what does everyone think of the longshot sixpack?
i got it the other day. i was dissapointed by the weizenbock, frankly. i based my last batch on the recipe rodney gave on jamil's show and it was one of the best beers i've produced to date. very rich, malty, spicy... ery muich along the lines of aventinus. the sam adams version just seemed a little weak. i don't have a lot of experience with weizenbocks (other than aventinus, i've drank my weight in those things) but it just seemed like a slightly pumped up dunkelweizen. that rich, deep bock character was missing.
as for the grape pale ale, it reminded me a bit of magic hat no. 9. just in the fact that it was not bitter or hoppy in the least, and had a slight fruit flavor. not bad, i mean they aren't going down the drain by any means, but i'd never really crave something like this. might be good in the summer though.
too bad mcdole's didn't get in there. i brewed that recipe as well so i wanted something to calibrate to. oh well, maybe in 47 years when all the hops grow back jim koch the III can finally release it.
