On tap at Holy City, pours a watery brown with some spitty, white head. Nose has maple bacon, cheap bacon though, almost like my wife’s bacon chapstick, some cheap brown sugar, some chocolate too. Flavor has more sweetness, candy and brown sugar, some off brand tootsie roll, the bacon really only shows as a little fattiness, like off butter. Watery finish.

Hooray! Back at the RBSG 2010 Grand Tasting I held in my hand a bacon beer. It was in my glass. It was in my hand. I smelled it. It smelled great. But you know how grand tastings can be. Somehow I never drank it. Now, FINALLY, I try my first bacon beer. And it was good. Served on draft at the brewery. Pours a dark brown color with a thin creamy tan head. Decent head retention. Aroma of smoke, roasted malts, salt and nuts. Taste is roasted malts, salt, bacon, caramel, tart fruits, hoppy finish. Medium bodied. Nice beer.