Blue Moon Dark Chocolate Bacon Porter

that sounds considerably worse than both of the others.

 

They actually DO go pretty well together. Bacon wrapped pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate are very delicious. And the bacon flavored beers (and even sodas) are actually quite good.

 

I agree the combination of salty/smokey bacon and chocolate is a wonderful combination and go very well together.

 

I had this last Friday at a bar and it was pretty meh as I expected. I couldn't taste any bacon influence but I was also smoking a cigar so that might account for the lack of flavor. Tasted like a below average chocolate porter to me...

They also had a Caramel Apple Spiced Amber that was decent. I could at least taste the apple in that one.

 

I had this in Wrigleyville of all places, I was sober when I tried it, and was very underwhelmed.

Very thin, carbonated, tasted like chocolate soda pop, but had a weird essence of grease.

 

Does it come with a slice of ham hanging on the rim of its glass?

 

If some of the worst beer out there gets better, so be it. I will have to try this based on the name alone.

 

"Bacon beer" is dumbed-down American for rauchbier.

 

I reckon it has to be better than the Blue Moon Vintage Blonde Ale that I couldn't finish the other day but maybe Coors will surprise me *if* this shows up in town.

 

Rogue's Maple Bacon Doughnut it pretty freaking awful, so... I wouldn't assume that this is going to be great!

 

Uncommon Brewers Bacon Brown Ale rocks my socks. While its not like drinking a piece of bacon. The essence of what makes bacon, well, bacon was there. Little Smokey, little maple-y, little bacon-y. If the blue moon can hit anywhere close to what Uncommon pulled off, it should be decent. And I'll be eglad to try anything from then I'm not obligated to float a piece of fruit in. Fruit is from eating, not garishing a beer.

 

I have had some bacon home brews, really they're just vaguely disguised rauchbier....which is a good thing! I actually noticed at the beer store today, that there were about 4-5 craft smoke beers, and I know more "bacon" beers will be coming. I'm not positive...but I think the next big "thing" on the horizon, might be smoked beers. Even one of the Bruery RS allotment beers from March was a smoked beer.

 

I think you meant "I'd tap that!"

 

Touché

 

And Cave Chili beer.

 

Really wish they would focus on packaging more traditional European lagers ... the beers they brew at the SandLot in Denver are damn good.