Let's start on the bad foot, then hop to the good.
Shiner Spezial Leicht
Spoetzl Brewery
American Macro Lager
D / 2.2
look: 3.5 | smell: 1.5 | taste: 2 | feel: 2 | drink: 2
Picked up a single bottle from the Central Market in Dallas. Appears pale, clear yelow with a white head and lacing.
"Brewed for that light, happy flavor."
Yeah, about that. There's nothing happy about this beer except the ensuing buzz if you can manage to slug this fast enough. The Shiner brand is a respectable line of beers, but this beer is nothing more than a upscale Coors Light. For an macro light beer, its disturbingly on-style for a brewery that should know better. The aroma has a dusty element along with very plain grains and sourdough. The flavor follows up with a hint of corn (DMS) and light fruitiness that's quickly burried under acrid, dry yeast character finish that's a drop of lemon with a lot of wet grain husk. No bueno. Avoid this one. Not even close to on par with the craft light beer. File this away with the frat house-party crap.
Something completely different:
De Proef Reserve Signature Ale
De Proefbrouwerij
Belgian Strong Pale Ale
A- / 4.1
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | drink: 4.5
Picked up a big bottle at New Beer in the Bowery. Pours a hazy dark amber in my tulip.
The aroma is grassy with apricots and perfume. The flavor beings with white pepper, wet farmhouse, and sweet apple (like in pie) and then finishes with a bitter lemon rind note that lasts and lasts with an earth element. Overall there's a little funk, a little fruit, and then a big hoppy finish. Damn this is good.
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