Shakespeare, The Winter’s Tale, “ ..a quart of ale is a dish for a king.”
I think it was the Bard who said “Once more into the peach, dear friends, once more.” * I don’t think he needed to say “once more” twice, do you? Shakespeare could be so dramatic at times. But here I am, as Will of the Quill would say, once more into the peach. ** This time a peachy pale ale from the fine folks at Forked River. And it’s time to tell the tale of this peachy pale ale. The taste test, a triumph or tragedy? “There’s no score either good or bad, but drinking makes it so.”*
Right out of the gate, Bring the Fuzz brought the foam, as in a heaping helping of head. Too much Shakes-beer perhaps? Perhaps. It has a nice peachy aroma, it smells fruitful. First taste is a peachy fuzzy fizz going into a slightly bitter finish and a sweet peachy aftertaste. Not subtle but not over the top either, quite nice actually. Any bitters are minimal and what remains is a nice mild easy drinking ale.
This is exactly what you want in a peach pale ale. As the Bard of Beer would say “Ales well that ends well’. *
*Editor’s Comment: Our Reviewer has a unique penchant for butchering the Bard. Shakespeare, from his play Henry V has the King rallying his troops with the famous line, “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more; or close the wall up with our English dead.” The next misquote, from Shakespeare’s Hamlet, is in Act 2, Scene 2 when Hamlet says “There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.” And to finish things off, “All’s well that ends well” is the correct line from the play of the same name.
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