Can from AE, 5/5/22. Canned 4/19/22. Hazy yellowish-orange color with a nice white head. Citrusy, lime-forward, some orange, peach, and tropical notes. Drinks on the drier side. Lots of hop flavor here. Pretty good.

Can from AE, 5/4/22. Canned 4/19/22. Hazy brighter orange color with an off-white head. Grapefruit, pine, dank. A little sweet, a little bitter. Pretty excellent beer here. Liked this one a lot.

Rating #10,000 is this 12 oz can from AE, canned 5/3/22 (perhaps by me) and consumed fresh off the canning line on the same day.  Plus a bunch of drafts and additional cans to follow. Thanks to Scott, Brendan, Steve, Alexis, Jose, and the rest of the Alternate Ending crew for having me out for the canning and adding the note for #25 to the bottom of the can.  I'm very happy to be an Alt Ender, it's a cool community and a great addition to the local NJ beer scene over the last year and a half.   This one just makes perfect sense to use for 10k, since this beer feels like it was made for an aged rater like myself.  Through all the ticking over the last 14 years (13+ on the website, plus about a year on the old Ratebeer for Facebook app), my preferred style of beer has changed many, many times (sometimes multiple times in the day), but as I join the 5 digit gang and I slow down the ticking, this is the kind of beer I want to be drinking more.   I'm not planning to retire from Ratebeer (I stuck around through the AB destruction, so you can't get rid of me so easily), I'm sure I will still rate plenty, but I expect the monthly output to decrease for sure.   I'll hopefully no longer be the guy looking through the list at the bar for something I haven't had.  I don't want to be the guy jotting down scores and notes in my phone so I can add them all later.  I just want to be the guy enjoying a quality beer, and I can't think of anything that exemplifies this better than a perfectly crisp, full flavored, and easy drinking 2.6% rice lager with a fun Kill Bill reference on the label.   This is that beer, pouring a nice yellowish-white color with a white head.  One that is lemony, grainy, and bright.  Tons of flavor.  Lively and crisp.  Yeah, this if the kind of beer I need more of.   I'm going to leave this long, ranting review here, but just to wrap it up with a few thank you's: Legend Brown & Capital Ale - got me into craft beer in the RVA days. Nick, Justin, & Dave for obvious reasons. Norm's & Gilly's, where I picked up a large number of my early years ticks. Paul, Max, and the rest of the NY/NJ RB crew for welcoming me when I moved up here. TapNY, my favorite festival. Bling Tiger, Rattle, and Ginger Man, where I spent many a NYC day / night. Beer Culture, especially Peter, and As Is where I did much midtown NYC beer drinking. Cork City & The Shep - Hoboken. Paragon in Clark. Most recently, John for the shares.

16 oz can from AE, 4/17/22. Canned 4/12/22. Pours a fully hazed yellowish-orange color, white head, fairly strong lace. Sweet and zesty orange. Pineapple, grapefruit, melon. Bit of rye / spice shows up towards the finish. Nice beer. Rather juicy.

16 oz can from AE, 4/17/22. Canned 4/6/22. Brown pour, beige head. Aroma and taste of sweet malt, bread, candied nuts, with a bit of a toasty and earthy dryness to balance the malty sweetness. Really nice mouthfeel. Smooth, creamy, and quite drinkable.

500 ml bottle from AE, bottled 2-3-22, consumed 4-12-22. Pours a clear gold, with a bright white head. Bright, grainy, spice. Hints of lemon zest and white grape. Wood and a little funk. Simple, yet complex at the same time. Tons of flavor. Incredibly easy drinking. Really liking this one.

12 oz cans from AE, 3/28/22. Canned 3/14/22. Clear amber color, off-white head. Biscuit, dough, and a touch of spice. Grainy, with some herbal and floral notes. Flavorful and highly drinkable. Not to mention, that it looks great in my new AE dimple mug (though it takes closer to 1.5 cans to fill 'er up)! I might be a little bias, but I think Brendan is doing some great work with the lagers over at AE.

16 oz can from AE, 3/3/22. Canned 2/22/22. Pours a clear caramel-amber color with a beige head and fairly strong lace. Bright and malty. Caramel, earth, and floral flavors. Smooth and very drinkable. Love the idea of this being on cask, if anyone wants my opinion! Tasty stuff.