From: kbarr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith Barr)
Newsgroups: co.general
Subject: Beers reviewed (professionally)
Date: 17 Nov 92 04:53:57 GMT
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With all this talk (and opinion) on beer, I thought I would post some
reviews of a few of the beers that have been discussed here.  These were
written by Michael Jackson, and they appear in his book _Pocket Guide to Beer_.

   *	Typical of its country and style
  **	Above average
 ***	Worth seeking out
****	World Classic

Colorado Beers
_Boulder_  Pioneering micro.  Although its beer is available nationally,
	it is not as well known in its own local market as it should be.
	The brewery has a tasting bar and lunch room.  Regular products
	are a fruity, dry Extra Pale Ale **; a sweeter Amber *->**; and a
	roasty, complex Porter **->***.  Seasonal specials include a tart
	Tanker Ale **; a Black Cherry Porter (not tasted); and an intense,
	characterful Stout***.

_Walnut_  An early 1900s post-and-beam building on Walnut St, in the down-
	town area of Boulder, Colorado.  This brewpub makes a lightly tart
	Swiss Trail Wheat Ale **; a soft, full-textured, dry, hoppy Big Horn
	Bitter ***; a smooth, clean Old Elk Brown Ale **->***; and a creamy,
	roasty Devil's Thumb Stout **->***.

_Odell_  Decorated with sun signs and terracotta, this micro-brewery is
	in a former Mexican tile shop underneath a grain elevator in
	Fort Collins.  Products include a perfumy, dry-hopped (with Saaz)
	Wheat Beer **->***; a malty-fruity Golden Ale **; and a smooth, nutty,
	Scottish-style Ninety Shilling ***.

_Coors_  The cleanest-tasting mainstream American brew is the one simply 
	called Coors **.  It also has enough maltiness, just, to remind
	the drinker that is is not pure Rocky Mountain Spring Water.  Indeed
	some of its rivals currently seem lighter in body.  Coors also makes a 
	Light *; a faintly fruitier Extra Gold *; a faintly hoppier Herman
	Joseph's *->**; a distinctively malty, seasonal Winterfest **->*** in
	broadly Vienna style; and George Killian's **, an amber lager that
	is intended to evoke an Irish Red Ale.


To compare to some of my favorites:
       Bass:  Worthington's "White Shield" Fine Burton Ale ****
  Whitbread:  Gold Label ***
     Anchor:  Anchor Steam Beer ****
   Paulaner:  Original Munchner Hell **->***
  Kaiserdom:  Rachbier ***
Schultheiss:  Berliner Weisse ****      <---Fantastic with rasberry syrup!

Some I have not tried, but may be of interest:
Leinenkugel:  Leinenkugel **
              Limited *->**
              Bock *->**
     Anchor:  Liberty Ale ***->****

I highly recommend this book for any beer lover.  If you don't want to pay
for it directly, you could acquire it the way I have...by consuming 50 
different beers at Old Chicago.  

Cheers,
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