Friends! I’m in the mix. Back on track. Uh… reviewing… some… beers. OK so normally if you pick up a six pack of canned beers, you start of with your expectations low. There are certain breweries that have begun canning good beer (try an Archer Ale) but they’re limited and usually the brews cost more for a sixer than… $3.99. So I was skeptical but feeling cheap. Call it research.

My life has not been changed, but I was pleasantly surprised.

The Minhas Brewery in Wisconsin was an unknown to me before trying the beer, and this remains the only offering of theirs I have tried or, for that matter, ever seen. It’s… well… it’s a lager. And a pretty good one. Maybe not Yuengling or anything but priced like a Natural or Beast, I’ll take it. The beer actually has some of the qualities of a German brew.

I poured the first one out into a glass (of course… I mean Jesus, man!) and admired its pale amber/yellow body and decent, gradually diminishing head. The aroma bespoke* strong maltiness and light hop aroma. Frankly there’s nothing pronounced about the taste of this brew, but it does taste good. A bready malt is balanced by floral hops that grow more pronounced at the finish. As the beer warmed and the carbonation subsided, it took on a slightly funky aspect, with notes of Parliament and George Clinton and a slightly wet wool kind of aroma. There’s an easy fix though, ladies. Drank ‘er faster.

* sorry… you can hit me.