Comments on: Beer Face Review: Hofbräu Oktoberfest http://mugwarrior.com/2006/10/25/beer-face-review-hofbrau-oktoberfest/ A blog about beer written by six guys that needed a reason to drink... more. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 03:21:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Michael http://mugwarrior.com/2006/10/25/beer-face-review-hofbrau-oktoberfest/#comment-51 Thu, 16 Nov 2006 04:05:59 +0000 http://mugwarrior.com/2006/10/25/beer-face-review-hofbrau-oktoberfest/#comment-51 Thanks for sharing those Faces, Brian. I unfortunately have not had the chance to sample either. Although Harar can't compare to the glitz of a American Coors Light Face (I jest), it does seem to be a true glimpse into Ethiopian culture. It's good to hear you're adventurous in your beer selection. Beer Faces can often play a big part in selecting that new brew to try, but as Brian and Harar remind us, ugly faces need love too! Thanks for sharing those Faces, Brian. I unfortunately have not had the chance to sample either. Although Harar can’t compare to the glitz of a American Coors Light Face (I jest), it does seem to be a true glimpse into Ethiopian culture.

It’s good to hear you’re adventurous in your beer selection. Beer Faces can often play a big part in selecting that new brew to try, but as Brian and Harar remind us, ugly faces need love too!

]]> by: Mac http://mugwarrior.com/2006/10/25/beer-face-review-hofbrau-oktoberfest/#comment-28 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 03:30:11 +0000 http://mugwarrior.com/2006/10/25/beer-face-review-hofbrau-oktoberfest/#comment-28 It is true that the face makes the beer... but you can never judge a book by it's cover (unless you're Tim... then you judge a book by the smell of the cover). Take Ethiopia's Harar (which comes in Stout and "dark" (Hakim) and is available in the US... had my last bottle in Chicago). It has a label which could be drawn by a sixth grader holding a crown in his teeth... but it's a fine brew. (http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/8840.jpg). It has a nice wheat aroma, sweet start and heavy follow through... prefect for local food. Compare that with the more commercially successful Tusker from Kenya (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/beergeek_1919_1595444) which is widely available in Canada. People universally love and drink this beer overseas and buy the tee shirts like a stoner at a Grateful Dead concert. Problem is that even though it comes in a handsome bottle, it tastes like a Pilsner Urquell laced with formaldehyde... largely because it is laced with formaldehyde. Granted, you'll get drunk faster... but I'm not sold on the taste... and it doesn't go good with the local food at all. (I did buy a tee-shirt though ;) I make a point of trying to order something I've never had before each time I go out. Sometimes I accidentally order a Pabst Blue Ribbon (as I was ridiculed for at Foxes and Tails recently). But for every one of those I'll order a Nodding Head Oatmeal Stout which makes me want to kiss the waitress who brought it to me. It is true that the face makes the beer… but you can never judge a book by it’s cover (unless you’re Tim… then you judge a book by the smell of the cover).

Take Ethiopia’s Harar (which comes in Stout and “dark” (Hakim) and is available in the US… had my last bottle in Chicago). It has a label which could be drawn by a sixth grader holding a crown in his teeth… but it’s a fine brew. (http://www.ratebeer.com/beerimages/8840.jpg). It has a nice wheat aroma, sweet start and heavy follow through… prefect for local food.

Compare that with the more commercially successful Tusker from Kenya (http://us.st11.yimg.com/us.st.yimg.com/I/beergeek_1919_1595444) which is widely available in Canada. People universally love and drink this beer overseas and buy the tee shirts like a stoner at a Grateful Dead concert. Problem is that even though it comes in a handsome bottle, it tastes like a Pilsner Urquell laced with formaldehyde… largely because it is laced with formaldehyde. Granted, you’ll get drunk faster… but I’m not sold on the taste… and it doesn’t go good with the local food at all. (I did buy a tee-shirt though ;)

I make a point of trying to order something I’ve never had before each time I go out. Sometimes I accidentally order a Pabst Blue Ribbon (as I was ridiculed for at Foxes and Tails recently). But for every one of those I’ll order a Nodding Head Oatmeal Stout which makes me want to kiss the waitress who brought it to me.

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