Alive and well! Along with Alaskan Pale and Alaskan Summer Ale, two other excellent brews.
So no fans of Abita’s fabulous beers? I remember going to a concert on the grounds of the Abita Brewery outside New Orleans and seeing an 18-wheeler with taps in its side serving all Abita’s brews for 25 cents a cup. I remember the beginning of the show, but I can’t say I recall the end very clearly.
Please refer to my recent rating of this beer:
pkbites (48), Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
Rated: 2 out of 5
Date: Aug 23, 2003
Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/10 5/5 3/10 1/5 1/20
I had this on tap in New Orleans at the Bubba Gump Shrimp company. It has a nice aroma and color, and the flavor starts off smacking of caramel. But then…GLUP! A really bad taste in the finish assaults the palate. I don’t know what it is. Bad water? Rotten hops? There is a flavor in the background of this beer that I can’t describe. But it’s not good. In fact, it total ruins an otherwise good beer.
I actually had this a couple of times at a couple different places in the Big Easy. It starts good, but there something in it that don’t taste right. What do they use…Bayou swamp water?
I would always take a Newcastle over a Budweiser any night but:
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On days when there is 12 hours of continuous beer drinking, Bud Light fits the bill much better than the stronger dark ales and:
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It’s called “Lawnmower Beer” for a reason. Fresh from Saturday physical activity, a Budweiser sounds delicious but a dark ale would be hard to stomach.
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H.O.
What do you folks do in these situations?
Well I’ve actually gone to Fat Tire as my main/standby beer. It’s good, but not too much of anything. The smell, head, aroma, taste, aftertase are all good, but light and passing, as is the stomach effect. It’s a bit watery, but that’s good for a long drinking session. If I’m going for 5+ beers in a night, anything heavy really turns up the heartburn and gas. Fat Tire makes me happy to drink, and not unhappy for the next three hours.
Cripes. I’ve been reading some of PK’s reviews on that beer page. Everyone get’s ripped on.
About Schell(
never heard of it) he says:“Jesse Venturas last act as Governor should have been to order the Minnesota Air-National Guard to bomb the factory where this shit is made… Blech!!!”
About Kul (a beer I’ve heard of but never had) he says: “When I am finally put in charge of things, people who make beer like this will be executed…”.
Then there’s this gem about Rhinelander: “TRUE STORY: Once, while working as an EMT, I performed CPR on a guy… but right when he took that first new breath of life, he barfed up, spraying puke back into my mouth…That strangers vomit tasted better than this beer!..”
It goes on and on. Very few beers get a passing grade. I don’t think he’s ever going to find one that meets his price/taste balance. Maybe he’ll get lucky and win a lifetime supply of a beer he likes and he won’t have to buy it anymore.
Now that is FUNNY, you sir? are a genius, and Captain Morgans & coke is good!.
unclviny
I was introduced to the wonderful Captain Morgan’s Rum by a dude named Weirddave, and while I’m no huge rum fan per se, I’d have to say adding coke to such a fine product would be blasphemous. There’s plenty of BAD rum around to use as a mixer.
Now, now, Coldy, methinks you need to get your hands on some of Captain Morgan’s Private Stock. THAT is liquid orgasm on your tongue. Pricier, but man, is it ever worth the treat.
Sorry for the hijack, though.
Sprecher is God’s Own Brewery.
Yeah, it’s steep for a 4 pack. But DAMN. Worth every penny.