The Beggar's Banquet

Hi all,

This week marks the start of my stint of inexpensive beverages, for the beer drinker on a budget. As I am currently broke, this works out quite nicely, but i'll keep it to the review from here on out. Today I am reviewing my personal favorite budget beer, Coors Banquet. @ 5% ABV, Coors is a fairly standard American Lager. Twisting open the bottle (all Coors beers come with twist caps!) treats the drinker to a light, mealy aroma, the essence of the barley malt up through the bottleneck. It tastes much the same, little to no hop flavor, but a nice malt taste that turns into a hearty finish. It's like liquid bread really, and as beers go, Banquet is really the bread-and-butter of this category. Since it's a cheap beverage, you're not going to get too much special out of this one. But due to the consistency, cheap availability, and generally decent quality of brew, I'm giving Coors a passing grade on this review. Enjoy it with lunch, dinner, or watching the game. Beats anything with 'light' at the end of it.

Final Score:
6/10 - Drinkable

Until next time, Happy Drinking!
-Devo

Is it early for Oktoberfest?

Hi all! welcome back to another edition of Younge's Beer Review. First of all, I want to say sorry for missing last week. Secondly, and likely to explain why, I am currently between paychecks, so I will be going ahead with my pissbeer lesser-quality beverage reviews, starting next week. However, for now I have a nice German Lager up for this week. Warsteiner, the flagship brew of the Warstein Brewery in, wait for it, Warstein, Germany is a crisp and refreshing little number. Very light, even by most of the German beers I have tried, it nonetheless has it's surprises. First off, the pour, which results in a quickly-fading, frothy head. The smell of it reminds me of sourdough bread, appropriate because it seems to go quite well with meats, maybe a little cheese.

The taste matches the smell for the most part, deliciously doughy, with only the mildest of bitter flavors coming out in the finish. Again, like most of the German Lagers I have had, Warsteiner is lightly carbonated, making for an easy drinking meal-beverage. Really not filling at all, but just tasty enough to keep me interested. While there's nothing particularly creative about it, the beer takes a rather standard (but quality) formula, and does it justice. And at the end of the day, it's the taste that matters.

Final Score: 7/10

Happy Drinking, and see you all next week!

-Devo

Hi all, welcome back to this Friday edition of Younge's Beer review. I'm still recovering from something nasty that I picked up in Colorado, so today I'm going to stick to a Beer that is widely available, and not particularly special. I enjoy it for the most part, so it'll be interesting to see how I can describe its nuance and Flaws. I'm talking about the Kona Brewing Company's Longboard Island Lager. Out of the bottle, the beer doesn't really give much of a hint in it's nose, but my sense of smell is affected by whatever the hell I caught, so maybe I missed something. Pouring the Lager results in a clear honey-yellow with a nearly nonexistent foam head. The first taste is very mild, with not a lot of discerning flavors that I could pick out, apart from crisp carbonated taste (like soda water, but maltier), and a slightly bitter finish. Honestly, there isn't a ton of vibrant flavors in Kona's creation, so it is a bit difficult to give this one a favorable review. However, the crisp first impression holds up throughout drinking for a very refreshing dinner or dessert beverage; certainly worth a few points. Overall, the Lager isn't very creative or diverse, but it sticks to a reasonable craft-brew recipe, and is plenty drinkable for those who hate surprises.

Final Rating: 5/10 --- Drinkable

Cheers, and happy weekend!
-Devo