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The Chicago Tribune reports that Chicago’s local craft brewery, Goose Island Co. has introduced a new brew. Sophie, a Belgian-style brew comes in a 22oz bottle for around $8-$9. They said it has already sold out, maybe I will find a bottle to review!

SABMiller has gotten permission from the South African country of Nambia to import beer there. The group plans to build a brewery sometime in the near future.

The University of Memphis netted $114,576 in beer sales over the past weekend’s game versus the University of Mississippi! That was more than half of the food sales, that’s a lot of beer!

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Harnas Beer

Harnas is brewed by Okocim Brewery, the same people who brew Okocim. You can refer to the first Okocim post for a brief history of the brewery.

This Polish beer was not the best I’ve ever had. It poured a pale golden color and as you can see there was basically no head or lacing. It smelled like Okocim as well, like faint hops and maybe some grain. To me it tasted like Okocim, but worse. It started off tasting like grains and a small hint of hops. It finished sweet, which was not a good thing. It’s 6% alc/vol but you don’t taste it, just the poor quality beer.

All in all, I give this beer a 5/10! It tasted watered down and basically like an American beer macrobeer. Not one of the best beer ratings here. I would suggest getting some other Polish beer if you are looking in that direction. This is good if you can find it for cheap, which isn’t hard here in Chicago; I got a 4 pack of pints for $4.

Regards!

Na zdrowie!

Honey Amber Rose

Honey Amber Rose is brewed by Beautiful Brews, Inc. in Boca Raton, Florida. It is the first beer from Florida I have reviewed. The folks over there were kind enough to send me a few brews to sample and review, thanks! I have to say I was skeptical at first because it is marketed as a beer for women and it is technically a fruit beer (not my favorite). According to their website they revived an 1830’s beer recipe that called for rose hip shells, very  healthy apparently and very unique.

The beer poured a hazy, golden caramel color; almost brown. As you can see, there wasn’t much head and there was minimal lacing. It smelled, to me, like the rose hip shells they brew it with. There were also hints of honey and a little malt. It tasted pretty much the same as the smell but with more honey. The beer is 4% alc/vol so you don’t taste any of the alcohol. Not my favorite beer but a female companion loved it and drank one of the bottles.

All in all, I give this beer a 6/10! Not the best beer rating we have here but not the worst either. I would say that if you know a woman who would like to try a beer pass this along to her. I don’t know anywhere in Chicago that sells this beer so it will be hard to find it. I’m sure if you are really interested you could email the brewery and see what you can arrange.

Regards!

Hello,

I apologize but I have been on hiatus from writing here. I have added a nice list of beers to my site. You can view all the beer reviews and beer ratings there. I will have a new review very soon. Check back!