The Drinking Horn

I tried this beer at the suggestion of my wife when I showed her the wonders of Total Wine and Spirits. At first I was hesitant of trying this because in my mind peaches and beer flavors don't seem to mix. I was pleasantly surprised however because this reminded me of Leinenkugels Berry Weis in style. It didn't have the "beer" taste as much as a slightly carbonated peach drink. It had the essence of beer under the flavor, but it was defenetly made with peach juice, like how Berry Weis is a strong honey and berry flavor, but it doesn't taste anything like a wine cooler. It didn't taste like fake peach and I think this is because there were bits of real peach floating along the bottom of the bottle. I think this is a good craft beer that that would be great once in a while, but not every night.

This is a unique beer because like Pechs, it really dosen't have that characteristic "beer" taste that we either love or hate. This was actually the first beer I ever had and I think that it was a good introduction to the beer world so I could get use to the underlying beer taste without scaring off my taste buds. The berry tastes are at the front of this beer, which almost erases any bitterness that would be in it. In some bottles, I can taste the honey more than in others but it always works very nicely with the other flavors. I think this beer is also a great introduction into the world of craft brews and unique beers because its so unlike many of the others that I have tried.

This is a beer that I got from Total Wine and Spirit because its not everyday you get to try a beer from Africa! This was a very nice, crisp refreshing beer that almost made me wish that I was in the middle of a SW Florida summer because that's about the only way it could have been better. It reminded me of Fosters because of the crispness, sense of refreshment and its golden color. I can't wait to get a few more bottles of this for when I go fishing in the hot summer for a bit of relief.

I did some research about why this beer was named Tusker with an elephant as its logo, and the story was not what I expected. A local elephant the brewers named Tusker killed one of their brew-mates during the early stages of the brewery so they decided to name the beer Tusker. I'm still not sure, because they named the beer after the elephant, if this event is something they celebrated or not.

I was out with some friends at R.J. Gators and I saw this beer as a micro brew special. Going off of the name alone because our waitress didn't know much about it, I figured it can't be too bad.

This had a nice amber color and a kind of sweet smell. It started off with a nice sweet/malty taste and then ended with a drier hoppiness that really complemented and balanced everything out.

This was my first Mai bock and comparing it to a regular bock, I would say that this bock is less malty and with more of a hopp presence than an average bock. It was more dry and bitter than compared the the bocks I've had but still without the strong hopp flavor.

I can safely say that this is now one of my favorite brews.

My wife and I decided to try this one at Outback Steak House one day (fitting, isn't it?) and I was lucky enough that they had it on tap! I could tell this this beer was from down-under because of how crisp and refreshing it is. As I drank it, I could totally envision myself drinking this on a hot SW Florida day. It's a light beer that's a golden color with a taste that comes more from the hops than the malt. I would liken this more to Tuskers than our own domestic light beers because it had some weight and a sense of refreshment to it unlike our mega domestics which I put into the feather-weight category.

When I heard about this beer coming out, I got excited because A) I'm a fan of Leine beers overall and B) I'm a big fan of the bock style. This is a fairly straight forward dark beer that's smooth and full bodied. There aren't a lot of lingering flavors and the ALC/VOL is only 5.2% which makes this a really easy beer to drink. There isn't any kick-me-in-the-face bitterness from the hops because the malts dominate the flavoring. This has the smoothness, weight and some of the complexities of dark beer while being something I can drink after a long day at school without it counting as a meal.