Beer
Highland Brewery Schenk’s Cream Ale Appears to be a bottling for sample from a clear tank with almost ready carbonation. This recipe won a competition organized by the Highland brewery. Golden color light carbonation. Nose has toast, lightly fruity possibly with some lingering yeastiness. Mild graininess with crisp midpalate. Finishes with unbalanced bitterness that’s too much for the weight of the malts. For me, this could win a competition against Miller Lite, but not much else. At the price, not a good value.
Fat Tire bottling for Tennessee release. This is my introduction to Fat Tire and it’s a pretty good mass produced beer. I taste big mouthful of biscuit malt, medium body, fair aromatics with a dominance of the malt. Hops are light and not obtrusive. Balance is good, finish is OK for the weight of the beer. Leaves me wondering what the other side of the filter would taste like, maybe they left the best part of the beer in the filter. In no way would I rate this as close to some of the better Belgian beers, they’ve got a long way to go to make a decent Belgian beer.GH
