# Beer list. NOTE: This page is only for people of legal drinking age in your location. If you are not of legal drinking age, please visit the [[» start|homepage]] instead. **A list of beers I’ve enjoyed over 30-plus years, sprinkled throughout with a few label photos. Super particular to my personal tastes, which tend towards porters and stouts. Some cheap beers rank better than they ought to because they remind me of my early days.** *Format: Brewery "Beer name" (Score) – Comments; where I drank it and/or who got it for me* ### Numbers 2nd Shift Brewing "Cat Spit Stout" (8) – St. Louis, 2019 3 Sheeps "Fresh Coast Juicy Pale Ale" – Sam, 2025 10 Barrel Brewing "Pub Beer" (4) – A little spice but meh 21st Amendment "Back in Black" (7) 1554 "Enlightened Black Ale" (7) – Dark, flavorful ### A Adnams "Mosaic Pale Ale" (5) – London pub tour, 2018 AGM "Terra" – Seattle work trip, 2025 Alaskan Brewing "Alaskan Smoked Porter" (8) Alaskan Brewing "Stout" (8) Allagash "Black Porter" (7) Allagash "Tripel" (3) – Tastes like someone spilled Sprite into the barrel Alpine Brewing Company "Duet IPA" (3) Amstel "Amstel Light" (6) Amstel "Oro Cerveza Tostada" (7) – Tasty, toasty; Barcelona with Emili/Mireia Anadolu Efes "Bomonti Filtresiz Malt" (6) – Refreshing when hot, but not so tasty; Istanbul 2023 Anchor Brewing "Anchor Steam" (9) Anchor Brewing "Brewer’s Pale Ale" (5) Andersen Valley "Bourbon Barrel Stout" (8) Anderson Valley "Oatmeal Stout" (8) – A bit too sweet Anheuser-Busch "Amber Bock" (7) Anheuser Busch "Shock Top" (3) APU "Алтан говь (Golden Gobi)" (5) – Solid beer; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia APU "Боргио (Borgio) Pilsner" (5) – Solid beer; Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia Asahi "Super Dry" (7) ### B Beavertown Brewery "Session IPA" – Belfast, Northern Ireland 2025 Beck's "Beck's" (5) Bee Sting "Honey Ale" (7) – Medium spice, bit of honey aftertaste Belching Beaver "Peanut Butter Milk Stout" (8) – 54th birthday at Bocce Belgian Beer Co. "Barbar Belgian" (6) – Bubbly, honey notes; IW brought from Brussels 2017 Belize Brewing Company "Belikin Traditional Recipe Beer" – Sam, directly from Belize, 2024 Bells Brewery "[Kalamazoo Stout](https://www.bellsbeer.com/beer/year-round/bells-kalamazoo-stout)" (9) Bell’s Brewery "Two Hearted" Big Sky "Moose Drool Brown Ale" (7) – Arnold CA 2023 Big Ugly Brewing "Roland's Red" (8) ![[beer-la-rossa.jpg]] Birra Moretti "La Rossa" (7) – Sweet, dense Birrificio Artigianale Titanbräu "American IPA" – Sam, directly from San Marino, 2025 Black Hog Brewery "Granola Brown Ale" (8) – Sam Black Toad "Dark Ale" (6) Blue Moon "Belgian White" (7) – Wheat ale, a bit sweet but nice Saturday brew; David F Blue Point Brewing "Gold Squadron Lager" (8) – Lavender and plum; Disney Star Wars Cantina 2022 Blue Point Brewing "Toasted Lager" (6) – Citrus, good Boddington's "Pub Ale" (8) ![[beer-myr-kvi.jpg]] Borg Brugghús "[Myrkvi Porter Nr. 13](http://www.borgbrugghus.is/thebeer/product/nr-13-myrkvi2)" (9) – Drank on my 50th birthday in Reykjavik Boulevard "Tank Seven Farmhouse" Brakspear "Henley Ale" – Thicker, dull muddled taste Brasserie de Tahiti "Tabu" (8) – Bora Bora 25th anniversary Brau Bros "Bancreagie Peated Scotch Ale" – Sam Breckenridge Brewery "Vanilla Porter" (7) BrewDog "Punk IPA" (4) – Naroon Fitzrovia in London 2024 Brickway Brewery "Coffee Vanilla Stout" (7) – Solid vanilla flavor, not overbearing; Sam 2024 Brickway Brewery "Pils" (3) – Wow, I really don't like pilsners; Sam 2024 Brooklyn Brewery "Brooklyn Lager" (5) Brown Hound "Brown Ale" (8) – Smooth; Freeport Maine ![[ship full of ipa.png]] Brutal Brewing "A Ship Full of IPA" – Stockholm, Sweden 2025 Budweiser "Bud Light" (2) Budweiser "Budweiser" (5) – I know, I know. It gives me memories, though; St. Louis, MO 1990 ### C Caldera "Pilot Rock Porter" (7) – Sam Camino Brewing "Stout" (9) Cape Horn "Patagonian Beer Pale Ale" – Ushuaia 2019 Carlsberg "Carlsberg" (7) Carlsberg Croatia "Pan Zlatni" (8) – Solid, flavorful; Šipanska Luka, Croatia Carneros Brewing "Double IPA" (3) Castello "La Decisa" (6) – Florence, Italy 2018 Celis "Dubbel Ale" – Christmas ale flavor Cellarmaker Brewing Company "[Imperial Coffee and Cigarettes](https://cellarmakerbrewing.com/beer/imperial-coffee-cigarettes/)" (8) – Alamo Drafthouse Cinema New Mission, 2025 Central Coast Brewing "Cervantez Amber Lager" (7) – Refreshing Cervecería Cuauhtémoc "Bohemia" (7) Cervecería y Maltería Quilmes "Quilmes" – from Argentina ![[beer-endemica.jpg]] Cerveza Endémica "Galápagos Coffee Stout" – Galápagos Chimay "Chimay Red" (7) – Slightly too thin Chinggis "Chinggis Beer" (7) – Nice standard beer; Ulaanbaatar Mongolia Cigar City Brewing "Maduro Brown Ale" (9) – Surprisingly tasty Coors (5) Corona (5) Coronado Brewing "Weekend Vibes IPA" (7) Crabby Joe’s "Lager" (7) – Fun; Ponce Inlet, FL Curious "Curious Brew" (5) – Fresh, fruity, crisp; London hotel 2018 Cusqueña "Cusqueña" (6) – Perú ### D Daytona Brewing "Blonde" (3) – Yuk. Daytona Brewing "Pale" (7) Deschutes "[Black Butte Porter](https://www.deschutesbrewery.com/beer/black-butte-porter/)" (9) Deschutes "Nitro Obsidian Stout" (7) Devil's Canyon "Full Bore" (9) Devil's Canyon "Scotch Ale" (9) Dick's Brewing "Lava Rock Porter" (7) – Sam, 2025 Discretion Brewing "Oh Black Lager" (7) – A bit too thin and effervescent Discretion Brewing "Oh Black Lager" (8) – 2025 Dishoom "India Pale Ale" (5) – Not a ton of flavor, but a nice tactile label; London 2024 Doc Ford "Hammerhead Lager" (6) – Sanibel Island 2024 Dos Equis "Amber" (7) Dos Equis "Dos Equis" (7) Drake's Brewing "1500" (6) Drake’s Brewing "[Black Robusto](https://drinkdrakes.com/beers/black-robusto/)" (10) Drake’s Brewing "Denogginizer" (7) Drake's Brewing "[Drakonic Imperial Stout](https://drinkdrakes.com/beers/drakonic/)" (9) Drake’s Brewing "Foraging Raccoon" (7) – Tasty, tiny bit fruity, but good 2018 Dru Bru "Bomber Hop Session India Pale Ale" (7) – Tasty, not too overbearing flavor Dubuisson Brewery "Cuvée des Trolls" (5) – Bubbly!; IW brought from Brussels 2017 ![[beer-sweet-baby-jesus.jpg]] Duclaw Brewing "Sweet Baby Jesus Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter" (9) Dundee "Honey Brown" (8) Duvel "Belgisch Speciaalbier" (6) – IW brought from Brussels 2017 ### E ![[beer-einstok.jpg]] Einstök Ölgerð "[Icelandic Toasted Porter](https://einstokbeer.com/our-brews/icelandic-toasted-porter/)" (9) – At Big Trees Market 2022, CostPlus 2023 Elysian Brewing "[Dragonstooth Stout](https://www.elysianbrewing.com/beer/dragonstooth-stout)" (9) – Woodman Lodge after Dirtfish with Max 2019 Elysian Brewing "Space Dust" (6) Epic Brewing "[Big Bad Baptist Pecan Pie](https://www.epicbrewing.com/pecan-pie)" (9) ### F Fieldwork Brewing "[Night Maker](https://fieldworkbrewing.com/beer/night-maker/)" (9) – Thick, rich double oat stout; work outing 3/2023 Fieldwork Brewing "[The Penny Press](https://fieldworkbrewing.com/beer/the-penny-press/)" (3) – Thin, tastes like cinnamon; Work outing 3/2023 Firestone "805 Blonde Ale" (2) – Flavorless Firestone "Double-Barrel Ale" – Medium good body, caramel sub-taste Firestone "Double-Barrel IPA" (8) Firestone "Nitro Merlin Milk Stout" (8) – Milky, stout-y, nice flavor. Great with anything from pub food to a nice steak. Florida Beer Co "[Mackeson XXX Stout](https://www.floridabeer.com/our-beers/mackeson/)" (9) – Rich, thick Flying Dog "Pearl Necklace Chesapeake Stout" (7) Flying Dog "Porter" Foothill Brews "Torch Pilsner" – Sam, 2025 Foothills Brewing "Dash City Lager" (7) – Solid brew, not overly flavorful but not meh either; Sam Fort Myers Brewing Company "Mosaic Grouper" (7) – Fruity; Sanibel Island 2024 Foster's "Lager" (7) Founders "All-Day IPA Session Ale" (3) Founders Brewing "Centennial IPA" (7) Founders Brewing "Dirty Bastard" (7) Founders Brewing "[Porter](https://foundersbrewing.com/our-beer/porter/)" (9) Full Circle Brewing Co. "Captain Save a Hop" (7) – Fruity but not overly Fullers "Golden Pride" (8) – London pub tour 2018 Fulton "Lonely Blonde American Blonde Ale" – Sam Funky Buddha "Last Snow" (8) – Porter with coffee and coconut; Florida 2021 ### G Gallia "Blonde Maltée" (4) – Paris hotel 2018 Geartooth Ale Works "Father Cog Imperial Stout" (9) – Damn tasty Geiranger Bryggeri "Oppeskøke Farmhouse Ale" (7) – A bit over spiced; At sea, Norway, 2025 Geiranger Bryggeri "Sølfest Brown Ale" – At sea, Norway 2025 George Killian "Irish Red" Musky, flat Goose Island "Bourbon County Stout" (10) – Max & Savannah, 2025 Gordon Biersch "Don Gordo Mexican Style Lager" Gordon Biersch "Marzen" (6) Gordon Biersch "Stout" (7) ![[wisby stout.png]] Gotlands Bryggeri "Wisby Stout Extra Rostad" – Stockholm, Sweden 2025 Great Raft Brewing "Reasonably Corrupt Black Lager" (8) – Sam Grolsch "Grolsch" (6) Guinness "[Draught](https://www.guinness.com/en-us/beers/guinness-draught)" (10) ### H Hacker-Pschorr "Münchner Hell" (7) – Munich, Germany 2018 Hamburg Brewing "[Blackberry Gose](https://www.hamburgbrewing.com/pages/beer) Sour Ale" (8) – I'll excuse the fruit this time; Sam, 8/2024 Hardywood "Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter" Hartwall Helsinki Panimo "Lahden Erikois IPA" – Helsinki, Finland 2025 Harviestoun Brewery "Harviestour" – Scotland 2025 Hatuey (7) – Cuba? Hawkstone "Lager" (7) – Scotland, 2025 Heineken "Heineken" (8) ![[beer-heretic.jpg]] Heretic Brewing "Chocolate Hazelnut Porter" (9) – Superb, smooth, 80% thick High Hops Brewery "The Honeyed One" (8) High Water Brewing "Campfire Stout" (9) Hinterland "Door County Cherry Wheat" (5) – Sam Hinterland "Luna Coffee Stout" (7) – Sam Hinterland Brewery "Nitro Luna Coffee Stout" (8) – Sam, 2025 Hite Brewing Company "Terra" – ­Seattle, 2025 ### I Issaquah Brew House "Chocolate Stout" (6) Issaquah Brew House "Porter" (8) ### J J J Wainwright "Evil Eye Honey Brown" – Slightly honey, slightly brown Jeremiah Johnson Brewing "Mountain Man Scotch Ale" (8) – Sam JosephsBrau Brewing "Stockyard Oatmeal Stout" (7) ### K K Pivovara "Grif Pale Ale" (8) – Smooth, friendly; Zagreb, Croatia 2024 Karlovačko "Lager" (8) – Absolutely solid; Dubrovnik, Croatia, 2024 Kirin "Kirin" (7) – Just sort of there; slightly dusty Kona Brewing "Big Wave" (6) Kona Brewing "Koko Brown" (8) – Tastes like coconut, but in a good way Kona Brewing "Longboard Island Lager" (5) Kona Brewing "Pipeline Porter" (8) ### L Lagunitas "Imperial Stout" (9) Lagunitas "IPA" (7) – Hoppy! Lagunitas "Little Dumpling" (6) Lake Placid "Ubu Ale" (8) Lakewood "'LKWD' Lager" (6) ![[beer-latitud-cero.jpg]] Latitud Cero "Antisana" – San Antonio de Pichincha, Ecuador Leffe "Blonde" (4) – IW brought from Brussels 2017 Left Hand Brewing "Milk Stout" (9) – Coffee milk touch; Disney 2018 Left Hand Brewing "Peanut Butter Milk Stout" Leinenkeugel "Leinenkeugel" Liechtensteiner "Hells Spezialbier" – 2025 Loch Ness Brewery "Dark Ness Stout" (7) – Stirling, Scotland 2025 Long Trail Brewing "Double Bag" – Sam, 2025 ### M Maccabee "Maccabee" – Medium-light color, minimum flavor Magglie Leigh "IPA" (6) Magic Hat "#9" (5) – Apricot-y; Key West Magic Rock "Dark Arts Surreal Stout" (7) – London 2024, Dishoom King's Cross ![[beer-barrica.jpg]] Mahou "Barrica" (8) – Oak-y/caramel-ly aftertaste, really interesting; Emili Mahou "Maestra Doble Lúpulo" (6) Mahou "Maestra Dunkel" (6) – Emili Mahou "Mahou" (6) – Memories from a summer in Spain ![[beer-mahou-limon.jpg]] Mahou "Mahou Limón" (7) – Legit lemon not weird lemon, just slightly sweet, fresh; Emili Maui Brewing Co. "Big Swell IPA" (4) Michelob "Michelob" (3) Michelob "Michelob Light" (3) Mikkeller Brewing "Træblod Imperial Stout" (8) – Thick, maple and coffee; rum barrel aged; 2023 Miller Brewing "Genuine Draft" (4) Millstream Brewing "Oom Pah Pah German Pilsner" – Sam Millstream "Shenanigans Irish Red Ale" (7) – very drinkable; Sam Mission Brewery "Dark Seas Imperial Stout" (8) Modelo "[Negra](https://www.modelousa.com/en-US/product/negra)" (8) Mondo "Dishoom India Pale Ale" – London 2018 ### N Narrative Fermentations "Epoch" (8) – Imperial stout with coconut, coffee, vanilla New Belgium Brewing "Voodoo Ranger IPA" (7) – Delta ATL-SJC New Holland "Dragon's Walk" (9) – Bourbon barrel-aged stout. Tasty. Newcastle "Brown Ale" (8) – Medium caramel color, caramel spicy flavor North Coast "Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout" (8) – 58th birthday, 2025 Nova Paka Brewery "Brouček Lager" (4) ### O Oak Creek Brewing "Amber Ale" (6) – Sedona AZ Ocean View Brew Works "Buried Treasure Oatmeal Stout" (9) – Campbell Farmer's Market Offshoot Beer Co "Relax Hazy IPA" (6) Ölvisholt "Vatnajökull – Frozen in Time" (8) – Iceland Oranjeboom "Oranjeboom" – Slight skunk at best ### P Pabst "Red White & Blue" (1) ![[beer-paramo.jpg]] Páramo Brauhaus "Oatmeal Stout" – Quito, Ecuador Partizan "Pale Ale" (3) – Great label, flavor-free beer; London, 2024 Paulaner "Ur-Dunkel Naturtrüb" (7) – Dark but not super thick, chestnut-ty; Munich 2018 Pauliner Salvator "Double Bock" (7) Payette Brewing Co. "Embers Chocolate Hazelnut Porter" (8) – Sam Payette Brewing Co. "Sofa King Dreamy Tropical IPA" (8) – Sam Pecan Street (2) – Miller with flavor crystals Perennial Artisan Ales "Mint Chocolate Stout ’17’" (8) – Perfect amount of mint Peroni "Peroni" (7) Peroni "Peroni Red" (8) – Glasgow, 2025 Peter's Brand – Barely musky Piebalgas Alus "Piebalgas" – Latvia, Lithuania 2025 Pike Street "Stout" (8) – Rich, complex, thicker; slight caramel, peat tones? Pipeworks Brewing Company "Blood of the Unicorn Hoppy Red" (8) – Chicago, 2025 Pipeworks Brewing "Oktoberfest" – Chicago, 2025 Pivovara Ličanka "Svijetlo Velebitsko" (4) – Kind of flavorless?; Dubrovnik, Croatia 2024 Pivovara Medvedgrad "Grička Vještica" (4) – Deep red color but thin; Zagreb, Croatia 2024 Põhjala Brewery "Maple Bänger Imperial Stout" – lots of maple syrup: yum!; Tallinn, Estonia 2025 Portland Brewing Co. "Oregon Honey Beer" (8) Pyramid "Pale Ale" (8) – Good rich body; cedar? ### Q Quilmes "Clásica" – Argentina ### R Real Ale "Hans Pils" (7) – Sam 2025 Real Ale "Swifty American Pale Ale" (7) – Solid Pale Ale; Sam 2025 Red Stripe Reformation Brewery "A Cold One" (5) ![[beer-reptilia.jpg]] Reptilia "Irish Red" – Santa Cruz, Galápagos Reset Brewery "Irish Extra Stout" (8) – Ljubljana, 2024 Reuben's Brews "Robust Porter" (8) Rogue "Bad Guy Ale" (5) – Dark-ish, but too sweet in the long run; cool graphic though; 2020 Rogue "Chocolate Stout" (8) Rogue "Wild Irish Rogue Ale" (8) Roughtail Brewing "Nada Nada Pink Lemonada" – Actually pretty good!; Sam, 2024 ### S Sabeco "333 Export" – Thailand 2014 Saku Brewery "Saku Tume" (8) – tasty dark lager; Tallinn, Estonia 2025 Salt Flats Brewing Co "Daytona India Pale Ale" (6) – Solid Salt Flats Brewing Co "Flat Out Hefeweizen Ale" (6) – Crisp; Sam Salt Flats Brewing Co "Kilted Harley Scottish Ale" (7) – Sam Salt Flats Brewing Co "Save the Lake Pilsner" (7) – Sam Samuel Adams "Boston Lager" (8) – Buttery Samuel Adams "Cold Brew Coffee Stout" Samuel Adams "Golden Pilsner" – Slight honey flavor; less buttery Samuel Smiths "Nut Brown Ale" (6) Samuel Smiths "[Organic Chocolate Stout](https://www.samuelsmithsbrewery.co.uk/shop/bottles/stout-bottles/organic-chocolate-stout/)" (9) – London pub tour 2018 Samuel Smiths "Taddy Porter" (8) – London pub tour 2018 San Miguel "[Cerveza Negra](https://www.sanmiguelbrewery.com/index.php/cerveza-negra)" (9) Santa Cruz Mountain Brewing "Dread Brown" (7) ![[beer-santana-stout.jpg]] Santana "Stout" – Quito, Ecuador Sapporo "Black" (9) – Smooth and you can taste the roasted dark malt in spades. Yum. Sapporo "Sapporo" (6) Sapporo "Sapporo Draft" (8) Sarbast "Sarbast" (5) – It's a beer; Samarkand, Uzbekistan Sawtooth Brewery "False Summit Amber Ale" (7) – Very drinkable; Sam Schlenkerla "Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock" – Helsinki, Finland 2025 Schlenkerla Brewery / Heller-Bräu Trum "[Rauchbier](https://www.schlenkerla.de/indexe.html#)" (8) – Smoked beer!; Helsinki, Finland 2025 Seabright Brewery "Loose Lucy Scotch Ale" (8) Sharp's Brewery "Doom Bar" (7) – London pub tour 2018 Shiner "Shiner Bock" (8) – Caramel flavor; thick and dark; pretty tasty Shipyard "Monkey Fist IPA" (8) – Freeport ME Shipyard "Summer Ale" (7) – Sam Sierra Nevada "Dankful IPA" (6) Sierra Nevada "Hop Bullet" (7) – Not that hoppy, honestly Sierra Nevada "[Narwhal](https://sierranevada.com/beer/narwhal/) Porter" (9) Sierra Nevada "[Pale Ale](https://sierranevada.com/beer/pale-ale/)" (10) Sierra Nevada "Porter" (6) Sierra Nevada "Ruthless Rye IPA" (7) – Smooth, good, chill beer Simpler Times "Lager" (8) Singha "Singha" (7) – 2024 election; very drinkable ![[gutstoutas.png]] Širvėnos Bravoras Dundulis "Gutstoutas Oatmeal Stout" – Vilnius, Lithuania 2025 Smog City Brewing "Coffee Porter" – 2025 Snoqualmie Brewery "Black Frog Stout" (6) Snoqualmie Brewery "Steam Train Porter" (8) Snowshoe "Big Arnold IPA" (7) – 2022 Snowshoe "Mountain Time IPA" (8) – 2023 Snowshoe "Snowhouse" (5) – 2022 Spaten "[Optimator](https://untappd.com/b/spaten-franziskaner-lowenbrau-gruppe-spaten-optimator/5972)" (10) – Dark, round, rich Spaten "Premium" (3) Speakeasy Ales & Lagers "Big Daddy IPA" (7) – Refreshing, wee bit citrus-y maybe; 2023 Stella Artois (8) Stillwater Casita Cerveceria "On Fleek Imperial Stout" (8) – St. Louis, 2019 Stone Brewing "IPA" Stone "W00t Stout" (8) Surreal Brewing "Juicy Mavs Hazy IPA" (7) – Good for a NA beer! SweetWater Brewing "420 Extra Pale Ale" (9) – like a Sierra Nevada Pale Ale; ATL, 2025 SweetWater Brewing "H.A.Z.Y. IPA" (7) – ‘Brewed for 35,000 feet’ for Delta ### T Tajam "Sim-Sim" (7) – Refreshing but tastes of minerals; Dushanbe, Tajikistan Tall Grass "Brown Ale" (6) – Omaha NE ![[beer-kili.jpg]] Tanzania Breweries "[Kilimanjaro Premium Lager](https://www.tanzania-experience.com/blog/tanzanian-beers-sip-of-refreshment/)" (8) – Nicely rich, fantastic after a day in the Serengeti Taz "Pale Ale" (7) – Novo Mesto, Slovenia, 2024 Tecate "Tecate" (4) Tempo "Goldstar" Temporal Artisan Ales "Maple Horizon" (7) – Work outing, brought by Jake F, 2023 Tennent's "India Pale Ale" (7) – At the brewery, Glasgow, 2025 Tennent's "Scotch Ale" (8) – Caramel, red; at the brewery, Glasgow, 2025 Tennent's "Stout" (11) – At the brewery, Glasgow, 2025 Tennent's "Tank Lager" (8) – At the brewery, Glasgow, 2025 Texas Leaguer "Knuckle Bock" (5) – Sam The Brothers Craft "Reddish Knob" (7) – Sam Trebjesa "Nikšićko Tamno" – Kotor, Montenegro, 2024 Trebjesa "Nikšićko Toceno" (9) – Kotor, Montenegro, 2024 Trouble Brewing "Dark Arts Porter" (4) – Dublin, Ireland ### U Uinta "Wyld Simcoe Session Ale" (7) – Fresh Umunhum Brewing "Stout as a Service" (8) Unibroue "La Fin du Monde" (5) – Clove-y banana-y; Bob M. ### V Volcano Brewing Company – Costa Rica ### W Warsteiner "Oktoberfest" (8) Wasatch Brewery "Polygamy Porter" (8) – A ‘light’ dark ![[waterloo.png]] Waterloo "Double Brune" – Stirling, Scotland 2025 Weihenstephaner "Hefe Weissbier Bavarian Style" (8) – with McEwens 2021 Windmere Brothers "Brown Ale" (8) – Honey aftertaste Witch's Rock "Gato Malo" (8) Working Man Brewing "Imperial Red" (8) ### Y Young's "[Double Chocolate Stout](https://www.youngsbeers.co.uk/beers/double-chocolate-stout/)" (9) – Very chocolate, 90% thick Yuengling "Original Black & Tan" (6) – A bit light Yuengling "Traditional Lager" (8) – Interesting aftertaste ### Z Zum Augustin "Wirtshaus Bier" (8) – Damn tasty ## Elsewhere Craig Stoltz on combining bourbon and tonic: [“Ignore them. They are fools.”](https://web.archive.org/web/20230208045645/a-measured-spirit.com/2020/05/04/bad-idea-4768-bourbon-tonic/) ∎