. A very surprising, inviting and delicious "holiday" beer. (400 characters)

Photo of vdread
3.01/5  rDev -14.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Shiner Holiday Cheer pours a dark coppery color with a good sized head.

smells strongly of peaches and pecans. there's that twinge of artificiality that i don't care for in my beer, but it comes across as good.

wow, the taste is much different than the smell. much stronger in the peach especially, but the pecan also comes through. the malt is slighlty roasted and grainy, and the earthy hops are slightly bitter. it's a bomb of artificial peachy-nuttyness.

mouthfeel medium-full, strongly carbonated. easy to drink, but not really for me. it's the overwhelming taste of peaches that turns me off to it. (609 characters)

Photo of BeerAdvocate
3.7/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Review from BeerAdvocate magazine Vol. II Issue XI:

Dunkelweizen meets fruitcake. Here is Spoetzl Brewery's take on making a holiday beer out of a Bavarian-Style Dark Wheat Beer. Brewed with peaches, pecans, natural flavor and caramel color. Hey, at least they admit they use flavoring and color. Worried? Perhaps, but we'll let our taste buds be the judge.

Yup, it's a wheat beer with its towering head, good retention and all. Peach aroma dominates the nose, yet there are hints of pecans and some toasted maltiness. Ample smoothness with a slick, medium body. Fresh wheat malt and toasted grain are a good base that hold this beer together. Peach flavor has a mild twang within the subtle sweetness. Nutty, with a light pecan note in the middle. Mild hop presence does not get in the way, though it does help to balance. Finishes dry with a toasted bread crust and lingering pecan flavor.

Interesting, a flavored holiday ale where we would possibly want more than one. Nice to see something different rather than the usual pie spicing that ends up tasting like organic toothpaste. A good pick for the holiday party, as it will definitely spark some interest if not conversation. This is without a doubt a beer that non-beer drinkers could approach and hopefully get pulled into. (1,284 characters)

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3.5/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Not sure why this was on the shelves in late August or why I felt the need to buy it but..so be it.

Pours a dark amber rubyish red color with an offwhite head.

Aroma is indeed canned peaches, caramel, molasses, apple cider and brown sugar.

Flavor is very sweet, very fruity (think baked fruit like apples, peaches and pears), brown sugar and/or caramel.

Its a bit cloying but not too bad. I actually enjoyed it despite the review seeming negative. Its a decent brew, a bit sweet, but not bad. (496 characters)

Photo of TMoney2591
3.33/5  rDev -5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Served in a Devil's Backbone weizen glass.

Thanks to JJFoodie for this bottle!

A tad tardy for "holiday cheer", strictly speaking, but who's counting? It pours a clear amber garnet topped by a somewhat short-lived finger of tan foam. The nose comprises cranberry sauce, maple syrup, peaches, brown sugar, sweet flowers, and a touch of miscellaneous grains. The taste brings some darker wheat to the table, along with the advertised pecans in some decent abundance. Meanwhile, the rest of the smell's constituency returns, the fruit (and I'm including the cranberries in this group) clashing with the pecans in a strange and not altogether good or bad way. A toasted biscuit factor is introduced as well, adding to the already cluttered complexity. As far as the flavors go, the sum of the parts suffers from too many disparate parts that don't quite synergize all that well together (some do with others, but it's clear the office is not moving forward in a unified manner). The body is a nice medium, with a light carbonation and a decently smooth and easy-going feel. Overall, a good idea on paper didn't translate too well in practice, but, given the circumstances, things could have gone much, much worse. (1,211 characters)

Photo of frognot
4.42/5  rDev +25.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Appearance: Pours a dark amber body with a medium head.

Smell: The aroma is a strong combination of mostly peach with a small amount of roasted pecans.

Taste: Sweet bready taste with a light peach flavor (was expecting a fruitier taste from the aroma) and equal nutty flavor. It's just really nice balance with just a whiff of hops.
(Edit: The one that I'm enjoying 12/31/14 has a whole lot of peach flavor going on. I like it!)

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Very drinkable by itself or with a meal (especially chicken or pork).

Serving type: bottle (588 characters)

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3.26/5  rDev -7.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

This is an odd duck.

Orange color, with a decently looking tan foam. Not much lacing, although the head retains its shape alright. The nose is quite peachy, to the exclusion of any other ingredients.

Dark wheat and peaches rule the flavor. The natural nuttiness of the brown ale style rolls over in deference to the more powerful flavors of fruit, so the pecans don't add much to me. I find the peach overbearing, and a confusing style choice.

Solid mouthfeel, nice and light, and I found it easy to drink without loving the flavor. Very interesting and unusual, but far from up my alley. (594 characters)

Photo of OttoBomb
3.23/5  rDev -8.2%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

12 oz. bottle poured into a Dogfish Head signature glass (February 27, 2010). No freshness date that I can find. This was part of a mixed six pack of Christmas seasonal brews picked up at Armanetti Wine Shoppe and Beverage Mart in Chicago.

I'm into the Christmas beers, and this was a leftover from a couple months ago. The bottle staes this is made with peaches and pecans, it sounds like an odd combo to me, but I'll give it a chance. Let's see how Texans make a snowy Christmas beer shall we?

Eyes: Pours a darkish orange/red with zero haze. One finger head, low retention and lacing.

Nose: Peaches up front, in the middle, and on the end. It actually smells quite natural, but it just doesn't seem to blend well with the yeast here. I don't get much aroma of either the nuts or the Dunkelwizen.

Tongue: Still peachy, especially in the aftertaste, but not as much as the nose. I like peaches, but there's just to much fruit here. The flavor delivers a bit more of the nuttiness, but not much.

Mouth: Fairly good weight, decent carbonation also.

Libation: I can't put my finger on a specific taste I don't like here, but the blending isn't to my liking and I'm not sure it's balanced. A hint of peaches would go great in a beer, but this is too much of a peach wallop. The nuttiness and alcohol try to reign in those peaches, but they fail. It's an interesting beer, but not one I'll naturally turn to at Christmas time. (1,428 characters)

Photo of leakyfaucet12
3.93/5  rDev +11.6%
look: 3 | smell: 5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

12 oz bottle Drank on Valentines day

A- Relatively dark red, maroon. Head stays for a good while

S- Smells identical to apple pie. You can smell the beer ingrediants but I smell mainly cinnamon apple. And tons of sweetness.

T- Clean taste, Not tons of the smell is in the taste, maybe a hint of fruit

M- I dont want to say light but medium bodied. Like the difference of coke to sprite.

D- More impressive than I had thought (429 characters)

Photo of chickencoop
3.35/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

For some reason Shiner is everywhere in California, and for cheap, me likey. Sad thing is that I am not so much a fan of this beer. To be true to the BA code, I am supposed to compare this to a dunkelweiss, but I can't because this is a stretch. Comparing this to the other winter beers, this one was a bit much on the "drinking a cake" thing. Yes you get a pecan flavor and peaches, but really, not the best in a beer. poured dark, little head, sweet candy taste. Overall, this was ok, not bad, they did explain the beer on the bottle and it tasted like it said. (563 characters)

Photo of beer2day
3.35/5  rDev -4.8%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Pours a medium dark red with brown notes. 2-finger head quickly disappears. Laces well, though. Color is good, but a little too clear for my liking.

Sweet, bready nose. Molasses and weak caramel round things out. Weak overall, but not bad.

Slightly bland hit on the tongue turns instantly sweet. Caramel totally dominates. Very chewy considering the light appearance. Decent hop bite on the back end, but the caramel domination nearly blocks that out.

Not a bad drinker, but really one is enough. A little two sweet and filling to drink more than one. (555 characters)

Photo of Haybeerman
3.5/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

A: Red-amber color. Poured a 1 finger tan head that dissipated to a broken skim. Lacing washed down the glass.

S: Pecans and sweet caramel. Peaches in the background with some muted spices.

T: Sweet light fruit; primarily peaches. Sweet malt comes through a little in the middle; did not detect a wheeat character I expected.Mild bitter finish.

M: Light-to-medium body. Ample carbonation. Crips and clean.

D: Flavorful and drinkable. The dominant light fruit sweetness hinder sessionablity. (495 characters)

Photo of brystmar
4.06/5  rDev +15.3%
look: 2.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

A: poured an amber color into my pint glass. Not much head with poor retention and no visible lacing.

S: tons of peaches! Hints of pecan nuttiness too.

T: both ingredients from the nose are quite apparent, but the nuttiness really takes over here. The malty pecan heaviness gives this brew an interesting and unique flavor that I found enjoyable. And not overly sweet by any stretch.

M: medium-bodied and creamy with average carbonation. Exceptional!

D: others may disagree, but I found this beer very drinkable. It certainly isn't a light beer, but throwing back 2-3 of these wouldn't be a problem for me.

If you like peaches and pecans, I can't imagine you not enjoying this beer. And here's the kicker: I don't even like peaches! (737 characters)

Photo of JoeyBeerBelly
3.5/5  rDev -0.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

I got this brew in a trade with JJFoodie, Thanks Justin!

12oz bottle served in a standard pint glass.

Clear amber color with a small beige head that thinned to a ring.
The aroma is just like canned peaches.
The taste is just peachy, seriously it's pretty much all peaches with just a bit of a nutty taste towards the finish.
Medium bodied with a smooth feel.
It's drinkable provided you like the taste of peaches. (415 characters)

Photo of Josievan
3.85/5  rDev +9.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Red-amber with a moderate head.

Smell: The pecans come through in the aroma. Also peaches.

Taste: Peaches dominate. More specifically, canned peaches. I could swear this beer is half canned peach syrup. I don't detect much of the pecans, just a little on the finish, but that's probably because the peach aspect is so strong. This is supposedly a dunkelweizen, but there's very little wheat character.

Mouthfeel: Light to medium-bodied, quite a bit of carbonation.

Drinkability: With such strong fruit character, this is a one at a time kind of beer, or better yet, split a 12 oz. bottle for dessert.

Notes: This is certainly a unique brew. I like peaches, so I enjoyed it. But if you don't care for canned peaches then watch out! I'll at least have a few bottles next holiday season. (802 characters)

Photo of brentk56
3.58/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.5

Appearance: Pours a clear amber color with a frothy head that leaves a bit of lacing behind

Smell: Canned peaches, nuts and vague hints of holiday spioe

Taste: Opens with a peachy flavor that grows progressively sweeter and nuttier by mid-palate; after the swallow, the peach and butter pecan flavors combine together nicely leaving a spicy aspect that comes together on the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium body with moderate carbonation

Drinkability: Easy to drink though not something I would want to have again (511 characters)

Photo of DrDemento456
4.2/5  rDev +19.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 5

Bought this in a carnivores in Oakmont for 2.50. I didn't expect them to get it in since it's January and I figured holiday beer seasons over but I found this on the shelf!

A - Ruby red orange with decent head.
S - soft Peachy smell with nut backbone. Also some spices to the nose.
T - mmm great peach taste with little hop bite. Very interesting for a holiday beer.
M - Light bodied and delicious
D - I would love to drink a sixer of this and could easily drink a few in one sitting.

Overall I am glad to get my hands on this beer for the ABV it's both smooth and delicious. (577 characters)

Photo of Cubsfan1087
3.15/5  rDev -10.5%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 3

Bottle poured out a dark amber color, not very big head. It smells slightly fruity, you can pick up the hint of peach. The taste is less peach and more pecan, but it finishes slightly fruity and a little bitter. I didn't hate this beer, but I didn't love it. There are definitely better seasonal options out there. (314 characters)

Photo of Mora2000
3.58/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

Pours dark red with an off-white head. Aroma is strong peaches and maybe some pecans. Flavor is pecan, caramel malt and peaches. Quite a bit of nuttyness in the flavor and it finishes slightly bitter. Medium mouthfeel and carbonation. I think this is targeted towards macro drinkers but it is an interesting beer anyway. Not bad overall. (337 characters)

Photo of Richardberg
3.7/5  rDev +5.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 4

A - blood orange, little foam, mostly translucent

s - peach, raisin, yeast, esters

t - all of the above, but pecan emerges to be strongest of all. Crisp malts remind you you're still in the weizen world, but the other flavors don't really work together. Too bad, as it definitely reminds me of home (tx hill country).

M - thin, not enough carbonation

D - easily sessionable if you dig the flavor combo. Don't think I could do >2 myself. (444 characters)

Photo of Shumista
3.25/5  rDev -7.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3

I am a sucker for seasonal and holiday release beers so I grabbed this one as a single for $1.60 at one of my beer stores.

A- Dark copper, kind of fizzy looking.
S- Thin smell of mostly peaches.
T- Peaches again, and some other fruity flavors. I don't get much pecan, some wheat malt in there too.
M- Medium bodied, pretty fizzy.
D- I'm glad I only bought one but it was pretty enjoyable.

Interesting take on a holiday beer. I took my first smell and sip expecting the holiday spice cabinet as I had not yet read the label and found the peach flavor to be a nice change from the usual holiday beers. (606 characters)

Photo of Mosstrooper
3.42/5  rDev -2.8%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.5

Poured from 12oz bottle into pilsner glass.

Appearance: Light cola color with a thick beige head that dissipates slowly with a bit of lace.

Smell: Wheat and yeast under sweet pecans and peach.

Taste: Sweet malt beginning, finishing with hints of wheat and strong peach flavor.

Mouthfeel: Thin with light carbonation and refreshing finish.

Dribnkability: Decent beer overall. Quite drinkable and a light, refreshing beer for the holiday season. Would go well with pecan pie or a Christmas dinner. (500 characters)

Photo of Vancer
3.04/5  rDev -13.6%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 3

An easy pour of this filtered brew into the Sammy Adams freebie glass reveals a clear oak brown hue, capped with a thick and rich ran head. Brussels lace remain in the glass all the way down.

Sweet peach, molasses, honey and spice in the aroma - this holiday brew really has a nice nose to it. Body is a bit thin, but the peaches and roasted nuts come into play with the quaff. On the sweet side, esp. for a winter holiday brew - this could use more spice and hops, but all in all, not too bad of a drinking brew. Might be tough to work through a sixer in a sitting though. (574 characters)

Photo of largadeer
2.06/5  rDev -41.5%
look: 3 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | overall: 2

A dunkelweizen brewed with peaches, pecans and delicious natural flavor and caramel color. On a day like this, what could be better than some crisp refreshing natural flavor?

The beer is the color of mahogany with ruby red highlights and perfect clarity, which I find a little odd for a dunkelweizen. The head crackles and dissipates like a can of soda poured into a paper cup. Looks exactly like Coke, actually.

Sweet and tart peaches and cream greet the nose first; more like cream soda actually. Toasted pecans and whole wheat toast are present as well. It's on the sweet side, and oddly artificial smelling.

Cola, peaches, strawberries, caramel and pecans are dominant on the tongue, along with a touch of nutmeg and chocolate. It's very sweet and syrupy, though the body is thin and carbonation high. It finishes on a dry note, with some lingering bitterness, Cherry Coke and peach. This is strange, unsettling stuff; it's like a soda/beer hybrid. If you're the type of person that adds shots of vodka to their RC Cola, you may enjoy this, but otherwise it's best avoided. (1,080 characters)

Shiner Holiday Cheer from Spoetzl Brewery / Shiner
80 out of 100 based on 352 ratings.


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Cherry Blossom Ito-Weisse - Strand Brewing Co.

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Style | ABV
Berliner Weissbier |  4.40% ABV

Availability: Summer

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3.64/5  rDev n/a
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Came in a bottle and served in a tulip glass.

Hazy, urine colored with fluffy lacing that held up well

That tart / putrid smell that I find so appealing about this style (no sarcasm). Citrus. And a wet animal.

Orange and cherry. A hint of pine. Good sourness nothing too agressive

low viscosity but doesn't jump off the tongue quite as it should.

I couldn't really tell this apart from the Strand's standard Ito-Weisse, which already had some fun cherry notes to begin with but overall enjoyable. (526 characters)

Cherry Blossom Ito-Weisse from Strand Brewing Co.
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Topless Wytch - 3 Floyds Brewing Co.

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pDev: 3.49%
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Indiana, United States

Style | ABV
Baltic Porter |  9.00% ABV

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Beer added by: mcallister on 04-28-2008

This strong, Baltic-style Porter has a rich, velvety mouthfeel with notes of bakers chocolate and molasses.
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3.83/5  rDev -4.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4

On tap at Three Floyds and served in a half pint glass. This beer poured a dark brown with a foamy tan head that settled into a thin layer, lingering for most of the glass. A nice coat of lace was left behind. The aroma of the beer was made up of roasted malts, bitter coffee, and a bit of chocolate. The flavor consisted of coffee, bittersweet chocolate, light smoke, and also a hint of earthy yeast. The mouthfeel was full-bodied with minimal carbonation. Tasty and satisfying. Another solid offering from FFF. (512 characters)

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4/5  rDev -0.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

(Served in a tulip glass)

A- This beer pours a jet black body with a thick creamy bubbly tan head and a gentle carbonation supporting it.

S- The charcoal aroma blend with black roasted malt and it has a very mellow quality.

T- The inky roasted black malt has some chalky coffee bean hints to it with a mellow roasted char note in the finish. There is a bitter note that lingers for a moment in the finish. There is a hint of rubber balloons flavor that comes through as the beer opens up but it doesn't overpower the other flavors.

M- This beer has a medium light mouthfeel with a gentle alcohol warmth when it warms.

O- This beer has nice dark char notes in a big but nice drinking porter with a much softer hop profile that remember. (743 characters)

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4/5  rDev -0.2%

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4.08/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a dark amber with about a half inch of head. I'd really appreciate more head, but with a growler fill carbonation goes down hill in a hurry. The smell is nothing special. SOme roasted malt and that's about it. The taste is unique IMO. Malty with a lot of hop flavor without excessive bittering. It tastes a little too hoppy for a baltic porter but the mouthfeel is great. It reminds me of a hoppy choclate shake. I'm not doing justice to the flavor, but it really is a great drinker. (489 characters)

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4/5  rDev -0.2%

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4.1/5  rDev +2.2%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Although no bottle date; this was purchased last October 2012.

Pours a very dark brown with a scant head.

Balsamic sweetness and soy sauce prominent on the nose. Subtle roast, salted caramel, cocoa powder and raisin.

At cooler temps, the hops enrap the tongue in a numbing sensation-love it. Wonderful dark cocoa bar, bitter vanilla extract and roasted marshmallow. Warmer temp provides subtley to the aforementioned in silky fashion and more smokey quality emerges. Warming alcohol underlying all.

Prickly carbonation enlivens the hop quality. Chocolate, caramel and toasty marshmallow linger.

Darn good Baltic Porter with a FFF signature to it. I've had a few but I wanted to put a year on this one-glad I did. (717 characters)

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Belgian Cranberry Wheat - I & I Brewing

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Flanders Red Ale |  9.90% ABV

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3.94/5  rDev n/a
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours murky pale pink with a big 1/2 inch white head that remains throughout the drink down as a thick cap on top and leaves heavy strands of lace. Very impressive.

Smell is somewhat muted and is of musty yeast, fresh cranberry and bready malt.

Taste is of tart cranberry and biscuit-like malt with hints of Belgian yeast.

Texture is approaching heavy bodied with medium carbonation.

Tart and sour cranberry flavor dominates with a solid malt backbone and hearty mouthfeel to keep it grounded. Another solid effort from the I & I team. (542 characters)

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Sconnie Beer - Minhas Craft Brewery

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Reviews: 9
Hads: 19
rAvg: 2.51
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Wants: 1
Gots: 1 | FT: 0
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Wisconsin, United States

Style | ABV
American Adjunct Lager |  4.70% ABV

Availability: Year-round

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Beer added by: BeerFMAndy on 07-29-2012

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Reviews: 9 | Hads: 19
Photo of kkleu357
1.06/5  rDev n/a
look: 2 | smell: 1 | taste: 1 | feel: 1 | overall: 1

Wholy wow was this beer bad. And for $7 a sixer, way way to expensive. We ended up giving most of it away telling people it was good stuff. Sorry about that friends. Funny thing was we went on the Minhas Brewery tour and saw cans of this. I think it might just be re-branded Boxer for 4X the price. (298 characters)

Photo of woodychandler
2.02/5  rDev n/a
look: 3 | smell: 1 | taste: 2 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Ah, The CANQuest (TM) once again comes up against one of its arch-nemeses, Minhas. The mere mention of the name "Minhas" sends my liver into flutter mode and the Crack causes my neighbors to take shelter form the advancing Cybermen. Minhas is an inhuman beer factory and their beer is produced with the sole intent of turning us all into inhuman, cold, calculating, metallic creatures with no minds of our own. I know because I have been assimilated and returned numerous times on The CANQuest (TM) with its own version of the Law of Unintended [CAN]sequences.

From the CAN: "Celebrate the Wisconsin Lifestyle". Illustrated with fish, cheese, brats, bowling, cows, farmers and their year of admittance (1848), it is brilliant! Best CAN on the lot! A keeper.

The Crack & Glug was nice until I began to hear the tramp of heavy boots/feet beyond the backyard fence. My neighbors are scattering for shelter as I type. I had a brief finger of bone-white foam that lasted about as long as my humanity will. Color was a light, lemon-yellow with NE-quality clarity and loads of carbonation. Greg Koch has no sympathy for me when I drink these types of beers. Nose had an odd grape-y mustiness. Minhas! Mouthfeel was medium but the taste was oddly vinous, although not as pronounced as in some of their other beers. The advance seemed to slow, if not actually stop. Finish was still mildly vinous, but it was not as noxious as some of their other offerings. I heard retreat sounded and my neighbors began to reappear. This will be damning with not faint praise, but instead, CANparative praise. This was probably the best Minhas beer that I have CANsumed to date, but that is not saying a whole lot. I would recommend it for the novelty of the CAN more than anything. On Wisconsin! (1,775 characters)

Photo of RoamingGnome
2.27/5  rDev n/a
look: 4 | smell: 2 | taste: 2 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

16 oz can poured into Cheers drinking mug. Served pretty cold...

A) Nice looking golden brew. A very inviting 2 fingers of dense white foam reach the top of the mug. Nice retention, slowly settling to a dusting. Good lacing... Looks pretty darn good.

S) Well looks can be deceiving, and after all this is Minhas we're dealing with here. The aroma is soggy grains, and old green grapes left in a bowl on your kitchen counter. There is a hint of malt. Not impressive...

T) Sweeter than I was expecting, with an unpleasant buttery flavor. The grape mentioned in the aroma comes through again. Light malt and grain flavor. This has a poor metallic aftertaste. Finish is a little dry.

M) The mouthfeel is pretty much what you would expect from an American Adjunct Lager. This has a light body, and is well carbonated. I scored it a notch lower, because of the poor clinging aftertaste.

O) It seems every time I review a beer brewed by Minhas, I am strongly recommending it be avoided, and yet here I am again. I guess the bottom line is, do as I say, not as I do. In the end, the only positive about this beer was the appearance. The rest is really pretty bad. Sorry, I cannot recommend this beer. (1,197 characters)

Photo of BigBry
2.5/5  rDev n/a
look: 2.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 2.5 | overall: 2.5

Another can for the collection, and I have to drink it - no drain pours allowed. 1 Pint (16 Fl. Oz.), label as pictured.

From the CAN: "Celebrate the Wisconsin Lifestyle". Illustrated with fish, cheese, brats, bowling, cows, farmers and their year of admittance (1848), it is brilliant! Best CAN on the lot! A keeper. I would recommend it for the novelty of the CAN more than anything. On Wisconsin!
(Description care of fellow CAN enthusiast Woody).
Brewed by Sconnie Brewing Co., Monroe, Wi.

Color was a light, bright yellow with a few bubbles that pops on contact with the air.
Sour, wet grass smell. Odd, biting flavors of sour grain. No real hop flavor to speak of.
Sweeter than expected, artificial and corn-like. Finish is a little dry.
Mouthfeel was medium, but burned at the end.
Drinkable as long as it is ice cold, but goes downhill as it starts to warm up. (893 characters)

Photo of scaliasux
2.65/5  rDev n/a
look: 2 | smell: 2 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 2.5

Appearance - Medium yellow. A little cloudy. Initial tall soapy white head quickly dissipates to a thin film.

Smell - Fairly prominent bready sweet malt.

Taste - Light sweet pale malt. Water and white bread. Slightest lemony finish.

Mouthfeel - Light and crisp.

Overall - Seems a little overly sweet, but generally inoffensive. I'd like to think, however, that my state deserves a better namesake than this. (411 characters)

Photo of biboergosum
2.74/5  rDev n/a
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 2.75 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 2.75

16oz can, 4.8% ABV, at Pizza Brew, adjacent to the brewery in NE Calgary.

This beer pours a clear medium golden yellow colour, with three fingers of puffy, frothy, and bubbly off-white head, which leaves some forked lightning lace around the glass as it evenly sinks away.

It smells of grainy pale and corn malt, buttered bread, a touch of melting plastic, and faint earthy, weedy hops. The taste is plain grainy, somewhat grist-like corn, a hint of actual malt, stale, but still sweet honey, overripe apple, wet metal, and a very weak mustiness than may or may not be attributable to hops.

The carbonation is quite soft and generally ineffectual, the body medium-light in weight, and mostly smooth, just a minor sticky tackiness adding up over time. It finishes off-dry, corny, and with a fading floral bitterness and burgeoning metallic character.

Not the worst thing that I've had from this brewery, under contractual guise or otherwise, in fact it lacks the usual industrial runoff house flavour, and just relies on straight-up, dare I say it, clean adjuncts to get the job done. Not good, but not offensive, either - something nearing praise from Caesar for this outfit. (1,179 characters)

Photo of BeerFMAndy
2.81/5  rDev n/a
look: 3.5 | smell: 2.5 | taste: 3 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

16 oz can poured into a pilsner glass.
1317402 on bottom of can, no info. (4.7% ABV)

A - Sconnie Beer pours a brilliantly clear golden wheat color with a lofty white head. The densely packed foam has moderate retention and drapes little bits of lace on the glass.

S - Sconnie beer, an "American Lager" smells the part with a grainy pale malt aroma and little else going on. A "drive-by" whiff reveals light hopping for minimal balance but a deeper whiff unveils an unpleasant creamed corn and faint metallic note.

T - Grainy pale malt and a touch of pilsner sweetness are followed by a corn adjunct flavor and pinch of floral hop notes. It's only on the swallow after smacking you're lips that a touch of that unpleasant metallic flavor comes out.

M - Effervescent carbonation fits the style, prickling the throat as it descends, lightly drying out the tongue and finishing with a crisp bite. Again, it's decent until the very finish where it's metallic.

O - Here comes Minhas, once again. Make no mistake, Sconnie Beer is great marketing, unfortunately the beer just doesn't follow through. A plain adjunct lager with little character does fit the "style" and if it weren't for the metallic finish, it wouldn't be awful, it's just moderately unappealing. Badger fans who normally drink BMC will adore this beer, though. (1,336 characters)

Photo of tone77
2.85/5  rDev n/a
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 2.5 | feel: 3 | overall: 2.5

Another beer provided by the creator of the canquest, woodychandler. And a Minhas product? Hell yeah. Poured from a 16 oz. can. Has a light golden color with a 1/2 inch head. Smell is of grains, a touch of malts. Taste is a little odd, metallic, plastics, some grains, on par for this brewer. Feels light in the mouth and overall is a slightly below average beer. (363 characters)

Photo of dhannes
3.73/5  rDev n/a
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a chilled can into a standard pint glass at a local restaurant and sat for a few minutes to reach 45º or so.

A=A rather rich, but bright, gold color, with a rich 4 finger head...rather inviting; more inviting than anticipated.

S=Not much at first...finally got a whiff of sweetness and pine.

T=A honey like sweetness--sort of a mix between a honey weiss and cream ale--comes to mind. Almost no hops; more corn than barley, I imagine. If you like sweeter, cream ale styles, this will appeal to you more than comparable BMC's--one worth trying, but not one to go out of your way for.

M=Ample body, with modest carbonation. At 16 oz. per can, one can probably drink the four pack in one sitting, but not a session beer that one could drink all afternoon, due to heaviness and sweetness.

0=As American Adjunct Lagers go, this one is better than most (certainly, much better than the Pabst I had later)--okay to buy if you only have a choice of macros, but I'd probably try a Point or Hamm's over this. (1,015 characters)

Sconnie Beer from Minhas Craft Brewery
- out of 100 based on 9 ratings.