So this is shaping up to be one of the best sessions yet with an excellent hostess, fantastic weather, and a great membership turnout. This month's beer pick went to Matt who pulled together a list of out-of-this world beers long enough to keep us happy and drunk for the rest of the year. But a little bit of luck and a lot of elbow grease and we narrowed down the pack. By the way, the blood and sweat of the search came courtesy of the owner/manager of Metro Wine, Greg Parikh.
The Bruery :: Saison de Lente
This is gonna be one hell of a fresh keg since we're just at the start of the distribution season, and you guessed it, this batch is specially brewed for Lent, I guess. So those of you who gave up alcohol this year can make an exception. From the brewer's site:
Our Spring Saison is light blonde in color with a fresh hoppiness and a wild and rustic Brettanomyces character. Lighter in color and alcohol than our Saison Rue, yet equally complex in its own way. Perfect for warmer weather and Spring celebrations.
Style: Saison/Farmhouse Ale
IBU Rating: 35
SRM: 4
ABV: 6.5%
Beer Advocate rating: 91
Mary being Mary, meaning she's awesome, my advice to you all is to bring an appetite. I believe we're having brisket sliders and Thai lentil soup. You like that? Well, damn, I know I do. But that's not all! There's another surprise assembled for you here this weekend: Mary's new double tap kegerator. And because there's two taps, there's two beers. Hot shit, we're on fire, folks. The backup keg's none other than Victory's Prima Pils. Think we can suffer through that?
To break even on this edition of KegLove, we're only gonna need to bump the price point up to a mere $12 per head. Cheers!
Links:
http://www.thebruery.com
http://bruery.blogspot.com/
Here's a video of staff at The Bruery discussing the production and planning behind their sour ales:
The Bruery - On Sour Ales from The Bruery on Vimeo.
