Newcastle Werewolf:
Happy Halloween all and welcome to our Halloween edition of beer reviews.  Today we talk about a beer named after the coolest -and scariest - creature out there: the werewolf. I love movies about werewolves; they are grisly, brutal in their violence, aren’t romantic (werewolves don’t sparkle, thank God), and the interpretation on what a werewolf will look like is awesome.  Ever since seeing “An American Werewolf in London” I love werewolf movies with practical changing effects and found a new appreciation for horror films that do use practical effects.  If you’ve never seen “AAWL”, rent it now and enjoy it with the knowledge that if it wasn’t for this movie we would never of had Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” video nor the video of an Asian prison yard dancing to the song.  Well the good folks over at Newcastle braved the hairy beasts and made their Werewolf beer.  The beer pours a medium amber (not the blood color as advertised) with an aggressive head that leaves lots of lacing and a nose of roasted malts and caramel notes and wet werewolf.  The beer’s taste starts off the roasted malts with notes of caramel and the carbonation is noticeable but flattens out during consumption.  The middle notes are of toffee and malts that roll into the back end taste as well and a hop aftertaste that mixes with a burnt bread taste.  SO thankfully, this beer doesn’t taste like licking a werewolf and I actually enjoyed this beer but then again, I really enjoy Newcastle by itself so this shouldn’t come as a surprise.  I don’t think this is worth a whole sixer but definitely worth trying if you get the chance.