WILK Friday BeerBuzz–1 April 2011 Terrapin Beer Side Project # 14 Tomfoolery

Who could resist doing an April Fools joke, especially on the Friday BeerBuzz….so I’ll admit it was fun to announce we were sampling red wine instead.  It was also a lot of fun running down just a small sample of the beer names from brewers that don’t take themselves too seriously.  I think a sense of humor in beer naming is important, as well as a great marketing tool.

Today we welcomed Terrapin brewmaster Spike Buckowski on the Friday BeerBuzz to help us sample the perfect beer for an April Fool’s Day show.  Even though we featured Terrapin Moo Hoo on the show a few months ago, I couldn’t resist choosing this beer.  Our beer of the day is Terrapin Beer Co Side Project #14 Tomfoolery.  We’ve had brewmaster Spike Buckowski on the show before when we featured Big Hoppy Monster, but I thought this was a perfect beer for the show and it was fun talking to Spike about Tomfoolery and all of the exciting things happening at Terrapin Beer.

Tom Foolery is the 14th beer in the side project series, and the first to be released in 2011.  Side Project beers are limited edition, single-brewing beers that allow Spike to flex his creative brewing muscles.  Tomfoolery is a Black Saison….yep that’s right…you read it correctly…a black saison…or as Spike would say a “traditional style with foolish brewing behavior.”  What better way to say April Fools but with a beer that is black like the night, but tastes much like a traditional light saison.  Try this one for yourself and see if you can pull an April Fool’s joke on your friends too.

Perhaps the BIG news of the day was that Spike released some details on Side Project #16 Flux Capacitor….so stay tuned!

Thanks
to  Spike, Nancy, John, Joe, & Bosco for yet another fun Friday. 
The Friday BeerBuzz…bringing good beers and good people together. 
As always you can check out the video on-line at the WILK Friday BeerBuzz page by clicking HERE