{"id":947,"date":"2010-07-02T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-02T15:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/?p=947"},"modified":"2018-02-06T14:26:06","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T20:26:06","slug":"arbor-brewing-lager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guysdrinkingbeer.com\/arbor-brewing-lager\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Arbor Brewing \u201cChips and Salsa\u201d Lager"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Arbor Brewing Says<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n “Our new Chips & Salsa beer is like nothing you\u2019ve ever tasted.\u00a0 Brewed with corn flour, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, onions, jalapenos and a pinch of salt, this beer is a fiesta in a glass.\u00a0 The base is a medium-bodied golden lager with a pronounced but well-integrated salsa taste resulting in a deliciously unique and drinkable brew.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n BeerAdvocate Says:<\/em> Nothing<\/a>.\u00a0 I get a lot of food-menu results when I search for this so I’m going to assume I’m the only person to ever write about this beer on the internets.<\/p>\n Sayeth The Guys:<\/em> Hm.\u00a0 A very bemused “Hm” indeed.<\/p>\n How do you describe a beer that has almost zero relation to anything you’ve ever had?\u00a0 For as many beers that exist, they do tend to stay to a narrow range of recognizable flavors.\u00a0 So when a brewer decides to mix it up and brew something that resembles an appetizer at a Mexican restaurant…what the sweet hell are you supposed to do with it?\u00a0 Garnish with tomatoes?\u00a0 Dip something into it?<\/p>\n A little backstory.\u00a0 I stumbled across this during a quick trip to Grand Rapids’ Hopcat, who trumpets themselves as the #3 Beer Bar in the World<\/a> according to BA Magazine.\u00a0 I can believe it.\u00a0 For our Chicago readers, if you were to pick up Hopcat, drop it just about anywhere on the north side of the city and open the doors, the immediate cry would be “It’s like the Hopleaf<\/a>, but bigger!\u00a0 And with house-brewed beers!”<\/p>\n