It has come to pass, (much to my surprise for it's not like I haven't been trying new beers or anything) that two months have gone by without a new review. Oh for shame! I shall attempt not to let such a travesty occur again.

At any rate, last night I found myself in the presence of greatness... and not such greatness. I had decided to make a trip over to Tampa because for some crraazzzyyy reason I wanted to drive for 4 hours. Call it the urge to contemplate perhaps. Call it the urge to visit a relatively new-to-me city and taste some beers from their bars. Call it boredom. Call it what you will. Call me call me when you need a frie-... ok I will stop.

First we shall start with the not-so-greatness which, incidently, was the beer. I started and ended the night at a place called Crowbar (funny fact, one of the band flyers on the window has misspelled it "Cowbar"...heh). They have about 5 different beers on tap: an oatmeal stout, a tasty looking wheat beer that was empty, a pale ale, some sort of creepy looking lager, and the one I ended up choosing, Abita's Purple Haze. Now I had previously had Purple Haze, or at least a taste of it, 6 or 7 years ago in Ohio before I even knew what beer was. I remembered it being not very offensive and, given the selection I was presented with at the bar (damn them for being out of the wheat beer!), I figured it was my best bet.

I find myself shopping at Wal-Mart all too often these days. Unfortunately its just convenient. One particular evening, as I was browsing their beer selection, I wanted Guinness in a can but they only had bottles on hand. The bottles usually taste sour, the cans, for some reason, always taste better to me. So I continued to browse their interesting selection, when I came across Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat. I thought, well that?s an interesting looking beer, and I tend to like wheat beers. Lets give it try. When I arrived home with this new beer adventure, my friends had already arrived and started drinking. So I put some things away and got ready for what I was hoping was a tasty beverage. At first sip I thought "Well, its not bad.", swished a few more sips around and realized it was actually quite tasty. So I shared them with my friends, who all seamed to love this new beer. The general consensus after a few minutes was actually that this beer tastes almost like fruity pebbles. Its a subtle mix of fruit and hop flavors that brings this beer to perfection for me. Leinenkugel's Sunset Wheat is one of the best beers I have ever tasted. I suggest grabbing a case of your own, as for me, off to get more...