Zoller Zwickel Beer is the ultimate lawn mower beer, perfect for a hot day. This beer is golden in color with a big foamy white head and has scents of barley and hops. Zwickel if super light in taste with hardly any bitterness. This is perfect for someone who's not a big beer fan but wants to try something different. Check out your local foreign section at your closest liquor store and pick one up today.
Citrus Plunge is an East Coast IPA brewed with orange and honey. Poured from a 16oz can it's a cloudy orange with a tall foamy off-white head. You get major notes of floral hops and citrus. The first sip brings a hoppy flavor with some citrus. I'm getting some orange, lemon, honey, biscuit and earthy notes. This was a very smooth drinker and left a long lasting bitterness on my tongue. Overall the Citrus Plunge was decent. It wasn't my favorite IPA but I would give it another shot to prove it's shelf to me.
I've heard so many good things about Tree House that I had to try it out for myself. I went with a Lights On and it did not disappoint. Lights On by Tree House Brewery is an American Pale Ale. It pours a super hazy orange with a white fluffy head. As it comes out of the 16oz can you get all kinds of fruity aromas. The first couple of sips brings flavors of papaya, guava, and mango. There was almost no bitterness at all. It had a medium body with a smooth and creamy center. I can't wait to make it out to Charlton to see the new brewery and pick up some cans.
This is another German import that Night Shift Distribution brought over and it is a great one. They really did their research when it came to finding great beers to bring over to the US. Landbier is a dunkle with 5.1% ABV. It comes a dark amber color with a small head poured out of the one pint glass bottle. You pick up some sweet and malty aromas as you go to take the first sip. The taste was very smooth with a well balanced flavor of malts, hops, and not really a lot of bitterness. Distelhäuser has been brewing beers since 1811 and they also won brewery of the year in 2014. Overall if your a dunkle fan or just looking for something new to try I would suggest you go get a Landbier.
When I found out that Night Shift was coming out with Swell, an American IPA, I knew I needed to try it. The combination of Mosaic, Citra, and Amarillo hop made me feel like this was going to be a winner, and boy it was. It's from their small-batch series and I really hope they bring it back. Poured from a 16oz can you get a slight hazy yellow color and a big white fluffy head. The first sip brings flavors of candid papaya and pineapple. A smooth beginning with a small bitter middle and a light finish, Swell just keeps getting better and doesn't disappoint. Swell adds a great beer to an already amazing line up from Night Shift Brewing. There might not be any cans left so if you are able to make it out to the taproom I would suggest getting over to Everett to try Swell on draft before its gone.
Jack's Abby Craft Lagers has really been trying to get their beers out there. Whether it's Fenway, Gillette, or even your local restaurant, you are starting to see more and more of their beers around. This time I was at the Myopia Polo Club in South Hamilton to watch a polo match for a party and saw they had Jack's Abby House Lager so I gave it a shot. I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this one. Its a Munich Helles Lager with aromas of biscuits, malts, and honey. You pick up a lot of the same flavors as you start to sip the Helles. Overall it was very smooth with a light sweetness. If you see it out somewhere I would highly recommend that you give this a shot.
