This week's (belated) Sunday Night Suds column looks at Saranac's Rye Pilsner.[I would like to apologize to the loyal kosher beers fanatics for my inability to post the Sunday Night Suds column in its regular slot. Although there are weeks where I will miss a post or two, I have been endeavoring to always post a weekly Sunday Night Suds column so as to broaden the kosher market's understanding and appreciation of good beer. Unfortunately, due to some travel and technology restrictions, I am unable to post the SNS column on Sunday. Rather than skipping the post for the duration of the summer, I will be posting it on Mondays instead. I hope to return to the regular format of Sunday posting by late August].
Another of the Saranac new offerings in their beers of summer box is the Rye Pilsner. This take on the traditional Pilsner style may offend beer purists, but it adds some spice to what can be a rather bland beer style.
As noted by the experts at BA:
The Pilsner beer was first brewed in Bohemia, a German-speaking province in the old Austrian Empire. Pilsner is one of the most popular styles of lager beers in Germany, and in many other countries. It’s often spelled as "Pilsener", and often times abbreviated, or spoken in slang, as "Pils." Classic German Pilsners are very light straw to golden in color. Head should be dense and rich. They are also well-hopped, brewed using Noble hops such has Saaz, Hallertauer, Hallertauer Mittelfrüh, Tettnanger, Styrian Goldings, Spalt, Perle, and Hersbrucker. These varieties exhibit a spicy herbal or floral aroma and flavor, often times a bit coarse on the palate, and distribute a flash of citrus-like zest--hop bitterness can be high.
The Saranac Rye Pilsner adds a little kick to the classic Pilsner style by brewing it with rye for a little kick in the flavor department. Having said that, the beer does retain the floral flavor, but it also lacks the hop bitterness of a Pilsner.
I enjoyed my Rye Pilsner on its own and would recommend it as an accompaniment to a sefer after a long day at work.
Saranac Rye Pislner is under the kashruth supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit, as are all other beer produced by Saranac. For the experts' take on Saranac Rye Pilsner, please click here http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/99/48542.
As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.
If you've tried this beer or any others which have been reviewed on the kosher beers site, please feel free to post your comments (anonymous comments are acceptable).
Finally, I would like to take a moment to thank a couple of email and snail mailers for some correspondence over the last few weeks. As you can see from the picture above, I have received a Laker hat (as well as a Brick shirt featuring the hog from the Waterloo Dark Lager logo) from my cousin Doron in Canada. Thankfully, the hat does not play the jingle (click here http://laker.abuckabeer.ca/ if you need another reminder).
Also, both my father and father in law forwarded me news reports about President Obama's meeting with the parties to the Gates arrest and the speculation as to which beers they would be drinking during their meeting. I wonder who the VP was trying to emulate by drinking non-alcoholic beer? Or perhaps it is indicative of the fact that it is a poor copy of normal brews...
And for those of you who remember your party days in College, there is news that a University in the UK has elected to make life easier on its students by installing a brewery on campus - http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/07/090724091341.htm (thank you Mordy for the link).
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