Beer of the Week: Schaefer Light

Beer score: 0.8

Company: Pabst
ABU: 3.8
IBU: NA

I know it's hard to believe, but there is even less taste in this liquid than there is in the non-light version, and much more carbonation.

Yeah, it pours golden, as can be expected. There are hints of grain and corn in the smell.

I've tasted better used ashtrays.

A few different companies have brewed this monstrosity over the years, but most recently it seems to be Pabst.

Is there anything good I can say about this stuff? Sure. It's cheap. It can get you drunk But that's about it.

Perhaps the lowest ranking I've ever given a beer. I suppose I could have gone lower, but I can imagine worse.

Books read in 2025: No. 34 -- A Question of Time

by Fred Saberhagen

Started: August 23

Finished: August 30

Notes: I've read pretty much all Saberhagen's fantasy literature (at least all of which I'm aware), and I recently read one of his sci-fi novels, but he also wrote a series of novels based upon Dracula, the original novel and the character. This is my first time reading one of those.

Mini review: A girl from a wealthy family goes missing near the Grand Canyon. Investigators are called in after law enforcement proves ineffectual. Vampires are involved. Time Travel. And more strange stuff. Not exactly horror fiction, but definitely fiction of the weird variety. A nice change of pace.

Beer of the Week: Alpenglow Hazy IPA

Beer score: 6.3

Company: Mother Earth Brewing
ABU: 7.2
IBU: NA

Pours cloudy and orange with touches of gold. Has a decent head, but not the biggest I've seen (stop laughing). Gives off some citrus scents, but that's fairly faint.

In the mouth, this one is medium bodied, and there's more of that citrus. However, there's not much of the sourness I've experience in other IPAs, but there is a fair amount of bitterness that tastes something like orange rind. That bitterness lingers on the back of the tongue for a good while, but that's not necessarily a bad thing.

I can't call this a new favorite, and I can't even say it's the best IPA I've tasted in the last few weeks, but something about this one grows on me. Hell, maybe I'm becoming an IPA fan, but I find that difficult to fathom. Or maybe brewers are just making better IPAs.