I have been passing by these crackers at Whole Foods for months now. The price was always too high for my taste. But a week ago, they were finally on sale! So I picked up the porter variety with the thought that the porter would seep into the cracker more than pilsner would seep into that version.
The aroma on these crackers is a surprising and very brewery reminiscent wort smell. Unfortunately, after that point, the taste was full on dark rye. Not that a rye cracker is bad per se. But the aroma led me down a path that then corkscrewed on me. After having a couple, I realized that this version would be harder to pair with a beer and with cheese. There are rye IPA’s out there but that would be a battle of two strong tastes. And I fear that most cheese would run into the brick wall of rye as well.
So a slight thumbs up. And I will be watching to see if they go on sale again. And I will check to see if the Pilsner version has rye in the ingredient list.
