Bee Too by Penn Brewing Co

This beer was started after Penn Brewery removed a back wall (well technically it fell down, but they were planning on removing it anyway) and found that the colony of bees there was huge. They had the Colony moved (properly) but were left with all the delicious honey. So what's a brewer to do? Make a unique one off beer of course! We were lucky enough to get to Happy Hour on the tapping night (even if it made Dave slightly late to play Volleyball).

They had $5 Sausages during Happy Hour, including pheasant sausage. Of course Dave had to try the pheasant (because how often do you encounter pheasant sausage?) while I got a really tasty Kielbasa. We knew we had to go back for a non rushed dinner sometime soon, if just to get tasty honey beer. So we did just that the following week. We had more delicious sausage, and we were even able to go home with a growler of honey goodness.

Color:

Honey gold with a slight caramel red color, SRM~5-7

ABV:

6%

Smell:

Earthy hops with a honey sweetness but not sugary at all

Taste:

It tastes just as it smells. It's earthy and hoppy but not bitter. It tastes sweet but not sugary and just like honey but not like mead. There is very little malty sweetness. It had a nice medium mouthfeel and a medium carbonation. It was heavily lacing with a nice creamy white lace with a low head size. It wasn't effervescent and was in the Kolsch style. The aftertaste started hoppy, more of a bitter hop than a earth hop, and moved toward the sweeter honey flavors after. It lingered nicely and since it was a nice light beer the lingering didn't bother me.

Rating:

This is great and since it's a one off we just had to take some home with us. I wish I could have this all summer. It's nice and earthy but still sweet. Just what I expect out of Penn Brewery.