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: Pink Paradox brewed by Anecdote Brewing
7 months ago

cheap updated a brewery: Anecdote Brewing located in United States
7 months ago

cheap has a new beer style achievement
Level 9 for Weizen ticks with a total of 200 ticks of this master style.
Negotiated Nostalgia from Anecdote Brewing was the one that did it!
7 months ago
cheap (9783) reviewed
Negotiated Nostalgia from Anecdote Brewing (Indian Rocks Beach, United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)
7 months ago
6.9/10 โ€” Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 7.5 Texture 3 Overall 8
Tap at the source. Nice brown ale look. Mild sweet attractive nose. Yes, a sort of sweetness on an otherwise dunkel brew that supports the mild roasted bitterness within. No ill character. Mild co2. Enjoyable. I'm liking this but dunkel is one of my preferred styles. Good stuff!
Tried from Draft at Anecdote Brewing on 06 Feb 2026 at 14:19
cheap has a new beer style achievement
Level 7 for Gose ticks with a total of 100 ticks of this master style.
Picante Paradox from Anecdote Brewing was the one that did it!
7 months ago
cheap (9783) reviewed
Picante Paradox from Anecdote Brewing (Indian Rocks Beach, United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)
7 months ago
6/10 โ€” Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 5 Overall 7.5
On tap at the source. Slight cloudy pale. Neutral nose, barely anything on the olfactory. Yes, some pepper flavor on the uptake with hints of mango, but there is barely any heat in this at all. Just a tad of tartness. You'd never know it was habenero. Pretty good overall gose. Slight processed feel on the finish. Not bad.
Tried from Draft at Anecdote Brewing on 06 Feb 2026 at 14:15

cheap added a new beer Picante Paradox by Anecdote Brewing
7 months ago

cheap added a new beer Negotiated Nostalgia by Anecdote Brewing
7 months ago

cheap (343) reviewed
Anecdote Brewing (Indian Rocks Beach, United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ)
7 months ago
8.6/10 โ€” Setting 9 Selection 9 Service 9 Food Value 7 Overall 9
OK, this place is easy to find and they have a decent free parking lot. Went there with mom on a chilly Thursday afternoon and everything went fine. So many of their own beers on tap. Lots of different styles. Friendly spacious and knowledgeable help. Had at least 9 samples or more for 3 to 5 $ each.Good overall beer tasting experience. Nice job there anecdote! The dunkle and the sours were my favorites. Very tasty.
Visited on 05 Feb 2026 at 21:40
cheap (9783) reviewed
Zlatรก Praha (4.1%) from Staropilsen (Plzeลˆ, Czechia ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฟ)
7 months ago
2.9/10 โ€” Appearance 2 Aroma 2 Flavor 4 Texture 3 Overall 3
Big green half liter green bottle from total wine. Date code is F17#L/PS, WTF? The last beer of a half dozen I got from total wine from Staropilsen. Whatever. Pop the lid for a big nose of skunly green bottle aroma, whew. Permeates the whole room, everybody is asking what the heck is that? Taste is the same, a big skunky what the heck. Pointed weird skunky improperly noble hop bitterness is coming across rather negativity. Yea, its beer, but its aged and very poorly baltic in nature. This is what you get when you try to tick new beers from the old check country, they are pawning off the beers they couldn't sell locally to TW&M. There, you have it. Big bullshit disappointment. Oh well, at least I didn't make this half liter disappointment an appointment. LoL
Tried from Bottle from Total Wine & More - Orlando (Colonial Plaza) on 05 Feb 2026 at 21:31