A long-awaited craft beer collaboration savours the nostalgia of those last slurps of cereal milk in the bottom of the bowl on a Saturday morning.
A boatload of a popular colourful, loopy cereal went into the Saturday Morning Cartoons 乌鸦传媒� Frutlupz Hazy IPA by Whistle Buoy and Phillips. Both Victoria breweries are known for their small-batch, experimental beers with quality ingredients 乌鸦传媒� this foray into sweet weekend childhood memories is no different.
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Not uncommon in the a highly intertwined community of craft beer in Greater Victoria, he and business partner and head brewer Matt West-Patrick both previously worked with Phillips.
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That connection makes working together not uncommon, but it eluded Whistle Buoy and Phillips until the most recent bleak week between Christmas and New Year乌鸦传媒檚. That乌鸦传媒檚 when the conversation started in earnest.
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Froot Loops seemed an achievable, and favourable, flavour profile. So they set off to buy a bunch and craft a recipe. Of course, the cereal beer wouldn乌鸦传媒檛 be complete without the sugary breakfast item itself, more than a dozen jumbo boxes of the stuff went into the beer itself. They added it to the mash and even dip-hopped with it. Then dry-hopped with krush, motueka, and citra for a bold citrusy, fruity flavour and aroma.
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The fondly named Saturday Morning Cartoons hits shelves Friday (March 28) at Whistle Buoy in Market Square, Phillips乌鸦传媒� tasting room at 2000 Government St., and local liquor stores.
