Drank: Absinthe Minded Stout Gruit Ale (Fire Cirkl)

By Martin Cizmar

After a few summer beer festivals, you start to think you've seen it all. How many blackberry sours are gonna come out this year, anyway? So it's exciting to spot something as crazy as this absinthe-herbed, hopless beer from a brewery that spells like it's been to a few Oregon Country Fairs. Fire Cirkl is located in White City, north of Medford, and I regret to inform you that my bottle from Fred Meyer on Hawthorne was one of the most wretched beers I've yet encountered. Like, can mouthwash spoil? What if you added simple syrup and the juice of two fennel bushes? Why would anyone want something so sickeningly sweet to also be so very thick? Well, give Cirkl this: You can go to every beer festival in the city this year, and you won't find another brew like it. The green fairy has long been thought a muse; hopefully someone else will find inspiration and make Oregon's first tasty absinthe beer. Not recommended. 

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