This is kind of like the hippy version of a vodka Red Bull. It has alcohol and caffeine (at lower levels than a vrb) and it also has nutritional aspects from the kombucha.
Friday, August 31, 2012
Getting this started again with a kick: Ginger Kombucha Beer
Unity Vibration's Kombucha Beer - Ginger
This is kind of like the hippy version of a vodka Red Bull. It has alcohol and caffeine (at lower levels than a vrb) and it also has nutritional aspects from the kombucha.
Unity Vibration makes two flavors of kombucha beer: ginger and raspberry. I tried their ginger beer. It tastes like a natural ginger ale with a slight twinge of funk/sourness, but hardly noticeable. It had more sweetness than I was expecting, but not as much as a soda. I was expecting it to be a sour beer. Their beer doesn't taste like any kombucha I've ever had. The ginger wasn't as spicy as a Bundaburg or Stewarts ginger beer (non-alcoholic, used for ginger flavor comparison only), but definitely more flavorful than a mainstream ginger ale. It was more like a candied ginger than a spicy ginger. If I hadn't read the label, I would have had no idea it was 8.0% alc./vol. The beer tastes and has a mouth-feel more like a lambic or a cider than a typical beer. This is probably because of the addition of ginger, residual sugar, and the open top fermentation in oak barrels.
This is kind of like the hippy version of a vodka Red Bull. It has alcohol and caffeine (at lower levels than a vrb) and it also has nutritional aspects from the kombucha.
Saturday, August 4, 2012
Link to August Marinscope column and a quick update
Wow I can't believe it has been a month since I last posted. It has been a tough, beautiful, rewarding month that has included a temporary change in my work schedule, my birthday, and the one year anniversary of my dad passing away from cancer.
I'm planning on writing more this weekend, but here is a little teaser. I reworked a previous blog entry into a Marin County focused intro to winery tasting rooms column in the Marinscope Newspapers. So here is the link: http://marinscope.com/articles/2012/08/03/all/lifestyles/doc50197e16bb2dc435527072.txt
I have some free samples to taste and post as well as some tasting notes that I haven't gotten around to typing up so that should be coming soon.
I'm planning on writing more this weekend, but here is a little teaser. I reworked a previous blog entry into a Marin County focused intro to winery tasting rooms column in the Marinscope Newspapers. So here is the link: http://marinscope.com/articles/2012/08/03/all/lifestyles/doc50197e16bb2dc435527072.txt
I have some free samples to taste and post as well as some tasting notes that I haven't gotten around to typing up so that should be coming soon.
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