On an unseasonably warm mid-December day last week at home.
Tucher Festbier - 88 Very Good, 4.04/5 on Beer Advocate. "This Festbier is brewed as a fuller-bodied Helles lager with a slightly louder presence of old world hops instead of a Marzen and is available to festivals year-round. Germany."
Very drinkable but not exciting.
View attachment 148776View attachment 148777
Visiting the midwest for Christmas this week and next and trying some I don't have access to at home.
O'Fallon Chocolate Cream Cookie Stout - from Maryland Heights, MO. 3.6/5 on Untappd. Reminds me more of a soda pop than even Xingu... which seems really off for a Stout. Drinkable, but that's about it. Pass.
"Uncommon Stout" from Bent River Brewery in Moline, IL - an oatmeal stout infused with coffee. 87 = Very Good (3.86/5/ on Beer Advocate. I might even rate it a bit higher. Very Nice.
View attachment 148778View attachment 148779