Apples are a pretty delicious food item. They work well sliced, pureed, juiced, and even fermented. The most popular form of the latter is alcoholic apple cider, and is particularly popular among the gluten-free crowd. There are also a few apple beers bobbing in the sea of sticky-sweet cider. This one is my first!
Wasatch Apple-A-Day Apple Ale
BG Poured from a 12 fl oz (355ml) can into a stemmed tulip, 5% ABV, Enjoy By 02/03/2015
A Straw in color with one finger of pure white head. Very clear. Not a lot of lacing.
A Freshly crushed tart apples, slightly metallic, uncooked bread dough, smarties candy, wheat, sour apple jolly rancher
T Filtered apple juice, creamed corn, metallic, finishes heavy on the wheat, adjunct, bitterness and sweetness are balanced
M Fizzy, light body
A Creamed wheat, cardboard
C It’s like someone made an apple flavored PBR. It’s not bad, but feels like a few steps backward for a craft brewery. It’s not overly sweet, which is nice. But it comes off as very adjunct-y to me. It’s not something I look for when I pay a few extra dollars for a beer. I think it would be a great gateway beer for cider or wine drinkers. There’s nothing offensive or over the top here. Serious session material.
FP The can says, “ FOOD PAIRINGS: ANYTHING BUT APPLES!”. I’d go with cheese pizza, a mix of caramel and cheddar popcorn, and, just because, apples.
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