Brew52 » Special Ale

It tastes best when there’s no beer in my mouth.

Erica — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:42:59 +0000

The part I’m enjoying most is the finish.

Hoppy, but without the lingering aftertaste I expected from it. I think if I drank more than one it’d make an appearance, though. I bet it would be good with pizza.

The nighttime, sniffling, sneezing, coughing, aching, stuffy head, fever so you can rest medicine

Rett — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:13:14 +0000

This weekend I’ve been testing the theory that you can beat a cold by drinking alcohol. Despite a valiant effort, I’m still sick, and the worst of it is that I didn’t enjoy a single beer I drank. That is until the sweet nectar of Lake Superior Special Ale made contact with my tongue just minutes ago. Despite my taste buds being all out of whack, I’m enjoying this beer very much. Kinda reminds me of a Summit Pale Ale but a little sweeter. As Ange mentioned, and I’m sure Chuck will be pointing out, the only bummer is the labels. They’re lacking the personality that the beer has.

good, but…

CJ Camp — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:32:32 +0000

Sonny and Cher, Gutter Twins, bbq chicken and white zinfandel, MySpace and News Corp, Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? and Kitchen Nightmares, eMachines and Vista, HW and Reagan, Renault and AMC, you get the idea… right?

Mixing the boring with the bad.

The Special Ale. Ho hum. Yet another American-style pale ale. Booorrring. Seems like everybody makes one and they all taste more or less the same. It’s the new American-style lager. And though I may bitch, as thoroughly bored as I am with the style, I thought this was a pretty tasty example. I like it, it just bores me.

More interesting: I took last week’s beer, Frame Straightener, and mixed it with this one. It’s a good way to finish the rest of that Brau Brothers six pack.

Wish I had another…

Mac — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:36:06 +0000

I really like the Lake Superior Special Ale, in fact I forgot how much I like this beer. I was up at the Lake Superior Brewery a few years ago…might have been for their anniversary…I don’t quite remember. I do remember that there was some sort of ‘beer can collectors’ gathering out front…strange hobby, strange hobby….Anyway, nice brewery, run by nice people who make really good beer. Wish I had some more of it!!

baby bear’s stash

flashmcduff — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 01:26:20 +0000

Everything is just right. Subtle aroma, crisp taste and a clean finish. I like it. Now, allow me to geek out and refer to a part of Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – just as Ford Prefect is about to hitch away with Arthur on the Vogon destroyer and he orders a few pints of bitters for the two of them because they’ll need salt in their system when they hitchhike. Well this is what I imagine that beer tasting like: i.e. something I could pound a few of in a matter of seconds because my life depended on it.