PSA. Good Ass Beer.

Little public service announcement here. If your fishing partner shows up with “Good Ass Beer” for the fishing trip you may want to send him for new beer. The name of this beer might be a little over exaggeration of whats actually in the can. Im thinking that if they even would of went with “Ass Beer” a person might still of been let down by the lack of flavor. Ive even tasted some Mexican beers with more flavor than this dirty water. Solutions to help get through the day drinking this might be to bring lots of salt, mix in river water or minnow bucket water. strain beer through dirty socks or shorts to try to add more flavor to it.

So you have been warned. Dont let the fancy advertising on the can fool you about this beer.

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I tried this beer a few months ago. As a craft beer drinker, I had my expectations set low, really low. I was actually pleasantly surprised. If you compare it to Busch, Bud, Bud Light, Miller Light, I’d take this beer any day.

Of course I’d take a bottle of dirty tequila over all of the above too.

My bro sent a picture last night of that.

If someone shows up with this, run…

Even if it’s a keg party, I bring my own OLD MILWAUKEE

Variety (with beer) is overrated imo

Not to sidetrack the thread, but if you like nutmeg-pumpkin spice, Leinie’s Harvest Patch is the best pumpkin brew I have had. Beats out the micro brew pumpkin themed beers I have tried by a mile.

I generally stay away from any dang beer that has fruit or anything else added because I never like it. However, Leinies was on sale 2 for 1 a few weeks back and I tried it. It is very good. In fact I’ll be a little upset when it is gone.

I usually shy away from Leinies because apparently it’s not snobby enough for me. However, I don’t think they have ever disappointed. I like the Summer Shandy a lot too.

Stay away from the Berry Weiss. That was the 2 of the 2 for 1 and it was not good.

I think the label is for what comes out afterwards!! yyeecchhh! if beer aint bad enough when its good beer.

ill stick with straight kentucky whiskey,or single malt scotch.

Mike W wrote:

Little public service announcement here. If your fishing partner shows up with “Good Ass Beer” for the fishing trip you may want to send him for new beer. The name of this beer might be a little over exaggeration of whats actually in the can. Im thinking that if they even would of went with “Ass Beer” a person might still of been let down by the lack of flavor. Ive even tasted some Mexican beers with more flavor than this dirty water. Solutions to help get through the day drinking this might be to bring lots of salt, mix in river water or minnow bucket water. strain beer through dirty socks or shorts to try to add more flavor to it.

So you have been warned. Dont let the fancy advertising on the can fool you about this beer.

Not the 1st time I’ve read a review like this about this beer.

Dale’s Pale Ale all the way…..some real good ass ‘meriCAN beer

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FishBlood&RiverMud wrote:

Even if it’s a keg party, I bring my own OLD MILWAUKEE

Variety (with beer) is overrated imo

We may disagree on AIS but we are in full agreement on beer choice…RR

Do they have Dogfish Head in WI? I never saw it in Minnie. Great beer and I am not much of an IPA guy.

I’d sure like to enjoy a Surly again.

IPA beers seem to be a love or hate it thing. Only one I tried was Surly Furious. I fall into the hate it group. I tried to give the others to guests. Two tried it and dumped them out. The last one I just poured down the drain. Maybe it was skunked, but I doubt it. Not my thing. I will stick to Crown XO, or Martell XO.

mplspug wrote:

Do they have Dogfish Head in WI? I never saw it in Minnie. Great beer and I am not much of an IPA guy.

I’d sure like to enjoy a Surly again.

I have a standing rule to never drink anything that has an animal on the label. It’s a rule that has never failed me.

Pug- I had high hopes for the Harvest Patch Shandy since I like the Summer Shandy so much. Well my hopes were dashed. I couldn’t finish the bottle and had to brush my teeth just to get the taste out of my mouth. Swing and a miss for me.

Part of the reason for me is that I like nutmeg and it is pronounced in the beer.

How about the new alcoholic/hard Root Beers? Anyone given them a go? If you do, I suggest Coney Island. It tastes exactly like root beer and you can’t taste the alcohol, despite it being 5.8% abv. Again, pretty much a novelty drink. I could only drink one in a sitting, but it is good.

Love hard root beer. Well, two of them because they are too sweet.

For that reason, I’m out.

You know, just in general I’m declaring the whole craft beer thing to officially have jumped the proverbial shark. Yep, it’s over, it’ll just take 90% of the population another 5 years to realize it. The end is nigh, boys, you heard it here from the Grouse first.

All the signs are there:

1. Increasing reliance on too-clever-by-half names. Good Ass Beer, punny names, etc. Barf!

2. Going way over the top with “pile it on” flavors. If pumpkin ale was good last year, this year we’ve gotta do pumpkin, nutmeg, coffee, chocolate, allspice ale.

Same thing with hopps. If a pound of hopps was good, the theory now seems to be let’s drop in a ton of hopps and it’ll be better. Look, Hoppy Boys, here’s the deal: Overhopped beer tastes like cat urine.

3. Unidentifiable beer types. Not only do I not know any of the 57 new beers that appeared yesterday on tap at a restaurant or bar, but the type of beer they’re claiming to be does not exist in nature.

WTF is a “Scottish Stout”, please? Is that a b@stard child of an ill-advised, drunken union between a Scotch Ale and a stout? If I drink it, will it break into political factions and start an intestinal war that will later be known as “The Troubles”? What is a “real pale ale”? Is it a pale ale or a real ale or are you just making sh!t up?

Bartender, can I just get a freaking High Life please? And gimme a shot of Beam too.

Grouse

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

Bartender, can I just get a freaking High Life please? And gimme a shot of Beam too.

Sounds like someone I know…..

-J.

Grouse, you don’t understand craft brews

1. Increasing reliance on too-clever-by-half names. Good Ass Beer, punny names, etc. Barf!

This half butt beer is not a craft beer. It’s a novelty beer.

2. Going way over the top with “pile it on” flavors. If pumpkin ale was good last year, this year we’ve gotta do pumpkin, nutmeg, coffee, chocolate, allspice ale.

Same thing with hopps. If a pound of hopps was good, the theory now seems to be let’s drop in a ton of hopps and it’ll be better. Look, Hoppy Boys, here’s the deal: Overhopped beer tastes like cat urine.

There is a lot of truth to this, however, a true crafty (beer connoisseurs) know the difference between posers trying to get in on the craft beer market.

I fancy myself more of a brand loyal beer drinker. I’ll try about anything from my favorite brewers.

I am not much of an expert. I read the ridiculous comments people make on beer advocates talking about notes of citrus, how it pours and how the head reminds them of a fluffy cloud on a hot 4th of july before a cooling rainstorm. I roll my eyes, it isn’t wine. As a novice, about the only thing I know is that I like dark beers in the cooler months and hoppy beers in the summer.

I still try some new ones but pretty much have my circle of beers. My only criteria is at least 5% alcohol. I’m not saying what my goto beer has been for 3 years. I dont want it to get sold out at the few stores that carry it! I would tell Grouse in a PM though because my all time fall back is Miller. MGD over High Life but I can live with either.

That’s what I’m talking about Suzuki! I always check the abv when buying a new beer. One of the best I have found that is strong, but still tastes good is Saint Bernardus ABT 12

HIGH LIFE… yummy !

TheFamousGrouse wrote:

WTF is a “Scottish Stout”, please? Is that a b@stard child of an ill-advised, drunken union between a Scotch Ale and a stout? If I drink it, will it break into political factions and start an intestinal war that will later be known as “The Troubles”? What is a “real pale ale”? Is it a pale ale or a real ale or are you just making sh!t up?

Grouse you are correct Scottish Stout is not a style. Perhaps in the future it may be as the beer styles are continually changing. Here is the latest list of beer styles and it is a long list.

https://www.brewersassociation.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-brewers-association-beer-style-guidelines.pdf

blackbay wrote:

I have a standing rule to never drink anything that has an animal on the label. It’s a rule that has never failed me.

Feel free to send any Schell’s my way then! They’ve only been doing the “craft” thing for 100 years or so…

In general I agree though, the craft craze is nearing it’s peak, but I don’t think it will ever go away. The top craft brewers (Surly, Summit, Bent Paddle etc in MN) have too devoted a following. I do enjoy trying different legitimate beers (i.e. IPA, Kolsch, Oktoberfest) from time to time, but not the monkeybutt children made with Chocolate, Pumpkin, Cinnamon crap. But if they went away, I’ll be just fine with an ice cold bottle of Grain Belt Premium.

I prefer “Red Ass Ale” over Good Ass Beer… Reds are especially good in the Fall ~

FryDog62 wrote:

I prefer “Red Ass Ale” over Good Ass Beer… Reds are especially good in the Fall ~

I drank so many damn reds 15 years ago when they were trendy, before craft beers, that I am just now able to start drinking them again.

That’s what I like about this time of year, the beers I like are “in season”. Porters (my favorite), brown ales, stouts and reds.

I usually get something different every trip to the liquor store. Sometimes a hit and sometimes a miss. I’m all for the craft beers. I like the local nature of it all. There’s plenty out there so it’s a simple matter of finding what you like.

Totally get the bandwagon angle. I stopped in one time and asked for Oktoberfest. The guy quickly walked me over to all the pumpkin beers. I politely thanked him and said “I’ll look around a little more”.

“Porters…”

Yes, I like them too. A great 2-for-1 beer — you get a beer and a laxative all in one bottle

I’m a huge Oktoberfest fan, and after much research Schell’s Oktoberfest is my favorite, followed by Summit, and Sam Adam’s. Prost!

someone mentioned grain belt,havent seen or heard of that around here since the late seventies,and then there was dubuque star,yech,you had to strain it through your teeth!!

have to mention this,my Dad served in the navy,and his first cousin was in the army at about the same time ( korean war ),and they helped each other farm.
one day bailing our second crop of hay in july,Dad had his falstaff on one end of the field in the sun,and Gus had his olympia on the other end of the field in the sun,good grief!! that stuff was over a hundred degrees in the can yet they slurped it down as if it was no big deal.
the olympia tasted like rotten bananas smell,wont tell you what the falstaff tasted like,but to be a man like they were,I drank a can of each,and that is what brought about my taste for whiskey’s.
if beer tasted that bad,I could wimp out and drink kentucky’s finest,straight and warm of course.

What makes an Oktoberfest beer an Oktoberfest? I’ve always wondered, but never looked it up.