Beer Reviews by HANTRAN

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  • Aroma: 4 | Appearance: 4 | Mouthfeel: 5 | Flavor: 4 | Overall: 4

    Nasty sour off-tasting stuff! Maybe it was a bad keg? Very little nose, tiny skim coat of a head, no lace, copper body, thin mouth, very sour flavor, touch of hops, no malt, sucked!

  • Brooklyn Lager
    rated 3.4 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Drinking this right after a lovely Bklyn Pennant Ale which is the wrong order to drink em in, oh well...here goes. Mild nose but nicely blended hops which are citrusy, a touch of vanilla, and a wee hint of roasty malts. Very nice color for a lager, light copper clear body, very lovely frothy head with good lace. Mouth seems just a bit thin but well rounded. Very little taste up front but finishes quite dry and bitter not much malt flavor but some interesting pepper and lemon peel. Perhaps a bit of chemical in the late taste but still ends clean. Overall a good American lager, a good brew to slip to a Bud drinker, very easy to drink. Like all Bklyn beers this is wonderfully balanced.

  • Negra Modelo
    rated 3.0 15 years ago

    Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 6

    OK Mexican macro-swill, nothing special here, balance is OK, touch sweet, drink it very cold with some nice spicy food on a hot day. Lots of slightly off flavors probably some corn or rice.

  • Modelo Especial
    rated 2.7 15 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 5 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 5

    My brew of choice, and its a limited choice, at the Smallest Bar In Key West, a bar I like much more than the beer selection; what can I say? Above average micro-swill has a unique ill favor, a bit metallic but drinkable. Reminds me of Red Stripe.

  • Unibroue La Fin du Monde
    rated 4.3 15 years ago

    Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 9 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 9

    Very nicely done! Poured in a flute, ala Hefe style, a great head with a wonderful nose of spice, biscuit, peppers, anice, an overwhelming nose, that sits ontop of a foggy deep gold body; excellent. Nice mouthfeel, medium and fizzy as should be. For its style the flavor is delicate, lots of fruit and grape notes but a solid malt body, tastes a cross between a Hefe and a Saison, just really nice, tart and earthy with deep fruit. This is an excellent beer, very well done!

  • Budweiser Budvarceske (Czechvar)
    rated 3.5 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Decent pils, good malt and biscuit in the aroma, nice golden body, OK head with minimal lace. Medium mouthfeel, full-flavored for a pils, lots of malt and bread, a wee bit of peppery spice, an OK pils.

  • Redhook ESB
    rated 3.5 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Good balance of malt and spice in the nose, perhaps a bit too floral for style. Light copper body with decent short lived head and moderate lace. Mouthfeel is bready and medium bodied, good for style but perhaps a bit thin. Very malty flavor with strong bittering hops ends perhaps a bit too sweet, but aftertaste is bitter. There is a metalic/chemical taste in the finish that is objectionable. Not a bad effort, I prefer their IPA.

  • Leinenkugel Summer Shandy
    rated 3.5 15 years ago

    Aroma: 7 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

    Bought one on a lark in Key West. Aroma is lemon, wheat, and more lemon. Pours a foggy light gold body with a frothy, creamy white head that lasts quite well, little lace. Decent weiss mouthfeel, slippery, fizzy, not bad. Flavor is mostly lemonade, with some wheat coming through and finish is bitterish lemon peal. Not bad really pretty drinkable, it is what it says it is.

  • Michelob Pale Ale
    rated 2.2 15 years ago

    Aroma: 5 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 4 | Flavor: 3 | Overall: 4

    Wow, really not very good! When ice cold first sip seems promising, lots of hops. let it warm for 5 minutes and fogetaboutit. Aroma has a sweetness to it that somehow doesn't seem like it comes from malt and a lot of pine and citrus from hops. Pours a pale copper body with mediocre off white head with poor retention and no lacing. Mouth is shockingly thin considering there is a lot of flavor (will get to that later, its not all good). Decent fiz in the mouth, but perhaps a bit much for the style. Flavor, what to say. Lots of hops, hints at a carmel malted backbone goes really bad midway through. Lots of off flavors, medicine, aluminum, and ends with a detergent taste. Don't think I will finish this crap. There is a nod to the style but I am pretty sure I taste rice , corn, or other adjuncts. All that money and they produce this crap!!!!!!!!!

  • Michelob Porter
    rated 2.7 15 years ago

    Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 3 | Flavor: 5 | Overall: 5

    Nose is decent but a bit sweet. Decent malt notes and some spicy hops. NIce pale brown head pours nice. Very foamy with good lace and retention. Mouth is way too thin for the style. Flavor has some roasted notes and a hint of ripe dark fruit. NOT complex and NOT full flavored. Another crap effort from Mich, not as bad as the terrible pale and not as bad as the medicore marzen but really non-descript. I don't get it, what are they doing?