The next three beers to look at for my World Beer Tour extravaganza are the Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat Ale, the Sam Adams Boston Lager, and the Oskar Blues’ Mama’s Little Yella Pils. This was a guuud night for beers for me.. I liked all 3!
The Goose Island, out of Chicago, has pretty low amounts of hops and an orange-y flavor to it, so it is right up my alley. If I wasn’t trying to try only new beers, I would have chosen this one all night. I’ve never been to Chicago, but this may be a reason (among many!) to go.
The second beer, the Sam Adams Boston Lager, was my least favorite of the three. The Sam Adams’ website calls this the “Go To Beer” (trademarked and all!), but I don’t think it would be mine. I do think this beer would go really well with some crab cakes or clams while sitting outside for lunch near the Boston Harbor (fitting, eh?). I think the reason I wasn’t digging on this one as much is because it’s a tad bit hoppier than the other two. Not crazy hops, but enough to notice.
Finally, my favorite of the three. The Mama’s Little Yella Pils is a beer that I’m preeeetty familiar with. Back when some of my guy friends and I were Monday night regulars at Brixx, I used to order this beer. It is lighter, yellow (duh), and 5.3% APV. While some of my friends (*cough Tricia cough*) said that it tasted like Natty Light, I beg to differ. This is like the high(er) class version of a shitty beer, but that tastes better and usually costs $3 more. Regardless of the haters, I like this beer so I’m gonna keep on doing me.
As the true wine aficionados say (seems off topic, but I’m getting to a point), the only good wines are the wines you think are good.
Molly Ball 