Tuesday, June 24, 2025
Books read in 2025: No. 24 -- Titan
Monday, June 23, 2025
Beer of the Week: Samuel Adams American Light
Beer score: 5.6
Company: Samuel Adams
ABU: 4.2
IBU: 7
Samuel Adams Light has existed for decades, but apparently they've retired that beer and replaced it with this one.
It pours a pale golden color, almost clear, while giving off slight smells of wheat and grass.
The head foams up rather large, but I have to say, for a light beer there doesn't seem to be a ton of carbonation in the drinking of this one, an unusual trait for most light beers.
Goes down smooth with some light bitterness and a little sweetness. I think I tasted I touch of clover, maybe. Other than that, there are more of those wheaty and grassy flavorings.
Not an exceptional beer, but nothing awful. In truth, when I want a light beer, I'd grab this one before most others.
Tuesday, June 17, 2025
Chaos & Courage: 6 short stories and 2 novellas
Monday, June 16, 2025
Beer of the Week Blast from the Past: Harpoon Ale
Books read in 2025: No. 23 -- Star Trek 1
Friday, June 13, 2025
Books read in 2025: No. 22 -- Orbit 1
Monday, June 09, 2025
Beer of the Week: Cave Creek Chili Beer
Beer score: 4.1
Company: The Chili Beer Brewing Company
ABU: 4.5
IBU: 20
This one has come and gone a few times over the last few decades, but a new company has brought it back. While I can't call it a favorite, it's definitely different, and I'm always happy to see a beer survive.
As can be expected, this one is an extremely spicy hot beer because there's a pepper sitting in the bottom of the bottle. This isn't a match I car for, but you pepper fans might enjoy it. I just want my beer to taste like beer and my peppers to taste like peppers.
It pours a pale yellow color while giving off pretty much nothing but a spicy pepper smell.
Pepper dominates the flavor so much there's barely any beer to taste. The texture is smooth and the flavor might be worth trying if you didn't have so much of that pepper taste with which to contend. All that being said, while this is a spicy brew, I didn't find it so hot that I couldn't finish it, and I didn't need to follow up with a drink of another kind to cool me off.
Worth trying if you like Mexican food with peppers, but I can't recommend this one as a regular drinking beer.