Pleasant “off-center” Italian-styled pils continually hopped like 60 Minute IPA wedges sharp floral-daubed lemon zest into dry grassy-hopped herbage. Biscuity bread-crusted flint corn polenta adjunct sops up mild rice-wined pinot grigio snip.
Honeysuckle blossomed wildflower honey seeps thru floral orange spicing and white grape must reaching wheat-chaffed bottom hiding honeyed biscuit sweetness.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry sea-salted lime curd and dill-pickled bining seep into sweet pilsner-malted rice base of crisp Jap-styled lager with finishing lemony Sorachi Ace hop herbage.
Dry herbal Hallertau hop grassiness and lemony floral-spiced guava tartness bring slightly obtuse dalliance to crisp Italian-styled pils.
Georgia Peanut Farmer Jimmy Carter became US prez during a volatile time in the ’70s. Nixon’s impeachment, high inflation, cultural warfare and stagflation really hurt the nation. Though Carter had a difficult time weaving thru so many problems, he was a true Renaissance Man and may be the greatest American of all time.
Besides being a Naval officer, Middle East peacemaker, published author, woodworker and fly fisherman, Carter was a man of character, dignity and honor, creating the highly respected Habitat for Humanity – truly the most awesome achievement by this distinctly pure individual.
What you may not know is Carter deregulated the beer industry by ridding an ancient pre-prohibition law restricting beer production to limited large macros making less than average beer. By allowing homebrewing, small microbreweries began slowly popping up in the late ’80s. Now, there are 10,000 independently owned and operated breweries.
EVERY BEER ENTHUSIAST, SMALL BREWER AND CRAFT BEER PUB OWNER OWES THIS MAN A LARGE DEGREE OF THANKS FOR HIS FORWARD-THINKING AGENDA FOR NOT ONLY THE BEER INDUSTRY BUT FOR HIS IDEAS ON RENEWAL ENERGY, BANK REGULATION (THRU THE VOLCKER RULE) AND DISEASE CONTROL.
THANK YOU JIMMY CARTER FROM ALL OUR HEARTS – RIP (1924 – 2024)
-JOHN FORTUNATO AND EVERY BEER ENTHUSIAST
Decadent oak-aged stout with lovely bourbon vanilla spicing and maple molasses sugaring lacing dark chocolate syruping countered by dry rye whiskey tones and dark roast hop char.
Rye whiskey barrel aging gains chocolate-laden Scotch licks, caramel candied sweetness and dewy dextrin malting for spirits-inspired limited edition 10% ABV “old ale.” Sturdy dry rye stead anchors cara-pils specialty graining.
Blackcurrant-consumed 2017 ‘wild ale’ aged in wine barrels lets oaken vanilla and mossy brettanomyces yeast funk overcome wafting ammonia acidity and seep into blackcurrant tartness. Sour raspberry, cranberry and cherry respite beckons.
Caramel apple-glazed brandy entry greets beet-sugared dark fruiting and cellared fungi musk of a Belgian quad as bourbonized molasses drapes fig, date, raisin and dark cherry pleasantries soaking into cognac-sweetened vanilla midst. Perfect brandywine-barreled nightcap.
Offbeat sour saison peculiarity aged on oak with spruce tips (!) utilizes mixed culture brettanomyces yeast funk to add ammonia strength to dry lemon-limed parch, champagne sparkle and ambitious herbal spiced foraging underscored by acidulated wheat. Minty spruce tips amplify zesty lemony white wining as capacious pink peppercorn, fern, thyme, fennel, tarragon, dill, cardamom and mustard seed illusions penetrate musky mineralized rusticity.
On tap at Plank Pizza, plum dumpling-implied pastry sour lets salted plum entry gain light vanilla-creamed cinnamon spicing and floury brown-sugaring relegating stylish acidulated melanoidin malts.
Dried orange and apricot tartness plus peachy pineapple tanginess stay the course above pasty caramel-salted honeyed oats spine.
