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kipper Oct 1, 2008 7:16 pm

white birch beer?
 
Anyone ever tried white birch beer? I've never tried it, but Mr. Kipper insists it's really outstanding.

bigguyinpasadena Oct 1, 2008 7:20 pm

I tried it once-at a food fair in Montreal.
Very tasty-but it does taste like a tree.

kipper Oct 1, 2008 7:22 pm


Originally Posted by bigguyinpasadena (Post 10456876)
I tried it once-at a food fair in Montreal.
Very tasty-but it does taste like a tree.

And a tree is tasty? :)

Duhey2 Oct 1, 2008 9:26 pm

Does Mr. Kipper call it "white birch beer"? It's very popular in New England but usually just called "birch beer". I like it....it's got a lighter taste than root beer. They sell it in convenience stores between the ginger ale and the pepsi.

cordelli Oct 1, 2008 9:42 pm

There's a hot dot place in Cheshire, CT (Blackies) that has it on tap. Fanta makes it, probably just for them, they sell more Birch Beer (two taps on each fountain) then coke and diet coke at one tap each. I like it.

Duhey2 Oct 1, 2008 9:55 pm


Originally Posted by cordelli (Post 10457527)
There's a hot dot place in Cheshire, CT (Blackies) that has it on tap.

Yeah, I like the generic label they have.

I took my wife there last Christmas while going with my mom to Costco. My wife thought it was "ok". Then again, she's a native Texan and they have no idea what a good hot dog is here. I've been known to bring back a ten pound box of Martin Rosol's from time to time to try and culture these people....:D

Steph3n Oct 1, 2008 10:19 pm


Originally Posted by Duhey2 (Post 10457573)
...she's a native Texan and they have no idea what a good hot dog is here.....:D

that cause there is no such thing as a good hotdog, ANYWHERE!

now a brat can be yum :)
(and I am a Texan)

thelark Oct 2, 2008 7:46 am


Originally Posted by cordelli (Post 10457527)
There's a hot dot place in Cheshire, CT (Blackies) that has it on tap. Fanta makes it, probably just for them, they sell more Birch Beer (two taps on each fountain) then coke and diet coke at one tap each. I like it.

Blackies is dope.

Foxon Park (another CT company) makes a good birch beer. I know Louis Lunch serves it.

BDLORD Oct 2, 2008 8:01 am


Originally Posted by thelark (Post 10459009)
Blackies is dope.

Foxon Park (another CT company) makes a good birch beer. I know Louis Lunch serves it.

I live in the New Haven Area and buy Foxon Park by the case. I love the smell of Birch Beer!

greggwiggins Oct 2, 2008 8:35 am

I've seen clear birch beer (is that what you mean by 'white'?) from Polar but not tried it; I'm more familiar with the brown-colored stuff made and sold in the mid-Atlantic states by several soft drink manufacturers.

The flavor of birch beer, while similar to root beer, is different enough that I wouldn't consider the two 'six of one, half-dozen of the other'.

bigguyinpasadena Oct 2, 2008 8:40 am

I have also tried(and enjoyed)Spruce beer-which is very "piney"I don't think it would be my regular beverage but it is different.

greggwiggins Oct 2, 2008 8:46 am


Originally Posted by bigguyinpasadena (Post 10459335)
I have also tried(and enjoyed)Spruce beer-which is very "piney"I don't think it would be my regular beverage but it is different.

Not to be confused with Alaskan Winter Ale; it's a beer spiced with spruce tips.

From Alaskan's website:

From the seafaring adventurers of the 1700s to the homebrewers of today, adding spruce tips to beer has a rich history in Southeast Alaska. The tender new growth of Sitka spruce tips lends a delicious, yet subtly sweet floral aroma to tea, jelly and now Alaskan Winter Ale.

notsosmart Oct 2, 2008 9:26 am

So, uhm, it's non-alcoholic?

notsosmart Oct 2, 2008 9:27 am


Originally Posted by greggwiggins (Post 10459364)
Not to be confused with Alaskan Winter Ale; it's a beer spiced with spruce tips.

From Alaskan's website:

From the seafaring adventurers of the 1700s to the homebrewers of today, adding spruce tips to beer has a rich history in Southeast Alaska. The tender new growth of Sitka spruce tips lends a delicious, yet subtly sweet floral aroma to tea, jelly and now Alaskan Winter Ale.

What, no moose chips??? ;)

BDLORD Oct 2, 2008 9:31 am


Originally Posted by greggwiggins (Post 10459300)
I've seen clear birch beer (is that what you mean by 'white'?) from Polar but not tried it; I'm more familiar with the brown-colored stuff made and sold in the mid-Atlantic states by several soft drink manufacturers.

The flavor of birch beer, while similar to root beer, is different enough that I wouldn't consider the two 'six of one, half-dozen of the other'.

White is clear.
I have seen it as an Amber also


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