Gulfbrew....

[jimbo]

Sierra Nevada Pale Ale......was the absolute worst *&%$#@*&% liquid i put past my lips! I really thought i was gonna hurl after that one small taste. The Leininklugel Summer Shandy was excellent!

[awadelewis]

_ Sierra Nevada Pale Ale......was the absolute worst *&%$#@*&% liquid i put past my lips! I really thought i was gonna hurl after that one small taste. The Leininklugel Summer Shandy was excellent! _

I'm amazed how widespread people's tastes are when it comes to beer. I like the Sierra Nevada beers but I've always thought that the Leininklugel Summer Shandy was nothing more than a mix of bad beer and artificially flavored lemonade. But I've never been a fan of any of beer-based mixed drinks (of which the shandy is just one example).

As for the Sierra Nevada, it's a pretty heavily hopped example of a Northwest-style Pale Ale. Did you try Zea's pale ale over in the craft tent in comparison? I've noticed that a lot of people in this area don't like the astringent taste you get in a beer brewed with lots of hops in it.

That was why I was steering a lot of people over to trying Full Sail's Session beer. It's their attempt at creating a version of American-style lagers from before Prohibition. It's what the big brewery beers would taste like if they worried more about quality than quantity.

[jimbo]

_ I'm amazed how widespread people's tastes are when it comes to beer. I like the Sierra Nevada beers but I've always thought that the Leininklugel Summer Shandy was nothing more than a mix of bad beer and artificially flavored lemonade. But I've never been a fan of any of beer-based mixed drinks (of which the shandy is just one example).

As for the Sierra Nevada, it's a pretty heavily hopped example of a Northwest-style Pale Ale. Did you try Zea's pale ale over in the craft tent in comparison? I've noticed that a lot of people in this area don't like the astringent taste you get in a beer brewed with lots of hops in it.

That was why I was steering a lot of people over to trying Full Sail's Session beer. It's their attempt at creating a version of American-style lagers from before Prohibition. It's what the big brewery beers would taste like if they worried more about quality than quantity. _

I guess our tastes are the exact opposite, I like just about everything Leininklugel makes and very little of the Sierra Nevada makes, as well as any IPA. True, the Full Sail Session beer was good, as was the Backdraft Brown and I liked two of the Zea beers. I am also a HUGE fan of the Hofbrauhaus beers (especially after going to the Hofbrauhaus in Las Vegas).

Lets hope that Acadiana Canter for the Arts keeps this going every year because its a great beer festival and it lets guys like us tell others about the beers that each of us liked and disliked.