Hofstettner bier Granittbock 2010 2010 A very good year. Or was it? I can’t remember. Obama’s first term was yet to be upset by the midterms (we hope history doesn’t repeat)* But it rhymes— the bitter fruit of other times syrupy malt of a bygone age yields ultimately to the faint hops faded from a self-assured European Union untouched by Greek bank collapse, Brexit, or the resurgence of ethnic nationalism. But the beer, man! How does it taste? - Oh, I thought I’d told you that. You want to try some? When I’m good and ready…now to compare it to a Trappist ale that had been sitting around growing flat and separating sediment, cut with pure blue water from the Danube would be a cop-out, but it wouldn’t be entirely groundless. Oddly enough, as I haven’t smoked since before the pandemic and never crave one, this beer would, I think, go well with a cigarette. Hard as granite Yet easy to drink What more can I say? I’ll shut my mouth now (except to drink the very last si...