Hop Test #1 (Boo Berry)
Al's of Hampden / Pizza Boy Brewing

 

Im gonna go ahead and chalk this up as probably the most unique beer I had this year. Not because it was the best but just the most interesting.

On tap at Pizza Boy served in the matching Pizza Boy tulip pint. The brew appears green...yes green in color with a slightly off-white stained head. Head retains well leaving patchy lace as it fades. The aroma is quite sweet smelling with an essence of cereal. The taste is pretty much all sweetness like cereal grains exaggerated by more cereal. Its medium bodied and modestly carbonated. Im not gonna lie, I was laughing while drinking this... its blatently obvious that the cereal used in this beer made quite a bit of unfermentable sugar that made it overall very sweet. However, it actually kinda worked and imparted the feelin like you were gulping down that sickenly sweet milk after eating a bowl full of boo berry.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Served on-tap at Al's of Hampden. Pours murky pond water green with a half finger tall white head, quickly dissipating to a ring around the edge, leaving small trails of lace on the glass.

Smells milky with a powdered sugar edge. Really does smell like the milk left over in the bowl after eating all the boo berry cereal. Taste is pretty much the same. Cereal grain, powdered sugar, berries and a bit of chalk. Slick, chalky feel with a bit of chewiness lingering long after consumption.

Overall an interesting experimental cream ale. Pretty much ended up exactly how I was expecting it to. Worth the try but I'll stick to the other offerings.