What you will find below

The listings below will include the name of the beer, my numerical ranking based upon my own scale of 0.1 to 10.0, and a little of my personal thoughts about each beer.

J Beers

James Boag’s Premium

4.1

Brewed and bottled by the J. Boag’s Brewery of Tasmania, which is an island in Australia. Has a slightly skunky smell and stronger skunky taste reminiscent of Heineken (this drink is in a green bottle like Heineken, so maybe that has something to do with it).

Jenlain French Ale

4.4

An extremely sweet, lager-style brew. The honey sweetness is so strong it destroys any other flavoring. Brasserie Duyck of Jenlain, France, brews this sweetness.

Jenlain French Blonde Ale

5.3

Not as sweet as the non-blonde version from Jenlain, but still fairly sweet. Has a nice foamy head. Drinkable, something special for parties, but nothing you would want to drink often. Brasserie Duyck makes this drink.

John Courage Amber

4.3

Too much fizz. Not very sweet for an amber ale, but the bottle says this is a premium beer (premium means “cheap” in beer talk). Fairly wet, despite all the carbonation. Not much taste, just a little bitterness that you have to stretch your taste buds to experience.

John Smith’s Bitter

7.3

Without a doubt the best beer I’ve ever had from a can (of course I poured it into a glass when tasting). Very smooth and somewhat frothy with a pretty strong bitter flavor that isn’t overpowering. Most American beer drinkers will find this beverage too strong. Just a lovely beer from John Smith’s Limited, The Brewery, in Tadcaster, North Yorkshire. Time for some facts: Bitters are a type of ale that are highly hopped and normally very bitter in flavor. Bitters are pretty common on tap in England.

JW Dundee’s Honey Brown Lager

6.7

This nice brew comes to us from the Highfalls Brewing Company of Rochester, New York. This is a fine, sweet beer that goes down smooth. This is proof that good beer doesn’t have to cost you an arm and a leg – since this stuff costs about the same in bottles as many premium beers. This is a good drinking beer and somewhat reminds of Newcastle Brown Ale, except this beer is sweeter.

JW Dundee’s Honey Light

6.2

One of the few light beers that tastes very much like the original, non-light version. Sweet, to the point of growing annoying after you’ve had several, and slightly fizzy. You folks drinking a premium light beer should turn to this stuff – it costs the same and tastes much better.

More beer links

The Amateur Beer Snob’s Guide to Beer: The A Beers

The Amateur Beer Snob’s Guide to Beer: The B Beers

The Amateur Beer Snob’s Guide to Beer: The C Beers