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It is hunting season on mule deer and other wild animals in Wyoming. A lot of guys and gals from all over the U.S. with their orange colored safety attire and their hunting rifles take a rest at Dirty Annie's.
Six law-abiding guys of Ohio in their monster-size pick-up truck were also there, along with their rifles, ammo, knives and other gear. They had their break on the porch with two dozens of quart-size water bottles they had purchased at the store.
I asked them:"Guys, do you get drunk on water?" "Nope" was their unanimous reply. But I told them:"You get drunk on water in the same way you get drunk on land!" We all laughed.
It's a nice cozy 'Western-style' place at Dirty Annie's in the land of good ol' Buffalo Bill Cody.
Well, if allowed under Wyoming state law it would be a neat place for a beerviner's beer evaluation meeting.
Irvin and I tested the following beers during our trip:
Honker's Ale (Chicago) - good stuff, thumbs up
Leinenkugel's Creamy Dark, American dark Lager (Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin) - good stuff, thumbs up
Rolling Rock, extra pale, Latrobe Brewing Co. (St. Louis, Mo.) - good stuff, thumbs up
Boulevard Wheat Beer (Kansas) - please, don't drink more than one pint of this too sweet stuff, thumbs down
Michelob Dark Lager, Amber Bock (St. Louis, Mo.) - good stuff, thumbs up
We can even recommend the 'non-alcoholic' O'Douls's Amber of Anheusser-Busch. Neat isotonic beverage for athlets who don't like the sweet Powerade drink.
"Reaching beervana" is a reality for
Indian Pale Ale of Bridgeport, Oregon with 5.5 pc APV, it's a yummy stuff. Thumbs up.
Madison River Brew of Copper John Scoth Style Ale (Belgrade, Montana) was also strongly appoved by Irvin and me.
Squatters's Beers Captain Bastard's Oatmeal Stout with 4 pc APV of Utah Brewers Coop (Salt Lake City) had a neat malty finish. Thumbs up.
Approved as well, Wasatch Evolution Amber Ale with 4 pc APV.
But we poured away:
Handcrafted Bohemian Brewery Viennese Lager of Mondale, Utah, 4 pc APV - the aftertaste is too sour
In San Francisco, Irvin and I also approved Anchor Steam Beer (since 1896)
Well, conclusion:
Despite this 'mini' cross-section of U.S. beer types, European beer drinkers, first of all Austrians, Belgians, Czechs, Germans (Bavarians), should partly envy the Americans in terms of excellent beer quality.
Only 2 failed due to being sour or too sweet.
This could also happen with European Beers, example Belgian brewed Foster's (sweet) or some ultra bitter types for which you sometimes need some 'antacid tablets'.
The clear winners by evaluation of team 'Irvin-Josh' are
#1 Samuel Adams Boston Lager
#2 Samuel Adams Octoberfest
#3 Indian Pale Ale, Bridgeport, Oregon
