Honker's Ale !!!

Hey Everyone, Its mid week and probably about now that were all wishing for the weekend, well why not have a midweek beer to help bring the weekend a little closer. Today's review is from the Goose Island Brewery, Hope you all enjoy !!!

Beer Name:
Honker's Ale

Brewery:
Goose Island 

Brewed and Bottled:
Goose Island Beer Company
Chicago, 
Illinois,
USA

Alcoholic Percentage:

4.3% Vol

Measure:

355ml

Taste:

Light, Refreshing, Slight Bitterness, Slight Hops

Colour:

Slight Cloudiness, Dark Orange

Odour:

Slight Hops

General Thoughts:

Honkers Ale is an interesting beer, light and refreshing with a slight hops flavour. This is a very easy drinking, palatable beer, one that you could enjoy many of. There is a slight bitterness to this beer coming from the hops, which also leaves a slight bitter after taste, this helps to give the beer that moreish quality, making you want to go back for more. Honkers' Ale is a subtle beer with subtle flavours, there are no out there flavours, that burst onto the scene, making this any different from other beers out there, however saying this it is still a very enjoyable beer. This beer is also mellow in character, therefore its not overly heavy in flavour or overly rich, you kind of know what you getting with this beer, a nice easy drinking beer with all round nice, slightly hop flavours. There is little to no carbonation to this beer, which helps make this beer so easy to drink. All in all Honker's Ale is a nice all round, mellow, refreshing beer, with slight hops flavours and a slight bitterness. This beer is easy to drink, however doesn't stand out from the crowd, therefore if your looking for a "Wow" factor beer, this wouldn't be it, but if your looking for an easy drinking beer that you could have mid week to take the edge off the week, then you would not be disappointed. Overall a nice beer, that you could find yourself drinking many of, but not a beer that really packs a punch.

Price:

€2.50 - €3.50 (Based on Average)

Shane

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Anchor's Liberty Ale !!!

Hey Everyone, The weekend is here and it's time to sit back, relax and enjoy. Today's beer review is from the Anchor Brewing Company. Hope you all enjoy !!! Also looking to read some other beer reviews why not check out The Beers page !!!

Beer Name:
Liberty Ale

Brewery:
The Anchor Brewing Company

Brewed and Bottled:
Anchor Brewing Company
San Francisco
California,
USA

Alcoholic Percentage:

5.9% Vol

Measure:

355ml

Taste:

Light, Slight Citrus, Bitter, Slight Bitter After Taste, Refreshing

Colour:

Light Orange, Slight Cloudiness

Odour:

Slight Citrus, Slight Hops, Fresh

General Thoughts:

Liberty Ale is a really nice, refreshing, light beer, with a slight citrus feel to it. There is a slight hops nose and taste to this beer which is great, bringing a slight bitterness to the beer. There is also a slight sweetness to this beer which brings the whole beer together, making it really well balanced and giving the person drinking it an all round taste and feel in the mouth. There is a slight bitter after taste to this beer also which I think is a fundamental attribute to a great beer, making you want to have sip after sip. Liberty Ale is a really enjoyable beer, that is extremely palatable and easy to drink. There is little carbonation to this beer also adding to it's easiness to drink it. Another great attribute to this beer is that it doesn't taste overly strong in alcohol, which considering its 5.9% ABV is a great achievement. If you are a fan of Anchor's Steam Beer, then you will definitely be a fan of this Liberty Ale. It has similarities to the Steam Beer, but in my eyes is a much nicer, more developed flavoured beer. On the whole Liberty Ale is a really nice, light refreshing beer, with nice developed flavours, with a slightly bitter, citrus after taste. All in all I would recommend this beer highly as one to go out there and try, you will all really enjoy it i'm sure of that.  

Price:

€2.50 - €3.50 (Based on Average)

Shane

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Brooklyn Summer Ale !!!

Hey Everyone, It's nearly Friday, which also means its nearly the weekend, I think this is a cause for celebration. Why not celebrate with a few bottles of today's beer on review, Hope you all enjoy :) !!!

Beer Name:
Brooklyn Summer Ale

Brewery:
The Brooklyn Brewing Company

Brewed and Bottled:
The Brooklyn Brewing
Company,
Brooklyn,
New York,
USA

Alcoholic Percentage:

5.0% Vol

Measure:

355ml

Taste:

Slight Sweetness, Citrus, Fruity, Light, Refreshing, Smooth

Colour:

Dark Orange

Odour:

Slight Hops, Citrus

General Thoughts:

Brooklyn Summer Ale is an all round great beer, with a slight bitterness, accompanied with a slight sweetness to provide the consumer with an overall well balanced, light, refreshing beer. This beer has a slight citrus quality to it helping to give the beer that refreshing quality, this is also due to its balance between sweet and bitter. There is also a slight fruitiness to this beer, which gives the beer a new dimension, which makes the beer stand out from the crowd. Brooklyn Summer Ale doesn't have much in the way of a bitter after taste which I feel detracts a beer from the moreish quality that makes you want to keeping going back for more, however this beer still delivers the urge for more as it is such an easy drinking beer. This beer would be absolutely perfect in those summer months as the name suggests and I know its probably a little early to be drinking and thinking about the summer, however its sometimes what we need to help us get through the winter. On the whole Brooklyn Summer Ale is a nice, light, refreshing beer that you would enjoy on a hot summers day, with all your mates. If your looking for a hard hitting, deep, full of hops beer then this isn't the beer for you, however saying that you won't be disappointed with what you get. All in all a nice beer from the Brooklyn Brewing Company.

Price:

€2.75 (Based on Average)

Shane

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St Peter's Organic Ale

Hey guys and girls, so I thought I would review a slightly different beer tonight. I have gone for an Organic beer. Hope you all enjoy !!! Don't forget to check out the Feedback and Beer Suggestion Page above. Thanks for all the support :)

Beer Name:

St Peter's Organic Ale

Brewery:

St Peter's Brewery

Brewed and Bottled:

St Peter's Brewery, St Peter's Hall, 

Bungay, Suffolk, NR35 1NQ, UK

Alcoholic Percentage:

4.5% Vol

Measure:

500ml

Taste:

Bitter After Taste, Earthy, 

Refreshing, Crisp, Smooth

Colour:

Light Golden Orange, Honey

Odour:

Slight Hops

General Thoughts:

St Peter's Organic Ale is a nice crisp beer, smooth tasting, with a slight bitter after taste. This beer is mellow in taste, not overpowering in any way. It has a nice refreshing quality which would make it a perfect match for the summer when the weather is warmer rather than this time of the year. 

The downside to this beer is that it doesn't have any real outstanding flavours, nothing that makes it stand out of the crowd. I also think its quite expensive due to it being organic and don't really think its worth the extra you would pay.

On the whole this is a nice beer that I would buy again but not one that I would necessarily rush to buy.

Price:

€3.29 ( Based on Dublin Tesco 06/11/2012)

Shane

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