Miller Brewing Miller High Life

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I usually don’t drink many macro-brew beers. But this, Miller High Life from Miller Brewing in Golden, Colorado is being reviewed because I don’t want this blog to seem like I am anti-macro beer or a craft beer snob, plus I am tired of every beer being an IPA of some sort. I like IPA just fine, and they can be quite delicious. I am just what you would call burned out on them. This brewer, Miller Brewing was established in 1903, and Miller High Life, The Champagne of Beer is 4.6% ABV. This beer pours a golden/yellow color with a foamy one-finger sticky head. The aroma is sweet, metallic, and has a grainy smell. The flavor is light-bodied and full-bodied. There is a sweetness, warm, smooth taste, and a light metallic note. This has a light feeling in the mouth. Then it finishes with a sweetness, and this beer has a sweet, and warm aftertaste. Miller High Life was as bad as I expected, it was not great, but decent. I give this beer a C-. None of the flavors really stood out and nothing was offensive tasting. But I don’t think I could recommend this beer. After drinking Mill High Life it isn’t memorable. But it’s a good/better choice over other American macro beers. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Kiuchi Brewer Hitachino Nest Beer Yuzu Lager

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Yuzu Lager is another beer I purchased from the Super G International Supermarket. This beer is from Hitachino Nest Beer, brewed by Kiuchi Brewery in Nakai Baraki Perfecta, Japan. This beer is 5.5% and brewed with Yuzu fruit. The best way to describe this is a lemon and a persimmon had a baby. Yuzu Lager pours a yellow color with a one-finger fizzy white head. There is no head retention on this Lager. The aroma is sweet, fruity, citrus, lemon, and orange. The taste is fruity with light lemon and decent orange flavor. This lager is slightly sweet with a tiny tartness. This had a light feeling in your mouth. Then it has a citrusy finish. The aftertaste is somewhat crisp with just a faint tartness. This beer is good but I was expecting it to be better than it was. I give This Yuzu Lager A B-. On the side of the can they said that this beer is crisp several times. I found it to be a little bit of that. The Yuzu is the more dominant flavor of this beer and kind of hides the lager-ness of the beer. But I found it to be good. I would recommend this Have I had better citrus lagers? Yes, I have and this wasn’t bad. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Huyghe Delirium Red

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From the brewery of Delirium Tremens, Brewery Huyghe in Mette, Belgium brews Delirium Red. This Belgian Ale has cherry and Elderberry. This beer is 8% ABV. I purchased this at the Super G International Grocery Store. This ale pours a deep red color with a two-finger pink-ish head. The aroma is cherry, berry, tart/sour, and sweetness. The flavor is sweet with cherry and some berries. This beer is tart but lightly tart, and it is fruity-sugar sweet. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then it comes to a sweet cheery/beery finish. The aftertaste is like sweet cherry cola with some tart notes. This was fabulous, and I give Delirium Red an A+. Later this month I will visit Brew Huyghe and others while on a beer tour in Belgium. I will be posting throughout the tour. This beer is not overly sweet, it has just the perfect amount of sweet and tart notes. I highly recommend Delirium Red. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trappistes Rocheford 10 Belgian Ale

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This Belgian Quad or Quadruple Ale is 10 from Trappistes Rocheford in Rocheford, Belgium. This Belgian Ale is 11.2% ABV. Brewed by Trappist monks, this ale pours a deep brown/chestnut color with a slow two-finger beige head. The aroma is dark, rich, a little boozy, and sweet. The flavor is dark, sweet, rich, smooth, and alcoholic. There are some licorice notes too. This has a full mouthfeel. Then this quad comes to a dark, sweet, molasses-like finish. The aftertaste is semi-sweet. Somehow the sweetness falls a bit. The aftertaste is rich and boozy. This is good, I think this Quadruple Ale is a B+. It is not as good as Chimay or St. Bernadus Quad. I recommend this one and compare it to others of that style. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juice Force IPA

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Juice Force IPA is a Hazy Imperial IPA from New Belgium Brewing. This beer is part of their Voodoo Ranger brand. This beer is 9.5% ABV. This beer is the last of the Voodoo Ranger IPA mix-twelve pack. This beer pours a light orange-hued yellow with a one-finger head of white. The aroma is juicy with citrus, orange, and boozy bitterness. The taste is orange citrus, light grapefruit, and again boozy bitterness. This has a medium mell in the mouth. Then it has a boozy orange finish. The aftertaste is bitter orange and some alcoholic notes. This beer is better than the rest from this mix-pack. But I would call Juice Force IPA great. I barely give this IPA a B-. The orange flavor is good but when it meets the alcoholic flavor it is not as good. I don’t think those two do well together. I would really recommend this, but it’s not terrible. The New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger IPA mixed-pack is not that great. For the entire pack, I would give a D+. I have had much better IPAs. I think these are trying to be more mainstream, which didn’t work. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Aslin Beer Co. Power Moves India Pale Ale

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This is an IPA from Aslin Beer Co. Washington D.C. This IPA is Power Moves purchased from my local Whole Foods. This IPA is 5.5% ABV. This New England IPA has Chinook, Simcoe, Citra, and Mosaic hops. This IPA pours yellow with a one-finger fizzy white head. The aroma is soft/juicy pineapple and some bitterness. The flavor is juicy pineapple, bitterness and some light melon, This is light on the palate. Then you get a light tropical bitter fruit finish. The aftertaste is bitter but just enough for you to know that it’s there. This Power Moves is good. and I give this a B-. At first, it was average, but the more I drank the better it got, and yeah I recommend this. But I don’t see much of Aslin Beer Co.’s products. Also, I don’t see many New England IPAs with an ABV as low as 5.5%. I think that’s good. I find most to be 6.8% to 7.8% ABV. With that and the flavor not so much, it makes this a good session beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger Hop Raider IPA

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Here is another from the New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger IPA mixed twelve pack. This IPA is Hop Raider IPA. This beer is 8.1% ABV. This beer pours a deep gold color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is malty, bitter, and light with tropical fruits. There is melons, and pineapples amorous. The taste is Pineapple and melon. There is a malty flavor, pine, and bitterness. This IPA comes with a pine, malt, and bitter finish. The aftertaste is a malty pine flavor that lingers a bit. This is okay, not the best. I give Hop Raider IPA a C+. The tropical fruit clashes with the malt and pine flavors. I didn’t like that. But those flavors on their own are not too bad. Would I recommend this? Just barely. I don’t think I would go back to this right away. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Belgium Brewing Voodoo Ranger Hop Average IPA

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A neighbor of mine gave me a mixed twelve-pack of New Belgium Brewing Voodo Ranger IPAs. This one is Hop Avenger IPA. This IPA is 7.7% ABV. Voodo Ranger is a beer line from New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado. This IPA pours a light orange color with a two-finger white head. There is sediment in this beer. I don’t know if that is supposed to be there and if that is bits of fruit. I didn’t find any information. This IPA has a citrus aroma of orange, and grapefruit There is a light pineapple and bitter aromas. The flavor is orange, grapefruit, pineapple, and bitter. This has a medium feeling in the mouth. This IPA has a bitter fruity finish. The aftertaste is bitterness and orange. This is okay. I found this to have a more dominant orange flavor to it. I would say Hop Averager IPA is a C, just barely. The orange clashed a bit with the beer bitterness. I can’t say I would or wouldn’t recommend this. This beer wasn’t terrible nor was it good. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brasserier d’Achouffe NA Chouffee

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This is La Chouffe Non-Alcoholic Brew from Achouffe, Belgium. I purchased this thinking it was La Chouffe. I realized that when I put it in the beer refrigerator. I thought I’d give it a try and a review and here I am. This beer is less than 0.5% ABV. This NA beer pours a gold color with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The head does fade rather quickly. The aroma is sweet, dry, and malty, not much on the nose. The flavor is sweet, dry, watery, and malty. The beer has an overall lightness to it. This feels light in the mouth. This beer finishes light with some malted sweetness. The aftertaste is dry and not much else. I went into this thinking this wouldn’t be good. It was not great, but it was not terrible. I would give this a D+. I wouldn’t recommend this beer, but it is better than some of the NA beers I’ve previously had. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trappistes Rochefort 6 Belgian Ale

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This Abby Dubbel is Trappistes Rochefort 6. This beer is 7.5% ABV from Rochefort, Belgium. This beer was brewed by monks all the way back, somewhere around 1595. This ale pours murky light brown with a two-finger off-white head. The aroma is sweet, dark, and malty. The flavor is sweetened, dark, and malty as well. There also is a light bitterness here. This is an almost medium feeling in the mouth. Then comes a light bittersweet dark finish. The aftertaste is a little sweet and malty but fades as soon as it hits. This Rochefort 6 is good, but I think there are ones better out there. This Dubble gets a C+. I find this ale lacking in some flavors, but they aren’t terrible. This can be a little more flavorful. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!