I’m going to break the normal pace of these blogs tonight and post about something that currently (and momentarily) sits upon my heart.
A week ago I purchased a 6 pack of Hop Czar beer. I read the description before buying it realizing this was a “craft” beer and possibly something odd and/or unique. But I figured if they sold it at Fry’s Food and Drug, then it can’t be all that esoteric.
So I took it home. A few nights later I cracked open my first bottle and took a sip. I was stunned by the bitter, acrid, acidic taste that suddenly seized my entire tongue and throat. I swallowed the swill not so much to taste it, but rather to get it out of my mouth. Unfortunately this didn’t work – I still had this clinging, biting bitterness in the back of my throat and tongue that would not go away.
Over the next few days I tried to consume the remainder of the 6-pack with other foods – pizza, sausage, sour kraut, soup – nothing helped the flavor. And nothing changed it for the better. This is a sad state indeed.
So after finishing off the second to last bottle, I decided to google “hop czar” and see what comes up. To my surprise, there was nothing but praise for the brew. About the most critical thing I could find was that it was “not bad.”
So I immediately ran to my computer and went to my only internet sounding board – this blog – to tell the world with all my might that
HOP CZAR BEER BY BRIDGEPORT BREWERY IS THE WORST TASTING CRAPOLA THAT I HAVE EVER PUT IN MY MOUTH IN MY ENTIRE LIFE AND I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER OUNCE OF IT EVER AGAIN!
There. I feel better now.
Oh, and I don’t like Heineken either – tastes like bitter squirrel pee to me. But at least on that account I know that I’m not alone.
KobyWeb 