The drive home from Asheville, North Carolina was windy, long and tiring; the kind that's like a long ferry ride across the channel...one that'll take a few days of walking on firm land before feeling like yourself again. Coming immediately from one of the beer capitals of America, you'd think I'd have had my fill, but just like that special feeling of coming home, the Maine Beer Company Peeper (5.5%/$9) company is a warm, steadying welcome back. In this humble bottle you'll find flavors that channel honesty, smiles, evidence of hard work, a firm handshake, easy laughter between newly-made friends, and a purity that only comes from balancing a lot of effort and stepping back to let nature speak its truth. 96 points.
