Beer of the Week

The beer: Fool's Gold Imperial Peanut Butter Hefeweizen

Brewed by: Rusty Rail Brewing Company, Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania

Description (from the website): "Banana flavors give way to a peanut butter aroma & subtle peanut butter flavor."

Would I buy it again?: It's back to beer, and we've got a weird one. Imperial peanut butter hefeweizen is not a combination I ever expected to see, and unfortunately, I'm not sure it's worked. I didn't really enjoy this; I think that I'm just not a fan of peanut butter in beer. I will say this though, you really can taste the peanut butter.

Now, a while ago I reviewed a blackberry porter that reminded me of blackberry jelly, and I said that I'd like to buy a peanut butter beer, combine the two, and make a PB&J beer cocktail. It was a while ago (I've had this beer sitting around for months), but I did do that, and while it wasn't quite as good as I was hoping for – they didn't mix quite as well as I was hoping for and the cocktail was quite thick and tough to drink quickly – I did like it better than this alone. 

Beer of the Week

The beer: Blackberry Barrel Porter

Brewed by: Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, Lexington, Kentucky

Description (from the website): "This bold and dark beer has a nose of fresh blackberries, and features notes of roasted malt, chocolate and vanilla on the palate.  Finishing with the flavor of blackberry jam reminds you that spring has almost arrived."

Would I buy it again?: This is the first time I've ever had a beer with blackberries in it, and I was kind of excited to try this based on the description. I like blackberry jam (is there a difference between jam and jelly? Well, whatever.) And you know what? It absolutely tastes like I'm drinking blackberry jam. But we run into yet another case where it tastes a bit too much like the flavor and not enough like a beer. I'm actually kind of tempted to buy a peanut butter–flavored beer, mix the two together, and make an alcoholic PB&J. If I do that, I'll definitely post the results. I could be onto something here. Otherwise, I'll probably give this beer a pass in the future. It was okay, but I didn't love it.