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Monaca, United States 🇺🇸
I'm a retired American Luddite and a refugee of the notorious 2018-2024 Ratebeer - Anheuser-Busch (InBev) fiasco. Thanks Brewver for the chance to continue rating! 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! 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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2.4
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 4 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 3 | Overall - 1

Can for a buck off the clearance rack at Beaver County Beverage. Pour is very light almost like lemonade but quite hazy of course. Mild nose of something like grapefruit. Big heavy bitter hops flavor. Think fermenting green grapefruit rinds, whew. Very rude very crude for a macro lager lover. But what dah heck? 1$ for a big brewver tick! In the middle to the finish that bitter bullshit really starts to set in. Quite nasty nellie. But I must admit, there is enough carbonation in this to keep it from being a mouth coating monster. There, you have it.

Tried from Can from Beaver County Beverage on 21 Nov 2025 at 19:56


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cheap updated a beer: Evil Eye (Ojo Malo) brewed by City Brewery (La Crosse Plant)
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cheap updated a beer: Jaguar Ice brewed by City Brewery (La Crosse Plant)
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2.3
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 3.5 | Flavor - 0.5 | Texture - 2 | Overall - 1

Got this stovepipe 19.2 oz can for less than a buck off the clearance rack at Beaver County Beverage. I said to myself; self, this is a cheap tick for something I aint ticked yet so WTF? Do it! Well, when I pour it, it looks just like a really good hefe, same cloudy pale color and a really nice creamy hefe head. So, I had high hopes. But that's where all the pleasantry ends, hehehehh. The aroma is mildly boozy and a little alarming. Oh my, the first taste is a big kick in the palate, this is nothing like its dad, the original blue moon belgian white. Its blue moon's rosemary's baby. So rude and there aint no orange peel to be found in this child, its simply an alky laced projectile aimed at yer brain. Reminds me so much of of that stupid ass jaguar ice. Blah. In yer face and quite unpleasant. Now I know why it was on the clearance rack, its utterly difficult to drink without stimulating the gag reflex. Seriously folks! My distributor must have become aware of the effects of this brew and is just trying to get rid of this predicament. Almost burns on the way down the gullet, so poorly made. Extra? Extra what? Extra palate chaos? Extra grain alcohol? To label this a belgian white is defamation to the belgians! Its like calling cow manure a fine italian meal. This is a totally boozy happy BS mess. No lie! Yes, ugly, nasty, alky laced crappy bomb fer sher. Talk about ruining the name of a blue moon belgian white? They should have thot twice before releasing this to their customer. Blah! Only good thing about this brew is it's look and it's mind numbing ability. Well, I never.......what a dreadful experience.
Aroma 4 Look 6 Feel 2 Taste 1 Overall 1

Tried from Can from Beaver County Beverage on 20 Nov 2025 at 20:15


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cheap updated a beer: Extra brewed by Blue Moon Brewing Company
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6.1
Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 4.5 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 5 | Overall - 7.5

Can for $2 fitty at vintage. Pour is certainly looking like a hefe. Fer sher its got unfiltered yeast and wheat proteins suspended in there. Nose is a little like a wheat ale, no sign of typical hefe aroma. First taste is mild and friendly, no wheat ale illnesses. However, it does lack those pleasantries we typically find in a good hefe. In the middle, just maybe I'm getting a tad of bubble gum or banana, not sure. Not a whole lottah spice or coriander in this baby. The co2 level in this is good and that makes it quite bubbly and refreshing on the palate. Overall, not bad. A sortah cross between a clean fresh well-made light macro lager and a good hefe. Quite enjoyable. No sediment on the bottom of this can.

Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 19 Nov 2025 at 19:35


8.1
Appearance - 5 | Aroma - 9 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 7 | Overall - 9.5

From a 2$ can purchased at chalet premiere. Clear very light pale with lots of visible carbonation. Aroma of very dry apple cider, no hint of artificial sweetness on the nose. Oh yes, the first taste is real cider, like the old country, this aint no woodchuck sugar bomb. Quite dry, as dry as my own homemade cider but it lacks any negative attributes. Clean dry apple flavor with a medium hint of tartness. I wasn't sure I'd like this but its really growing on me. The tartness along with the good co2 level really make this very refreshing and enjoyable. I'm thinking this stuff should be bottled in a champagne bottle with a caged cork, that's how good the quality is. Quite yummy finish. It would be nice to get a bottle of this and age it for a few years.

Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 18 Nov 2025 at 17:53