Maumee Bay Brewing says:
“Crafted with the finest ingredients, this historic hometown brew dates back to 1838. With a sparkling dry taste it is a fine light beer with all the qualities of greatness.”
Maumee Bay Brewing Buckeye Beer
Czech Pilsner, 5.2 % ABV
Sayeth the Guys:
Ryan: As I reached in to my father-in-law’s “beer fridge” I thought to myself, “I bet this is what Maurice Clarett was really drinking as he was tooling around Columbus back in ’06 with guns and a samurai sword in his SUV? Or maybe CheatyPants SweaterVest uses this in his chili?” My wife and I had just arrived in southeast Michigan, from Chicago. I was thirsty and the beer was cold. Plus, my father-in-law Dale was anxious to get my impression of this sparkling, dry beer.
Poured in to whatever glass I could find in the kitchen, Buckeye Beer looks pretty good – golden straw in color with nearly 3 fingers worth of fluffy head that dissipates quickly. The nose has a slight hint of hops and biscuits. But not the homemade ones you get with biscuits & gravy, rather the ones that come out of a tube that *pop* when you open them and scare my wife.
The taste is rather refreshing…at first – crisp light hops up front, some breadiness in the middle and a dry, slightly bitter finish. This beer loses it’s drink-ability, though, when it warms a bit. That nice, dry finish is replaced by a white grape sour tartness and a pickle-juice-like finish. It makes you pucker, and most definitely not in a good way.
I would drink this again, and in fact I did over Father’s Day weekend. My advice though is to drink it fast and get it down while it’s still cold. Because, once it warms, it is not a pleasant experience.