Brew52 » Week 12

just ‘whatever’

Ben R — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 18:56:34 +0000

Finnegans is an OK beer, nothing more nothing less. Its interesting that they have summit brew it, and they use summit bottles. Its also cool that they give away their profits to charity.

I found these two interesting facts to be better than the beer itself

I love potatoes!

Joe Lunchpail — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:59:32 +0000

But I’d rather sip on a cup of mashed ones with gravy than to drink this crapola. Weak flavor, flat, and has a crummy aftertaste. It doesn’t help that my first experience with Finnegan’s is when I ordered it at a half-ass Irish pub (Kip’s in St. Louis Park) and caught major attitude from a 1/4-ass waitress. Maybe that’s the bad taste in my mouth, nope, wait, it IS the beer. Boo this beer. BOO! My rating is extremely generous at 1.5

BbbbbbbbbbbbbbbBoring

erik — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 21:18:16 +0000

This beer is a bore. I can taste the potatoes, but I’m not into it. I’m not the biggest Summit fan, so I kind of expected to like it considering it is a completely different style then the rest of their beers. Boring.

kinda like an irish bud light

slepow — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:03:32 +0000

Not bad. Does it taste like soap? Maybe that’s its cleanness. Like, its gimmick? I don’t know.
I’m totally reaching I think.
Kinda sudsy, Kinda Sour, Kinda good…

Finn-again?

foureyedg — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:53:21 +0000

I usually end up having a cold Finnegans every year around this time. Once again I did and once again I realized there is reason why I only drink this beer once a year. Finnegans is an average beer with common characteristics found in your Miller/Busch realm.

mighty battle

CJ Camp — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:53:23 +0000

My grandmother’s maiden name was Sullivan. Her father dropped the O’ when he came to the US.

In ancient times, the O’Sullivans of Tipperary and the Finnegans of Galway were enemies. Something about a Finnegan goat that went missing. Despite the distance between them, the Finnegans blamed an O’Sullivan and it sparked a bloody feud that lasted well into the 16th century.

As a descendant of the O’Sullivans, I was eager to do battle with this beer called Finnegans. It made very little sense and I stopped midway through. No, wait. That was Finnegans Wake.

Upon further reflection, I take that back. I, of course, am talking about Ulysses. Yes, I did mighty battle with Ulysses and lost.

But I rather enjoyed the beer.

Bonus Points!!!

Mac — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 01:10:09 +0000

Brewed with Potatoes sounds more interesting than the end result, at least to my taste buds, but this beer gets major bonus points for donating the profits to local charities! It also gets bonus points for the Finnegan Lasses (http://www.finnegans.org/sitepages/pid121.php)! Now I better go drink some more before my wife starts questioning me about those lasses!

Back at it and top o’ the morning to you

manofwy — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:29:37 +0000

No, I didn’t take off for Lent although it seems like it. I finally got around to going to the liquor store and picked up something on the list. I bought the Finnegans and love it. I have had it before and when I want a beer that doesn’t hit you on the side of the head and say “you just drank a beer”, it is Finnegans. I has just enough taste to be called a beer but doesn’t leave a bad aftertaste. I also find it different enough to be interesting.

beer with a hint of…

flashmcduff — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 15:00:09 +0000

French fried per-taters.

Charity = Good! Beer = Eh.

DeRushaJ — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:50:20 +0000

So it’s super-cool that Finnegan’s gives all their profits to charity. I’d rather buy a Finnegan’s than a Miller Lite, for example, for that very reason. So if you’re looking for an eh beer, and you want to feel better about yourself, buy this beer.

This beer did nothing for me. I considered not finishing it, but then considered that I spent $1.49 on the bottle, so I reconsidered and drank it. The taste was a little too bitter.