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BREW REVIEW

     Through out most of October whenever I had the chance to drink Samuel Adams’ seasonal brew Octoberfest I did. You see the beer is only available to the public from late August until the end of October so if you love beers with a nice malty taste you better get out there while supplies last.

Hooray for Octoberfest!!!     

     Now while Sam’s Octoberfest is definitely a good beer I often see it in the same light as Heineken where drinkers drink it for it’s cultural status and hip appeal. Taste-wise the first day in October when you have it for the first time all year you will find a refreshing and invigorating experience but after you’ve polished off a 12 pack the malty hoppiness kind of wears off. I’ll say I find the beer highly over-rated but I’ll also say that it does capture the feeling of the ending of summer and the arrival of autumn. Drinking Octoberfest does heighten the notion of football in the air and baseball coming to a close, Halloween and leaves on the ground, days growing shorter and nights lasting longer. Drink it while you can!

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Heineken
Pale Lager, The Netherlands

      What can I say about Heineken beer? Cool label and logo, check! Cool bottle, check! A premium quality import, check! But wait….is this beer really as good as everyone says it is? I remember as a young lad in my late teens and early twenties when I thought holding and drinking a Heineken was some kind of status symbol among my peers, as if the green bottle was some kind of uppity accessory that successful and cool people should brandish. But what about the taste? Hey back then taste didn’t matter as long as you looked good, right?

      Well I’m in my thirties now and I don’t give a fuck about looking good only feeling good. And while I’m not going to say Heineken tastes horrible, I’m done with the whole “premium quality import” shit. The bitter aftertaste has always bothered me and although there is a crispness to the beer there is also a certain tang I’ve never grown accostumed to. So all those high-fiving douchebags in the high end bars asking for a “Heini” can go screw! 

Can you find the Heineken is this picture?

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