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.

M beers

Maccabee

4.1

Your Budweiser-drinking friends who want to feel like they’re something special because they drink an occasional foreign beer might like this, but true beer tasters will stay away. Has a foreign-but-made-for-America taste. This drink is made in Netanya, Israel, and yes, there is a group in the Apocrypha-version of the Holy Bible who are called Maccabees; Catholics will recognize the name but Protestants are out of luck. I suggest anyone who is interested, grab a version of “The New Oxford Annotated Bible” to find out what a Maccabee is.

Madcap’s Zebra Lager

6.7

The story goes that this beer from Evansville, Indiana, is made from an old European family recipe. This drink has a bit of a cheap beer smell to it, but it goes down very wet with some sweetness. Worth trying if you get the chance.

Mad Monk Nut Brown Ale

5.5

A little bit of sweetness and too much fizz. Not great but about as typical as a nut brown ale can be. Worth drinking on a regular basis and to pass out to your non-beer snob friends who would think this brew is something exotic.

Mad Monk Pale Ale

7.5

Brewed by the Mad Monk Beer Company of Cincinnati, Ohio. Smooth with some froth. Not too strong, but not too weak either. Makes a great beer for weddings (right, Steve?).

Maes Pils

5.0

Lots of carbonation here, but it doesn’t really interfere with the taste. Has a cheap sweetness that’s almost reminiscent of really bad American brews. One of the few disappointing Belgian brews.

Magic Hat Circus Boy

6.9

The label calls this a hefeweisen, and that’s about right. Has a light, fruity smoothness in the flavor and texture. There’s a little carbonation, but not enough to spoil your drinking pleasure. Smooth enough that you could drink several of these, but too good for swilling fools.

Magic Hat Jinx