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Beer Reviews

Here is what we thought about some beers...
...if it matters!

  At The Foaming Head, we have created a unique way of accuratly judging beer.  We have created a Beer Buying Guide to help our customers make the best beer choice when they walk into a bar or store.  In addition to traditionally rating the beer itself, we have placed a (small) emphasis on how the beer is presented, i.e. - what packaging it entails, as well as the cost.  We feel that this is important because packaging is the first thing that will catch your eye, and sure we wish we could drink certain beers everytime, but we might not be ale to because it is $8 a bottle.  We have provided a guide below to show you how to rate beers on your own using our method. 
 

Beers Our Rating Beer Advocate  Rate Beer
 Mother's Milk 92  B+ 3.56
 Ithaca Double IPA 91  B+  3.51
 Southern Tier Porter  91  B 3.41
 Brooklyn Brown Ale 90  B+  3.44
 Lake Placid Ubu Ale 90 B 3.46
 Middle Ages Duke of Winship 90 B+ 3.45
 Southampton Secret Ale 90  B 3.25
 Hurricane Kitty 90  B+  3.52 
 Phin and Matt's Extraordinary Ale 90  B 3.26
 Brooklyn Local 1  90  A- 3.64
 Saranac IPA 89 B- 2.90
 Middle Ages Wailing Wench 89 A- 3.62
 Middle Ages ImPaled Ale 89 B+ 3.34
 Captain Lawrence Pale Ale 88  A- 3.69
 Middle Ages Swallow Wit 88 B 
 Saranac Brown Ale 88 B- 2.95
 Cooperstown Backyard IPA  88  B-  3.18
 Grace House Honey Wheat 88  B-  2.34
 Middle Ages Beast Bitter 88 B+ 3.27
 Blue Point Toasted Lager 88 B 
 Saranac Belgian White 88 B- 
 Middle Ages Wizard's Winter 87 B 3.18
 Brooklyn Lager 87 B+  3.43
 Ithaca Nut Brown Ale 87  B  3.18
 Wagner Valley Oatmeal Stout  87 B+ 2.81
 Saranac Adirondack Lager 87  B- 2.87
 Dockside Amber Lager 87  B-  3.3
 Middle Ages Syracuse Pale Ale   86 B 2.83
 Cooperstown Pride of Milford  86 B+  3.40
 Middle Ages Grail Ale 86 B 3.16
 Sled Dog Doppelbock 86  B  3.23
 Ithaca Pale Ale  86  B  3.08
 Cooperstown Nine Man Ale 86  B-  2.80
 Wagner Valley IPA 85 B+ 3.41
 Southern Tier IPA 85 A- 3.62
 Brooklyn Post Road 84 B 3.09
 Saranac Golden Pilsener  84 C+ 
 Cooperstown Benchwarmer Porter 84  B+  3.36
 Ithaca Casca Zilla  83 B+ 3.51
 Brooklyner Weisse Beer 82  B+  3.15
 Brooklyn East India Pale Ale 79  B  3.42
 Cooperstown Old Slugger 79  B  2.95
 Brooklyn Pennant Ale '55 79  B  
 Saranac Summer Ale 78 C+ 2.74
 Moo Thunder Stout 78 B- 
 Ithaca Apricot Wheat 77  C+  2.71
 Cooperstown Strikle Out Stout 75 B 3.30

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