Weekly Beer Reviews

Country Boy Cougar Bait American Blonde Ale

The first of our Country Boy Beers on tap, the first ever in fact, is this American version of a Blonde Ale. The nose is intriguing with soft aromas of rice, roast beef, green onions, wheat, and sour notes. The nose smells right, but the flavor is all wrong. Corn assaults your tastebuds from the get go with other flavors of roast beef and watermelon being prevalent. The finish is crisp and has flavors of cornflakes with milk, leeks, and mineral water. This mishmash of flavors without the subtle sour grape and coriander flavors present in most Blonde Ale's makes this a very weak offering.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 4.5/10


Country Boy Cliff Jumper IPA

The next in the lineup of Country Boy beers will delight some of our hop heads. This IPA has an interesting aroma of citrus, lemon peel, strawberry preserves, soap, and a dash of fungal tome (old book binding). This is a nice entry to this decent IPA. The taste is full of lemons and soap up front, with softer flavors of cough syrup and bubble gum detected on the tongue too. The bitterness starts after those flavors and sticks around throughout the entire finish. Flavors of split peas, wood chips, and mint make for an interesting finish. A good every day IPA, but I have definitely had better single IPA's.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 7/10


Country Boy Forkin' Gourd Pumpkin Porter

Another Pumpkin rears its head. I know many of you all are souring on these Thanksgiving beers, but how many times do you see a local iteration? The nose is robust with aromas of blackened steak, oatmeal, cinnamon, tobacco smoke, and pumpkin spice. This smattering blends surprising well together. The taste is spicy with flavors of coriander, cardamom, nutmeg, and brown sugar. Towards the end flavors of smoke and oatmeal rear up. The finish is rather bland after that initial rush with flavors of pumpkin spice, mint, and bran. Not a bad Porter, though very little Pumpkin was picked up.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 7.25/10


Country Boy Amos Moses Brown Ale

We round out this lineup with an American Brown Ale. After the previous 3 being disappointing offerings for their respective style, Tyler and I didn't have high hopes for this one. Perhaps that helped. The nose gave off aromas of cologne, soap, cocoa, caramel brownies, and roasted chestnuts (on an open fire no less!). The initial surge of flavor is quite light with only hints of lemon, soap, and minerals. The finish is quite tasty with hints of lemon zest, cocoa, ashes, and burnt wheat toast. Not the best Brown Ale we have tapped recently, but it still provides tons of flavors that blend well together.

Mike and Tyler's Rating - 7.75/10