St. Peter's Sorgham Ale

[igliashon]

No, that's not a typo. They actually call it "Sorgham", not "Sorghum". I have no idea why.

I've had this beer a number of times and wasn't ever too thrilled with it, despite that the label mentions "American amarillo hops", every one I'd had previously tasted like a Heineken. Last night, however, I decided instead of grabbing the first bottle on the shelf, I'd grab one toward the back. They're packaged in green glass bottles and probably aren't fast movers, so I reckoned that the one sitting on the front of the shelf was probably stale and skunked.

Well, I was right! Grabbing a fresher bottle made a huge difference, and I'll say without hesitation that it was the best GF beer I've ever had. I did not notice the sorghum "twang", just a nice smooth malty body, and the Amarillo hops came through POWERFULLY with lots of citrus and tropical fruit. There was still a bit of a skunky aroma at first, as one would expect from what a pilsener, but it tasted like a completely different beer.

So I recommend that if you do ever find this beer, grab one from the back of the shelf.

 

[ChasidicCalvinist]

I found this beer once at a grocery store...maybe Whole Foods. I remember really enjoying it. I recently watched a review of it online and the person hated it but I remember it very fondly.

 

[spaced]

This is the only gluten free beer that gave me a massive gluten like reaction.

I thought it might have been something else so I ensured I only ate stuff that I knew would be fine. Then I tried it again, same horrible reaction.

I did look online at the time and no other similar comments. Really interested to know what they put in it that gave me this reaction.


I see there is "G-Free Beer" and "Sorgham Beer", I wonder if they're the same thing as I had the reaction of G-Free beer.

 

[igliashon]

This is the only gluten free beer that gave me a massive gluten like reaction.

I see there is "G-Free Beer" and "Sorgham Beer", I wonder if they're the same thing as I had the reaction of G-Free beer.

You had the G-Free? I can't find any info on that one, I wonder if it is the same beer, or if it's one of those "de-glutenised" ones? I get reactions from those, but not from the Sorgham Beer.