I was going to talk about the future of craft beer and I wanted something futuristic to drink with it. The most convenient place when I was going shopping was Labirratorium, which has plenty of selection so no problem, although maybe it was a little too plenty. I asked about the most innovative or strangest beer and they said, "Oh...my god, there's so many!" And we took a little tour through the strange inventions of recent brewing times. There was one with smoked cheese as a flavoring. There were several sours with surprising fruits added. There was an Italian beer with wine wort as well as regular beer wort. And we didn't even look at the local beers! In the end, I picked up County Fair Cobbler, a Milkshake Sour IPA. I was tempted by a couple of porters, but they don't seem to be in fashion for the moment, or the future, and the sours and IPAs definitely are. So that was that.
It looks a lot like a pink grapefruit soda, and even has a little grapefruity aroma. There's definitely a bitter foundation, though. The head is light and fizzy and doesn't stick around. There's a fruit punch quality in there, dangling hints of pineapple and ... whatever they want us to think makes it red. Cherry? That's not very tropical. Maybe it's a northern fruit punch. I can't quite get a handle on the cranberry, but the orange is a very subtle kind of citrus winding it's way through the flavor. I'm even getting something more like cinnamon than cranberry. I guess there is a little cinnamon in there, along with vanilla and graham cracker. It's certainly festive, like the first night or the last night of the fair.
Price: €9.65
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