What's the most "interesting" beer you've ever tasted?

[BEEDEE]

Forget the name but there is a German beer where they some the malted barley before adding to the wort. Finish with a beer with a single malt flavor!

The single worst beer that I ever drank was a non-alcoholic Skol in Pakistan. Tasted just like the wort after the sugar is added and before fermentation. Yuck!!!

Brian

[cruiser348]

Had a couple really interesting beers. One was because it was quite good made by a company called "Hoppin' Frog Brewery." I had their BORIS The Crusher Imperial Oatmeal Stout. Fairly high alc. content but had a nice rich flavor. The second was a Lithuanian made beer that I can't type the name of here because most of the letters don't appear on my keyboard. I bought it at a rather interesting store www.junglejims.com. They feature a different beer each week that they find from around the world. I figured I would give this one a try because I figured at $1.50 how could I go wrong. Well, I went VERY wrong. The taste was more really bad watered down whiskey than beer. I've had some bad beers before, but this one took the cake. One of the few beers I've been unable to finish. Had more than one person say they'd give it a try, and still no takers. Between 4 people it never did get finished it was so bad.

[chewse]

This past summer, my wife and I took an absolutely wonderful river cruise through the heart of Germany. The boat traveled along several major rivers and we stopped at the many small villages along the route where, as you might suspect, we sampled the local beers and wines. Each village had its own, unique special brew.

The most interesting beer we had on the trip was categorized as Smokebeer from the town of Bamberg. The color was fairly dark but not like a Guinness stout but the flavor tasted like bacon. The first few tastes were a little had to take; it was like drinking a thicker ale with slices of cooked bacon in it. However, once we finished the first stein, we order a second, and then a third. The taste really got better has we drank more. Hummm, that kind of works for all different kinds of beer!

[gary meakin]

Used to drink this back in the 70s.
Beer was forgetable but I loved the can.

[CDNSushi]

The most interesting beer we had on the trip was categorized as Smokebeer from the town of Bamberg. The color was fairly dark but not like a Guinness stout but the flavor tasted like bacon.

The more technical term for a smoked beer is sometimes called Rauch or Rauchbier. It is made by smoking (or drying the grain) with an open fire prior to the brewing process.

One of our local microbreweries makes an international award-winning Rauch. Last winter, our "Good Beer Club" got a tour from the brewmaster (who is also a member of the club) and he took us to the storeroom where they kept the bags of grain used for brewing. He gave us a few of the smoked grains and they did indeed smell like they came off a BBQ.

I prefer smoked beers when I'm eating something similarly flavored -- like sausages, or beef jerkey, or other cured meats.

But I certainly agree -- Rauch qualifies as one of the most interesting beers on the spectrum.

[vmac3205]

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They don't say "keep Portland weird" for nothing!

[chrisupyonder]

Wychwood
Dogs Bollocks

Real Ale, 5.2 percent Alcohol
Brewed in UK since ?.

For the hair of the dog,
There is no better cure
No pedigree, this ale, just
Golden and Pure
This hooch is no pooch
Just sup it and see
Like a hound with two
tails a wagging you'll be!

A full bodied hoppy, golden coloured brew. Stygian hops from Slovenia are combined with wheat to give this beer a burst of fruit flavours.

Chris.

[azwildcat96]

Used to drink this back in the 70s.
Beer was forgetable but I loved the can.

I bet she looked better after about 12 cans...

[azwildcat96]

I would say that the most unusual that I have had would be the chocolate infused ones. Youngs Double Chocolate Stout works pretty well, as does Sonoran White Chocolate Ale. Can't really drink more than one, but is is a nice change to have one every now and again.

I recently had a Wychwood Hobgoblin Dark English Ale...It was fantastic!!! They have a pretty neat website here too, updated for Halloween.

[Mickey]

Certainly the most "interesting" beer I've had in terms of name is He'brew Beer:.

T.

I bought a six pack of this once because it was way too funny, especially as the wife has Jewish roots. Turned out to be a very lovely beer!

Outside of a Polish beer, brand of which I've long since blocked from memory, one of the more "interesting" ones I've tried was a Cilantro beer that I made once. When paired with great Mexican food it was simply awesome... When not eating Mexican food... it was, um.. simply not awesome. Not bad, but very very weird.

In other words... not good.