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We have a $13 bottle of beer1 in the refrigerator. It is Angry Orchard Strawman . . . and I'm not drinking it right now. Why not? Because it's a thirteen dollar bottle of beer2! I'm afraid I'll finish it and wish I had saved it for tomorrow, or for the next day, or next week. . . .
So instead, I'm having a $3 bottle of weird-sounding beer. I remember Rhinelander as the cheap beer I used to buy in cases of returnable bottles3, around 1989 or 1990, hauling five or six cases of empties back to the liquor store at a time and using the deposit to pick up another case. Now, though, they make fancier stuff! I almost picked the Thumper IPA, but went with the Chocolate Bunny instead. Why? Because it's funnier!
Chocolate Bunny is "stout brewed with cocoa powder." It is 5.5% ABV, and I just noticed the bite out of the ear of the bunny on the label.
I don't think I've had a stout from Wisconsin before . . . it has the usual slightly burnt taste of American stouts, combined with the too sweet (for me) taste characteristic of Wisconsin beers. It's not the best I ever had, but I'm glad I tried it, and I'll try the rest of the line given half a chance!
1Okay, technically cider.
2Yeah, still cider.
3Do they even make beer in returnable bottles anymore? I don't mean craft beers you buy by the growler from brewpubs, but cheap beer in bottles they sterilize and refill for mass distribution. That was recycling!
So instead, I'm having a $3 bottle of weird-sounding beer. I remember Rhinelander as the cheap beer I used to buy in cases of returnable bottles3, around 1989 or 1990, hauling five or six cases of empties back to the liquor store at a time and using the deposit to pick up another case. Now, though, they make fancier stuff! I almost picked the Thumper IPA, but went with the Chocolate Bunny instead. Why? Because it's funnier!
Chocolate Bunny is "stout brewed with cocoa powder." It is 5.5% ABV, and I just noticed the bite out of the ear of the bunny on the label.
I don't think I've had a stout from Wisconsin before . . . it has the usual slightly burnt taste of American stouts, combined with the too sweet (for me) taste characteristic of Wisconsin beers. It's not the best I ever had, but I'm glad I tried it, and I'll try the rest of the line given half a chance!
1Okay, technically cider.
2Yeah, still cider.
3Do they even make beer in returnable bottles anymore? I don't mean craft beers you buy by the growler from brewpubs, but cheap beer in bottles they sterilize and refill for mass distribution. That was recycling!