Bottle Beer Tour: A Midwest Sampler.

It is still the down season.  Not a lot of opportunity to get out and sample beer at the brewery, but quite enough time to sit down and pour myself a nice pint from one of the six-packs I collected on my previous travels.
So strap in time to go on a three-state tour of the Midwest:

Burning Skye Scottish Ale, Lincoln NE: Okay, so I picked this up at a local supermarket.  Aroma is light and malty with just the slightest hint of lemon.  Color is a deep copper color and hazy.  Flavor is a very light malt with a medium body.  Hops arrive in the middle kind of unexpectedly.  Not a lot of flavor but leaves a bitter, back of the throat feel.

New Glarus Brewing Co.  Moon Man No Coast Pale Ale, New Glarus, WI:
Intense spicy citrus hop flavor.    It's nice.  The aroma is there but it's not quite the hop bomb it would seem from the aroma alone.    The hops are there, but they add citrus overtones to a light malt bill for a nice, clean refreshing summer pale ale.  Absolutely wonderful beer.

Lucky Bucket Brewing Co. Certified Evil, La Vista, NE:
Kind of a local legend among the Nebraska beer snob crowed.  It has lots of dark fruit and coffee aroma.  Bitter coffee with with sweet chocolate and toffee back.  I taste a little butterscotch in there as well.    It's a big, malty beer but not as complex as some imperial stouts, but a pretty good selection.








Great Lakes Brewery Dortmuder Gold: Cleveland, Ohio
Very light lemony aroma.  Light sweet honey, citrus flavor finishes dry with just a hint of hops in the back.  An awesome light lager.  The flavors are subtle but very nice making this the ultimate summer session ale.