ROCKS Lincoln Park | Schubert, Chicago

Want Scotch?  Go here.  Want a swill beer challenge?  Still here.

photo credit: lambda_X

ROCKS (and I think it’s supposed to be all-caps) is a whiskey place (whisky too).  They’ve got a huge booze list that includes everything from Bourbons to single-malts.  Macallan, Johnnie Walker, Talisker, Ardbeg, Glenfiddich — it’s all here — along with Knob Creek, Maker’s Mark, and Jack Daniel’s.  I had … something.  To tell you the truth, I enjoy whiskey, but I don’t know much about it.  I know it’s brown, it’s strong, and it’s barreled.  That’s about it.  I’m more familiar with other things.  And that led to a challenge.

ROCKS has a cheap-beer flight.  Could I tell them apart?

1. Beer one was light, slighly nutty, and … less filling.  Miller Lite.
2. Beer two was watery, off-favored, and … tapped the Rockies.  Coors Light.
3. Beer three was grainier, fuller-flavored, and … luxurious.  High Life.
4. Beer four was the most flavorful, darkest colored, and … most hipster.  PBR.

Four for four.  Was I proud?  Yes.  Should I have been proud?  Probably not.