Green Tea Ale

Brewed by: Great Lakes Brewery
Brewed at: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Type: Novelty Ale
4.2% A/V

First Impression
The font used on this label could be called 70's Kung Fu. A big brown bottle with a painted label like most others from Great Lakes Brewery. In a drinking vessel it's definitely cloudy. I must confess that I'm harbouring a certain degree of apprehension toward sampling this beer. It's just that imagining the combination of green tea and beer is not something that is conjuring a pleasant outcome.

First Sip
True to Great Lakes Brewing precedents, the unmistakable flavour is that of cold brewed green tea. Also it reminds one somehow of beer...

Halfway
If I'm honest, this is very hard to get used to. The flavours are thin, the beer has a wateriness to it.

Bottoms Up
The label says that it pairs well with Pad Thai. Perhaps it does but in the words of Jules Winnfield "Hey, sewer rat may taste like pumpkin pie, but I'd never know 'cause I wouldn't eat the filthy m..."
Not overly impressed. If you're intrigued get it while you can, it can't be available for long...

32/100