This ol' glass werks reel good fer yonder Pete's Lager. Pretty sure the glass was borrowed from a restaurant chain called The Ground Round, which I affectionately called: The Werner Von Braun Round
Crosspost from WBAYDN #4845... Just cracked open some leftover holiday cheer from Fiskarsin Panimo in Fiskars, Finland. This one is there Joulun Tumma Laakeri, a 5.5% Dark Lager. Roasty (coffee), toasty (bread crusts), bitter (Saaz), crispy, and dry. Love it! Kippis!
Art History- Levitáce Proof a great beer doesn’t need to be high alcohol. I would like to see more of these in the market…
Here's the Amber version of Czech Lager from Lake Pleasant Brewing in Arizona. Warm and malty with a pleasant hoppy zing. Rich and nutty but not too sweet. Roasted malt flavor with an earthy note. Tangy but not too sharp. This is so much better than the typical American amber ale— it's not over-hopped and the malt has a richer taste. Overall this is an excellent Czech-style brew with great drinkability.
Human Robot is my favorite local brewery - visited their Jenkintown location tonight Rattan is their Vienna style lager. Bready malt flavor with a nice dry finish. Well balanced. My favorite of theirs is Tmavy 13 their Dark Czech style lager
Drinking a can of Mariestads Export which in recent years has been the top selling beer in Sweden. 5.3% abv, 12.4% plato, 23 IBUs. Magnum, Perle and Spalter Select hops. Pilsner and Munich malt (20% of the grist). The Munich malt is quite evident in both the taste and the color, it has a bready maltiness which is quite distinct, unique even, among the big Swedish beer brands, combined with a mild but refreshing hop bitterness and a mild but present hop aroma and taste. The Export-level original gravity gives the beer some heft and a bittersweet taste which is satisfying. For a mainstream beer brand I think this beer has alot of things going for it, and I appreciate being able to pick it up fresh from the shelf, helped by the fact that it's a big seller.
Human Robot - Reifen Hopf Sechs, one of their 6th anniversary beers. Rye Lager with mix of fresh and aged hops.
How old is this can of Summerfest? Have you been saving it? Because I don't think the 2026 has even been mentioned by SN yet. FWIW -- I had my last can of '25 back in December and it had really oxidized.
Cross-posted from the Cellaruary thread: I try to keep a supply of Maibocks in my fridge because it's my favorite style, and I think the style ages well enough to collect them for year-round drinking. So this one only has about 10 months of age on it. It's from one of my local breweries and I'm fortunate they release one every May. If my memory is correct, the abv when they first brewed this beer 12 years ago was 8.2% and this one is at 6.3%, so the malt richness isn't there like it used to be. Plus, I'm beginning to think that the lower abv causes it to show age characteristics more quickly. But I'll still buy them, it's just that I have to drink them more quickly throughout the year and rely on the Ayinger Maibock for later in the year, which is the other maibock brand that I stock up on each May.
Cross-posting from the Cellaruary thread: I'm again having a Michigan beer from the cellar, and this one is from one of my local breweries, Territorial Brewing, a German-inspired brewery. So it's natural that I find a doppelbock in my cellar to open. Penetrator is named after the Interstate spur off I-94 that 'penetrates' into town. It's a 10% abv beer, and I think it's two years old, maybe three. Nice caramel malt character that is slightly sweet.
