Submitted by Brewmaster on July 30, 2009
Grasshopper Wheat Ale is one of our best selling beers and a beer that I am very proud of.
I absolutely love the balance of the pale and wheat malts. I love the golden yellow hues. I love how it is light on the palate and yet has a beautiful European hop aroma. I especially love how we took the time to create such beautiful fruity citrusy notes, however; I don’t think we should be taking this beautiful beer and adding fruit to it and making it a fruit salad.
Consider me a purist, consider me old fashioned, but just don’t consider serving me a ‘Hopper with a lemon on it!
You must be of legal drinking age to enter the brewery.
I'm of legal drinking age in my province/state.
Submitted by Shelagh McNally (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 12:51.
I say, “Let the drinkers decide!”
Enjoy the moment!
Submitted by Jody Hammell (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 12:58.
Think of it like our lime beer or our espresso beer or even our spiced beer ..... if I wanted it in there, I would have put it in before we packaged it!
Submitted by Claire (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 13:00.
Lemon of Yemen! I will drink my Grasshopper either way!
Submitted by Paul Guatreau (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 13:06.
Hey I’m all for individuality, we built the brewery based on being different, totally cool with that. All I’m saying is that the beer stands on its own. It has a citrusy undertone, it doesn’t need any help becoming anything other than what it was meant to be.
It’s a great beer as it is and if I order one and it has a lemon wedge on it I quickly take it off so I can enjoy it - as it was meant to be.
Actually, what does bug me is that if I drink from the spot where the wedge was then they have already altered my enjoyment of the beer... so I have to be careful what side of the glass I drink the beer from!
Submitted by Paul Kelly (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 15:44.
I tried a "Lime" (or eight...lost count) for the first time down on the deck at the Ship and Anchor the other day. Delicious and refreshing. And session strength to boot. Needed a cab ride home. I love beer.
Submitted by Cody (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 16:27.
Not required at all, but sometimes a nice addition. It's like lipgloss on your beautiful wife.
Submitted by Bryn (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 17:08.
Hmm, this is interesting. My first experience with Grasshopper involved a lemon, so my opinion may be tainted by nostalgia, or maybe having a lemon with my Grasshopper has just become a habit. I like the lemon, but I do think that Grasshopper stands on it's own and certainly doesn't need to be served with fruit to be enjoyed. Also if there's too much lemon it ruins the beer for me.
Submitted by Trevor McConnell (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 18:08.
I'm with Paul. Not only does the lemon muck up the flavour, it kills the head. I prefer hoppier beers like XO and Pale Ale, but if I'm going to drink a mellow wheat beer I want a sturdy white head on it, not a few lonely bubbles wandering round a piece of fruit.
Submitted by Paul Hughes (not verified) on Thu, 2009-07-30 18:08.
The seemingly organic pursuit of finely crafted beer defines Big Rock. On many occassions, I feel brew shangri la was attained by the architects of Trad, WH & GrassHopper sans any pure taste altering substance (PTAS).
Sitting in the shade of the trees at the Killarney Urban Farm, my beer compass began to explore a different trail. Voila! I stumbled onto Hopper LOL (lemon, orange, lime slices). BR has redefined the essential summery beer. LOL...
Submitted by Geoff Dyment (not verified) on Tue, 2009-08-04 10:10.
I also quickly remove the lemon. With the precision involved in every ingredient, down to the microliter, it seems odd that after all is said and done we would just squirt a completely random amount of lemon juice into it.
Submitted by Dave Porteous (not verified) on Mon, 2009-08-10 08:09.
Grasshopper is my beer of choice wherever I go. I always ask for it "no fruit".
Where did this idea come from? Certainly not the brewery itself.
NO FRUIT!!! Try it without.
Submitted by Rockster (not verified) on Wed, 2009-09-02 21:09.
I say we go further yet: Get the enginbeers to put lemon right inside the Grasshopper. THIS WAY, I can get rid of the plastic yellow lemon I keep in my fridge...
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