Beer and History

Last night I went to Elizabeth Station to sample the latest Belgian Sour beer, this time from Snipes Mountain. It was very good, and justifiably expensive. I had my growler in the car, just in case, but I couldn't tell if Cynthia would like this one, and I didn't want to drink that much of it myself, so I decided to bring home a hand-picked six-pack of beers I hadn't tasted before.

I drank this one tonight. It's a collaborative effort by 21st Amendment Brewery in San Francisco, and Ninkasi Brewing Company in Eugene, Oregon. It was excellent.

The photo on the can is a clever photoshopped version of the iconic 1945 Yalta Conference photo of Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin, with the world leaders replaced by the brewers.

Here's the blurb on the other side of the can.

In a surprising turn of events, rival superpowers have joined forces to bring a beer of might to the world. According to top-secret documents, recently unclassified, brewmasters for 21st Amendment in California and Ninkasi in Oregon began their brewing careers together many years ago. The two leaders reunited recently at a secret camp in the Sierras to devise their master plan. "We are more alike than we are different," said 21st Amendment's Shaun O'Sullivan. "We must unite in our common cause," added Ninkasi's Jamie Floyd. The resulting collaboration, an ale brewed with California dates, an aggressive arsenal of all-Northwest hops and an unmistakable aroma of victory, deals a unified blow to unoriginal beers everywhere.

ALLIES WIN THE WAR! is 21st Amendment Brewery's first ever collaboration beer, a traditional English-style Strong ale aged on native California dates and dry hopped with all-Northwest aroma hops.