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"This is going to be green," I thought quietly to myself when I picked this up. I wonder if they just added pickle brine to a beer and that's what this is. Well I did not particularly scrupulously look at the label, but it is pretty evident that this is exactly what I should expect. It's a lager, but it's made "with pickle juice." Technically, that'd be cucumber juice, right? I mean, pickle juice is just brine. Maybe it isn't. I'm not an herbologist... yet.
So, it's not particularly green, but I think I can pick some green out when I hold it up to the light. Obviously, I was expecting green, so it might just be me. The fluffy white head is a bit thicker than the average lager, and it won't be leaving any lacing on the sides. The aroma isn't nearly as pickley as I thought it might be, but there is a pickleness about it that is nice and demure. This might be fun.
First sip is just like drinking pickle mixed in a lager. It's a fairly banal lager, but the pickle is also fairly average. The result is a convincingly refreshing beverage that is sweet, bitter, tart, and slightly sour all in just the right ways. It's not knocking my socks off, but something so different rarely will. Only after I drink much more - and with gusto - can I know the beverage properly.
Tip-in is more pickley than the entire sip had in it. The middle stretches everything out so that the lager can come through much better, and the crusty malt is very nice when rubbed up against the salty brine. The finish is more lager than pickle, but pickle stays on the lips to add the salty sour to the sweet malt.
Bottom Line: Not for everyday, but not half bad.
4.0/5
