Beer Name: Zoopah!
Style: Single hop grisette with Zuper Saazer
ABV: 4.6%
Color: Sun-bleached straw
Cheese Pairing: Cow/sheep tomme
Food Pairing: Fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and olive oil on a baguette
Music Pairing (Jimbo's Choice): "Cyboogie" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Music Pairing (Jared's Choice): "Everybody Polka" by The Red Elvises
Best Occasion to Drink: While badly attempting to have a foreign accent.
Brewer's Notes: This beer's made to showcase the hop Zuper Saazer, which is a Michigan-grown variant of a classic noble hop. And what, praytell, is a noble hop? Well, depending on who you ask, you'll get two very different answers: a) something about history and tradition and Europe and they might even use words like "terroir" and "landrace" in a way that almost but not quite convinces you what those words mean, or 2) it's a marketing term that was made up by the hop industry, and a relatively recent one at that. Anyway, this is an American version of a noble hop, so if you've seen the 1991 classic King Ralph with John Goodman, you get the gist.
Style: Single hop grisette with Zuper Saazer
ABV: 4.6%
Color: Sun-bleached straw
Cheese Pairing: Cow/sheep tomme
Food Pairing: Fresh mozzarella, roasted red peppers, and olive oil on a baguette
Music Pairing (Jimbo's Choice): "Cyboogie" by King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard
Music Pairing (Jared's Choice): "Everybody Polka" by The Red Elvises
Best Occasion to Drink: While badly attempting to have a foreign accent.
Brewer's Notes: This beer's made to showcase the hop Zuper Saazer, which is a Michigan-grown variant of a classic noble hop. And what, praytell, is a noble hop? Well, depending on who you ask, you'll get two very different answers: a) something about history and tradition and Europe and they might even use words like "terroir" and "landrace" in a way that almost but not quite convinces you what those words mean, or 2) it's a marketing term that was made up by the hop industry, and a relatively recent one at that. Anyway, this is an American version of a noble hop, so if you've seen the 1991 classic King Ralph with John Goodman, you get the gist.
