I've been saving it -- a beer brewed just for the Total Solar Eclipse! And like that celestial event, this beer is special. But there's no reason to keep this beer in the bottle, to age like a fine wine. Nope, this beer is meant to drink. So, during the week of the Super Blue Blood Moon Lunar Eclipse, I figured it's time to open it up.
My sister took that great photo of the total solar eclipse, on our canoe trip. I took the rest of the photos. Lower left: the Eye of Sauron is my cellphone photo of the solar eclipse, lol. Upper right: the recent Super Blue Blood Moon, almost at full lunar eclipse. Lower right: Thursday's regular old moon. We've got a nice moon! And I'm getting better at shooting the moon!
A Special Beer for a Special Occasion
This was a special brew, made in celebration of Mazama Brewing being along the Line of Totality - where the sun's rays would be blocked by the moon for over 2 minutes! During the eclipse, the brewery hosted a viewing and drinking party. For $25, folks got a commemorative bottle of this special lager, another drink of their choice, brunch, and a pair of eclipse viewing glasses. Hey, they offer Yoga and a pint every other Sunday, too!
It's the 8.21 Lunar Lager from Mazama Brewing in Corvallis, Oregon. It's a 6.6% ABV India Pale Lager.
I didn't go to Mazama's eclipse viewing party, even though I was nearby. Corvallis was going to be so crowded with people from all over the world, wanting to see the eclipse totality. Instead, I was camping on an island in the Willamette River, right on the line of maximum totality. Here are my posts about my eclipse canoe trip: part 1, part 2. Because I had such a great time experiencing the total solar eclipse, I needed to buy this bottle of 8.21 Lunar Lager.
Mazama Brewing is a small family-owned craft brewery. They partnered with the Beer Stein, a tiny store with a huge inventory, in Eugene, Oregon, to sell the bottled beer. When I was writing this post, the Beer Stein listed 958 listed in their online inventory - 958!
The beer is a lager, made with Pilsner malt and Mecca Grande Estate malt, Citra and Amarillo hops, and then dry-hopped with Idaho 7. It looks so special with the gold label. So I brought out my special Steemit Silver Round that I got from @papa-pepper.
How Does It Taste?
So, so good! It's a crisp, clean lager. With a hint of citrus. Smooth! This is a beer that's meant to be enjoyed! I would buy this beer, even if it wasn't in a commemorative bottle! But just like the eclipse, this beer has come and gone!
*This beer was so, so good with my wild weed salad. There are 16 different springtime weeds in that salad. I picked them from my yard. *
What Do You Think?
- Have you ever had a specially brewed commemorative beer?
- Have you ever had a beer from Mazama Brewing?
- Did you see the solar eclipse or the lunar eclipse?
- Do you like to eat wild salads?
- Would you eat my salad? Or share my beer?
My other beer reviews: Session Premium Lager // Pray for Snow Winter Ale // Ninkasi Helles Lager
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