Apr 3, 2008

Our Tastes-- SweetWater Road Trip Ale


I've been drinking this brewery's beers since 98' and I've never blogged them. Thought I would start with this one since it is sort of the "spring ale". Used to be that SweetWater made a 420 pale ale, Exodus porter, SweetWater Blue, IPA, ESB, Festive ale and Georgia Brown. The ESB apparently stayed on the shelf too long, so they pulled it out of rotation, the porter went through a label change then was pulled for the same reasons but may return soon according to friends at the brewery and now they have a Summer Hummer. Now they have started the "Catch & Release" series which actually started with another beer Happy Endings and progressed to their "seasonal limited line". This brew started out as a true pilsner but had to be finished off with a pale ale yeast which coincidentally yielded a super brew. Enough that after being introduced last year has made it back into rotation. It pours a nice golden yellow with light wafting head. The foam dissipates quickly and leaves a super session beer to enjoy with a unusual pilsner taste. Try one, it doesn't fit the mold.