Beer - The Drink of the Peasants

The Specialty Beers

Orange Honey Sa-Tarna Beer - This unfiltered wheat beer has flavors of honey and orange balanced with a nice medium-sweet malt character. It is medium bodied with no harsh bitterness and a nice honey-orange finish.

Pumpkin Pie Beer - Cinnamon, cloves, and allspice all atop a faintly acrid roasted character. Be prepared, this sucker doesn't hold back on the spices—they are BIG in this beer, and the aroma really blossoms into a full roar of spicy characters, with vanilla and a slight woody character coming through as it warms. Notice how it takes a second after the sip goes down for that rush and zing to kick in, and how it is later rounded out by a nice beery base of clean malts and grains. Finishes relatively clean considering the zesty burst that kicks things off.

Peach Beer - This pale ale pours an attractive golden, brass color with a "permanent" off-white head and good lace stickage. Expect the nose to present grains, grapefruit seeds, a sprig of fresh mint, aspirin, caramel, a gentle hoppy spiciness, and an overall citrusy hop tone. Note that this beer goes down relatively bitter, but this is nicely balanced by a solid caramel malt backbone. In fact, the balance in this brew is excellent.

Paga Beer - Look for notes of molasses as it warms, and even a note akin to a lukewarm café latte. The flavor profile presents notes of toasted pumpernickel, figs, overly ripened oranges dipped in paga, and a touch of milk chocolate. It has far more citrusy hops than implied by the nose. Finishes moderately bitter with nutty, sweet, citrus notes and a slightly acidic edge at the extreme end.