Cranky Reviews

These brewers and their fancy new fangled names for their brews. What the hell is a “pog” I asked myself. My research revealed much. Apparently in gaming circles pog means “a play of the game” and in Twitch speak pog means excellent, awesome or remarkable. In the military POG is a derogatory term meaning a “person other than a grunt” and referring to non-combat personnel. The dictionary says a pog is a small collectible disc with an image on it that is used in playing games. However pog is not in the Scrabble dictionary so before you sneak it on that triple word square be prepared for a challenge. In the urban dictionary a pog is a man or woman who befriends someone for a shortterm romantic relationship and is then insulted when they are denied.  Sounds like a player to me, and not of the Scrabble variety.

Then I looked at the can again, and read Passion Fruit, Orange and Guava. POG. By just reading the can first I could have saved myself hours of useless trivia research on the WW Web.

Artwork of Matt Joyce

This time Collective Arts is featuring art from Matt Joyce of Wales in something reminiscent of the Beatles Yellow Submarine.

Beer review time. If you’ve never had a sour never say never, the first thing you should know is that they don’t taste like any beer you have had before. So open your mind before you open the can. This one pours thick and juicy with extra pulp, pulp non-fiction. It has a very citrus aroma with a tartness that spells and smells grapefruit.  The taste is like an orange peach combo with a nice mouth feel and a nice tart finish. A great fresh taste, tart not too sour so I’m not at all dour. With a peppered pistachio pairing, to sneak in an arbitrary alliteration.*

A very refreshing juicer with a touch of a tart finish, this really is a hot weather treat and probably would be the cat’s pajamas** on a scorcher of a day flippin’ the bird at the BBQ.