Beer Salad
Jellyfish Brewing

 

its really hard to do something nobody else has ever done with a beer anymore. everyone seems to have access to the same ingredients, equipment, and information, so its rare to encounter a beer these days that is just so totally shockingly different from anything else out there. this is that. while i might not have loved it, i love them for making it, and i respect it like crazy. a rather generic saison as a base, but spiked with things like radish, grilled lemon, arugula, and basil. it smells and tastes fresh from the garden, its amazing how these leafy greens and vegetables actually still appear fresh in this beer, not cooked, raw and green, just picked, its insane to me, and i think its awesome. i definitely get the high chlorophyll black peppery bite of the arugula, that along with the broad leafed italian basil are the most obvious elements, but there is a lot of lemony citrus here too, almost playing the role of vinaigrette in here. radish and cucumber make lesser impacts but are also appreciable, and the french saison yeast they used is a nice unifying element, white wine fruitiness and then drying. this beer sort of blew my mind, not as a favorite but as the realization of an idea and an ode to experimentation. impressive execution. ignore the haters, this beer is super cool! like nothing else out there...