EdinburghNews: Once celebrated as the ideal accompaniment to human liver and Italian wine by cruel villain Hannibal Lecter, fava beans have now been chosen by a Scottish brewer to make a beer that’s kinder to the environment.
Named Tundra, the India Pale Ale brewed by Edinburgh-based Barney’s Beer contains 40 per cent whole fava beans – most commonly grown as a food for salmon, poultry and pigs, and 60 per cent malted barley. It is believed to be gluten-free.
h/t Josephus Daily.
Aficionados have described it as “light amber in colour with assertive bitterness and a distinctive hoppy character”. ……sounds like BHO.
Hmm. Bean beer.
I am NOT looking forward to those beer farts.
Cannot help being skeptical because promotions use the terms environmentally friendly, gluten free, and sustainable. Usually those terms are used in desperation because whatever they’re trying to sell really sucks.
It’s OK…it’s only when your prosciutto screams that you got problems…
Barley is not gluten free
Fava beans are near toxic for people of some ancestral lineage. Wonder if this come through in the beer.
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/581248/ .
Don’t give the Mexicans any ideas or they’ll start making beer from refried beans. Oowee, what’s that smell. They could call it Beaner beer. And if fava beans are anything like lima beans, fuggedabout it, I hate lima beans and green peas as well.
A sorrowful waste of malted barley that should be used to make single malt whisky. (scotch)
No thanks. Sticking with Kelpie…
Made of fava beans? Is it best served with a nice chianti?
All I can say is, don’t do me any favas.
🙂
But the farts are demonstrably more flammable, and sustainable.
@Lazlo – That can’t be true. You’ll have to post a video. (-: heh-heh-heh
If the L-Dopa survives the brewing process it could make for some interesting hang overs vis a vie very vibrant dreams.
Also, excessive L-Dopa can lead to decreased inhibition to risky behavior. Maybe just the thing to bring along for a date at the lake!