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feste_sylvain) wrote2007-08-30 02:05 am
feste_sylvain) wrote2007-08-30 02:05 am
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Beer Review: Arquebus
Strictly speaking, this is not a beer, but a barley wine. Emphasis on "wine".
Cambridge Brewing Company (at 1 Kendall Square) has this as a seasonal offering, so get there quick before the season ends. Knowing that these tend to run at 12% alcohol (remember that I said "wine"), I ordered the 6 oz stem glass.
Clarity: None. This was a glass of amber cloud.
Tartness: Lots. I could swear I tasted notes of raspberry, knowing very well there was no fruit juice in this.
Body: Moderate to high. It is barley, after all.
Legs: Get out of here, snob.
What this brew did was make me glad to be alive, thankful that I was sentient, and blissful that I could experience this.
And what more do we ask from beer?
Cambridge Brewing Company (at 1 Kendall Square) has this as a seasonal offering, so get there quick before the season ends. Knowing that these tend to run at 12% alcohol (remember that I said "wine"), I ordered the 6 oz stem glass.
Clarity: None. This was a glass of amber cloud.
Tartness: Lots. I could swear I tasted notes of raspberry, knowing very well there was no fruit juice in this.
Body: Moderate to high. It is barley, after all.
Legs: Get out of here, snob.
What this brew did was make me glad to be alive, thankful that I was sentient, and blissful that I could experience this.
And what more do we ask from beer?