Benefit from my mistakes.

Stopped by a specialty spirits store yesterday near the end of my outing, seeking something unique to enjoy around sundown. The two I settled upon were: a.) an Ommegang brew that appeared deliciously dark and b.) a banana bread flavored ale.
Yep.

Unfortunately both proved nearly undrinkable. The Ommegang was the surprise as it was essentially a syrupy soda fountain pull coupled with a heavy porter. Super sweet, super dark. I wasn't looking for something as 'mild' as a Guinness but I certainly wasn't expecting that. Holy hell.

As for the banana bread brew, WOW. Just wow.
Now, I stared at that bottle for a long while before buying, knowing full well that while I love bananas there's nary another nana-flavored item I enjoy. Regardless, being a featured item I thought I'd give it a go...well this stuff nearly had me swearing off the damned fruit for life; the flavor was ridiculously potent, like mixing a wheat beer with a full bottle of pure banana extract. "This must be what hate tastes like!" Kind of like that, yeah.

I'm telling you, I barely finished them.