Narragansett beer is now available in North Carolina. So pick up a six-pack of Tall Boys at your local grocery store and pretend to go out shark hunting!  (Quint is a character in Jaws… I’ll let you guess which one.)

Also along those lines (of beer releases, not shark hunting), Narragansett Porter has recently hit shelves.  I should review the beer, but the less people know how good it is, means more for me! (Lew gives a good summary of the beer with “Wow!“)

Which brings us to (everything is just flowing together so nicely) another point of, will I actually post something of substance (i.e. a beer review)? Hopefully soon, but unfortunately raising an 18-month old is a bit of a time commitment (Who knew?).  Speaking of which, the little guy is up from his nap, so I’m off!

Author: Dave
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Received an email from Narragansett announcing some parties for their 120th Anniversary. No plans on being in Rhode Island any time soon, so the news really did not apply to me. However, the email had this little interesting nugget of information “Fact #434: During Prohibition, Narragansett had a special license to brew porter for medicinal purposes! You could still buy ‘Gansett with a prescription from your doctor.” I’m still trying to find their porter on shelves (Lew and Alan had given it good marks, so I decided to try to hunt it down) but now that I know it is good enough for medicinal purposes, I am doubling my efforts!

Author: Dave
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This is a beer that should have been reviewed during Beer Can Week here at sevenpack, but unfortunately the review did not happen. Narraganset is considered one of those “American retro-beers”. It dates all the way back to 1888 and has had its ups (at one time is was the number one selling beer in New England) and downs (closing of the brewery and changing hands numerous times) since then. Currently it is owned by local New England investors and is contracted brewed by High Falls Brewing Company (though there is the possibility of opening up their own brewery in late 2008). If you want to learn more about the company, definitely check out their webpage, because their history is quite interesting (or at least I found it so). Enough with the history however, lets review this beer.

Poured into a pint glass all the characteristics of a retro-beer were present. A finger of white head, which slowly dissipated into a thin, fragmented covering, and a clear, golden-yellow body. The aroma was a mouth watering spicy hop, cereal grain combination. Not overly strong, but present. The mouth feel was light, as to be expected, but there was some nice bubble action on the tongue. The cereal grain made its presence known but was clean and on the light side. Along with the grain there was a slight hint of corn to the whole flavoring. The finish had a slight bitterness to it, but, similar to the cereal grain taste, was on the light side. The beer left little after taste.

I find this to be a very enjoyable beer. Will it knock your socks off? Most likely not. Will it give you a good, enjoyable beer taste? I believe so. Given the price point of the beer ($10 for a 12 pack of cans), you could do much worse (I’m thinking of the macro brews that either do not taste like anything or taste like liquefied corn niblets). Also, drink it from the can (I only poured it into a pint glass for review purposes, typically I drink it from the can), because honestly, it feels good to drink it that way (and you can pretend to be Quint from Jaws). Overall, if my neighbor offered me this beer, I’d answer that call.

Author: Dave
Categories: Beer Reviews, Lager, Narragansett
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