Lagunitas Aunt Sally
I didn't really think I would like this one. It's a sour mash beer. That means they do the mash (mix grain with water at about 146F-156F with about 1lb of grain per qt of water) then let it sit for an extended period of time. All grain has the bacteria lactobacillus on it. The mashing process doesn't kill it all. By letting the mash sit after it starts to cool the lactobacillus takes off and causes the mash to go sour. Then the liquid is collected and boiled like normal. Berliner Weisse is also made using a sour mash. I guess some whiskey is made this way, too. Makes sense since if all you did was heat up the mash and then leave it alone until it cooled by itself you'd have a sour mash.
Okay, so cool story about sour mash aside, it was an easier to drink beer than I feared it might be. Lagunitas is a pretty big "craft" brewery. I'd bet people who really like sour mash beers find this one lacking. I bet people who don't like sour mash beers still don't really like this beer. So I think only people who want to seem like they like sour mash beers, even though they don't actually like them, will be able to down this guy.
I just don't see who else would want it.
I'm having some negative reviews tonight. I don't know. I'm being honest.
I didn't really think I would like this one. It's a sour mash beer. That means they do the mash (mix grain with water at about 146F-156F with about 1lb of grain per qt of water) then let it sit for an extended period of time. All grain has the bacteria lactobacillus on it. The mashing process doesn't kill it all. By letting the mash sit after it starts to cool the lactobacillus takes off and causes the mash to go sour. Then the liquid is collected and boiled like normal. Berliner Weisse is also made using a sour mash. I guess some whiskey is made this way, too. Makes sense since if all you did was heat up the mash and then leave it alone until it cooled by itself you'd have a sour mash.
Okay, so cool story about sour mash aside, it was an easier to drink beer than I feared it might be. Lagunitas is a pretty big "craft" brewery. I'd bet people who really like sour mash beers find this one lacking. I bet people who don't like sour mash beers still don't really like this beer. So I think only people who want to seem like they like sour mash beers, even though they don't actually like them, will be able to down this guy.
I just don't see who else would want it.
I'm having some negative reviews tonight. I don't know. I'm being honest.