Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager

To celebrate my recent trip back home to The Big Easy, let's tip our hat to the tasty dark majesty of New Orleans' own Dixie Blackened Voodoo Lager.  This is a really easy beer to drink, a great transition brew for those of you weening yourselves off of the more traditional big three (Bud, Miller, Coors, ya ya ya).  It's kind of  light-tasting, with hints of toasted malt, some caramel, and some sweet dark fruits, perfect for putting out the fire caused by all that spicy gumbo, or cooling off after working outside all day.

The brewery was pretty much destroyed in 2005 thanks to Hurricane Katrina and the looting that ensued thereafter, but other breweries around the country are still pumping out the jams so to speak though different contracts, and God bless them for that.

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Guinness Black Lager

I may be a day late, but in honor of St. Patrick's Day (and since this was the free beer du jour at the SXSW day party i went to on Friday), bring on the Guinness Black Lager.  The beer is crisp and pretty tasty, much better than the majority of your more traditional lagers.  In a lot of ways, it almost feels like a lite version of a thicker dark beer, like a porter or a bock or something.  At any rate, these went down very smoothly on a warm day outside in the sun.  Keep it in mind on your next picnic.

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Weedwacker

Very similar to the Fancy Lawnmower, Saint Arnold Brewing Company's Weedwacker is a great crisp beer for the spring time.  The brew is basically modeled after a Bavarian hefeweizen, but tastes a tad fruitier.  There's definitely a hint of banana in there which makes the beer all the more refreshing.  The Weedwacker is easy to drink, probably even for the non-beer drinkers out there, the perfect choice for some weekend day drinking or a back yard cook out.  Way to be Houston.

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Milk Stout Nitro

I know i already wrote about Left Hand Brewing Co.'s awesome and delicious Milk Stout, but they've now upped the ante with their Milk Stout Nitro.  It's every bit as tasty as its predecessor, but the addition of the "nitro" ingredient, or bottle, or whatever keeps the head from getting out of control.  Creamy, sweet, and bitter, it's just great.  And here's a video on how to pour the perfect glass.  Pour hard.



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