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27-11-2012, 08:40
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zP_EjhYrzzg/ULSEh9ng4CI/AAAAAAAAAfI/IyjtE1n5oxo/s200/2012-11-25+14.23.37.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zP_EjhYrzzg/ULSEh9ng4CI/AAAAAAAAAfI/IyjtE1n5oxo/s1600/2012-11-25+14.23.37.jpg)Whilst having a quick beer, for research purposes only you understand, in the Grove yesterday I came across a beer that pushes the boundaries of silliness to a whole new dimension. The beer was Raw 'Porter Giest IPA' (sic) at 5.9%. What !!!! I had absolutely no idea what to expect. What sort of beer was this ?
It says it is an IPA. Really ? It has the IPA strength but that is all. It says on the pump clip it is a wheat beer. Is it ? I could not tell. The taste was dominated by the taste and colour of a porter. It was a dark beer, and if it had been called a porter and left it at that I would have been quite happy. (well, that is not quite true because I did not enjoy it) but why did the brewer think that calling it both a wheat beer and an IPA would make it more appealing ? It is just silly. And if the brewery wanted to be so descriptive on the pump clip, why did they not spell 'Geist' right ? Raw do other 'Geist' beers and they are spelt right so they have no excuse in my opinion. Not a good idea, not a good beer, and shoddy point of sale, I cannot say there is much there in its favour is there.
PS Sorry about the photo, looked ok on phone, a bit fuzzy when placed on blog, before Will makes comment about it !!!
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http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zP_EjhYrzzg/ULSEh9ng4CI/AAAAAAAAAfI/IyjtE1n5oxo/s200/2012-11-25+14.23.37.jpg (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zP_EjhYrzzg/ULSEh9ng4CI/AAAAAAAAAfI/IyjtE1n5oxo/s1600/2012-11-25+14.23.37.jpg)Whilst having a quick beer, for research purposes only you understand, in the Grove yesterday I came across a beer that pushes the boundaries of silliness to a whole new dimension. The beer was Raw 'Porter Giest IPA' (sic) at 5.9%. What !!!! I had absolutely no idea what to expect. What sort of beer was this ?
It says it is an IPA. Really ? It has the IPA strength but that is all. It says on the pump clip it is a wheat beer. Is it ? I could not tell. The taste was dominated by the taste and colour of a porter. It was a dark beer, and if it had been called a porter and left it at that I would have been quite happy. (well, that is not quite true because I did not enjoy it) but why did the brewer think that calling it both a wheat beer and an IPA would make it more appealing ? It is just silly. And if the brewery wanted to be so descriptive on the pump clip, why did they not spell 'Geist' right ? Raw do other 'Geist' beers and they are spelt right so they have no excuse in my opinion. Not a good idea, not a good beer, and shoddy point of sale, I cannot say there is much there in its favour is there.
PS Sorry about the photo, looked ok on phone, a bit fuzzy when placed on blog, before Will makes comment about it !!!
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