UPDATE: On 11/19/2011 I am reaffirming this. This is still my favorite brew in the entire world.
I’ve held off making this announcement for over six months, because I wanted to make sure. I’ve sampled it six times now, five times in bottles and once on tap. I am in fact drinking it again as I type this.
I came to the same conclusion every time: this ale scores a perfect 10 on the Holy Grail Scale.
Being that today, August 5th, is International Beer Day, I thought it fitting to finally come out and announce it. My search isn’t actually over, because there may be more than one Holy Beer – and remember this is totally subjective. My Holy Beer may not be your Holy Beer. But this is definitely my Holy Beer.
Let me quote directly from my beer diary:
Dragon’s Milk from New Holland Brewing
OMFG I may have just found the Holy Beer!
Smells like: Nothing. Vague hints of brewski, nothing else. Translates very little to the olfactory sense. Maybe a whiff of molasses? If so it’s just a ghost.
Taste: OMFG.
Light. Sweet. Sweet biscuit with touches of honey. Very well balanced hops dancing like ballerinas over the top of exquisitely tuned malts. Echoes of bourbon, as it was aged in oak barrels. It’s freaking NIRVANA.
10.00 ON THE HOLY GRAIL SCALE! The Holy Beer is discovered!
If you check out the comments on their webpage you’ll see I’m not the only one who thinks this: Dragon’s Milk – New Holland Brewing
Bravo, New Holland. Bravo. Well done.
