Bryali
Well-Known Member
...12% beer that has cocoa nibs, rose petals, saffron, ginger orange peel, elks blood, ostrich piss or 300 IBUS...
Is there anything on the market that has ALL of this? If not, where can I get some food grade elks blood and ostrich piss? I've got a local brewfest in 2 weeks and I'd like to enter something like this in the "Specialty" category. I think I'll call it Grossenpuken Ale. I won't be able to brew it till this weekend so a week and a half should be plenty of time, right?:cross:
I completely agree with your point, though. I don't drink most "normal" BMC products because I don't like the taste--most of them taste exactly the same. It has nothing to do with being part of a culture, or counter-culture, or whatever. It just has to do with microbreweries and brewpubs have opened my palate up to better possibilities than watered-down, over-hyped, frozen-tastebud American Lagers, a la "King of (bad) beers" Bud Light, "triple hopped" Miller Light, or the "World's most refreshing" Coors Light.
I don't mind Blue Moon. I went through the Coors brewery and Batch 19 is delicious while their Original/Banquet Beer is still gross, even fresh off the tap. I will drink a BMC "microbrew" or "specialty beer" just to try it because I'm always willing to try different beers. If it's bad, I will judge that beer on its own, not because of the parent company that makes it.