Sixth Day

Time for a review of a ruttin good microbrew in the Midwest, Goose Island Brewery out of Chicago, Il makes numerous decent to great beers. You don’t mess with the Midwest on beer. They come from hearty stock mostly from eastern Europe, my wife reminds me the Midwest is full of folks of Polish, German, and Scandinavian decent, as well as numerous other decent. However, the point is they come from long lines of soddin brewers and beer drinkers. Hoppy, heavy, tasty ruttin beer drinkers. Goose Island does not fail on that end. Most of the beers they make are ales, and lagers cloudy enough you can’t see through them. 

Sixth Day is the company’s season ale. So it you want a ruttin bottle hurry up and get it. Its already disappearing off the shelves, and may be gone by the time this gets posted. The bottle is less than remarkable, brown glass with muted Christmas colors and a goose with a Santa hat on. An ugly bottle does not kill a beer, Red Strip being the perfect example. The beer though. Damn is it a good beer. It is a dark cloudy amber that smells of holiday spices. It pours well, and looks ruttin good in a Nonic pint glass.

Rating: 4/5

Tin Roof: Blonde

Alright it’s time for a ruttin local beer for this captain. Tin Roof is a relatively new brewery out of Baton Rouge Louisiana that makes a good ruttin amount of beers ranging from amber ale to a coffee stout. This review will focus on the company’s Blonde Ale. The Blonde, like most Tin Roof Beers, comes in a six pack of metal cans, with an odd soddin over the top holder to be environmentally friendly. The can is also a mix of white and with the shiny silver showing through in certain spot. Not the most eye catching, but when in a freezer full of bottles it ruttin damn well stands out.

The beer pours from the can well, but does not create a lot of foam. This prevents a head from forming, which takes away from the look of the beer in a glass. However, if beer comes in a can drink it from the damn can. Only reason why this captain drank it from a soddin glass for this review is so you could see a picture of its color. Speaking of which, the Blonde is truly a blonde. It is a nice translucent light gold in color and is exceptionally smooth. It is like drinking water for this captain. It is a great lighter beer. It is a definite rebuy for a first time or experienced beer drinker. 

~Ambrose E. Brightmore 

Rating: 3/5

Circus Boy

A nice more mainstream domestic beer from Magic Hat Brewery from Vermont is the subject of this ruttin review. Magic Hat is a decent microbrew company that makes several decent to outstanding beers. The company likes the liberally use hops and silly design on their bottles, which Circus boy is a damn good example. It is bottled in a dark brown glass bottle and sports a bright yellow label. It is a yellow soddin yellow too, on top of darker yellow. It definitely will catch the eye, it caught this duster the first time I saw it, and it has been a repeat buy since.

The beer pours well, but is bubbly which can lead to over foaming. A pint glass of a wheat beer glass is best for this one. It is a light orange in color, rather transparent for a hefe. However, that does not mean it does not have some ruttin flavor in it. It has a citrusy and sweet initial taste with a bitter after bite that is great on a cold arse day. It is also incredibly smooth; drinking almost like it was water. The only down side to me is it is a low alcohol content beer at only 4.5% alcohol. That does not hurt it really though. Circus boy is affordable, easy to find in most areas, and ruttin tasty. It is a good first timers beer or for the lover of light beers. 

Rating: 5/5 

~ Ambrose E. Brightmore 

Before/After Lager

Another beer from the Rinkuskiai Brewery in Lithuania, this time a high alcohol content lager called Before/After. The beer runs on the joke of the beer will get you so rutting drunk that an old lady may become a hot woman, which the label shows with its inversion picture style logo. It also posts its 12% alcohol content proudly on the label. All of this may draw in a duster just looking for a new beer to try, or one wanting a high alcohol to see if they can handle it. However, do not let that fool you on Before/After.It does not possess the kick that high alcohol content brews ruttin have.

The beer itself is a light orange in color and does not foam much, which makes it an easy pour. It also has a sweet almost spicy scent that lingers in the nose. However, the flavor is far too sweet for a lager. It is like drinking a mildly tart grapefruitish powdered drink. This captain does not enjoy nor feign the love of overly fruity or sweet beers. The taste also lingers in the mouth too long as well. It’s not my cup of brew.  If you are a fan of sweet beers then you will love this, but this one definitely not a repeat purchase beer for me.

 ~Ambrose E, Brightmore

Rating: 0/5

Ginger Beard

Another beer from Wychwood brewery, and is it a ruttin special little slice of specific taste. It is a fiery English Ale called Ginger Beard. It is a low alcohol content ginger ale. It is definitely not what this captain was soddin expecting when I bought it. At first glance Ginger Beard is like all Wychwood beers, a pretty bell shaped bottle with an eye catching label. A red bearded, one eyed vikingesque warrior with a large tooth grin sits in the middle of mostly green and gold label. It pops out at the drinker who is lucky enough to find this odd little treasure. 

As for the beer itself, it’s ruttin odd. I mean seriously ruttin off. I have drunk heather beer, sorghum beer, and gluten free beer. Ginger beer on the other hand, I have had little of. It is a deep reddish orange and color when you pour it into a glass, recommend a belled pint glass. It does not foam or produce a head, which is not off for a Wychwood brew. It also carries a strong ginger smell. I mean soddin clear your sinuses strong. It will fill a room with the smell of fresh cut ginger root. I will admit I liked it. The flavor is just as strong. There is no taste of hops, wheat, or any other normal general beer flavors. Just ginger. I mean straight ruttin, burn your tongue, like Buffalo Rock Ginger Ale soda or took a bite of the root ginger flavor. It has a strong good long initial burn followed by a sweet sugary beer after taste, similar to a Lambic fruit beer or a weak wine. It is enjoyable, but unless you like ginger or strong flavors this is not the beer for you. It is also a bit expensive at 5.99 plus tax for one 12 bottle. I liked it, but the other factors could hurt it for repeat purchases.

~Ambrose E. Brightmore 

Rating: 1/5