I must start this Beer For Breakfast entry with a text message I received from my dad after we tasted this particular beverage.  It stated, "Banana Bread Beer gives you monkey farts." 

He's so eloquent.  I'm not really sure I can follow that, but I'll try. 

This was a frequent suggestion by many a fan of Beer For Breakfast.  Please, keep the suggestions coming.  If you don't tell me what to drink, I'll just blindly go and buy whatever my eyes see first.  And even though that SOUNDS like fun (and it is!) it's way MORE fun when I know I'm drinking something suggested by YOU, the listener.  Got it?  Good. 

We are fast learning that Josh is the beer-snob of the group.  He would never admit to it, but he boasts "many plates at the Flying Saucer.. and was a member of a beer club..." Sorry Josh, that's beer snob territory, but that's cool.  He proudly exclaimed when I showed him what we were tasting that, "yeah, I've already had that."  Awesome. 

The best word I can think of to describe this beer is: balance.  As soon as you put your nose to it, yup, there is an intense aroma of ACTUAL banana bread.  Not something we're used to smelling in a beer, but if you're adventurous, hey... why not??!  But, as I'm sure many people would be, we were nervous of the flavor.  And I'm happy to say, Wells Brewery pulled the flavor of this beer off as a light, subtle tasting, high alcohol beverage.  You will taste some banana and/or banana bread flavors, but it doesn't overpower the beer flavor, or come off too sweet.  The best part is there is no lingering aftertaste that makes it too hard to go for another sip.

Is this an everyday beer?  Probably not, but instead of dessert, or maybe as a nice little "beer snack," this packaging and flavor certainly hit the mark. 

Here's the scores:

Vydra          7

Todd           8

Josh               6

Upon another listener suggestion by twitter follower @misterhoad I grabbed up Oskar Blues Brewery 'Mama's Little Yella Pills.'  (Btw, feel free to follow me @vydrasays.. wink, wink.)  

When I was at checkout the dude behind the counter was GUSHING about this beer, so I was super excited.  And our last beer in a can 'Trout Slayer' did really well on our beer tasting scale.  On the side it says many things on the can, like it's won an award, it's a pilsner AND a malt liquor.  Well, lucky us!  Yay for an easy buzz in the morning. 

Can't lie, it's a simple drink.  It's got that palatable, smooth pilsner flavor, but the malt liquor does tend to stick around in your mouth for awhile.  I mentioned on the air it reminded me of Miller High Life, and Josh and Todd both agreed with me.  Nothing wrong with that?  Right?  Well... the price point is my problem here.  $9 for a six-pack of something that tastes like High Life?  Why not just pay the $4.99 for a six pack of ACTUAL High Life and get about the same experience, minus the malt liquor excitement? 

Todd disagreed.  He believes this to be a beer of the highest order.  In a way, I can understand.  It's a light beer with a big kick.  I really think my main problem with this is the price, and for that, I'm going to go for the hoppier, heavier beer every time.  But again, there is no correct answer.  And with that, here's the scores:

Vydra            4

Todd              9

Josh              3

On the urging of a fan of 'Beer For Breakfast,' I can't remember who you are.. I really need to keep better track of these things, I reached for the Left Hand Brewing Co.s offering.  Upon looking at the label and just the name of this particular beer I was nervous. 

Milk Stout?  Milk and Beer?  This can't be good.  Purple label?  What the hell?  Is this gonna be like, sweet milk beer? 

Once the beer started flowing out of the bottle, we were even more worried.  I believe Todd said it looked like 'cough syrup.'  Ooof. 

It had a huge head on it, and although it was dark, it had a very light viscosity to it.  I, like my co-tasters, were on edge. 

And then, instead of being grossed out, we were more like... "meh." 

It was really just ok.  I felt the aftertaste was WAY too strong, although Josh felt that it was not as bad as it could've been.  Todd, as always, said it was "not bad."  I think, in the end, it just seemed as though it was missing something.  If it's a dark beer, it needed to ACT more like a dark beer, if it's a STOUT, I didn't get much of a stout flavor.  All in all, it just seemed like it fell flat as to what it was trying to do.  After a few sips, I really was done.  Not too impressed.  Todd gave it the highest marks because he liked the label 

Todd is a girl. 

Here's the scores:

Vydra         5.5

Josh              4

Todd              7