I know, I know, first world problems, but I thought this was interesting:
I was at a local watering hole with the wife for happy hour tonight, and I ordered a Brooklyn Brown Ale. I noticed as I watched the waitress pour it that the beer was decidedly *not* brown. As she handed me the glass, the clearly amber beer with an off-white thick head was screaming to me "This is not a Brooklyn Brown." I tasted it, and it was even more confirmed. This wasn't a brown ale. What was it? I have no idea. There was a distinctive honey character in both the flavor and the aroma.
I let the bartender and the manager know. It was confirmed that the taps were all working correctly and connected to the right vessels. "That tap goes to the Brooklyn Brown Keg" I was told. I said "I'm not really complaining, this is a good beer. I'm at the point where all I want to know is *what* this is, because it's not Brooklyn Brown, it's not even a brown ale at all."
So, it was clearly just an issue of a mislabeled keg...but of what? I have no idea, and I fear I may never know. I'm obsessed with this now. Stupid being a Beer Snob. 98% of the population would have drank that, enjoyed it and moved on...
I was at a local watering hole with the wife for happy hour tonight, and I ordered a Brooklyn Brown Ale. I noticed as I watched the waitress pour it that the beer was decidedly *not* brown. As she handed me the glass, the clearly amber beer with an off-white thick head was screaming to me "This is not a Brooklyn Brown." I tasted it, and it was even more confirmed. This wasn't a brown ale. What was it? I have no idea. There was a distinctive honey character in both the flavor and the aroma.
I let the bartender and the manager know. It was confirmed that the taps were all working correctly and connected to the right vessels. "That tap goes to the Brooklyn Brown Keg" I was told. I said "I'm not really complaining, this is a good beer. I'm at the point where all I want to know is *what* this is, because it's not Brooklyn Brown, it's not even a brown ale at all."
So, it was clearly just an issue of a mislabeled keg...but of what? I have no idea, and I fear I may never know. I'm obsessed with this now. Stupid being a Beer Snob. 98% of the population would have drank that, enjoyed it and moved on...