The Summer of Cerveza Sundays: Yankees vs Red Sox & Smoked Cherry-Bourbon BBQ Meatloaf

Troy told me after last week that I should rank all 65 beers this summer. 

But that’s not feasible. 

For one, I’m going to drink them over several months, so I’m not gonna remember how they all taste compared to each other. The only way I could rank all of them is to come up with a complex ranking system on a scale of 1 to 100 and then assemble them in order at the end. 

But that’s just too much work to put into something that is supposed to be fun, not scientific.

However, I have no problem assigning a simple numerical value to each beer as I drink it. So I will just do it on a scale of 1 – 5:

1: NOT GOOD. Didn't finish.

2: MEH. Not something I would ever get again.

3. GOOD. Would order if my only other choices are IPAs. 

4. VERY GOOD. Would happily drink any time. 

5. GREAT. Great. 

MELVIN BREWING HEYZEUS LAGER: 3

Tastes okay, but much too heavy on the palate. A Mexican lager should be refreshing on a hot summer day. This one ain't. Reminds me of Gordon Biersch's beers: you feel completely full after drinking just one and you think Wow, this could be so much better. 

DUST BOWL BREWING TACO TRUCK LAGER: 4

Delicious, but doesn't taste like a Mexican lager, it tastes more like a wheat beer. Very citrusy. 

EX NOVO BUT IT'S A DRY HEAT: 4. 

Certainly refreshing, but too heavy on the salt to be great. A shame - it could be amazing. 

 

EDDYLINE BREWING SURFEA MEXICAN LAGER: 5

Perfectly balanced. Exactly what a Mexica lager should be.

RIO SALADO MEXICAN LAGER: 3

Tastes okay, but extremely light. It reminds me of the Natural Light I used to drink when I was 19 and did not know any better. That's not what I want in a Mexican beer. 

TEXAS ALE PROJECT DANK CERVEZA: 1

Wow this was disgusting. If you want your Mexican lager to smell like the time your college roommate knocked over his bong and did not clean it up for three days in August, this is your beer.