Sunday, April 20, 2008

THE ULTIMATE SUMMER BEER

SO, it's that time of year; the leaves are budding, flowers are blooming, grills are grilling, and college girls in bikinis are sitting around in hordes in well-populated areas for no apparent reason. The recent streak of 80+ degree weather here in Geneseo has me thinking, "Hey! I just GOTS to start formulating my next beer! And, well dammit, it's just GOTS to be a summery (not to be confused with 'summary') one!"

The fact of the matter is that the friendly homebrewer is cursed, and may be too generous with his gifting of delicious homemade beer to his friends/family and therefore ALWAYS needs to be thinking of what's going to be brewed next.

So, I pose this QUESTION to you, COMMUNITY:
What would your ULTIMATE SUMMER BREW be and/or taste like?!?!

Keep in mind that these opinions will be considered in the formation of my next delicious (and oh-so-kegged) brew!

P.S. Props to Andrew for sighting "impressive aeration techniques" as a specific and relevant way to increase ABV.

1 comment:

kevin said...

Grass! Put some in tea bags and treat it the way you'd treat tea.

Honestly, I don't know what to suggest as far as ingredients. All I know is that style-wise, something that pairs well with grilled meat would be ideal. Just please, no cherries or blueberries.