First post & Michelob

So I decided to make a beer blog, since that's what I do.

I can't pretend to remember and review all of the beers I've drank, so I'll start over again (well, I'll include the past few nights). I will review anything in here, with the following exceptions: Bud, Miller, Coors and the associated lights. Everyone's had these, and frankly, if I have to pay more than $3 a pitcher, I don't bother.

Now, to get to business. Due to the situation this month (I moved, thus paid 2.5 months rent on 80% pay) I've been looking for cheap beers that are drinkable. Due to this, I stumbled across the Michelob series. Unfortunately, I went in with the most recent Mich's I've drank being Ultra, and Ultra amber, which are really only to be drank when weight loss is the goal. I started off my new quest with the Michelob Lager. I went in expecting a fancied up Bud, I was greeted with a surprisingly good german lager. Turns out this thing actually conforms to reinheitsgebot (German purity law), which means NO RICE!! Surprisingly good bottle of beer, especially with cheap pizza. Little light on the hops, but most beers are for me. This lager is the cleanest, tastiest and most satisfying I've found for $6.30/pk.

Encouraged by my Michelob find, I went searching the webs (it's what Webby's do) and found that they have a dry-hopped beer. A dry-hopped macro? Gotta try that. The beer in question is the Michelob Pale Ale, and Damn is it a fine brew for its price. Great two finger head thst lingers and laces like a fine pair of...well lets just say it laces well. The color is on the imperial side of pale ale, but the reason becomes painfully evident on the first sip. The taste hits with a heavy malt flavor, then mellows to a damned pleasant hoppiness. Not overly bitter, just a pleasant floral dryness (no soap flavor as my dad would say). Personally I could've done with a little less malt, a little more hops, but that's because I'm a hophead.

More to come, I'm sure.
-James