Working Stiff Ale from Texas Big Beer Brewery in Buna, Texas. 1 pint 6 oz bottle. 6.6% ABV. Golden amber. Still no foamy goodness after the first 30 seconds (why do they deny me?).
I like a good beer as much as the next guy. Who wouldn't? Especially if you are standing next to me! So, you know how in movies and on the TV people will go to bars and ask for "a beer" (?!?) and the gruff bartender will slide them a tall cool frosty mug of some amber goodness? This is what that beer should taste like. It isn't magnificent. It isn't special. It is exactly what it needs to be in order to be a solid after-work beer.
The label depicts an alcoholic burying his work ethic, and the name dares you to wonder if he took Viagra before he got to the work site that day. It asserts that its influences are the pub ales of 1800's London, with their lightness and balance and hops and blah blah blah... whatever, who cares. Drinking time.
Not a lot to say, really. This is, as it claims to be, a well balanced, light, drinkable, nice beer. They made a solid damn beer. Drink it, you'll see. It isn't super costly. Neither is it hard to find. But.. hrm...
You know what? While this is certainly a damn decent beer, and I am enjoying drinking it, don't buy one for yourself. Drink it on someone else's dime. Unless you are just dying to know what this tastes like, you can live a long and full life without ever spending your own money on this good beer. In a nutshell, while this beer is nothing to write a blog about, it is also one of the few beers I've put in my face that I have absolutely no complaints about either. So, drink it or don't, it is a no-lose scenario.
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