Days of the Beer, September 7

The beer for today is Sweetwater Road Trip.

On September 7, 1864, during the American Civil War, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman ordered the city of Atlanta Georgia to be evacuated.

You might remember, Atlanta wasn't a very large city at the beginning of the Civil War, with a population of just under 10,000. It was an important city that was a rail hub connecting several other cities with the sea.

On September 2, 1864, the mayor of Atlanta and some other pro-union citizens surrendered the city to Sherman. Sherman made his headquarters in the city on September 7, and ordered the civilians in Atlanta to evacuate. They occupied the city for several months, then ordered it burned to the ground on November 11 (more on this in the future, I'm guessing).

Sweetwater Brewery is located in Atlanta.

Road trips are carefree adventures that usually take unexpected twists, like when we created this beer. It started out as a Pilsner recipe, but halfway through it blew a tire and Ale yeast was put on as the spare. The result was so good, it never could have been planned!

So, in honor/memory, ridicule of those Atlantan's who were ordered evacuated and put on a Road Trip, have yourself a Sweetwater Road Trip.

Beer Review, Sweetwater Road Trip

After watching the Cubs win (at 7S) and then heading to Cowboy Monkey (more on that later) came home and had a Sweetwater Road Trip.

This beer came out looking like a macro. It had the yellow gold color that is so familiar with the macros. There was a little thickness in the appearance, but not too much. It smelled sweet and Pilsner-y. It felt thin and almost unnoticeable on the tongue.

It tasted tart, sour, a little off-ish but not wrong. There was some grapefruit in the taste. But not an expected grapefruit. It was like when I was a kid and we'd go visit at the grandparents. Every morning grandma would eat a grapefruit (or was it just half a grapefruit) for breakfast. As a kid, I had never had grapefruit before, and it sure looked like an orange (kinda, the skin was different and the meat was different, but the only thing I knew that was citrus was orange) so I thought, it was an orange, or a really big orange that wasn't orange. Then I took my first bite, OMG, what the hell is this, it's horrible! The first grapefruit was nasty. (Remember first smelling a beer? (something macro) Remember the first taste? eeew) This had that weird first grapefruit taste to it. As I continued to drink it, the taste got better. Oddly, it only had the grapefruit taste as I let it sit on the tongue to get more of the mouthfeel.

It wound up being a pretty decent beer. I'm not sure how many of these I'd drink, but one seemed to be the right number.

I picked this beer up at Bruisin' Ales.

Road trips are carefree adventures that usually take unexpected twists, like when we created this beer. It started out as a Pilsner recipe, but halfway through it blew a tire and Ale yeast was put on as the spare. The result was so good, it never could have been planned!