Pedal to the metal, head up, hammer down. Making time instead of my usual practice of wasting it. But I was feeling a bit peckish, a bit dry, with a thirst for more than just knowledge if you know what I mean. So I thought I would put all this high-falutin hands free my phone I-Phone technology to good use.
Me: Hey Siri, find me a brewery nearby.
Siri: Banter & Co Brewing is 15 kilometers North and 10 minutes away and gets 5 stars.
I always thought that Siri was female, but my Siri has an Adams apple and chest hair and sounds like a 50’s radio ad personality. I imagine there is a gender bender app on my phone to do a Siri sex change, but I wasn’t going to go all tech savy while going 100 plus on the 401. On the Car Play screen there was a thumbs up emoji beside the words “Highly Recommend”. You had me at brewery.
Into the quaint hamlet of Brooklin, I didn’t see Ophelia, * but I see the Banter banner. The deity of parking shone on me that day with a non-handicapped space right out front. So I dropped in for some friendly banter and some cold Banter.
Not creatively, but nonetheless correctly named.
The down to earth, less than creative but nonetheless quite accurate name “Pilsner” graced the menu. My order, “Pretzel and pilsner please”. My penchant for a practically perfect pint pairing satisfied my alliteration addiction. But would my order secure super suds status? As my own draft deadline approached, the Banter barkeep poured me a cold one.
A bright golden pour, that’s one clear beer here. It has a malt fresh Saazy hop aroma. ** The first taste is mellow malt to crisp with a very dry finish and a slight bitter aftertaste. A touch acerbic, but very refreshing. I immediately go to the big swig test to wash away some of that highway dust. Malt fizz and less crisp with fading bitters. Verdict, it passes the big swig test with honours. A humbly named, nicely flavoured malt with a crisp finish and an ever so slight bite pils. The acerbicity, like Elvis, has left the building. *** It turns out this Pils and pretzel are a perfect pairing. A premium, pleasing, and practically perfect Pilsner worthy of its plain Jane moniker and much more.
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