Talk about people passionate about beer. Xingu Black Beer is the result of a couple from Vermont flying to Brazil to try to recreate a lost beer. The husband, a writer, had learned about a beer dating back to 1556 from the Amazon rainforest while researching an article on the history of beers in the world. They couldn’t find the original beer so they worked with a local as crazy as they were to find a brewery to help them bring it back to life.
The beer? It’s a dark, opaque rich brew with a touch of bitterness and some sweetness. Worth a trip to the Amazon? You decide.
Samuel Adams Boston Lager
Your first question might be “Ebel’s Weiss? Don’t they mean edelweiss?” And the answer to that would be no. That’s because the Two Brothers in question are Jim and Jason Ebel. This is one of the brewery’s signature brews and is a traditional, unfiltered German hefeweizen.