thatguy314 wrote:It's a seasonal beer produced for St. Patrick's day. There are plenty of commercial examples. And it turns your tongue green (that should be counted somewhere in the scoring).
I have yet to see any example (except one) of green beer that is produced on a regular commercial basis. (Dogfish Head's Spirulina beer). All the St. Patty's green beer I know of is produced locally with green food coloring. One of our members owns a draft store and he spends the whole period around St. Patty's injecting food coloring into kegs of Heineken and Bud Light. (And sadly, despite my protests - my workplace ordered several kegs. oh well, at least he got the money for it.)
Sinamar on the other hand is at least a malt based colorant that does actually add some flavor and aroma components. (lightly). Colorants are a controversial topic. Most of the speculation points to Köstritzer, the classic Schwarzbier, as being an all pils product colored with Sinamar. It gets even worse when you look at British brewing and the extensive use of brewing caramel (or here in the US - Amber Bock - aka Michelob with brewer's caramel extract)
For what it's worth, I definitely agree that a Strong Brown should be added. In years past it's been argued that Red Rocket and others would be caught under the "American Strong Ale" cat we run (12.3) - which was actually created to put Arrogant Bastard somewhere sensical.
