© 1999-2009 Shopping.com, Inc. This feed is subject to our terms of use: http://www.epinions.com/help/rss_terms http://www.epinions.com/user-remf2112 Recent reviews written by member remf2112 en-us 121 37 http://www.epinions.com/ http://img.epinions.com/images/epi_images/logos/epinions_121.gif http://www.epinions.com/content_40586153604?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - As nearly everybody must know by now, Kirin is now brewed by A-B in California. This is part of an odd trend of foreign beers being brewed under license in the US and Canada. It isn't just Kirin, either. Lowenbrau (New York), Guiness (Canada),... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~40586153604 Wed, 12 Sep 2001 21:30:09 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_40586153604?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_40408682116?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - The Boston Brewing Company, as I've stated before, is distinctive amongst American breweries for making a large number of brews, all of which are non-compromising in what market niche they occupy. In this they are remarkably similar to what a large... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~40408682116 Mon, 10 Sep 2001 21:25:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_40408682116?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_39914999428?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - New Belgium Brewing of Fort Collins, Colorado has a number of brews, all more or less on a Belgian or European model. Blue Paddle, their "Pilsener Lager," is a very good entry into the world of pilseners. Pilseners and Lagers are separate types of... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~39914999428 Thu, 6 Sep 2001 22:14:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_39914999428?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_39653904004?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Dos Equis Special Lager is, for my money, the best south of the border drink. It does have a stablemate, which is also worthy of consideration. Dos Equis Amber is a Viennese-style lager which can easily hold its own among beers of the world. When I... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~39653904004 Tue, 4 Sep 2001 21:42:06 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_39653904004?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_38970494596?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - In the novel "Babbitt" by Sinclair Lewis the title character is a midwestern businessman who is a mindless booster of things and believes his little corner of the world to be as good as, or superior to, any other place in the world, culturally. He is... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~38970494596 Wed, 29 Aug 2001 21:49:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_38970494596?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_38805999236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I purchased Boddington's Pub Ale hoping to sample the new nitrogen ball technology and to try to get something I hoped would be similar to Bass or Newcastle. The technology is sort of neat, except for the predictable ramifications of it. The taste... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~38805999236 Tue, 28 Aug 2001 22:05:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_38805999236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_38643469956?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - This is another product I purchased upon the recommendations of "epinionaters." Wingdman and 4-1-1 are not the type for grade inflation. This turns out to be vastly better than buying something I don't like, just to be able to review it. I had this... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~38643469956 Mon, 27 Aug 2001 22:12:33 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_38643469956?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_37566713476?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Boulevard Brewing Co. was the first microbrewery in the Great Plains area. Pale Ale was its first offering. I remember getting it when I would come back to Kansas on vacations from law school. It was a homecoming beer with me back then. I would stock... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~37566713476 Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:32:26 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_37566713476?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_36207955588?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Adding fruit to brew is actually an old technique, as brewers in Europe and colonial America tried many different flavorings. Some of these attempts just do not work. Normally, the closest thing to a fruit beer I will drink is some good old Woodchuck... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~36207955588 Tue, 14 Aug 2001 21:44:15 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_36207955588?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_36022161028?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - O'Dell Brewing Co. is fairly new to these parts (Kansas) and, as it isn't far from Fort Collins, Colorado, that probably means it has only recently achieved a regional distribution. They make a standard brace of types of brew, but I'm immediately... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~36022161028 Mon, 13 Aug 2001 22:25:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_36022161028?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_35347271300?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I don't want to give anybody nightmares tonight, but I can tell tales of antedeluvian times. Once, not that long ago, there were no microbreweries. A centralizing tendency in the US beer industry had all but choked out most local brews and substituted... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~35347271300 Thu, 9 Aug 2001 22:05:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_35347271300?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_35176943236?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Tecate beer is popular in this part of the country. Many immigrants like this brew best of all. I've had it occasionally, it's like a everyday beer to many. It is more inexpensive than most of its Mexican competition. I don't necessarily mean that... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~35176943236 Wed, 8 Aug 2001 21:22:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_35176943236?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_34988396164?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I really got into drinking Boulevard Wheat during summer wheat harvest with some friends who are very busy at harvest time with about 10 pieces of land around Delphos, Kansas (look that up in your Rand-McNally). It is a tradition with our crew now, a... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~34988396164 Tue, 7 Aug 2001 22:10:30 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_34988396164?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_34825604740?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Sierra Nevada brews have always been about the costliest beers widely available in Kansas. For a few years I let this fact put me off. When I finally tried it, I knew why it was expensive. When my Army Reserve unit had our day off in Nevada this year,... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~34825604740 Mon, 6 Aug 2001 21:51:49 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_34825604740?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_34140556932?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I have had this beer since it came out in 1995. I now know, thanks to Bruguru, that this is a Coors product. It seems like a well-crafted micro, but it would be Coors to come up with a beer like this. Coors has always been fussy with its ingredients... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~34140556932 Wed, 1 Aug 2001 21:10:25 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_34140556932?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_33586318980?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Red Stripe beer is something I generally have to drink in the summer. There hasn't been a summer go by in a decade that I haven't had at least several 6 packs of this. It has a mystique, which it cannot always live up to, but I've spent many summer... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~33586318980 Sun, 29 Jul 2001 00:45:45 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_33586318980?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_33420840580?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I first heard of Bodie, California in the late 60s. Charles Kuralt did an "On the Road" segment from there. It fascinated me, as did any real western story back then in my early adolescence. The thought of a large ghost town still in good condition... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~33420840580 Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:11:58 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_33420840580?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_33279282820?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Samuel Adams Boston Ale was one of the first beers Sam Adams brewed when they branched out from the Boston Lager. Some of my friends at Amherst and I weren't watching and bought this as one of our weekend party brews instead of the Lager. It was funny... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~33279282820 Thu, 26 Jul 2001 21:14:48 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_33279282820?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_33125404292?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Warsteiner Premium Verum is a solid contender on the US market. There is some ballyhoo about it being the #1 German beer in sales. One must realize, though, that no one brewery in Germany has so much as 10% of the sales nationally. To complicate... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~33125404292 Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:23:20 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_33125404292?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_32939806340?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Pony Express is a microbrewery in the state whose residents, Will Rogers said, would vote dry as long as they could stagger to the polls (an especially galling comment coming from an Okie). As Kansas' reputation suggests, breweries are uncommon here... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~32939806340 Tue, 24 Jul 2001 20:35:00 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_32939806340?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_32821907076?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - This beer is perhaps the consensus number 1 in pils (pilseners). That's appropriate, since the beer is brewed in Pilsen. While I tasted this beer before the Iron Curtain parted, it has only become widely available in many parts of the US in the last 10... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~32821907076 Mon, 23 Jul 2001 21:58:36 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_32821907076?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_32249843332?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 5/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I had this beer the first summer it was out. A group of us in my Army Reserve unit had it at our unit party at a local lake. I am going to be predisposed towards a Sam Adams product, but this was even better than I had hoped. My ex and I enjoyed it at... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~32249843332 Thu, 19 Jul 2001 20:37:52 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_32249843332?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_32144264836?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - I used to drink a decent amount of this beer when I was a junior in college. I never did like it as well as Dos Equis, but it always seemed better suited to my palate than Tecate. Unlike a British beer, it was always something I could get my freshman... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~32144264836 Wed, 18 Jul 2001 20:50:22 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_32144264836?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_31975640708?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 4/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - Heineken was the first import beer I ever had (in college) and in this I'm like most of America. Heineken was the first European import over here in force. Second would be Lowenbrau, now not even imported. Heineken has always had some marketing in the... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~31975640708 Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:53:18 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_31975640708?linkin_id=8003929 http://www.epinions.com/content_31798169220?linkin_id=8003929 rating: 3/5 by: Epinions Author remf2112 - When Coors Light first came out in the late 70s, the slang name for the product was given by a hit TV series at the time, the now nearly forgotten "Battlestar Galactica." They were called "Cylon D__ks" because they looked about like what a Cylon's... http://www.epinions.com/content/submit.html/comment_~31798169220 Mon, 16 Jul 2001 21:41:23 GMT http://www.epinions.com/content_31798169220?linkin_id=8003929