An Homage to Beer

We usually avoid Bison Brewery beers because of our admitted anti-Berkeley bias (remember, we lived there for a while, we can slam it) alongside their unusual flavor choices (coriander? gingerbread? honey basil? ewwww.) However, this Farmhouse Ale was quite delicious. Light and saisony. Plus, it appeals to our beer snob sensibilities as it is a hard-to-find "Brewer's Reserve" ale. They recommended drinking it with "a nice Emmenthaler or Gruyere as part of a Ploughman's Lunch," but I think we just ripped it open on Friday night and glugged it down. Note that they shut down the pub/restaurant they used to have in Berkeley (we went there a few times, but there were too many annoying college kids there, go figure!) Now all their beers are commercially produced by the Coast Range Brewing Co. in Gilroy. That's the garlic capital of the world -- you will smell it before your arrival, providing a much nicer whiff than driving through the city of Mosinee, WI and getting a noseful of the paper mill.