Finally I have Jeff and Sue in a video. This was the perfect place for me to try this beer. Hanging out in Muskoka, how beautiful… until James and Jeff poured their beer in the water. Hmmm. Why not just dump gas in there as well? Sacrilege. :-)
From Left to Right (Jeff, James, Rich… Sue at the end with a thumbs down by a special guest)
The first beer that I tried with James, was so bad… I had to try another one. But a different variety. Again, for my personal taste it was disappointing. I think I’m done with Schneider Weisse. If you have bad taste in beer. This beer’s for you!
If I can get James to like a beer. Anyone would like this beer. I was very surprised, it was really good. Definitely worth a try!
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By the way our Two Beer Queers shout out and the ‘Fuck you Jobu’ quote was found on the Two Beer Queers Website. Check it out these guys are hilarious. That quote was also from the movie Major League. Great timeless movie.
Not much to say about the beer other than what was said in the video. It’s a decent beer. In my opinion I would say it’s comparable to Ex, the price was right as well. I’m not positive but I think it was $15 or so for 12 cans. Not bad. Typical.
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I’ve only tried 2 of St Peter’s Beers. The Winter Ale and The Organic Ale. My buddy Jeff will be making a video about the Organic, which I’ve tried and really enjoy. Especially the bottle shape. This was a very strong tasting beer. I can see it being good in the winter, not so much in the spring. It was fairly heavy with a higher alc./vol. Overall it’s worth a shot.
Once I did a bit of research on St Peter’s. I realized how many varieties they actually had. I’d love to try more, out of the 2 that I have tried… I would recommend the Organic Ale.
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As a treat, once in while… this was a decent beer. For the percentage it was pretty smooth. It honestly had a sweet taste to it, almost like maple syrup. As you’ll see, my wife didn’t care for it. But she doesn’t like beer. I do, so I didn’t mind the taste. Would I drink it all night…no, but if I had one in the mix, I’d be happy. It’s definately worth a try. I did like the design… the use of silver gave it a modern look. The funny thing is that most beer companies that use white or silver are lighter beers. Not the case on this one, it’s 7.9%. I still don’t know why it’s called 8.6 if it’s 7.9% alc./vol.
Maybe that’s the mystery of this beer. YAY.
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Beau’s All Natural Brewing Company really have their shit together. Everything from the look of the packaging, to the website, to the Beer.
This was a really good beer. Nice taste to it. But what really sold me on this beer was the packaging. It’s incredible. I haven’t seen such nice beer packaging… since the Liquor Store at Christmas (Even still I think this trumps everything out there). The attention to detail is amazing, from the writing, the facts, just overall an excellent design. The website is amazing as well… visit the Beau’s website. On packaging alone, I would give this beer 5 out of 5 happy faces. The beer is great, but not the best thing I’ve ever tasted. Here’s a just a few pics of the packaging. I don’t want to show to many because I don’t want to ruin the surprise when you buy it. BUY IT!
The price is a little high (around $15.00), but when you consider the cost of the printing, die-cutting and hand wrapped ribbon. Not to mention you get 4 x 600mL. That’s not a bad deal at all.
This has also become a staff pick.
A friend of mine Mark, suggested I try a Black and Tan after he tried the Black Velvet. So here is a video of my buddy Gary and I trying a Black and Tan at the Cadillac Lounge in Toronto. When Mark suggested the beer he said the ingredients of a Black and Tan were Rickard’s White, 2 vodka shots and a shot of Patrone.
That is not what we got from the bartender. What we got was an ale (Which was a mystery) mixed with Guinness.
So my question was who was right. I looked up how to make a black and tan and the one we had last night was the correct way. So my question to you Mark is what were you drinking? It’s not Black & Tan.
Let me know because I would love to try what you were talking about.
The first thing that caught my eye on this one, was the packaging. It’s so different from most beer packaging that I had to buy it. I also loved the name. Brought me back to being a kid. Although their definition of a Big Wheel was based on a ‘1870′s High-Wheel‘ Bicycle, mine is based on the bad ass three wheelers from the 1970′s. After looking at the packaging in the beer store I noticed it was from the Amsterdam Brewery. I am always a fan of their beer. The funny thing is I can’t find the Big Wheel beer on their site. Maybe the haven’t updated the site in a while, or they’re testing out the beer in the market before they commit to it. So my suggestion would be to buy this while you can, just in case it gets taken off the market.
I’ll probably catch some heat on this one. I know a lot of people like this beer. James being one of them. So I didn’t give it a vomit rating because it wasn’t totally awful. But based on my own taste in beer, I wasn’t a big fan. As you’ll see by the video, this was the end of the night. I was pretty well done. Too many taste tests that day. So you would think that you could drink anything at that point and it would taste excellent. Not so much. I did not enjoy this beer. But I’m willing to try different beers from Samuel Adams. Maybe this one just wasn’t meant for me.