{"id":2925,"date":"2009-01-21T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2009-01-21T14:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/foodembrace.com\/?p=2925"},"modified":"2009-01-21T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2009-01-21T14:20:09","slug":"review-new-holland-brewing-company-cabin-fever-brown-ale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/2009\/01\/review-new-holland-brewing-company-cabin-fever-brown-ale\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: New Holland Brewing Company Cabin Fever Brown Ale"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New Holland Brewing Company Cabin Fever <\/p><\/div>\n

Dark, complex, and a little bit moody is how I prefer them.<\/p>\n

The darker the better.\u00a0 Not too complex otherwise you’ll just be left confused and unsatisfied which doesn’t do you any good.\u00a0 Moody because it needs to melt with you and fit your current emotion like a glove.\u00a0 A support system of sorts.<\/p>\n

I’m talking about beers, not dudes!\u00a0 A complex and moody dude would just get on my nerves actually and I would end up kicking him to the curb.\u00a0 But beer?\u00a0 Oh yes it must be complex, requiring me to spend time figuring out it’s good to me or not.<\/p>\n

Hello Cabin Fever! You will not get kicked to the curb!<\/p>\n

This beer meets all my criteria for an awesome beer.\u00a0 Check out that color!\u00a0 The first time I poured this beer into a glass I was blown away by its very dark and rich coloring.\u00a0 It almost looks like dark chocolate or perhaps a really strong coffee.\u00a0 I was nervous tasting it because the color reminded me of a Black&Tan (or Guinness), and in my opinion those beers are thick and syrupy, which is not a pleasant drinking experience for me.\u00a0 Who wants to drink syrup?\u00a0 This beer is most certainly not that way.\u00a0 That’s not to say it’s a “light” beer; this is a hardy beer with a very strong presence.\u00a0 But the carbonation is perfect and keeps the beer from becoming a heavy syrup mess in a glass (sorry Black&Tan and Guinness lovers! (not really<\/em>)).<\/p>\n

The flavors of the beer are subtle and hit you at the end.\u00a0 The description from the brewing company is this:<\/p>\n

Robust in character yet smooth in delivery, Cabin Fever<\/span> is a roasty brown ale and a hearty, comforting companion for long, mind-bending winters. Its rye, roast and raisin notes play off a subtle caramel sweetness and culminate in a dry finish. Excellent with roasts, stews, caramelized onions and snowfall.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I could taste the rye but not the raisin flavor.\u00a0 The caramel sweetness is right there the entire time and helps keep the beer light and smooth.\u00a0 The smell of this beer alone would keep me coming back.\u00a0 To me it smells like a fresh brewed pot of coffee.\u00a0 That smell when you first walk into a room and realize there’s coffee around?\u00a0 That smell is what hits me first as I go to take a sip.\u00a0 It makes the drinking experience all that more enjoyable.<\/p>\n

I have found that I prefer this beer not super cold but a little warmer than how a typical beer is served.\u00a0 If it’s too cold you can’t taste all the different aspects of the beer and it doesn’t quite sit right on the tongue.\u00a0 Chilled is how it should be served.\u00a0 Bypass super cold in a frosty mug and go for cool.<\/p>\n

Naturally this is a seasonal beer, hence the name and my luck finding really awesome beers that are not around long.\u00a0 Unfortunately the website does not list the availability timeframe of this beer so I don’t know how much longer it will be around.\u00a0 I’ll have to pick more up soon!<\/p>\n

If you like beer and especially if you enjoy a darker beer, check around and see if you can find some Cabin Fever.\u00a0 I bought mine at Whole Foods actually.\u00a0 The other grocery store I frequent does not carry it.\u00a0 If you can’t find it, well maybe New Holland will be nice enough to ship?\u00a0 It’s worth asking at least!<\/p>\n

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Dark, complex, and a little bit moody is how I prefer them. The darker the better.\u00a0 Not too complex otherwise you’ll just be left confused and unsatisfied which doesn’t do you any good.\u00a0 Moody because it needs to melt with you and fit your current emotion like a glove.\u00a0 A support system of sorts. I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4KYWa-Lb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/foodembrace.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}