Last Minute Puckerfest Addition
Thursday July 19 (that's tomorrow) at 5pm John Harris (Brewmaster for Full Sail) will be dropping by to bring us an extremely rare puckering opportunity. He'll be bringing several bottles of Manhattan Project, a crazy experimental beer that holds the distinct honor of having the highest standard deviation in the ratebeer database. He'll correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the story goes a little something like this:
The base beer was Vesuvius (Belgian-style golden ale) which was tossed into a used brandy barrel with several hundred pounds of Oregon cherries, hence the "Manhattan" part of the name. After several months in the barrel it was transferred to Oregon Pinot barrels and aged for a bit longer. The result is a pallet-crushing blend of sweet, sour, tart, acetic, and other unusual flavors. This is truly the definition of "love it or hate it."
This brew was never bottled and was only available for a brief time in Denver during last year's GABF. In other words, NO ONE in Portland has tried this crazy concotion unless they were in attendance at last year's fest or the accompanying parties at the Falling Rock.
Come on in tomorrow night and be prepared to pucker 'til it hurts. You have been warned.
Come on in tomorrow night and be prepared to pucker 'til it hurts. You have been warned.
posted by Chris @ 3:36 PM
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Is that the only opportunity? How long is the tasting?
(I work with stats, and what you have here is a "bimodal distribution"--instead of a population clustering in general agreement, you have two groups clustered at opposite ends. If you imagine a bell curve as the standard distribution, bimodal looks like two humps on a camel. Love it or hate it.)
Any chance there will be bottles around by 6 o'clock? Work doesn't get out that early arggg.
-DA
John Harris should be here until 6:30 or 7. If there's anything leftover he'll hopefully leave it here so we can continue to sample people on it throughout the evening.
Jeff - "bimodal distribution" sounds like a great name for a prog-rock band. I think I found my new word of the day :)
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