5 Rabbits Five Grass APA at The Map Room

Brewed with juniper, sage and pepperberry to augment the hops, this is another epic beer hatched by the actual Wizard of Beer, Randy Moser and carried out by to exacting standards at the Lollipop guild by craft beers most interesting man in the world, Greg Hall, of the beer formerly known as Goose Island brew pub fame.

 

5 Grass is well balanced, frothy, malty, colorful and exploding with great taste.  So if these things matter to you, take the time to make a note, and fine you some to lay on friends who don't know what they don't know about the varieties of craft beer out there.  

 

Although they call it a Latin inspired APA, it has a Belgian quality, similar to the sage beer on the roof at Birrieria in NYC.  I keep thinking that I'd like a shot of good local gin with this at some point, maybe right after, or just before great breakup sex with a woman in a pink slip, and bright red lipstick, who curses at you a lot, all Depth Charge- Harvey Wallbanger style.  What?!

 

Just joking, Auntie Bee--  I'm trying to match the effort Moser and Hall put in to spice up the mash because I know how boring beer blogs can be too... kind of like MillaCoorz64 with lime extract in it at a rainy BBQ. 

 

Don't be completely swayed by the Hop heads rating beer online like fascists at a some perverse online youth rally.  You'll find that Beer Advocate's Geek Squad places this beer at 81, or merely "good", as if it's some run of the mill event to slurp down beer that includes juniper and pepperberry flavors where da hopz usually go: 

• http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25544/81268  

Pay them no mind. They won't be having that hot break up sex with the stringy haired red head in the pink slip, who'll be writing "FUCK YOU TIM!" on your bathroom mirror with her lipstick, after you refuse to give her cab fare to Oak Park, right?   And hey, even if you don't, at least you won't be Goose Island stepping your way past the big data collection force in Rio, on the other end of your beer store's bar code scanner. 

Nice to see this extraordinary 5 Rabbits beer showing up on more chalk boards near you.  Your mission Mr. Derps: get you some 5 Rabbit 5 Grass. 

As always, it's being well served at The Map Room in Bucktown.