looneybomber
Well-Known Member
I'm trying to come up with four recipes, one representing each of the four horses. First I need to come up with a certain style and then I can figure out a recipe.
White Horse: The white rider is referred to as Conquest.
This needs to be "winning" as Charlie Sheen would say. It also has to be as light (in color) as possible.
Imperial Pilsner or
Belgian Wit (>1.065 OG)
Red Horse: The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War or mass slaughter.
This should be a BIG beer with a ton of flavor; a war on the tastebuds.
Barleywine (http://www.tastybrew.com/brews/view/50) or
Belgian strong ale (oak aged with cherries)
Black Horse: The third horseman rides a black horse and is generally understood as Famine.
Black makes me think stouts, and I love a heavy bodied imperial, but since this horse represents famine, a pint of beer with as many calories as a meal may be inappropriate.
Black Gruit
Pale Horse: The fourth and final horseman is named Death. Of all the riders, he is the only one to whom the text itself explicitly gives a name.
Light in color and light in body, but brutal on the tongue. Death to the tastebuds via hopbomb and >10% AbV.
Imperial IPA. (DFH120 clone or Avery's Maharaja)
Any other ideas?
White Horse: The white rider is referred to as Conquest.
This needs to be "winning" as Charlie Sheen would say. It also has to be as light (in color) as possible.
Imperial Pilsner or
Belgian Wit (>1.065 OG)
Red Horse: The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War or mass slaughter.
This should be a BIG beer with a ton of flavor; a war on the tastebuds.
Barleywine (http://www.tastybrew.com/brews/view/50) or
Belgian strong ale (oak aged with cherries)
Black Horse: The third horseman rides a black horse and is generally understood as Famine.
Black makes me think stouts, and I love a heavy bodied imperial, but since this horse represents famine, a pint of beer with as many calories as a meal may be inappropriate.
Black Gruit
Pale Horse: The fourth and final horseman is named Death. Of all the riders, he is the only one to whom the text itself explicitly gives a name.
Light in color and light in body, but brutal on the tongue. Death to the tastebuds via hopbomb and >10% AbV.
Imperial IPA. (DFH120 clone or Avery's Maharaja)
Any other ideas?