With anticipation, the door opens on slot 24...and it's a strong dark Belgian. Well, at least it's dark. This collaboration between Guineu and Juguetes Perdidos might be fitting, in fact, for the holiday, since some Belgian beers do have a certain level of winter-appropriate spice. I'm cautiously hopeful about Pajaro Viudo. If it turns out to be a disappointment, I can say that I did have a chocolate stout earlier today (Thank you, Ossegg).
There's a strong whiff of banana, and the beer looks thick and almost oily coming out. The head is tightly bubbled and deflates slowly. The flavor starts with bitter and Belgian level of sour, but not quite in the aftertaste you get an odd almost fishy sort of taste. Well, not fishy exactly, more like seaweed. It's like a miso was added to the beer at some point. Going with the look, there's a very full sensation that goes along with the liquid; it is smooth, but there's a good amount of weight in it. The taste seems to contain itself, not expanding or deepening, leaving the drinker in a mood to sip and sip some more. It's not that it's lacking in taste, but it doesn't have the extravagant explosion that I've come to expect from craft beers. Still, it's probably good to back off from the excesses a little bit from time to time, and with Beermas starting tomorrow I don't need to dull my sense of taste just yet!
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