Harpoon rolls out a limited edition oyster beer

[Ian David]

Harpoon rolls out a limited edition oyster beer

Here are two distinctively Massachusetts flavors that you probably wouldn’t think would go well together: Harpoon stout and oysters from Duxbury Bay.

We’re about to find out just how effective this unusual pairing will be. Katie Tame, a brewer at the Harpoon plant in South Boston, is brewing the company’s limited edition Island Creek Oyster Stout today.

The idea grew out of discussions about coming up with a beer that would go well with oysters. Then Tame decided to take it a step further: Why not brew a beer where oysters are a key ingredient? Harpoon reached out to Skip Bennett, owner of the Island Creek oyster farm in Duxbury. Bennett tells me he provided a couple hundred oysters to Harpoon, meaning each barrel would only get one oyster or two.

Tame tells me the namesake ingredient won’t be immediately obvious by taste. Instead, the oyster will likely blend in with the other ingredients in the stout. Tame says she burned through four test batches before today, tinkering with the recipe along the way. Oyster beer isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Tame says some brewers used oyster concentrate in the early 20th century to help preserve a beer’s head retention.

More:
http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/massmarkets/2010/01/21/harpoon-rolls-out-a-limited-edition-oyster-beer/

[Kali]

1. reminds me of the Mexican concoction

Clamato and beer (I love many things Mexican, but Clamato Chelada ain't one of them)

[MiddleFingerMom]

2. Oyster beer --- ew.......

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[KamaAina]

3. I am more and more certain that the entire Mass. water supply has been dosed with LSD

first the Brown debacle, now this.

Come to think of it, why doesn't Harpoon brew a "Code Brown" with caramel malt? It could have the pic of him and the two daughters in bikinis on the label. :sarcasm:

[kwassa]

4. I'll keep them separate, thank you very much.

[MrCoffee]

5. "Why not brew a beer where oysters are a key ingredient?"

Why wasn't "Because that would be fucking nasty" an appropriate response?