The Beer Critic

Beer reviews for beer enthusiasts.

Beers in the ‘ Ales ’ Category

Hex
It's important to remember that this isn't your typical oktoberfest lager. It's an ale (amber ale) with oktoberfest style ingredients. Magic Hat is well known for making slightly odd-ball brews with flavors you normally wouldn't...Read Full Review
Harpoon Octoberfest
The malt sweetness comes through first creating a very smooth and creamy mouthfeel. Much like what you would expect from a Marzan. The malt gives way to the hops that give an gentle bitterness that...Read Full Review
A Little Sumpin’ Sumpin’ Ale
Hops, hops and oh...hops! For being a wheat beer this sucker smells like it is loaded with hops. Lagunitas claims it has every hop starting with the letter "c". Certainly smells like. With scents of...Read Full Review
Smuttynose Summer Weizen
The usual suspects you would normally find in a weizen: bready malt, cloves, citrus, bananas and something very unique...chamomile! Yes chamomile. This beer is brewed with that tea-friendly flower, chamomile. You can notice it in...Read Full Review
Laughing Skull Amber Ale
Starts off with nice toffee sweetness picked up from the caramel malts along with soft bread-like yeast flavor that helps mellow out the sweetness. The light flavors that kicked this beer off gave way to...Read Full Review