DAMN YOU SEASONAL BEERS!    Normally I don’t care for autumny seasonal ales, they tend to be a bit overly roasted for me.   But when the resident beer mistress (Wife) and I were beer shopping yesterday at Zupans, the Late Harvest Autumn Ale from Red Hook looked good, especially since it was only $6.99/6-pack.    This was the last one on the shelf, so either it had been cheap for a while or it was good.   I decided it was worth the risk and I didn’t feel like paying $8-$10 for a six pack of some other questionable offering.

Last night for dinner we made “Thai Coconut-Chili Clams” for dinner with some local bread we picked up at the Beaverton Farmer’s Market.   I was worried this beer was going to be one of those roasty, harsh, burnt tasting amber-y winter/cold weather beers, so I was sampling with some trepidation.   I was truly surprised with my first sip when it was only slightly roasty, yummily malty, and a tiny bit hoppy in a good way.    It went perfectly with the almost buttery, rich manilla clams.    This is just a good beer!

I couldn’t have been happier.   Even better is that I get to post more than one positive Frosty review in a row.  =)

I say “Damn you Seasonal Beers” because I know this stuff won’t be around long and I hate not being able to re-find stuff I enjoy swilling.    According to the info I could find online, it may already be out of production.   Sigh.   At least I’ve still got five more to swill before they’re all gone.

Cheers and swill on!