Time for another review. Again, I don't do this for me - it's all about my nature to give, give, give and if I can keep just one person from drinking bad beer, that's my only reward.
Faced as I am with some legal writing ahead of me, and being that it is already past five o'clock and I haven't had a drink, I figured something lighter was in order.
The DigiHusband ordered a half-keg of Brooklyn Brewery's Brooklyn Lager, and while normally I eschew such "lighter" fare, I thought this would do just the trick to help me find the right language for drafting a judgment.
When he first brought it home, I grew alarmed, fearing he had purchased a - *shudder* - HIPSTER beer. Not so - Brooklyn Brewery was started in 1984 by a former Associated Press correspondent who learned to brew while based in the Middle East, as one cannot simply pop on down to a package store in Riyadh, alcohol being a no-no in an Islamic state. So the origins go back to a time before the first bandy-legged Josh settled in Williamsburg from Wisconsin and started making art from organic lint. Okay . . .
According to the brewery's website, this is a Viennese-style lager. What does that mean? Well, for one, it means it has more flavor than what most people drink as lager, Bud Light (and an aside - watching the Super Bowl commercials, I am sorry, but calling Bud Light "platinum" does not make it any better than the piss water that it is, and no, I do not care how much of it you sell). I don;t know about a "floral hop aroma" as their website claims, but it does have a very dry and bitter "hoppiness" to my taste buds, which is fine. It is "crisp" and would be a good pairing with a heavier food. Heck, I might even consider drinking it with a good cheese fondue, notwithstanding the warnings of the Swiss when I lived there that beer + fondue = spontaneous explosion of body cavities. It is light in color, which may surprise the drinker as you would not expect it to have as much flavor as it does. Smooth on the back of the mouth as you swallow, with a mild yeastiness. ABV of 5.2%, - can drink it and still function at a keyboard.
I am not a beer connoisseur and I do not know all the fancy technical terms. I am a beer drinker who can distinguish flavors. And this is a flavorful brew.
As my paternal grandfather, Hugh Martin, who ran speakeasies, would have said - Slainte!
According to the brewery's website, this is a Viennese-style lager. What does that mean? Well, for one, it means it has more flavor than what most people drink as lager, Bud Light (and an aside - watching the Super Bowl commercials, I am sorry, but calling Bud Light "platinum" does not make it any better than the piss water that it is, and no, I do not care how much of it you sell). I don;t know about a "floral hop aroma" as their website claims, but it does have a very dry and bitter "hoppiness" to my taste buds, which is fine. It is "crisp" and would be a good pairing with a heavier food. Heck, I might even consider drinking it with a good cheese fondue, notwithstanding the warnings of the Swiss when I lived there that beer + fondue = spontaneous explosion of body cavities. It is light in color, which may surprise the drinker as you would not expect it to have as much flavor as it does. Smooth on the back of the mouth as you swallow, with a mild yeastiness. ABV of 5.2%, - can drink it and still function at a keyboard.
I am not a beer connoisseur and I do not know all the fancy technical terms. I am a beer drinker who can distinguish flavors. And this is a flavorful brew.
As my paternal grandfather, Hugh Martin, who ran speakeasies, would have said - Slainte!
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