Mike Loves Beer

Name - Penn Oktoberfest
Country - United States
Type - Marzen
Appearance - Light amber color with a very, very minimal head.
Smell - Sweet malty smell.
Taste - Malty but not very strong on it’s taste. Sort of watered down.
With getting into the season of fall coming up I decided to give another “Oktoberfest” American brew a try. [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2008 under Marzen. Tags: Marzen, oktoberfest, penn brewing. Comments: None

Name - MOJO
Country - United States/ Boulder, Colorado
Type -IPA
Appearance -Slight gold and amber mix. Nice head, very thick, yet disappeared quickly.
Smell - Earthy smell and very hoppy.
Taste - So so very metaly, with a bit of iron. Good carbonation and a bit tart. Not a favorite, and not a top ten. Mojo is very watered [...]

Posted on August 28th, 2008 under IPA. Tags: Boulder Beer Company, IPA, MOJO. Comments: None

Name - Samuel Adams Octoberfest
Country - United States
Type - Marzen
Appearance - A dark amber color with a very small white head that didn’t last long.
Smell - A very sweet smell of malt and caramel.
Taste - Also a very malty, sweet taste.  A hint of caramel to it.
It was a very nice full bodied beer with [...]

Posted on August 27th, 2008 under Marzen. Tags: Marzen, octoberfest, oktoberfest, samuel adams. Comments: None

Written by: E. Van Dril

Don’t get too excited, it’s only a small beer company.
Jessica Simpson is expanding her empire. First, she tried her luck at acting (specifically in “The Dukes of Hazzard” and, in some people’s opinion, her “Newlyweds” reality show). And after she was crushed for being rather bad (as was the consensus opinion), [...]

Posted on August 21st, 2008 under Beer News. Tags: jessica simpson, stampede brewing. Comments: None

I have been to the Blue Anchor on numerous occasions but feel that it is about time that I give it a review that it deserves.
Name: The Blue Anchor
Location: Delray Beach, FL
Atmosphere: The bar is literally out of foggy London.  The building itself use to be a bar by the same name in England and [...]

Posted on August 20th, 2008 under Bar Review. Tags: the blue anchor. Comments: None

So with this storm going on outside I decided to make a Facebook Group for MikeLovesBeer.com.  You can join it by going here.

Posted on August 19th, 2008 under Announcement, Facebook. Tags: Facebook, mikelovesbeer.com. Comments: 1

Name - Penn Weizen
Country - United States
Type - Hefeweizen
Appearance - A very hazy, straw color of gold.  Very minimal head.
Smell - Faint smell of pear with the traditional wheat smell.
Taste - The taste is just about the same as the smell.  Wheats really don’t fool you at all which is good.
While this is a good [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2008 under Hefeweizen, Wheat. Tags: Hefeweizen, penn weizen, Wheat. Comments: 1

Name - Skock Top Belgian White
Country - United States
Type - Wheat Ale
Appearance - A very hazy gold with a orange tint. Small amount of head, not to my liking but normal in many wheat beers.
Smell - Not very strong, has a hint of a spicy orange if that makes sense. Not spicy like hot, but [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2008 under Wheat, White Ale. Tags: belgain wheat, shock top, wheat beer. Comments: 2

Name - Dogfish Head 120 Minute IPA
Country - United States
Type - American Imperial IPA
Appearance - A very hazy, copper color with a very small off white head.
Smell - The smell was very sweet and hoppy with smell of fruit and molasses. Plus you can tell by the smell that this is a strong beer. You [...]

Posted on August 13th, 2008 under IPA. Tags: 120 minute ipa, dogfish head, IPA. Comments: None