See that sleek, gold can on the right that looks like it’s waiting to make an appearance in Super Bowl commercial? Brilliant idea. It contained1 8.4 ounces (248ml) of Lower De Boom barleywine from 21st Amendment Brewery.
Lower De Boom is 11.5% alcohol by volume. I can’t count how many 22-ounce and bigger bottles my local beer shop has full of barleywines and other beers just as strong. No wonder they call them bombers. I get the concept that bigger bottles are for sharing, but Daria and I shared 8.4 ounces.
I don’t have much more to say the De Boom itself — it’s a bit American/pungent on the nose, but a dessert beer; rich, plenty of caramel and some dark fruit character, a little sweet, but it may dry out as it ages, or do you lay down beer in cans? And it comes with a back story. 2
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1 Yes, past tense. 21st Amendment spent far more sending the the beer to me than it would cost in a store. If I could buy it in St. Louis I would.
2 Cornelius De Boom was a Belgian-born ship owner who made it to San Francisco in time for the gold rush in 1848. De Boom Street, named for him, is the alley which runs alongside 21st Amendment Brewery. The brewery’s De Boom Street entrance is often referred to as “lower De Boom” by brewery employees.
That is a clever thing. I was thinking about nips the other day, that the last I have seen making their way to these parts were likely filled with Old Foghorn nearly eight years ago. Need to be brought back – especially for beer reviewers.
I would have to disagree with bombers being for sharing as they are (cause) for making a better cut so (effect #1) you had better be sharing or (effect #2) you will be getting cut.
Does it count as innovation if other breweries have been doing it for years and you just haven’t noticed?
Yes, if the second brewery is American.
Consarnit, it ain’t invented ’til Uncle Sam says so.
Macro gakkers do it here in Canada, too: http://www.ratebeer.com/beer/molson-canadian-60-cold-shots/33486/
Still, better to see this good sense from craft.
“Serve in Dimpled mug, English pint”
Whatever you say, Mr RateBeer!