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Monaca, PA, United States 🇺🇸 Member
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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8.4/10 Setting 7 Selection 9 Service 9 Food Value 9 Overall 8
Stopped in on a Friday after noon. A small quaint ma & pa hometown bar atmosphere. Place was clean, help was friendly, and they had plenty of parking off to the side. Lots of good on site brewed beers here. They also provide hard liquor as well. They had over 15 of their own brews on tap and the prices are very affordable. We got a flight of 4 for $12 but they had a flight of 16, called a tackle box, for $30!
Visited on 03 Jan 2026 at 08:42

cheap added a new venue Neshannock Creek Brewing located in New Castle, United States
6 months ago


cheap added a new brewery: Nashannnock Creek Brewing Company located in United States
6 months ago


5.5/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 7 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 6
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Brewdog 95: 2$ can from vintage estate. Pour is very light slightly hazy pale with a big foaming head possessing very large bubbles along with the foam. Lighter fresh pine aroma. First taste is surprizingly light for an IPA, even a session. Barely any terrible bitterness up front. Lots of good carbonation too! Really easy going, not sure how they get away with this as an IPA. I'd say its even lighter than most APA. Honestly, I could pass this off as a blonde ale. In the middle, I think I'm even getting a tad of tartness in there. Yes some very mild bitterness, barely and it doesn't linger after each slug. No lie, this is probably one of the better IPA I've like in ages; this is bad news for any IPA lover. I predict most IPA lovers will be totally disappointed in the civility of this brew! Just as good as noda lil slurp, nowhere batch 030, north peak wanderer and maumee bay summer stinger. However, there are other IPA which I've sampled that are better than this such as Beaver Brewing eye porter aye, and epic tart and juicy.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 01 Jan 2026 at 20:45

cheap updated a beer: 95 brewed by BrewDog USA
7 months ago


4.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 4 Flavor 4 Texture 3 Overall 4
2$ can from vintage. Pour is certainly hefe like, cloudy pale. Thin creamy head fades to pond scum. Rather smooth wheat ale nose but lacks any typical bubble gum, banana or clove character on the olfactory. Oh, first taste tells me this is more like a wheat ale than a hefe. Certainly none of the attributes of a finer civilized hefe from the old country. Yes, its just a medium bitter unfiltered wheat ale, if you ask me. Maybe if I swirl the can and try again; nope, the description says notes of banana and clove, but they are just not there. A little disappointing. In the middle, the wheat ale bitterness keeps building, even gets distracting. This stuff is really nothing like a hefe, straight up wheat ale to the finish. No hint of fruity esters nor spicy phenols! Oh well, so be it. It really bugs me when a brew is advertised as a smooth hefeweizen but ends up being a typical domestic wheat ale. There's not even any yeast sediment on the bottom of this can, balderdash.
Tried from Can from Vintage Estate Wine and Beer on 31 Dec 2025 at 21:26