My favorite local beer is almost anything made by Saint Arnold brewery. The fact they are a local brewery is important to me - That's one scar on the face of this country still remaining from prohibition. Not very many local breweries, but that is slowly changing.
But I really don't like their Lawnmower beer which is a Kolsch style. Perhaps I just don't care for Kolsches? When I tried it I definitely got the taste of skunkiness. I haven't liked it since, and haven't tried it. Perhaps I just got a bad six pack? I got this in their E-newsletter:
"FANCY LAWNMOWER BEER WINS GABF MEDAL - AGAIN
Yippee!! We won! We won another medal at the Great American Beer Festival. This year it was a bronze medal for Fancy Lawnmower Beer in the Kölsch category (43 entries). This is the second medal for this beer, having also earned the same medal in 2000. This brings our GABF medal total to 10 over the past 8 years, keeping us the second most winningest microbrewery during this span. This also keeps our streak alive of winning a medal every year from either the GABF or the World Beer Cup going back to 1998. OK, we're done bragging now."
I'm glad they won, of course - Rooting for the home team is a time honored tradition, but why couldn't it have been for their Ellissa IPA, or another one of their beers I actually like?
Posted by Bob at October 2, 2006 09:47 AM