Beer Review - Duff

"Duff" Beer

I think Universal Studios Florida’s Fast Food Boulevard in Springfield USA has been designed to steal the joy of all guests and team members in the building. As the home of Krusty Burger and Flaming Moe’s it should be fun. But the addition of Lisa’s Teahouse of Horror, The Frying Dutchman, Cletus’ Chicken Shack, and Luigi’s Pizza steals all whimsy as you navigate a food course best abandoned in the 1980s.

Sure you think you know where the line starts. You don’t. A very unhappy team member will redirect you. Then you can enter the switchbacked second line. Once you clear that, you can get in line at each restaurant you want to order and pick up at. If you are lucky, there’s no line to pay as everyone is in line trying to juggle trays in their next lines. Well, you won’t wait, unless your kind team member is in the middle of a story with the team members standing behind them, I mean we’ve all told those stories to colleagues that must be finished. They need to pass these stories as the majority of guests are bouncing between and standing in all the other lines.

I’ve literally seen team members get into screaming fights here (it was over five years ago and I assume those team members are gone)! It’s not a place I ever want to go, and when my out-of-town guests stated they really wanted a “Duff” and a Krusty Burger, I yelled, “Doh!”

Spoiler, he grabbed a pizza not a burger and I grumbled about preferring Minion food!

I needed a beer after the multiple lines to grab food. And since we all got our food at different times and I was eating alone as my party stared at me, I needed an adult beverage to calm my nerves. “Duff” is a no IBU, 4.8% ABV beer from Carib Brewery USA. It is a beer with the flavor of…beer. It has no hop at all. And while I view this as “Duff Heavy” the lack of strong flavor made me wonder if the light version had any flavor. It is completely and utterly fine, but has no outstanding qualities to it other than name to make me ever want to sample another one other than the two I’ve had over the years.

Sorry Homer, your taste in beer and mine don’t match.

Who Drinks This? To me this beer has two audiences. First, you may be a big fan of macrobrewery pilsners and lagers. Since you are in Springfield, this is your offering in this category. Though to be 100, I prefer a “Yuengling Traditional Lager.” Second, you’re a big fan of The Simpsons so you need for the immersive experience a Krusty Burger and a “Duff!” Live your dream! Me, if I need to order a beer in Springfield, maybe I will be lucky and it’s “Dufftobfest” season. Or maybe more likely, I’ll plan to have a beer over in the Wizarding World of Harry Potter instead!

Also, I would 100 percent urge you to not pick it up within Fast Food Boulevard which is neither fast nor a boulevard. Order your’s at the Duff Brewery beer garden and reclaim your time!