South Paw Blueberry Wheat Ale

MyOwnWay - 7-10-2007 at 12:28 AM

At this bar I was at... They even put fucking blueberries in it.

Goddamit it was so good.

Most likely responce: "Dont fruit the beer"

My reply: Fuck you, its good.

...Ok, next...

Murk - 7-10-2007 at 12:30 AM

that sounds good.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 12:29 PM

The name alone would tell me not to order it. Sounds nasty. As for the fruit, to each their own. People put weird shit in drinks sometimes. One time I was out at the bar and this dude next to me was putting some salt in his beer. I asked him why he would do that, and he claimed that it took the bite off of the beer, whatever the fuck that means. Fucker was drinking Coors light, which is like drinking water to begin with.

JawnDiablo - 7-10-2007 at 12:46 PM

my friend worked at a micro brewery that put a rasberry syrup in the mix with the one summer brew. it was great.
i do lemons in the hoegaarden and heffe weisen, but it stops there.
limes make steel reserve drinkable too

Siczine.com - 7-10-2007 at 01:26 PM

Yeah Yards has a Raspberry beer, it's pretty good. Every now and then I like to try weird beers. I would try this, just minus the extra berries.

Jason the Magnificent - 7-10-2007 at 02:13 PM

A lot of old timers salt their beer. My dad and uncle do, because their fathers did. It's actually pretty good in shitty domestics.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 02:16 PM

Weird.

Siczine.com - 7-10-2007 at 02:36 PM

Jason, do you have any idea what the salting actually accomplishes?

DAK - 7-10-2007 at 02:40 PM

My dad salts his beer too. Don't know why.

JawnDiablo - 7-10-2007 at 03:08 PM

Stranger than salting......
When I was in canada, my friends parents and family were mixing clamato (sp) juice with thier beer. called it a red eye.
fucking gross.

Discipline - 7-10-2007 at 03:33 PM

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Originally posted by Siczine.com
Jason, do you have any idea what the salting actually accomplishes?

The guy I saw doing it said it gave the beer less bite or edge when going down. I was confused because he was drinking Coors Light which, to me anyway, has no bite at all.

Jason the Magnificent - 7-10-2007 at 04:09 PM

My dad says it brings out the head...what the hell that means I don't know. He's never personally said anything about bite.

I think those old guys just need another excuse to use salt.

Seriously though try a bit of salt in your Old Styles, Budweisers, Millers, Coors etc etc...I do it once in a while myself in tribute to the livers that have come before us. It adds an interesting twist, and really isn't bad...

JawnDiablo - 7-10-2007 at 04:14 PM

maybe it is for good luck

Jason the Magnificent - 7-10-2007 at 04:21 PM

My grandpa used to put a little salt in his beer, but I never asked him why. Can you help? Thanks.

Shane
Columbus, OH

Putting salt in beer stems from a few philosophies - all of which seem to have had a purpose at one time or another. An old wives' tale said that putting a sprinkle of salt in your beer would stave off cramping during hard work. Dehydration can cause cramping of the muscles, because of the depletion of minerals in the body. Adding salt to the beer would make the worker thirsty, and thus he would drink more beer to relieve the dehydration.

Others add salt to beer for flavor purposes; post-prohibition (1933) beer had turned into somewhat of an ugly being. Breweries had to cut costs and started to use cheaper ingredients like rice and corn, which made for a nearly flavorless beer. These beers are still around, though most people have become accustomed to flavorless beer and so have no need for the salt. Many South and Central American beer drinkers will add salt, and sometimes hot sauce and/or lemon, for flavor, or to mask off flavor in beer.

The last reason we found, which also makes no sense, was to add salt to beer to knock the carbonation out. Why not just pour the beer out hard or swirl it a couple times?

Really and truly, there is no reason to add salt to your beer (unless you are 80-something and traditions die hard with you). Nowadays, adding salt to your beer is a complete oddity, something of the past. Save the salt for a good steak, and leave the beer alone!

DAK - 7-10-2007 at 04:23 PM

Found this:

Putting salt in beer stems from a few philosophies - all of which seem to have had a purpose at one time or another. An old wives' tale said that putting a sprinkle of salt in your beer would stave off cramping during hard work. Dehydration can cause cramping of the muscles, because of the depletion of minerals in the body. Adding salt to the beer would make the worker thirsty, and thus he would drink more beer to relieve the dehydration.

Others add salt to beer for flavor purposes; post-prohibition (1933) beer had turned into somewhat of an ugly being. Breweries had to cut costs and started to use cheaper ingredients like rice and corn, which made for a nearly flavorless beer. These beers are still around, though most people have become accustomed to flavorless beer and so have no need for the salt. Many South and Central American beer drinkers will add salt, and sometimes hot sauce and/or lemon, for flavor, or to mask off flavor in beer.

The last reason we found, which also makes no sense, was to add salt to beer to knock the carbonation out. Why not just pour the beer out hard or swirl it a couple times?

Really and truly, there is no reason to add salt to your beer (unless you are 80-something and traditions die hard with you). Nowadays, adding salt to your beer is a complete oddity, something of the past. Save the salt for a good steak, and leave the beer alone!

DAK - 7-10-2007 at 04:23 PM

HA

Siczine.com - 7-10-2007 at 07:54 PM

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Originally posted by Discipline

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Originally posted by Siczine.com
Jason, do you have any idea what the salting actually accomplishes?

The guy I saw doing it said it gave the beer less bite or edge when going down. I was confused because he was drinking Coors Light which, to me anyway, has no bite at all.

Yeah I know. Might as well be drinking from a garden hose.

And Jason, thanks for that info. Now that I know of this I will keep an eye out for old heads doing it.