Same on all of the above.
Don't over-fruit it! If the raspberry flavor is light and more for coloring, that sounds perfect to me
FINAL POLL/VOTE for CF user tailgate beer by Barn Town
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Don't over-fruit it! If the raspberry flavor is light and more for coloring, that sounds perfect to me
Agreed. I vote for the raspberry IPA because I'm trusting Barn Town to deliver something really light and easy to drink but not too sweet. But whatever the decision is I'm very curious to try it.
I picked raspberry IPA. As long as the raspberry so subtle you can't tell it's there.
I was prepared to agree with you, but then I remembered that CW often touts Busch Light as his beer of choice so...
That's how I envision it.
So I'm going to Barn Town tomorrow to record a pod and make a decision. If you guys have questions for Pete about the beer brewing process, let me know. I'm hoping this will be a fun, long relationship with them where we can have a beer club and all kinds of stuff.
Assuming the choice is an IPA, maybe you could ask Pete to talk about different types of them and how the brewing process will work to come up with something that isn't a West Coast style. I don't speak for anyone else, but when someone mentions an IPA I immediately think of a beer that smells like pine needles and tastes hopelessly bitter. But I know that they don't have to taste that way.
BarnTown specializes in the NE style, so that should not be a problem. A 5-6% NE Pale Ale/IPA with a hint of raspberry for coloring sounds like the best happy medium we could achieve.
Good point. But even if it tastes like Busch Light, I'm glad they are making the effort and I will support it (while hoping they make something better).
Would that be similar to something like Blond Fatale? That's a pale ale, right? Just trying to get an idea of what a light raspberry IPA might taste like.
Ask about upcoming special releases for the remainder of the year. Anything sitting in bourbon (or other) barrels at the moment?
I'd also be interested to know what his favorite non-Barntown brew is and a beer they have brewed that he is most proud of.
In the end it doesn't really matter. I KNOW that whatever they brew the good folks here on CF and ISU fans will drink them dry. Guaranteed. Even if they ended up with a red colored Busch Light.
Pine needles is more of a west coast style IPA. The northeast style IPAs that barntown does are citrus juice flavors and no pine bitterness. They do have some bitterness but nothing super overwhelming.
You should try Toppling Goliath pseudoSue as an intro to a juicy pale. That was my gateway into craft beer. It's a solid brew you can find on tap or in cans around the state.
No, Blonde Fatale is a strong Belgian-style wheat ale. This will taste more like slightly thick orange juice with a hint of raspberry and maybe a hint of alcohol, depending on the strength of it.
Of the options, I know that Barntown can nail the raspberry IPA based on their other beers. That reason alone gets my vote.
Yeah. How many of these does he think we'll be able to slam in he parking lot out side Jack Trice during halftime without missing the opening kick to start the second half?
Maybe this has already been answered, but is the beer going to be canned or bottled?
