Inspired by March Madness, I went to Premier, gathered together two six-packs of single bottle beers based on their label’s coolness factor. In other words, if I thought it was cool, I bought it.
How this will work: my friends and I will try two beers; each beer will be competing against the other; and one will be declared the winner. After, we’ve reduced the group to 6, I will choose one that was the best of the bunch based on a highly subjective index that’s so complicated I can’t even explain it myself. Enough talk, let’s drink.
ROUND ONE
Dogfish Head's World Wide Stout
The World Wide Stout is marketed as “a very dark beer brewed with a ridiculous amount of barley.” It doesn’t let you down. It’s a complex beer with a liquor after taste and a kick that makes you shiver. It tasted like it had been strained through a dead person’s veins – that telltale hint of formaldehyde gave it away. It made one person’s lips curl, which I assume is same face a dogfish makes.
Hitachino Nest's Celebration Ale
The Celebration Ale is “brewed with vanilla beans and spices.” It had a sweet flavor with a hint of orange after taste. It seems they decided they wanted to get creative and ran amok. I felt like my tongue had been attacked by Jackson Pollock.
THE WINNER: Hitachino Nest’s Celebration Ale
In the end, the question was which one do we disliked the least. I can only hope this experience gets better as time goes on.
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