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Retired American Luddite and refugee of the 2018-2024 Ratebeer/Anheuser-Busch (InBev) fiasco. Thanks Brewver for the chance to continue rating! ....... and yes, I'll soon be a supporter! ........ Since 1968, I've enjoyed all kinds of cheap macro pale lagers, starting with Carling Black Label bottles I found in Grampa Gino's wine cellar! Later, my dad had faves like Old Mil, Strohs, Bud, Coors Light and Piels! They were all good for a budding youngster like me. My ratings aren't to style, but how much I liked it. Thus, my fave styles; lambic, wild & flemish, rate much higher than IPA since I don't like bitter hoppy beers. You like IPA? The lower my IPA rating, the better according to style! There, you have it! Easy peezy, no worries!

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cheap updated a beer: Icelandic Winter Ale brewed by Einstök Ölgerð
3 months ago

cheap (9692) reviewed

Icelandic Winter Ale from Einstök Ölgerð

3 months ago

5.9/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 6 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6

Inexpensive can from Chalet. I'm diggin that viking wearing a christmas cap with a pompom on the end. Pour is really appealing; very dark clear brown with some orange tinged light peaking thru.The head is also fabulous, it pours a creamy tan and goes choco moose craggy, and lasts thru the whole session! Malty nose with very little if any detectable holiday spice. First big swig is better than expected. For a holiday brew with some spruce spices added, the spice aspect of this brew is well muted, and I like that. Yes, quite a refreshing departure from those terribly in yer face domestic holiday/winter spice bombs we get here in the states. In the middle, maybe I'm getting a little smoke in there, but this is well behaved as well. Yes, pleasant surprise for a winter brew. Very good co2 level for this style of brew as well. But wait! Its styled as a belgie strong ale, not a spiced brew. As a Belgian strong, it has a quite a ways to go to get up to the same level of Draai Laag Ragnarok or Sierra Nevada Ovila Golden. In the end I'm left wondering if the 8% is really true, considering how well this brew's malty romance hides the alky content. Not bad overall, well balanced.

Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 30 Mar 2026 at 16:44

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Nut Brown Ale from White Squirrel Brewery

3 months ago

5.1/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 7 Flavor 4 Texture 3 Overall 3.5

An expensive gift from my son - in - law's dad in Bowling Green KY; big thanks Troy! This pounder can cost him 5$ at the source. Pour is just like the photo, big and nearly black with a nice tan foamy head that goes quite craggy. The eye detects some very dark red tinge penetrating thru this uncloudy brew. Nose is chocolate malt. First taste I'm getting roasty, near ashy, burnt malt flavors, but at first - at least in a good way. Yes, I'm dreaming of old partially burnt damp campfire wood. In the middle its bordering on bitter annoyance with the burnt flavors. Really feels stronger than the 5.4% listed on the can. At times I get the feeling I'm battling with a strong baltic porter. The burnt bitter bite continues to move its character further into the forefront of the session. Yea, this is called nut brown; but maybe its better described as burnt nutshells brown, hehehh. Finishes with an almost acrid lasting taste in the mouth. Could use a little more carbonation and a few more manners. JMH pale american lager loven opinion. There, you have it.

Tried from Can at White Squirrel Brewery on 29 Mar 2026 at 17:45

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Jelly Donut Gose from 903 Brewers

3 months ago

4.5/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 3 Overall 5

Pour from can is clear orangish pale. Nose is perhaps, just maybe, pastry jelly donut; but you'll have to use your imagination on that one. First taste is a little less gosey than I like. Yes, its a little tart, and, a tad salty; but that other flavor in there is really messing with the gose style. I was hoping jelly donut meant a little more sweet and tart but this is adding something else. Its actually a little bitter in an odd sense for a gose style. And as far as the cherry and raspberry? Where is it? Just asking. Yep the flavor of this is nothing like the nose. To say the least, I'm a little disjointed and disappointed, was hoping for more after looking at the wrapper. Could have used more carbonation, too. Oh well, how long will it take for me to learn you cant judge a beer by its label? LoL. Freshly baked jelly donut? Not.

Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 28 Mar 2026 at 22:18

cheap added a new beer Jelly Donut Gose by 903 Brewers
3 months ago

cheap (9692) reviewed

Bravo from Fort Hope Brewing (PSA Brewery)

3 months ago

3.1/10 — Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 1 Texture 2 Overall 1.5

Cheap can from chalet. Perfectly clear pale with a nice creamy foam head that stays. Nose is fresh pine perfume. First big swig seems to be dead on style plain old IPA of the older merickan style, circa 2010. Its big, forward and bad on the taste buds, no mercy bitterness. Seems that super high amounts of hops added early in the brewing process, fer sher. Not as mouth coating as more vicious IPA. In this sample, isomerised alpha acids create a rude sharp, biting, and lingering flavor along with a an extended nasty finish. I'm thinking like the original purpose of these hops, a medicinal bitterness acting as a preservative and defining this nasty style's characteristic. The finish is unbalanced and overrunning any detectable malt body. Whew, what else can be said? If you like the plain old original style IPA, give this a try.

Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 27 Mar 2026 at 17:59

cheap added a new beer Bravo by Fort Hope Brewing (PSA Brewery)
3 months ago

cheap added a new brewery: Fort Hope Brewing (PSA Brewery) located in United States
3 months ago

cheap (9692) reviewed

Dragon Stout Fire from Desnoes and Geddes

3 months ago

3.9/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 3.5 Texture 1 Overall 1.5

Smaller 3$ bottle from vintage. Pour is quite black with a tan head that fades rather quickly. Nose is somewhat impy stout, a little sweet and just a tad volatile. Liquid does not appear viscous like many impy stouts. First thing I notice on the taste is its quite sweet. Can't find many of the good impy stout attributes in this stuff. You get right down to the point with DR Fire. Slight burning sensation on the way down the throat. Boozy, almost artificial spiked added grain alky character. Goes down fairly easy without too much of a gag reflex, hehehh. I think this was designed to do one thing really good; after a few bottles of this stuff you'll be seeing nothing wrong in the world around you. Yea, designed to bring on that feeling of mixed of euphoria, relaxation, lowered inhibitions, accompanied by physical sensations of warmth, dizziness, and decreased coordination. Yes, an artificial candified example of an imperial stout. There, you have it. Wahllah, just a sweet boozy ethanol bomb of a cheapo impy stout ! Finish? Whew, I did it. I don't think I picked up any significant carbonation during this wallop of a session.

Tried from Bottle from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 26 Mar 2026 at 17:13

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Pumpkin Drop from The Brew Kettle Brewery

3 months ago

4.8/10 — Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 4.5 Texture 3 Overall 4.5

Pounder can for 3$ at chalet. Pop the lid and sweet pumpkin spices fill the room. Fairly clear light amber with a nice foamy white head that goes kraggy. First taste is certainly pumpkin and its associated pie spices but its not boozy and fairly civilized in the pumpkin spices arena. To say its 'light' - as in the description - may be a misnomer, it is still quite bold for an autumn brew. Going down fairly easy and in the middle perhaps its getting a tad sweeter on the palate. Decent carbonation level makes it more acceptable in the session. Spices begin to rise as well near the finish. Drinkable compared to many domestic pumpkin overly spiced bombs. On par with Whole Hog Pumpkin, Ithaca Country Pumpkin, Shock Top Pumpkin and Sammy Adams 20 Pounds.

Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 25 Mar 2026 at 17:53