The Beerman Sez

Beers That Start With The Letter S

Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Brewery: Sleeman
Website: www.sleeman.com Strength: 5%

Sleeman Cream Ale

If you like Genny Cream Ale you will love Sleeman's flagship brand. It is a very drinkable beer and one of the better cream ales out there but the Beerman is a bigger fan of their Honey Brown, Dark, and Steam.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Brewery: Sleeman
Website: www.sleeman.com Strength: 5.3%

Sleeman Honey Brown Lager

The Beerman first saw this HBL at a hotel near Toronto when it was being delivered to a friend's table. It was love at first-sight and first taste. This is crisper and not as heavy as Dundee's HBL. If you buy the Beerman a Sleeman Honey Brown you will make a new friend.

Rating: 4.75 out of 5
Brewery: Sleeman
Website: www.sleeman.com Strength: 5.5%

Sleeman Original Dark

Tastes as good as it looks, and it looks great, eh? It is crisp (you can taste the hops) but not bitter. The Beerman says that it doesn't get much better than this rich, malty ale.

Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Brewery: Sleeman
Website: www.sleeman.com Strength: 5%

Sleeman Silver Creek Lager

A nice, very smooth, pilsner-style lager. The Beerman prefers more of something but there is nothing wrong with this beer. It would make a great introduction to beer for any Bud Light drinker.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5
Brewery: Sleeman
Website: www.sleeman.com Strength: 5%

Sleeman Steam

Sleeman custom built a steam-cooling vessel to recreate the old steam brewing process. The Beerman appreciate's their effort. In the Beerman's not-so-humble opinion this is the best steam beer on the market. The sigth of this beer in a cooler has brought tears to the eyes of friends of the Beerman.

Rating: 4.9 out of 5
Brewery: Flying Dog
Website: www.flyingdogales.com Strength: 5.8%

Snake Dog India Pale Ale

The Beerman loves Golding hops and this traditional IPA is chock-full of them but it's not too overpowering - just nice and crisp. Be sure to visit their website a recipe that will show you that beer is for breakfast.

Rating: .01 out of 5
Brewery: Steel Brewing Company
Website: www.steelbrewing.com
Strength: 6% or 8%

Steel Reserve 211

The Beerman had to ¤gag¤ try this ¤retch¤ "beer" in ¤puke¤ a ¤spew¤ tallboy ¤hurl¤ can ¤dry heave¤. Throw out the beer and eat the can. BTW, don't bother with their website either unless you have lots of plug-ins on your browser.

Rating: 5 out of 5
Brewery: Spaten
Website: www.spatenbraeu.com Strength: 5.9%

Spaten Oktoberfest

This amber-colored marzen is brewed every spring for the Munich Oktoberfest. This is the first Oktoberfest beer, brewed since 1872. The Beerman sez that this could be the best of the Oktoberfest Beers and there is a lot of competition.

Rating: 3 out of 5
Brewery: Stroh's
Website: www.pabst.com Strength: 4.6%

Stroh's

This is one of the first beers the Beerman ever tasted. It was on New Years Eve 1975-76 and probably from a can that looked like the image here. It also brings back memories of great tv and radio commercials, especially during Detroit Tigers games with Ernie Harwell. Stroh's is now owned by Pabst but it still tastes the same. It's a little weaker than what the Beerman usually buys but he likes its crispness, especially in hot weather. Its downside is that it doesn't usually agree with the Beerman's digestive system. The Beerman says that this is the tastiest laxative on the market.