This past weekend marked the first tastings of Kreidler's New Peculiar. Surprisingly drinkable, despite all the issues that went into the production! Proof positive that beer is a surprisingly resilient thing!
Poured off into pilsner glasses, each large bottle neatly filled both glasses. Color was a nice golden hue, with a HUGE head of foam (more on the first bottle than the second, probably for any number of reasons). Big malt flavor, relatively little hop character, though there was a nice, cheerful citrus character rounding things out. Definitely a nice "intro" beer, both for brewing and for introducing others to the joys of beer. Not so "light" as an American adjunct beer (Coors, Bud), but definitely lacking the aggressive hopping that serves to keep the extreme-beer crowd feeling nice and elitist. ;)
Carbonation bubbles were still fairly large, but as planned, I'm only chilling a few bottles at a time, to allow the rest to continue conditioning. Apparently, the bubbles will shrink, even as the flavors continue to evolve and improve. Is it a flavor of beer I would have gone out and bought a case? Probably not. Is it something I will happily drink while planning what to brew up next? Hells yes! (Something stout, methinks.)
As the man, Charlie Papazian has said: "Relax, don't worry, have a home brew!"
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