May 6, 2011
Chips and Salsa Lager (Arbor Brewing Company)
In celebration of Cinco de Mayo, a lager brewed with salt, corn flour, tomatoes, cilantro, garlic, onions and jalapeño peppers.
The beer appears golden-yellow with a one-finger head. It smells strongly of salsa, with undertones of maltiness. The taste is similar in that it's like someone accidentally poured salsa into an under-hopped lager and tried to get away with serving it as a specialty brew -- I understand what they were going for, but the character seems forced and WAY too pronounced.
I drank about half of this beer before I could drink no more, and even reaching that point was a challenge. I've rarely encountered such an undrinkable brew.