Yazoo Brewery's Hefeweizen

This next beer comes from a humble little brewery in Nashville, Tennessee.

When you open up a bottle of Yazoo, you first need to say "YAZOOO!" because it's fun.

Next: let your nose savor the the tangy banana scent of this almost clear, light-brown brew.

At this point, I too was excited to try this beer that claims to be a gold medal winner at the Great American Beer Fest in 2004. Yet judging by the content of the brew, the judges that year must not have been big fans of flavor.

To its credit, the beer instantly attacks your pallet with a refreshing acidic burn, and this experience continues until after you swallow. The body of the beer is hard to distinguish beyond this burning, but there is something a bit bitter hiding in there somewhere. It is nowhere near distinct enough to be given a specific label, however.

The aftertaste is tart, and has a real strong celery type flavor, much like Big Sky's Moose Drool. Yet celery is one of the least flavorful edibles on the face of the Earth, so that is not saying much.

Adding all these parts together and you are left with an entirely mediocre beer. If someone gives you one, there is no reason to turn it down. But if you are the one buying the beer, your money is best spent elsewhere; unless of course, your day is going spectacularly lackluster, and you want to keep the pattern going.