Well, the Super Bowl is underway, but I couldn’t tell you
anything about the game. While countless millions have huddled around
televisions, I have been doing taxes and planning with my wife an excursion to
Austin later in the month with part of our expected tax returns. Of course I
also found time to fit in time to write two posts for this blog, and upload
them earlier this morning, and even play a few games of hockey on my PS3.
To continue my day of semi-productive leisure I have worked
in a moment to pop a top or two while my wife prepares dinner, specifically the
Texas emblazed caps off of bottles of Saint Arnold Brewery’s Santo, a beer that
is described by the brewery as a dark kolsch, which, to quote their website, “technically doesn’t exist as a style, but
this is as close as [they] can come to describing it.”
Being a hue that
I would call a true dark umber, this beer is one of the darkest, yet somewhat
still marginally translucent, beer I’ve had. Although it starts with a semi aggressive decant, and a head
about the thickness of half a finger’s form, the drinker is left with about a
dime’s width in a few moments of pouring.
Taking a whiff off the head, a yeast aroma is most
prominent, mixed with hints of malt and caramel.
The first brush of beverage across the palate offers the
drinker a medium light bodied caramel flavor with a warm nuttiness. Bitterness
is almost nonexistent, making the drink a little monotone on the back of dark
malt. Combining the flavor with a moderate alcohol content at 4.7% and dry
finish, this beer is good for session drinking, or enjoying in the warm Texas
Springs and Summers.
Not the most complex or unique beer, but definitely worth
the try.
Prost!
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