BOOZE TYPE: Beer
PRICE: $8.99 for a growler at the Whole Foods Beer Room
RATING: A
Lady pains continued—nay, increased—today, so instead of buying a bottle of Aleve like a normal person who isn’t an alcoholic, I drank more. I actually had plans of going home and taking one of the Tylenol-3’s I have left over from throwing my back out last Christmas, but damn it, I went to check out the Whole Foods Beer Room, and once I was in, there was no turning back. Growler bottles are free this first week, wheras after they’ll be $3, so I couldn’t say no.
The Beer Room itself ended up not being crowded at all, despite my expectations; but everything about the Bowery Whole Foods defies my expectations of yuppie shit in New York. It’s always so nice and not crowded and an easy experience and people are friendly and not douches. Weird! But a very kindly man named Jon filled up my growler, and when the keg got tapped a quarter of the way through, he offered to get me something else if I didn’t want to wait for them to switch kegs, and then it turned out they had a bottle of the Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold sitting in the mini-fridge from a customer who’d changed their mind! I was fine with that, and they put my bottle in a little insulated cold bag and I went home!
The Captain Lawrence Liquid Gold is a freaking delicious beer, and, as promised, a lovely clear gold color, with pretty light carbonation and not much of a head. I’ve been neglecting talk of beers on this blog in favor of wine snobbery, but damn if I didn’t love beer long before I knew half a shit about wine. The description given by Whole Foods is as such: “Aromas of orange, spice, and green grass. Clean, malt-dominated flavor.” These aromas are honestly a little weird, and my first thought as I stuck my nose in the pint glass I stole from my roommate was “cleanser?!” and I worried I hadn’t rinsed the glass out well enough when I washed it. But the taste proved that all was well, and nothing was soap-contaminated. Apparently Moroccan coriander goes into this brew, which probably attributes for some of the odd soapy scent. On the tongue, it’s a nice combo of citrus and malt without too much bitterness, reminding me of some of the good Belgian beers I’ve had at Burp Castle, or some of the wonderful brews from my favorite hometown brewery, Yazoo Brewing Company in Nashville, TN.
Also, it’s kind of a kick in the pants alcohol content-wise. …Maybe it’s because I haven’t eaten dinner yet, but the first glass of this hit me like a truck full of rainbows.
Side dork note: If only this were Captain Laurence beer, then it would be the official beer of the Temeraire novels! …don’t you judge my choice of reading materials.
BUY IT AGAIN: Yes, but probably after I try the other eleven beers the Whole Foods Beer Room has to offer.
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