Fruit Salad

Shiner Prickly Pear Lager

It's decent. Tastes kinda like what you'd imagine a prickly pear would taste like (admit it: you haven't eaten one and neither have I).  And other than that, it's a decent tasting lager. It has enough hops but isn't hoppy, and it's not sweet either. Even holds up once it's not cold anymore.

Flying Dog Blood Line

There's a big hop component to the smell of the Blood Line, but taste wise, it tastes like a cross between orange juice and beer, which it is. Unfortunately, I like really pulpy orange juice and this is crystal clear. More gold-amber than orange. And the orange character is really more juice than zest or tartness, if that makes sense. If you love orange juice, you may love this. Or you may consider it a perversion against that which you love most. I think it's decent. For a beer that's supposed to taste like "blood orange", I am grateful that it tastes like orange and not like blood.