The Beerman Sez

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Rating: 6.75 out of 10 Brewery: Boston Beer Company Website: www.samueladams.com Strength: 5.9% Calories: 175 Carbs: 16g Sam Adams Cranberry Lambic Sam Adams: brewer, patriot, mullet-head. This beer vatries a little from year to year due to their use of wild yeast. But it's never bad. The Beerman Sez: Drink this with a good turkey dinner or as a palette cleanser between the darker beers in the variety pack. Best served with: Thanksgiving or Christmas turkey dinners.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Brewery: Boston Beer Company Website: www.samueladams.com Strength: 4.69% Calories: 195 Carbs: 23.94g Sam Adams Cream Stout Boston Beer Company uses English hops, roasted chocolate and caramel malts, and unroasted barley. It has a mahogany color and good mouthfeel. Tastes great and more filling. The Beerman bought this in a 2008-2009 WInter Variety Pack and he likes it. Any beer brewed by a mullet-head should be interesting

Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Brewery: Boston Beer Company Website: www.samueladams.com Strength: 5.8% Calories: 211 Carbs: 24.6g Sam Adams Holiday Porter A dark beer brewed with Munich, Caramel, and Chocolate malt. It has English Fuggles and East Kent Golding hops. It had a black color, medium head, slightly smoky taste with an aftertaste from the hops. The Beerman likes a few other porters more but this isn't bad. The Beerman usually drinks this after the regular Sam Adams or the Cranberry Lambic when he gets his Winter Variety Pack. Best served with: Brie cheese, crab cakes, chili, pesto, alfredo, and chocolate

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Boston Beer Company Website: www.samueladams.com Strength: 5.9% Calories: 210 Carbs: 13g Sam Adams Old Fezziwig A rich, dark, mahogany colored ale with roasted caramel & chocolate malts, orange peel, cinnamon, and ginger. It's named after Scrooge's kindly boss. The Beerman gets this every winter when he gets his Sam Adams Winter Variety Pack. The first time TB tried it he loved the first botle but he had to choke down the second one. The Berman's tastes have changed and he loves this ale all the time now. Best served with: Ham, Thai food, apple pie, carrot cake, and gingerbread cookies.

Rating: 9.5 out of 10 Brewery: Samuel Smith Website: Click here to go to their site Strength: 6% ABV Calories: probably lots Carbs: ? Samuel Smith Winter Welcome Ale Light amber coloured (Brit spelling) ale. Their label is slightly different each year but the flavour (More Brit) is always great. The Beerman Sez This is a must-get every Christmas season. Best served with: Any Christmas food

Rating: 7 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.5% Saranac Adirondak Lager A lager that finishes crisply but not bitter due to its blend of four hops. It didn't make The Beerman overly excited but it's very drinkable. Serve it to anyone.

Rating: 9 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.9% Saranac Belgian Style Ale Made with Hersbrucker & Tettnang Hops and 2 Row, Belgian Aromatic malts. It has a nice spicy yeast. A great Belgian style ale from Saranac the Magnificent. The Beerman has never met a Belgian style ale he didn't like and this is no exception. So far this is the best of the Winter Variety pack. It is also the third one that TB has sampled tonight. The Season's Best was great and the SB was pretty good. This makes TB want to try the rest of the pack tonight. Best served with: Shellfish or more beers

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.3% Saranac Black Forest The Beerman got this as part of a variety pack. It has the rich taste typical of black lagers. If you like Sam Adams Black or Modelo Negra you should like this as well. The Beerman likes Sam's Black & Modelo Negra so he likes this one too.

Rating: 7 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 6.0% Saranac Bock The Beerman cracked one of these right after trying the Black Forest. There's nothing wrong with this beer; in fact there's quite a bit right with it, but it isn't as flavorful as some bocks. It neither makes nor breaks the variety pack.

Rating: 7.5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.3% Saranac Extra Special Bitter A malty Brittish style bitter brewed with bitter Williamette, fruity English Fuggle and spicy Saaz hops. They play well with others to make a pretty good beer. The Beerman got this as part of the Winter Variety Pack. He tried it after the Season's Best so it didn't seem like it had a lot of flavor but it grew on TB in a good way. The Beerman Sez it's worth a seven and a half out of ten. Best served with: Any bbq or most cow byproducts

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 6.0% Saranac India Brown Ale Columbus, Cascade and Centennial hops and lots of malt. The Beerman isn't sure who thought of adding more malt to an IPA but he wants to buy him or her a beer. Best served with: Hamburgers, Smoked Fish, and Sausage

Rating: 6.5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.4% Saranac Oktoberfest Saaz and Tettnang hops. German Pilsner and Crystal malt. Nice but it doesn't blow The Beerman away. The Beerman Sez that there's nothing wrong with this beer and he will drink it with pride any time it's given to him or part of a variety pack but there are better marzens out there. Best served with: Roasts and stews

Rating: 8.5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.6% Saranac Rauchbier A German style lager brewed with smoked malt. It has just a hint of smokiness. The Beerman tried this beer in his backyard next to a fireplace and it was good.

Rating: 8 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 5.3% Saranac Season's Best Brewed with Tettnang hops and Munich & Biscuit Malt, it has a medium to heaby mouthfeel. Its color dark amber and slight nuttiness to the flavor. It tastes like it would have more alcohol than the 5.3% but that's not a bad thing. Mikey likes it. Best served with: Minnestrone Soup or Pork Ribs w/ BBQ Sauce. The Beerman Sez it would also go well with sushi.

Rating: 5 out of 10 Brewery: Matt Website: www.saranac.com Strength: 4.8% Saranac Vanilla Stout Made with Willamette Hops and 2 Row, Chocolate malt. The Beerman was ready to hate this brew but the first six or eight ounces were prety tasty. After that it got to be too filling and too vanilla. It's part of the Winter Variety pack. TB will drink the other one in the case but not right away. TB will give it a five because it is different and half a pint is good. Best served with: Dark Chocolate and/or Fruit Desserts

Rating: 7 out of 10 Brewery: Spoetzl Website: www.shiner.com Strength: 4.4% Shiner Bock The first time The Beerman tried this he hadn't become The Beerman yet but he had switched from MGD to Dundee's Honey Brown and was well was on his way. It was with a big, medium rare steak. The steak wasn't that good (kind of stringy) but the beer made up for it. It's a nice smooth, middle-of-the-road bock that isn't as strong as most so you can drink more of it.

Rating: 7 out of 10 Brewery: Michelob Website: michelob.com Strength: 5.2% Bitterness:10 IBU Carbs: 14.8 Calories: 168 Original Gravity: 12.7 Shock Top This wheat ale started out as a spring seasonal but due to popular demand they started making it year-round. The Beerman still usually only drinks it in the spring and summer but he does look forward to one on the first warm spring day. They use wheat & two-row barley malt, Cascade & Willamet hops, orange peel, and coriander.

Rating: 7 out of 10 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: 9 out of 10 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: 9.5 out of 10 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: 7 out of 10 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: 9 out of 10 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 appreciates their effort. In the Beerman's not-so-humble opinion this is the best steam beer on the market. The sight of this beer in a cooler has brought tears to the eyes of friends of the Beerman.

Rating: 9.9 out of 10 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 for a recipe that will show you that beer is for breakfast.

Rating: 9.97 out of 10 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: 7.5 out of 10 Brewery: New Glarus Website: www.newglarusbrewing.com Strength: 5.1% Spotted Cow The Beerman got this as a gift from his friends Fred and Toni. He misses them when they're not around but he does like hearing that they're going to Wisconsin because they bring this beer back with them. Their website says, "Cask conditioned ale has been the popular choice among brews since long before prohibition. We continue this pioneer spirit with our Wisconsin farmhouse ale. Brewed with flaked barley and the finest Wisconsin malts. We even give a nod to our farmers with a little hint of corn. Naturally cloudy we allow the yeast to remain in the bottle to enhance fullness of flavors, which cannot be duplicated otherwise. Expect this ale to be fun, fruity and satisfying. You know you're in Wisconsin when you see the Spotted Cow." The Beerman Sez, "Works for me. I'll give it a seven and a half. It's on TB's always get a sixpack list" Best served with: The Beerman had it with burgers and kabobs.

Rating: .01 out of 10 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: 6 out of 10 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.

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© December 16, 2004