I bought this at Salish Lodge (better known to me as the exterior of the Great Northern Lodge in Twin Peaks). The exact nature of this collaboration (contract brew) is unclear... no I take it back, evidently Salish has their own bees, and this is made with their honey.
Well anyway, the beer for the most part tastes like an adjunct lager. It isn't one; I mean it clearly says 'ale' on the label. And it also says hopped (which I'm sure it is, as most beers are), but don't be afraid—it is by no means 'hoppy' (but it's not sweet either). Initially, it smells kinda bready, but once the head has receded, it does smell kinda like honey. And it's there in the taste, too.
If I had to guess, I'd say that for this project, they wanted to showcase honey from this specific apiary, so they started with a clean blonde base and added the honey... but being so small, I'm guessing they didn't have a whole hell of a lot of honey to put in there. I might've guessed that some of the malt bill was cut with corn, but there's no mention of this on the label, so that's probably my imagination.
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