When I was a student in Vienna, there was a brewery right across the street from the dorm. We made it a habit to go down there for an evening beer, and one of their regular offerings was Hanfbier, or hemp beer. Being young American college students, it gave us a giggle to be drinking it. I remember it having a very light golden color and a delicately sweet taste, nothing terribly striking, a perfectly nice drink on a warm evening in the restaurant patio. It's been a few years since I've had a hemp beer, and checking out the latest specialty shop, I saw a label I couldn't pass up.
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| It's an even better name in Spanish... |
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| Special beer, made in Germany |
Just popping the cap releases a sour extremely beery smell, and the bubbly liquid is somewhat darker gold than I remember from Vienna. The taste is about right, though. Actually, a little more flowery than the Hanfbier I recall, which was more lightly sweet than planty tasting. This is another horchata-like flavor, but also with a little bit of that saison style floral essence. It has a very round, mouth-filling sweetness, but it's not overly sugary or syrupy. Still, I'd prefer to have a little something around to balance it out, perhaps something vinegary like olives. Salty pretzels or chips might enhance the sweetness of the beer, drowning out the floral notes.
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| Our Lady of Altering Substances has been working on her "smoky eyes" |
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