Sunday, June 14, 2015

Event) Buzzed for Bees 2015

Just behind beer corner USA on Friday, the Omaha Chapter of the American Association of Beekeepers put on a honey-sweet event. Infusion Brewing Co, Farnam House Brewery, and Moonstruck Meadery showed up with special beers to support our buzzing friends. There was food available and a raffle for various goodies, but I was there for the beers. Well, and the bees.

There was even a special glass for the event:

Beers are as follows from Left to Right. 
Infusion Brewing Co - Chocolate Honey Peanut Butter Blonde) My first taste told me this definitely had peanut butter as it filled the backdrop, but the experience finished smooth with a honeyed sweetness. Just don't take this blonde lightly. I assume the chocolate and the peanut butter are to blame, but as I finished my glass of this heavy beverage, I felt full.  ☆☆☆☆

Farnam House Brewery - Honey Grisette) In short, take Farnam House's normal Grisette and add honey. The mix was perfectly balanced with just enough honey.  ☆☆☆☆

Infusion Brewing Co - Honey Chipotle Brown Ale) So that word Chipotle? For a moment, I forgot that meant burn. Being on cask, this beer already started off a bit warm, and the finish ripped into my throat making me temporarily breathe fire. Usually though pepper beers finish me off. Something about the combination of honey though allowed me to do an about face to finish this one off. The sweetness was a bit eclipsed by the heat, but the smoky aspects to the background made my day. ☆☆☆☆

Moonstruck Meadery - Cherry Melomel) Melomel is a subcategory of mead that has fruit in it, and this one has cherry. The initial and mid are honey sweet with a syrupy mouth feel hiding just enough fresh cherry flavors. It's closer to cherry soda than to a cherry cordial.  ☆☆☆

Infusion Brewing Co - Mandarinquat Wheat) Unique. The Mandarinquat is actually a kumquat shaped fruit just large enough to be a baby orange. True to its name, the flavor profile is a merging of both fruits. Now add that to a beer, and you have this one. The orange dominated the aroma, but the kumquat breathed through on the finish. The baseline held true to a light wheat. Solid.  ☆☆☆☆

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