(Chicago, IL) – What is Marisol you ask?
This past summer, Goose Island Beer Co. collaborated with chef and author, Rick Bayless, on a beer to compliment the cuisine at Bayless’ Chicago-based restaurant, Frontera. Hop Cast got the scoop on how the beer came to be and what menu items inspired it (see video below or larger). Just speculating (nothing official) but I would guess that these 22 oz. bottles will be an exclusive offering at Frontera and perhaps the Goose Island brewpubs.
The Chicagoist summarizes the brew well enough: “Marisol is a Belgian golden ale, spiced with tangerine zest, coriander and ugli fruit. That last ingredient’s the doozy. Ugli fruit, a bastard hybrid of Seville orange, grapefruit and tangerine, is indeed ugly.”
Why would they add the “developes in the bottle for up to five years” on the side if you couldn’t purchase some for the cellar? My guess is/I hope we will see some on the shelves
No, we probably won’t see these on the shelves.
Everything developes in the bottle. The question is whether it is drinkable or not.
I am not sure from where this expectation to “age” came from or from which beer fraternity. A common fallacy is that all wine “ages” or better yet improves (developes?) in the bottle. Not true
If you want to age something – I say roll the dice on a California cabernet. As for beer, its beer – drink it!
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I can’t wait to try this beer… aside from being collaborated on by my favorite chef in the world, Mr. Rick Bayless, it’s got my name on it! (I have to say- I found it interesting that not one person stated the name of the beer, not even Rick! LOL!
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