The Beerman Sez

Beers That Start With The Letter B

Rating: .01 out of 10 Brewery: Anheuser-Busch Website: www.anheuser-busch.com Strength: 6.6% BE Nathaniel Davis, brewmaster, Anheuser-Busch, Inc. says, "We created a great new drink that's outside the boundaries of the taste adults would expect from a traditional beer. With B-to-the-E, we've come up with a beer that has a taste with a 'wow' factor at the finish." The Beerman Sez, "The Beerman sees no beer here. It tastes okay for a girly-man put-an-umbrella-in-it and wear your sunglasses on top of your head and tie your sweater around your neck... type drink, but it ain't beer in any form the Beerman has ever seen. It is unholy and to be avoided at all costs."

Rating: 9.9 out of 10 Brewery: Belhaven Website: www.belhaven.co.uk Strength: 4.6% Belhaven St. Andrews There might be a better traditional ale out there but The Beerman hasn't found it yet. If you have please send the beerman a keg or two for evaluation.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Unibroue Website: www.unibroue.com Strength: 5% Blanche de Chambly A bottle-refermented white ale on lees. A smooth, partially filtered wheat beer with slight citrus and spice flavour (Canadian spelling for Canadian beers, eh?) and slight cloudiness. Great with poultry, lamb, fish, and pork. Like most Unibroue products, this beer has a long shelf life. The Beerman cracked a two-year-old 750ml bottle for Thanksgiving dinner and it was even better than when it was fresh.

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Coors Website: www.coors.com Strength: 5.4% Blue Moon A spiced, unfiltered, Belgian-style wheat ale. Awesome to tap with a wedge of orange. Its only flaw is that it can be a little too dry straight from the bottle. The Beerman sez to try a "Black and Blue" by pouring half a glass of Blue Moon and then gently topping it off with Guinness. The Beerman gives the Black and Blue a 5 out of 5; this is one case where the whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Brewery: Coors Website: www.coors.com Strength: 5.7% Blue Moon Pumpkin Ale The Beerman really doesn't want to know how or why someone thought up putting pumpkin in ale but he is glad someone did. This year's version was even better than last year's, which was good but a little too spicy.

Rating: 8.25 out of 10 Brewery: Brick Brewing Co Website: www.brickbeer.com Strength: 5%? Brick Amber Lager A nice amber coloured (Canadian lingo, eh?) lager with no additives or preservatives. It is a wee bit lighter in feel and taste than the Beerman prefers but it is very refreshing. The Beerman sez this is almost as good as Yuengling and that's not bad.

Rating: 5.01 out of 10 Brewery: Anheuser-Busch Website: www.budweiser.com Strength: 5% Bud Dry The only time the Beerman ever had this brew was on a very hot day when there was no real beer available. It was quite refreshing but so was water. The Beerman remembers that it was slightly better than the regular Bud though.

Rating: .25 out of 10 Brewery: Anheuser-Busch Website: www.budweiser.com Strength: 4.1% Bud Light What does your husband drink? Great for keeping your girlie figure while you pretend to be drinking beer.

Rating: 5 out of 10 Brewery: Anheuser-Busch Website: www.budweiser.com Strength: 5% Budweiser Their slogan says, "The King of Beers." The Beerman sez, "I didn't know we had a king. I thought we were an autonomous collective...." But in all seriousness, when the Beerman created his rating system he needed to pick an average. So he chose Bud and Miller High Life as the standards for average. It's drinkable but the Beerman would rather have something with more flavor.

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© December 16, 2004