34 - East End Brewery Session #19 Black Sumthin'

So this was the growler we picked up from the highly secret East End Brewery brewery. Sort of the illegal back room abortion of beer pick-up locations. A nice little set up that does not deserve being likened to a botched abortion.

The Black Sumpthin' is our official beer of the Superbowl game. We brought it to Steve and Ivy's superbowl party. It is good. Similar to the East End Snowmelt, but with a little more flavor and a nice aftertaste...I'll take their word because it works "toasty".

I enjoyed the beer. Not as much as the one sports game I watch annually. But the beer was better than the overhyped commericals but not as good as the all-kitten halftime show on the Animal Planet "Puppy Bowl".

I give it 3 out of 5 cute toasty puppies in a basket playing with fleece blankets.

Monkey Boy, East End Brewery Company

This is a year round (hefeweizen) beer by our locals The East End Brewery. For some reason neither of us have tried it, so we gave it a whirl with dinner at The Map Room in Regent Square. We had it on tap. It was really good, but I felt teased by the amount of banana hint. I used to be vegan and if you know any vegans they eat a shit ton of bananas. This is a healthy habit that I have not been able to shake. I want bananas all the time. So when I heard about banana beer. wow, give it to me in a tall cold glass. So i will say I wish it had double or triple the amount of banana. So now I shall begin my quest for more banana beers. I want the Orange Julius of beer. If I was to drink a beer with only a hint of banana and I hadn't substituted all things made with dairy for banana when i was 15-20 years old, then this might be enough banana for me, which really isn't much. I wouldn't go as far to say this is a banana beer, but perhaps I would say it's banana-ey. All in all whatever East end makes i will happily drink it, enjoy it and shut up, nod my head and say, yes this is great. because they do make wonderful beers. I would like to try this again, come summer time when I am sweating. of 5 bananas in a bunch i give it 4, ones that are still green.