Saranac Pomegranate Wheat

I’ve found the Holy Beer.

Well, kind of.  In the novel I’m writing, I’ve determined the secret ingredient of the Holy Beer:  juice from the fruit of the tree of life.  Which, in the novel, turns out to be pomegranates.

This beer (obviously) has pomegranate juice in it.  That’s why I picked it up, thinking…  Hmm, I can use this in the novel.

Popping the top, this brew smells … mealy.  Not in a bad way, just in a raw grain way.  There’s the faint aroma of wheat and a trace of, I think, greenish hops.

I take a taste and am somewhat surprised.  It’s different than any other beer I’ve tried, and that’s saying something.  It’s sharp, delicately bitter, and tangy but not in a citrus way.  Must be the pomegranate, but I don’t taste pomegranate.  In fact had the label not clearly given it away, I never would have guessed it was in there.

It tastes somehow … primitive.  Must be the unfiltered wheat?  But it’s refreshing, and I like it.  A lot.  I could drink one after another.

Methinks they’ve found a perfect recipe for keeping a wheat beer from being boring.

I have to share this bit of the label text:  "Deep in the heart of the Adirondacks, a top secret grove of pomegranates grow wild and free.  They are protected by ‘ferocious’ bears!  We traded them ten tons of honey to make this unique brew."

So, it’s made by bears?

Looks like I’m not the only fantasy writer in the brewing business.

Anyway, I hereby proclaim this to be a groovy brew, and award it 7.77 on the Holy Grail Scale.