Mississippi Mud
November 9, 2011
Rating 6/10
About a week ago my wife presented me with an early B-day present. A beer glass set, that included six different kinds of beer glass: The Classic Pilsner glass, English Pub glass, Belgium Ale glass (stemmed so cool!), Craft Pub glass, Porter/Stout glass (also stemmed), and the Wheat Beer glass. I didn’t have any beer on hand that would go in one of the more specialty glasses, so I decided next time I was at the grocery store I would pick something special up. I ended up with this Black and Tan for two reasons. 1) I’ve been wanting to try it for a while, 2) it was on sale! I ended up using the Porter/Stout glass, which is pictured with the beer in it. This beer is a porter/pilsner mix, hence the name Black and Tan. For the first few sips I think I enjoyed the novelty of the glass and was excited to be using it. After awhile I realized that this beer lacked the flavor that I expected. The size of the jug allowed for three glasses of beer. By the end of the third I decided I didn’t like it at all.
Mississippi Mud: Black & Tan does not provide much of a head when poured, the color is darker and actually you can tell that it’s a mix of two beers. Sad to say the beer reminded me of the one time I had Coors light (a night I still have nightmares about.) I believe that beer tastes is all subjective. Each person will like something different. I would recommend this to someone just starting out and wanting to move out of ‘light’ beers. This has a safe flavor for that. It’s actually better than Coors, which is why I say it’s a good starter beer if you’re moving more toward the craft beer style.
I’m hoping to write more on this blog again. I may recruit some guest writers. If you’re interested in being a guest writer, let me know via the comment section. It was also suggested by a co-worker (who loves to hear me talk about beer) that I should write a bit about the history of beer, as well as compare older beer blogs (from my first beer blog) to my current tastes and thoughts on those beers. Look forward to more, I know do! Bottoms up!
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