Draught Irish Stout by Beamish

I bought Beamish’s Draught Irish Stout on St. Patty’s day but I had to go to the torture chamber (dentist) today so I saved myself a few.

I’m gonna say it, I’m a little sick of Guinness. I’ve just had so much lately I had to find another Irish stout so that I could compare the styles of stouts.

I did the proper pouring method into a glass from the can it came in. Just like in Guinness cans, Beamish’s Irish Stout also has widgets in each one, ensuring a healthy head on your glass of beer. For a stout the beer itself is fairly light but the head on it is so creamy, its really quite wonderful. However, I ended up drinking up most of the head in the first few sips so it’s not as lasting as I would prefer. As far as taste goes Beamish’s Irish Stout is nothing complex, it tastes like an Irish stout, maybe a little lighter with some different malty tones than other stouts on the market. It’s slightly bitter, and although the taste is light the beer is at the same time nice and heavy. After half a beer you feel like you’ve eaten a small meal, which is always a great feeling to get from a brew.

As far as stouts are concerned this would have to be one of my favorites, and it is definitely better than Guinness, but I’d rather just get a milk stout.

Draught Irish Stout by Beamish (4.6/10)

Farmer’s Friend Irish Style Ale by Palisade Brewery

After the first sip of Farmer’s Friend I have to say I’m surprised, this beer is delicious.

When you first take a sip Farmer’s Friend has a very mellow taste. If you let the beer sit on your palette for a little while you’ll begin to experience a malty, almost caramel taste that comes though very strongly. This is no ordinary ale, with that malty burst Farmer’s Friend is just out of this world. With the malt flavor the first thing to come to mind is a porter but it goes down like an ale. I just can’t say how much i love the taste, it kind of reminds me of Cocoa Porter at times. This really is a proper ale. I don’t know about how ‘Irish’ it tastes but who cares?

This ale rocks, and it’s as good as any porter.

Farmer’s Friend Irish Style Ale by Palisade Brewery (8.9/10)

Agave Wheat by Breckenridge Brewery

I’ve always been intrigued by the look of this brew so I decided to give it a try tonight.

Breckenridge Brewery’s Agave Wheat is an interesting take on a wheat beer because you’re mixing a Belgian concept and mixing it the agave cactus, a distinctly South American flavor.

The Result? The lightest wheat beer you’ve ever heard of.

The agave adds a very mellow flavor to it, however it’s not really like tequila, as I thought it would be. The agave is actually the primary flavor adding a slight bite to the almost overly mellow wheat taste. If it wasn’t for the aftertaste (and color) you almost couldn’t tell that it’s a wheat beer. To tell you the truth this isn’t that great for a wheat beer.

I respect Breckenridge Brewery’s creativeness in making it but Agave Wheat is just too mellow.

Agave Wheat by Breckenridge Brewery (4.8/10)

Tire Bite Golden Ale by Flying Dog Brewery

This is an old favorite of mine and since Flying Dog is leaving Denver I figured I’d give it a review while it’s local.

Tire Bite is a very mellow ale with light, lager-like hops and no bitterness whatsoever. A great thing about Tire Bite is although it has all these mellow and light features it still tastes like an ale. The mellowness of this beer is both a blessing and a curse for it, however. Although I enjoy how light it goes down I just feel that it lacks flavor. Tire Bite is basically an ale with no bite or bitterness to it, which is nice, but it’s just too mellow for me.

It’s just not exciting, but I think this would be a good beer if you were looking to get smashed since it’s so light and mellow.

Tire Bite is all bark, no bite.

Tire Bite Golden Ale by Flying Dog Brewery (5.1/10)