It's official, Funky Buddha is my new favorite brewery! Everything they do reaches such a high degree of perfection. Are these guys brewers, magicians or beer alchemists? Turning raw ingredients into these spectacular brews is nothing short of a Wonka-esque feat. This was my third Funky Buddha event in the past three days and I got to try nine of their different offerings. Not only were they all great, they were exceptionally delicious!
We arrived early to get a good seat at the bar while trying to beat the rush. After waiting anxiously in anticipation the kegs were finally tapped. Knowing these beers would fly, we ordered one of each to make sure we could try them all before it was too late. The three beers on draft were Last Snow, No Crusts, and Bonita Applebaum. Last Snow was the first to kick, and all three beers were gone in under an hour. If you showed up late you truly missed out on this special event.
I started with No Crusts which is basically a PB&J brown ale. Imagine opening a fresh loaf of bread, slathering on chunky peanut butter and grape jelly, then taking a big whiff of this inviting sandwich before enjoying your first bite. Notes of lightly toasted bread, waves of roasted peanuts and moderately sweet jelly kept swirling around in both aroma and taste. This beer was extremely balanced with certain flavors popping up and down throughout the glass.
After my sandwich I moved on to dessert. Bonita Applebaum is a brown ale that tastes like apple pie in a glass. Every expected flavor was here...pie crust, apple filling, cinnamon, sugar, maybe a bit of nutmeg and spice. There's no other way for me to describe this beer than wringing out a freshly baked apple pie and extracting the deliciousness into your glass. Perfection!
I finished with Last Snow, which happened to be my favorite beer of the night. This deep brownish-black porter was just fantastic! While I was blown away by the other beers, this one topped the list for me. Dark chocolate, heaping amounts of coconut, roasted malt and light vanilla came together to form this liquid Mounds bar. I enjoyed this more than the Maple Bacon Coffee Porter and it's possibly my all around favorite beer of the week so far.
The most outstanding and impressive aspects of these beers is that they are so completely drinkable. Never coming off as too sweet or disproportionate, the flavors continuously maintain control from top to bottom. Funky Buddha has mastered the art of brewing and taken things to a whole new level.
Thank you to Funky Buddha for coming up from Florida and sharing their incredible beers with everyone in Philly. Thanks also to Prohibition Taproom and Bella Vista Beer Distributor. Another great event!
http://thefunkybuddha.com/
http://theprohibitiontaproom.com/home.asp
http://bellavistabeverage.com/
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