The Olde Burnside Brewing Company is near and dear to my heart for several reasons; one of which is that they make really good beer (particularly their “Dirty Penny” dark ale offering) and another is that they’re located in East Hartford, just minutes from our house.
Old Burnside doesn’t often bring new beers to the market, so when they do I consider it something of an Event. Recently they released a new Hefeweizen-style beer called Penny Weiz and naturally I picked up a growler as soon as I saw it in the store (did I mention they only sell beer in growlers? That’s another reason they’re awesome).
The beer is very orangey, which the label leads us to expect. The taste is more gimmicky than I typically like in a glass. I can see myself enjoying one glass in an evening and then moving on to other beers, but probably not more than that. I expect that enjoyers of the Shipyard Pumpkin Ale (not my favorite pumpkin offering) would greatly enjoy this beer.
