Kris: Wow. This was pretty good. Not blow me until my eyes pop out good, but well, decent. And it damn well should be. The label says "In our third century of brewing". If after 300 years you can't turn out a good beer, you must really suck. Thankfully, Matt Brewing Co doesn't. Not like that crap Anheuser Busch puts out. I swear, whoever thought of Tequiza should be shot. All they know how to do is advertise. They wouldn't know a good beer if someone gave them an enema with one. But I digress. This amber had a great golden color, and a taste to match. (3/21/2001)


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Kris: This was strong on the stout, light on the lager. You can barely taste the lager, in fact. This beer is better for dedicated stout drinkers than those who want to break into the stronger beers.


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Steve: This is actually the 2nd review I provided....I reread the first one and it sounded too nice. I had another bottle of this (my last, thankfully), on a hot day in mid March (the perfect time to drink a hefe), and I wanted to cry. It looked like a Hefe, and smelled a little like a Hefe, but this was just awful. There is nothing that will ever convince me to try another Saranac Hefe, because they totally blew this one. Germans have been making these for hundreds of years, did it occur to someone from Matt Brewing to actually try a real German Hefe to see how it should taste? Or did they just follow a recipe, assuming whatever they brewed would be good? And you know what they say when you assume something. (4/24/2004)


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Rocky: This was in a beer club shipment along the their Black & Tan. The three bottles I received went pretty fast. Nothing great about it as far as pale ales go, but with such an easy-drinking style it's hard to go wrong. I'd put it slightly above average, but only because the hops are a bit more noticable, and I'm a fan of hops. (2/5/2005)


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Kris: Yuck. As advertised, it does have a hint of lemon and spice, but it tastes more like lemon-flavored seltzer. I'm sure this would be a great summer beer for other people, but not me. Another turnoff is the debris resting on the bottom. It looks like the salt found on pretzels you get at a hockey game. I was afraid for my health, so I only drank half the bottle. But that was enough to know I didn't like this beer. I don't drink anything that requires a strainer. (7/17/1998)


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Kris: Blah blah blah refreshingly smooth blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah simple yet elegant blah blah. Blah blah blah yadda blah blah blah quite tasty blah blah blah. Blah blah blah blah mellow and classic blah. Blah blah blah blah I'd recommend this to anyone blah blah blah blah loved every drop blah blah blah. (5/17/1999)


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Kris: This brewery makes an annual donation from the sale of Saranac to The Association for the Protection of the Adirondacks. An honorable gesture. Too bad the label on this beer is a turn-off. Yellow on fuschia, with a picture of a confused-looking bear. He probably just lost his home because they couldn't sell enough beer. On the plus side, this is a tasty beer. You can definitely taste the berries in this. It's light and refreshing, albeit a little dry. (7/17/1998)


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