![]() Brewed with cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, ginger, and clove, the initial sip of this porter is surprisingly light with notes of brown sugar and only a hint of the heat from its 10.7% ABV. It also shares a surname with Jim Buckle, the New England farmer who grew the 100 pounds of various baking squash that went into this beer. This rich and hearty limited offering is brewed with squash and spices, and pours dark brown with ruby red highlights, foaming up with a frothy, mocha colored head. This beer is named after the linguistic and phonetic spelling of squash, because umlauts are fun. Skwäshbuckle Imperial Porter, Turtle Swamp Brewing Co. Rated the #10 Porter in the country in 2018 by Paste magazine, this beer is the perfect choice for hiding from the weather and relatives alike. With the weather set to bring us the coldest Thanksgiving on record, Storm Door Porter pairs well with roaring fires, full bellies and hearts filled with thanks. Vanilla beans and cinnamon sticks enhance our rich dark malt to create a warming finish to sustain us all until the warmer weather returns. So we meet the season head on with a beer sturdy enough for the harsher weather. Call it "Corona With a Shark On It.When the days get shorter and the shadows longer, the storm door goes on signaling the end of summer. Verdict: While it's hardly a surprise that Landshark is not a good beer, it's certainly no worse that your standard macro lager. Mouthfeel: Medium-light bodied with good carbonation.ĭrinkability: Easy enough to drink, but it's just so bland that there's not much motivation to keep going. The aftertaste is grainy and short-lived. A sweet base of corny and grainy malt with a few notes of sour apple and grassy hops on occasion. Not too shabby.Īroma: Typical macro: corny and grainy malt with some bare hints of grassy hops. I'm willing to be an optimist for a second here.Īppearance: A crystal-clear, golden-straw body with two fingers of fluffy white head that features decent retention and lacing. Perhaps Jimmy really cared and wanted to produce a relatively full-flavored adjunt lager really crank out the best version of the style on the market. ![]() Perhaps I'm just being a cynical old git, though. What's in the bottle never really mattered. Someone at AB had the brilliant idea of releasing a beer for parrotheads and the "Margaritaville Brewing Co." was born. I'm not necessarily bashing that-I work in marketing for God's sake-I'm just saying it needs to be taken into account. ![]() To be blunt, this beer is simply a product of marketing. bottle poured into Pilsener glassĪs far back as I can remember, there's been one nagging question in the beer community that kept resurfacing: "What would a beer made by Jimmy Buffet taste like?" Well, a few years ago we got our answer, and it took the form of Landshark Lager. Style: American Adjunct Lager | ABV: 4.7% | IBUs: ~10
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