The Birchmere
Alexandria, VA
Sun. 8/12/01, 6pm
[status unknown for brewing onsite]
House Brews:
Virginia Native Light Lager
Virginia Native Dark Lager (B)
Virginia Native Red Ale (J)
The "brewpub" is a bar, dance hall and dinner theatre in one. We are here to listen to Hawaiian slack key!
Dark Lager: Thin looking beer. Decent head. There are both hops and malt present but the beer has low aspirations. It says "I am not Budweiser" and it succeeds at that (lowly) goal. But unfortunately it rises little farther due to apparent lack of imagination. Not horribly made, but I can do (at least) this well. 7.8
Red Ale: The head lasted about 2.7 milliseconds. There is some taste there, but not much. Body is moderately thin. The hops are there, although not as much as I would like. The malt taste is lacking. Not the worst beer I've had, but overall it's pretty generic. 7.6
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