Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Long Trail Belgian White

My last of the assortment pack from Long Trail was the Belgian White. It was a yellowish unfiltered wheat beer. Although i liked the initial taste there was a bit of a Windex after taste. I have try 2 of the 3 beers so far and the same taste is evident. I even had my wife taste it to make sure i wasn't losing it and she concurred.

Ok I had the last one and no more windex taste but I still wasn't impressed.


2 of 5 beer

Long Trail Hefeweizen

My third of the Long Trail beers was the Hefeweizen. It was unfiltered and a nice light amber in color the aroma was pleasant with a slight hint of wheat and the head was able to pass the bottle cap test (float a bottle cap on it). It had a refreshing taste that had hints of wheat but was not over powering.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Long Trail Ale

My next was the Long Train Ale. Much like the blackberry this was a very mild beer. it did have a bit of a bitter aftertaste which i didn't mind so much, but the Mrs didn't like, since it help give some flavor to an otherwise average beer.

Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat

OK so I went out and picked up a couple of assortment packs of micro-brew beer, Long Trail being one and where I started.

Long Trail Blackbeary Wheat was the first in the pack I tried. I was a bit tentative at first since I normally do not like fruity beers or beers with fruit in them but I was pleasantly surprised. The blackberry tones did not over power the beer taste. It was just enough to give it a little something, although I doubt I could have more then 3 or 4 at one sitting before the blackberry taste would get too sweet. The beer flavor itself was nice and refreshing but a little light for my tastes.

So I'll give it a 3 1/2 out of 5 Beers




PS - I have to admit I drank it right out of the bottle so I never got to view the color or head, but I'm still learning.

Tuesday, April 22, 2008

My Journey begins

After years of drinking Budweiser, which I still think is a fine beer, I have started to broaden my beer horizons. It all started a number of years ago I was introduced to Yuengling and it was good. After years of religiously drinking Yuengling a friend introduced me to Blue Moon and it was better. This made me think, what else could be out there.

I've recently embarked on a wonderful journey, a journey of Beer. I am out to experience all sorts of beers from all over the country and the world and hopefully I'll start brewing my own. So pull up a bar stool and let's go.