Chemistry class solutions, and solutions, are much like these beer reviews, colourful at times but in general useless.
The fine folks at Refined Fool Brewing set a great example for all of us, by not just presenting a problem but also offering a tenable solution. The problem statement, or in modern business vernacular “the challenge” is “How to pretend you’re a normal human family”. Their proposed solution is as colourful as any you would find in a high school chemistry class,* and I quote:
Step 1: Start an Instagram account.
Step 2: Take pictures of your family doing activities that you probably don’t normally do, looking far happier than the situation dictates (Note: hide the less-appealing members at the back or behind a shrub)
Step 3: Post it.
Step 4: Wait for your friend Cheryl to say “Love this!”
Hey Cheryl, just another normal human family.
Advice which I am afraid doesn’t apply to us COM, since we only look happy when quaffing a cold one, which is an activity we do as often as possible. As for hiding the less appealing of us behind a shrub, we would need a fair size shrub for that, most likely a topiary, in order to ensure all of us were out of the picture.**
On to the problem at hand, or should I say the challenge. This challenge is now well in hand and in glass, no problem.
And no need for a pretend website whip and froth pour, this one looks great on its own. An orange light hazy with a bright white head, all very real. A citrus tropical juicy aroma, minimal hops, maximum fruit on the nose. The first taste is citrus juicy, a touch of hops, a dash of malt and a smidgen of a pine bitter aftertaste. Fruit forward, I wouldn’t call it balanced, but all rightly proportioned. It does have a bit of a fizz to it. A light bright hazy tasty IPA, almost sessionable but a bit more to it than a session IPA. The word drinkable comes to mind. *** RF call this “a dangerously delicious flavour bomb that will likely produce real smiles” and they ain’t lyin’.
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