Post -Never- Beer
I had notes written out as I do at every tasting so I can keep one beer straight from the next. Well this week I left them at work and I am sitting at home to write the blog and I don’t need them because these beers all made such a huge impression on me. After the first few sips of each one I couldn’t tell the things apart. Sure maybe Beer 3 had a tiny bit more spice, or a slightly different element of citrus too it. However none of them stood out to me as significantly different than the others. Maybe it was the sinus infection or maybe I just hate “Good Hefeweizens” I can say for certain I did not enjoy any of these beers.
In this tasting I realized a few things: My tastes are not as diverse as I would like to think they are. I just flat out like darker beers (not a Guiness man but a good strong porter or mild stout). I don’t hate ALL (just all of them that we sampled) Hefeweizens in fact I think on a hot day in the summer a Sam Adam’s Hefe is great.
Sean made a point of “well it would be good with food or in this situation.” I quickly shot back “If it were good beer it would be good anytime.” That is a huge miss-statement to say the least. How many times have you personally had something at a friends house, or in a certain situation (post ride, with dinner, etc) and loved it; only to go buy a six pack and think “Really this is what I was raving about?” I suppose it is just like food if you have a great meal but your wait staff is slow and inattentive all night and the atmosphere is noisy and cluttered your food taste somehow less than great when in actuality it was the surroundings. -Lesson learned
So the beer: Basically they are all light, fruity, sometimes spicy * 6 bottles. I will let Sean speak to how they actually differ. Someone made the comment of so and so would be a great post ride beer, I however thought they would all be great Post- Nothing beers. In fact by the end of the night I was allowing for a small swallow of each to be poured into my glass and basically choking them down. I know its nearly blasphemous, but it is what it is.
Yes we serve minors but only in extreme cases.
Next week I hope to hit some stuff each of us has normal drinkers has had in our fridge. Perhaps less “Grapevine Market” beer and more “HEB” beer. Thoughts??
hope my wife doesn’t see where i took the baby!
Hefeweizen is light and somewhat acidic (a la citrus)….sometime too light, and sometime too acidic. But in the context of bratwurst, sauerkraut and dark mustard, it’s a very different beer. One of these days, we’ll have a proper post-ride feast, and you’ll understand.
Erinnern Sie sich: Hefeweizen ist nur der Anfang des deutschen Bieres!
Tyler I had a similar experience with Chimay and fish tacos(with chipotle sauce) at Opal Divine’s. My wife and I were waiting at the bar for our table and I had started on Chimay Grand Reserve. When we were eating our fish tacos they tasted heavenly. I cannot put it more succinctly except in this way. Later I had the fish tacos for lunch a few weeks later sans Chimay, it left me wanting something more.
I know this sounds more fish related than beer related but most of us know Chimay is excellent already.