It wasn’t just another manic Monday, despite what Susanna may tell you. * This one was something special. The Crownsmen crew assembled mid-day Monday for the Christmas Edition of The Crownsmen Show with COMDB in tow.
Jerrod presented his Top 5 partners and we aren’t talking Lennon and McCartney here but the top 5 Crownsmen partners. It was noted that COMDB was conspicuously absent from the list. Rory talked about diversity at which point Jerrod confessed to wearing women’s clothing! That was perhaps too much transparency, we were all glad he didn’t bare all.
My own riveting presentation was the top 5 lessons learned from the show this year. An in depth and serious look at revelations that could well be the difference between your business wallowing in the mire or becoming the next Apple. **
Speaking of fruit, that segues nicely into our brew of the day. A stone fruit sour from Phillips out of Victoria BC. Bud, the Elf on the beer shelf, suggested a chocolate stout, which turned out to be good advice unheeded as this review shall attest to.
A dark peachy pour with a full and frothy but camera-shy head that dissipated before it could be captured on film, picture that. A fruitful snootful, lots of peach citrus in the aroma but not much else. The first taste is a stone fruit salad tossed four ways to Monday, with very little tart, sour or anything else to provide a bit of balance. A watery slick mouthfeel. Lots of juice with a touch of tart. Not balanced, too sessionable a sour, light but not a delight.
Rory didn’t exactly gush over it but thought it was OK. Jerrod dared to disagree and made it clear he would not drink it again, not on the show, at home or even in the alley behind the studio. Gaudy provided the most telling review when she said it could possibly be used as a marinade for steaks on the grill. I found it missing either sour or tart or some other attribute that would make it more than a watery juicer. One thumb sideways, three thumbs down, the team was sour on this one.
Phillips brews some tasty beers. Their Electric Unicorn was as rare as its namesake, being a super suds white IPA. And their Implosion pils hit the spot. This one not so much.
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