Spinach Beer

[elfs]

I mentioned some time ago that I was looking for a replacement beer for Stella Artois, a beer with obscene food-miles, and had found 1554 from the New Belgium Brewing Company of Colorado. Much closer. 1554 is not a replacement for Stella Artois; it has a very different flavor, but it's delicious in its own way.

Omaha and I went out to eat last night and one of the thing I ordered was a Mac & Jack African Amber, the restaurant's "house beer," and it was pretty good. Kinda complicated, kinda nice, touch of sweet and citrusy, but not too difficult.

I cruised through a few "beer review" websites and discovered, to my surprise, that Stella Artois is almost universally reviled as a "beginner beer." And as I read through the list of "recommendations" made to newbies, I realized that a lot of the people on these review sites weren't looking for the best-tasting or most drinkable brews; they were looking for bragging rights.

On the left hand, I suppose that it's okay that we've got so many microbrews and so much spare time on our hands that beer has started to reach the snootiness of wine. On the other hand, I can't stand the "Drink this, not because you'll like it, but because it'll be hard for you to wrap your head around." I want that from mathematics, not beer.

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[hydrolagus.livejournal.com]

Big Time is local; some of Pyramid is. Might be worth a visit to their brewpubs to ask what would be the closest. Rogue is in Newport, Oregon and has some nice ones; some super-bitter ones too, though, so caution is needed. One of their soba beers might do the trick (though I've only tried it with cheese).