Sunday Night Suds - Shiner Weisse N'Easy

 

This week's Sunday Night Suds looks at Shiner Weisse N' Easy.

The Weisse N'Easy is hard to find in a six or twelve pack of its own and I found this in the annual Shiner Brewery Tour 6 pack. Although it seems to be marketed in other areas of the country in small cans (boasting 50 calories per serving), the version in the Brewery Tour is a full sized bottle albeit still low-cal at just 95 calories.

The base of this brew is a wheat beer which is unfiltered. But much like light vanilla ice cream, a little added flavoring can go a long way. For this brew, they add something called "Texas Dewberries" (along with other unspecified natural flavors). I don't know exactly what a Dewberry is, but it tastes like a blackberry which on the rare occasions I have sampled in beer, has worked out nicely. (One of the best was the short lived Blue Moon Blackberry Tart Ale - reviewed here back in 2013 - https://kosherbeers.blogspot.com/2013/05/sunday-night-suds-blue-moon-blackberry.html). 

This beer is not something that you would have with pizza, or any super savory meat dish. But if you are looking for something light to have with fish or pasta at a Shalosh Seudos or on Shavuous, this would be a good choice, especially as the beer is only 4.0% abv. 

The Shiner Weisse N'Easy is under the Kosher Supervision of the Va'ad of Detroit although there is no symbol on the the bottle (I did verify with the Va'ad that it was under hashgacha as it was not on the LOC). To see what the experts on Beer Advocate think about this brew click here beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/143/464131.

As always, please remember to drink responsibly and to never waste good beer unless there is no designated driver.

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