{"id":2043,"date":"2011-03-11T00:02:46","date_gmt":"2011-03-10T11:02:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2011-03-28T00:07:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-27T11:07:00","slug":"yeastie-boys-blondie-rapture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/03\/11\/yeastie-boys-blondie-rapture\/","title":{"rendered":"Yeastie Boys ‘Blondie: Rapture’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Yeastie Boys 'Rapture'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As much I was enjoying the relative novelty of a Friday Night Off, I was also having a Bit Of A Day. The Gonzo and the writing<\/a> helped somewhat, but when I returned to the Malthouse and saw that a few tap beers had run out, necessitating a fridge shuffle, I volunteered to sort it out. A dose of Kegtris<\/a> — with its unique combination of heavy lifting, organising things into neat piles, and near-zero temperatures — is always<\/em> good for my Zen, peculiar creature that I undoubtedly am.<\/p>\n

Colin (the Overboss) was grateful for the Free Labour, and so offered to make it Slightly Not Free by shouting me a pint of the just-tapped ‘Rapture’ as reward when I finished. And it made for a lovely<\/em> after-exertion restorative.<\/p>\n

Whereas its crisp-and-snappy ‘Europa’<\/a> version was brewed with a ‘clean’ German K\u00f6lsch yeast, ‘Rapture’ was fermented with a Belgian abbey yeast and its light body of mild malt and understated hops provides a perfect<\/em> showcase for just exactly what sort of difference<\/a> that choice entails. It’s very easy-going, but delightfully interesting<\/em>; the funkiness from the yeast is in no way overbearing or confrontingly odd, it’s just quirky fruity goodness. Flavour-wise, it put me in mind of some sort of halfway-hybrid of Tuatara ‘Ardennes’<\/a> and Yeastie Boys’ previous Belgian-esque brew ‘Plan K’<\/a>, although it has a lighter body than either of those.<\/p>\n

‘Europa’ was pretty damn tasty, but if I had to choose between Blondies, I’d go with this. The sheer interestingness<\/em> of a much-lighter-than-usual Belgian ale — the usual stereotype<\/a> of Belgian brews being rather hefty isn’t universally<\/em> accurate, but it’s the stereotype for good reason, nonetheless —\u00a0earns ‘Rapture’ quite a few points with me.<\/p>\n

Verbatim:<\/strong> Yeastie Boys ‘Rapture’ 11\/3\/11 on tap @ MH, reward for a (necessary) day-off dose of Kegtris. The second of the ‘Blondie’ pair of summer ales, this time with a Belgian abbey yeast. The lightness of the base really lets the unique yeasty flavours dance arond a little. Not all crisp + snappy like its sister, smooth, quirky fruitiness instead. Really rather fun. Massively reminds me of something, but I’m struggling to spot what… Not Ardennes or Plan K — but maybe their bastard daughter? Not overpoweringly funky, just easily so. And I’ve just unexpectedly landed on a nicely odd food match: Vintage Cheddar & Red Onion Kettle Chips (i.e., Purple Chips). The easy-going funkiness is in them, too. I am so fucking low-brow, sometimes.<\/p>\n

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Yeastie Boys 'Rapture', Hashigo tap badge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Diary II entry #73.1, Yeastie Boys 'Rapture'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
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Diary II entry #73.2, Yeastie Boys 'Rapture'<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As much I was enjoying the relative novelty of a Friday Night Off, I was also having a Bit Of A Day. The Gonzo and the writing helped somewhat, but when I returned to the Malthouse and saw that a few tap beers had run out, necessitating a fridge shuffle, I volunteered to sort it … Continue reading Yeastie Boys ‘Blondie: Rapture’<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3],"tags":[26,6,14,28],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diary","tag-belgian","tag-pages","tag-nz","tag-golden-ale"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1471,"url":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2011\/01\/20\/yeastie-boys-blondie-europa\/","url_meta":{"origin":2043,"position":0},"title":"Yeastie Boys ‘Blondie: Europa’","author":"Phil","date":"January 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I love the idea of Variant Editions of beer. 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