just-average feelings about the last Bruery offering<\/a> we checked out I decided to give another Bruery brew a whirl.\u00a0 This one, thankfully,\u00a0 worked out better.\u00a0 <\/p>\nFirst things first:\u00a0 I have developed a pretty good radar when it comes to waitstaff BS.\u00a0 When someone says “that’s my favorite thing on the menu!” I can usually nail down if they’re just trying to get me ready for the upsell, or if they’re genuinely excited about my purchasing of the item because they believe I will enjoy it.<\/p>\n
(For other reasons, I also enjoy when waitstaff ask me if I really do know what I’m doing when I order a sour beer.\u00a0 “Do you know what that’s like?” they ask, and then I say yes, and they give me an odd look.\u00a0 I can’t imagine how much wasted beer they’ve gotten rid of from people ordering what they think will be a little tart and get a full on mouth-puckering sour ale, who then send it back.)<\/p>\n
All this is a very long way to say that when the obviously-beer-informed bartender says to me that the Trade Winds is her favorite beer they offer, out of all the many excellent beers they have, I feel pretty good for making the selection.\u00a0 And even better – she was pretty spot on.\u00a0 Despite my random rememberances of their Saison Rue, this is a Bruery offering I could see myself going for right now.<\/p>\n
Okay, so, to the actual beer: The first thing I think any beer type is going to think as soon as they see the word “rice” in the description is of course going to be Budweiser.\u00a0 Understandable, since they’ve spent a ridiculous amount of money to let you know that through commercials and branding and market research and all that jazz.\u00a0 Don’t worry about thinking about Budweiser.\u00a0 It’s normal.\u00a0 And you’ll forget about it immediately.<\/p>\n
It is definitely a light-bodied beer, with a nice thick head that dissipates very slowly.\u00a0 Golden-copper in color, the smell is super-sweet and tastes exactly like cream soda.\u00a0 With a basil leaf in it.\u00a0 It’s a bit of a contrast, but the full flavor is about 99% cream soda, and then right at the end…just a touch of herbs.<\/p>\n
It’s really there moreso in spirit than in actual practice.\u00a0 Bruery probably could have saved the basil here – it’s not necessary when the rest of the profile is as distinctly different.\u00a0 The rest of the beer stands on its own.\u00a0 Would I have tried it if I didn’t see that it had basil in it?\u00a0 On the whole – no.\u00a0 So maybe it’s best if you don’t overpromise here.\u00a0 It’s cream soda.\u00a0 With alcohol in it.\u00a0 How can you go wrong?\u00a0 Remember when we had the Rye-on-Rye that tasted like Coca-Cola?\u00a0 Is this a trend?\u00a0 Soda beers?\u00a0 You heard it here first.<\/p>\n
Now, this is not one of the best beers you’ll ever have.\u00a0 I know it seems like I might be heralding it to the skies, and it is a good beer.\u00a0 If you like cream soda, you’ll like it.\u00a0 It’s sweet, and the basil is interesting, but other than that I did find it to be a pretty simple beer.\u00a0 Nothing too complex, but it was very refreshing and worth tracking down again, especially if you can find it on draft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Basil! Rice! Belgian-ness! It’s weird! All these things, on its face, should make the Bruery Trade Winds Tripel an easy win for me. So is it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":985,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[961],"yoast_head":"\n
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