If you thought that a Grisette was a Memphis Grizzly’s cheerleader* you would be incorrect. FYI the Memphis Grizzlies cheerleaders are actually called Grizz Girls. What kind of a name is that? Sounds like a geriatric cheer squad to me. Why not the Memphis Belles, or the Riverboat Rockettes, the Graceland Girls, the Nearly Bears, or a dozen other far better names? What were they thinking, or drinking? Chances are pretty good that whatever they were drinking, it wasn’t a grisette.
A grisette is actually a style of beer you probably hadn’t heard of before (me either). Originating from the border region of France and Belgium, it is a similar to farmhouse ales and the German gose beers. This version has an added twist, that would be a twist of lemon, as in lemon zest.
The Muskoka brewers have whipped up a light version with “citrus and spice an everything nice” they tell us. It pours a bright golden lemony yellow, with a bright white meringue on top of this slice of pie. Definitely lemon tang and zest aroma. It tastes lemony, but not tart. Zesty, sprite like, but not spritzer fizzy, just a bit fizzy. Lemonade for adults who like beer (and lemonade). It is a zesty fizzy slightly tangy lemony refresher. I enjoyed it but I get the feeling some beer drinkers would struggle with this one a bit.
Although I was watching the Blue Jays while quaffing this one it seems to me this is a perfect “twisting by the pool” or “walking on sunshine”** brew. In the right time and place it could well have been a super suds in the sun score.
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