Beer of the Weekend #480: Booyah
Hmm… I think I need to write about something other than beer. I’ll do that tomorrow.
The beer tonight is Booyah, brewed by the Milwaukee Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Serving type: 12-ounce bottle. No freshness date.
Appearance: Poured into a tulip. The color is deep gold or pale-ish copper. Two fingers of off-white head leaves a skim and thin ring around the edge.
Smell: It is definitely a saison, but it is much more spicy than funky. Pepper and herbal spice dominate and there is a hint of funk. Perhaps it is just my imagination but I also smelled a splash of zest.
Taste: The spice from the smell is present but not as dominant. The pepper, herbs, and funk are countered by pale malts. There is a hint of rye as well, and also the splash of zest.
Drinkability: Very drinkable and tasty. I would prefer a little more funk but think it is still pretty tasty.
Fun facts about Booyah(!):
-Style: The brewery calls it “Saison.” Sure. Why not?
-Price: $1.69/bottle at Otto’s Elm Grove Liquors in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 6.5 percent ABV.
-Here’s the skinny on “Booyah” from the beer’s webpage:
I don’t know about you, but I thought that was kind of disappointing. When I think of “booyah,” I think of the Chicago Bulls’ first three-peat in 1993 and Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There It Is).” “Booyah” is a very nineties term to me.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B-.
The beer tonight is Booyah, brewed by the Milwaukee Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Serving type: 12-ounce bottle. No freshness date.
Appearance: Poured into a tulip. The color is deep gold or pale-ish copper. Two fingers of off-white head leaves a skim and thin ring around the edge.
Smell: It is definitely a saison, but it is much more spicy than funky. Pepper and herbal spice dominate and there is a hint of funk. Perhaps it is just my imagination but I also smelled a splash of zest.
Taste: The spice from the smell is present but not as dominant. The pepper, herbs, and funk are countered by pale malts. There is a hint of rye as well, and also the splash of zest.
Drinkability: Very drinkable and tasty. I would prefer a little more funk but think it is still pretty tasty.
Fun facts about Booyah(!):
-Style: The brewery calls it “Saison.” Sure. Why not?
-Price: $1.69/bottle at Otto’s Elm Grove Liquors in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.
-Serving temperature: 45-50ºF.
-Alcohol content: 6.5 percent ABV.
-Here’s the skinny on “Booyah” from the beer’s webpage:
We love Wisconsin. Our history and culture give us inspiration for brewing and naming beers.
Since this is a Belgian-style beer, the Flemish-Belgian history of the Green Bay area flows with stories like a keg with a bung blowout.
A very social cultural staple is the Booyah, which is a 55 gallon drum-over-fire stew that is cooked using an “everything but the kitchen sink” mentality, and tended by cooks over a few brews.
This is the perfect story for this beer; Belgian, complex yet simple, and oh so social, hey.
I don’t know about you, but I thought that was kind of disappointing. When I think of “booyah,” I think of the Chicago Bulls’ first three-peat in 1993 and Tag Team’s “Whoomp! (There It Is).” “Booyah” is a very nineties term to me.
The Quiet Man’s grade: B-.
