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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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4.5/10
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Appearance 5
Aroma 4
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 5
Big 4$ green 0.5L bottle from total wine, St. Pete. Pour is somewhat cloudy light brown orange brew. Nose is a interestingly fresh but has an alarming odd cleaning fluid aroma. First taste? Stronger boozy personality with some bitterness component along with the toasted malt, caramel, and nuts. Not real civilized, considering this is only 6%. The photo here, which is clear pale in a green bottle, is a little misleading. Its got a darker cloudy appearance in my sample. Considering the czech guys are the right hand border to germany, this isn't too bad, but certainly does have some of that baltic attitude. From the end of the 19th century, this stuff is stoic, resilient and unflappable. It follows up by possessing a vigilant surrealent Russo-realism. On the finish its quite impressive providing an unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike scenes and ideas. Decent co2 from the start. There you have it. In the end, it does what its supposed to do.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Total Wine & More - St. Petersburg, FL
on 03 Feb 2026
at 21:29
4.4/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 4
Overall 4.5
Big 3$ green 0.5L bottle from total wine. Pour is pure clear golden pale. White head fades to a white thin pond scum. Nose is simple fresh lager beer, no sign of skunk cabbage on the olfactory. However, on the first taste you get some of that. Good level of carbonation. The ovor impact is that of an odd green grassy medium pilsner bitter bite. Yes, hops seem to be noble but come across rather uncivilized, almost baltic in nature. Decent over all pale lager but a little less enjoyable than many cheap amerikan made pale lagers. Finish has that odd grassy pils bitterness lasting for a while on the palate.
Tried
from Bottle
from
Total Wine & More - St. Petersburg, FL
on 03 Feb 2026
at 20:23
1.1/10
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Appearance 2
Aroma 2
Flavor 0.5
Texture 1
Overall 0.5
Can. Clear pale yellow, decent white head. Rubber on pine nose. First taste is chewing on a real rubber innertube with troublesome phenolic sharp bitterness. Difficult, rude; bitter mouth coating bastard. I thought this was on style for an IPA but I have to agree with frothingslosh, somebody who likes IPA, on this one! I'd say its right down there with Cooperstown Back Yard, Great Lakes Sharpshooter Session, Goose Island Endless and Victory Victorious #1 ! It don't even have enough alky in it to help me forget about the taste.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 01 Feb 2026
at 20:17
3.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 3
Texture 2
Overall 1.5
Cheap can from chalet. Pour is clear cherry rouge, nice look! Creamy head fades to nuttin. Overly spiced nose, too many spirited seasonings on the olfactory; makes me nervous about tasting this pumpkin bomb. Whew, big boozy alky blast up front on the taste buds followed by lots of the spices mentioned in the description. However, tho very spiced up, I don't find it quite as offensive as many spiced pumpkin beers. One thing about this, is that I can't find any pumpkin in here. The booze and the spices are totally up front hiding anything pumpkin about this except the overly exuberant pumpkin pie spices. It feels like much more than the 7.5% listed. Mouth coating and somewhat medicinal. Whew, getting more difficult as the session continues. Good thing its rather higher on the hoochie juice, because its helping me forget about all those pungent aromatic attributes contained within this projectile. Overly spiced warming blitz assault for a finish. There, you have it.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 30 Jan 2026
at 18:08
cheap
added a new beer
Carve
by
North High Brewing Company
6 months ago
cheap has a new beer style achievement
Level 6 for IPA - Flavoured ticks with a total of 75 ticks of this sub style.
Peachy Little Thing from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company was the one that did it!
6 months ago
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5.5
Flavor 1.5
Texture 3
Overall 2
Can, slight haze on pale. Decent white head fades to thin blanket. Simple nose, just fresh smelling beer with very little indication of peach or IPA. Yes, taste is quite IPA - ish but that is followed up with some peach lurking in the background. And you can tell its 7%, it has a slight warming sensation. Decent carbonation. In the middle the fruit seems to increase a tad. As it warms becomes more like any other mere IPA. Of course, a long bitter IPA rude finish. Extra point for the mild peach flavor, distracts a little from the IPA notions.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 29 Jan 2026
at 17:55
4.5/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 5
Flavor 4.5
Texture 3
Overall 5
OK, so I avoided buying this since I did taste it 11 years ago, but now I come to find out that its been a new recipe since 2019. Last time I rated the old recipe, I gave it a 5.8 so lets see whats up with the differences. From a bottle, this is a nice clean looking slightly cloudy lighter pale with just a tinge of orangish yellow. Decent nose with a tad of processed olfactory. Nice head that fades after a minute. First taste is rather mild and civilized. Thankfully, no wheat ale attributes so far. Some processed feel in this as well, a little dull. Good co2 level, starting to get some orange peel in the middle. Compared to the really good wits of the old country, this needs a little more culture. It just aint in the same category as du Bocq Blanche de Namur, Hoegaarden Wit Blanche nor La Trappe Wit Trapiste. A little lower on the list. Probably more like Saranac Prism, Samuel Adams White or Brewdog Wit space. Went down pretty good tho. Still, according to my memory and ratings, have to say the old cold snap was a bit better. Sorry Sammy! Don't fix it if it aint broke.
Tried
from Bottle
from
JR's Beer Warehouse
on 28 Jan 2026
at 17:37
3.1/10
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Appearance 4
Aroma 4.5
Flavor 2
Texture 3
Overall 2.5
From a cheap can at chalet. Pour is darker pale, clear orange with a light brown tint. Big foamy rocky head. Nose is somewhat artificial berry. First taste is an uncivilized boozy blast, like somebody put a little whisky into a bad fruit beer. Warming sensations. Next big gulp is the same, unmistakable full bodied brutal alky blast, ruff uncultured and uncultivated stuff. Yes, a few of these and yer brain will be swimming in euphoria. Think about one of the rudest nasty merrikan malt likkers you've had in a brown paper bag and then add some artificial fruit flavor, then you'll have what this tastes like. Whew. Worth a tick? Sure, hehehehh. What a mess.
Tried
from Can
from
Chalet Premier
on 27 Jan 2026
at 17:49