You know what’s good? Barbecue.
You know what’s better? Barbecue, washed down with the sweet nectar of life.
Out for lunch with a couple of my friends at Syracuse’s best local barbecue joint, the well renowned Dinosaur Barbecue, to enjoy their sublime Chicken Deluxe sandwich. Listen to this description!
“Mojito marinated chicken breast, melted American, lettuce, tomato, pickled onion & jalapeno relish, BBQ mayo, BBQ sauce”
I’m not exaggerating when I say that I’d punch my mama in the ear to get to one of these sammiches.
(Minus tomatoes, which I don’t dig on, due to their textural similarity to what a human heart must be like if you were to pull it out of a man’s chest and then place it on a mojito themed chicken).
The choice for this particular day was to wash it down with a New Belgium Voodoo Ranger Juicy Haze IPA.
Well, this beer is murky and delightful, with hints of deliciousness!
Honestly, as I find my voice writing beer reviews, I will admit, that many of the nuances of beer descriptions are just lost on me. It may be that this beer contains all of the wide variety of spices, aromas and flavors as described on the site’s own media.
ITBMCBB*, the Juicy Haze has a “very strong hop aroma of citrus (lemon, some orange, lime and grapefruit) and tropical (guava and pineapple), with light grassy and caramel-like malt aroma.”
And how’s the mouthfeel? Well, hell, my mouth is full of beer and chicken, so it feels great!
This is a delicious tart beer and with an ABV of 7.5% it also packs a nice little wallop to it. And that’s always a good quality by my own measure.
If I were writing copy for this product, I would describe it as the taste of “two sexy leprechaun ladies making out with each other in a rainstorm.”
This beer was served draft style but it’s also packaged in a pretty slick design by the fine folks at New Belgium.
Go out and have one!