sauvignon blanc – Beer Search Party

March 23, 2018August 27, 2018

Hops Meet Wine

I have had a few hopped ciders. None of which lit my world on fire. I have also had beers aged in wine barrels, some of which have been really good.

Now, thanks to Buttonwood Winery, I can taste how hops fit with a Sauvignon Blanc. Meet Hop On…

Not much in the way of hops here. Makes it kind of hard to review. It might be a good white wine but without the bitterness or aroma or any presence of hops, there just isn’t much to say. If you have friends or family that like wine and beer, it might be a fun gift but it will probably puzzle people more than be interesting.

January 27, 2013September 11, 2018

Review – Proximity from Blue Moon

I saw Proximity made with Sauvignon Blanc grapes and the red wine version, Impulse in the Burbank Bevmo and I took a flyer. Thought, “Why not?”. Blue Moon is so much better than Coors.

Well, I will not be buying Impulse for one thing. Even though it got a slightly better bad rating than the Proximity did. Plus, the names are horrible. They don’t differentiate the grape varietal or beer. They add nothing.

Which is, unfortunately, like the beer. It pours a light yellow with lots of tiny bubbles. No head at all here. Aroma is primarily grape juice or really young wine. The carbonation is good but then this white grape juice flavor takes over and does not let go. Not getting much beer here. Maybe a heartier style like a Tripel would have held its own against the sweet juice.

This is in Bartles & Jaymes territory here. One could also call it an alcopop considering how grape juice forward it is. This has to be filed under failed experiment.