I'm leaving on a jetplane, I don't know when I'll get back again.. Okay, so maybe I know when I'm getting back, but considering the circumstances, I don't know anymore. I had the opportunity to go to a conference for work, and the conference is in Canada. Winnipeg if you want to be specific. Anyway, I got to the airport and figured I'd have a beer before the flight. Why not, right? At RDU, they have a Gordon Biersch Brewery restaurant. I was really only interested in the beer, but I had a really light lunch, so I figured I'd get some soup too.
I've had Gordon Biersch before, it was a twelve pack variety pack before I had an appreciation for beer. Had a hard time drinking them at the time. I'm sure that wouldn't be a problem now. I ended up going for the seasonal, which happened to be the Maibock. It was presented in a good looking pilsner glass, with a finger of fluffy egg-white head, the body a cross being amber and siena. Based on the comments from the waitress, it was going to be something like an amber. I like those! I picked up aromas of malt.
I could pick up caramel malts and a heavy metallic taste. I like the heavy metallic taste, but even this was too much. Didn't leave a great taste in my mouth. Still, the moderate to high carbonation gave it a nice spicy finish and I felt the need to drink more, I was just wishing it was something else. It was a light bodied brew, easy to drink, but I had to drink it pretty quickly and I felt like it had an impact on me, albeit a very slight one. I feel like if they could tone down that metallic bite, this one could be a winner. Until then, however, there are a lot of other amber ales I would have to recommend.
Grade: C
Price Paid: $8.29 (20 oz pilsner) (Yeah..you know you're paying a premium at an airport..)
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