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Seasons Craft Brewery

Tel : +55 51 4102 0583

R. Angelo Dourado, 185

Anchieta

Porto Alegre

http://www.cervejariaseasons.com.br

This is another find by Alan Hutton who has an amazing talent for locating good beer in exotic places.

Alan writes:

"The Seasons Craft Brewery can be found in the neighbourhood of Anchieta, Port Alegre in Brazil. The brewery was just recently established in 2010 with the aim to not only create original beers but also spread a new beer culture in Brazil by way of joint projects with a community of home brewers to essentially "start a revolution and drink better craft beer" which is their motto today." 

"Today, they have three signature beers on tap; namely, the "Green Cow" which was their first American IPA is very bitter, tastes full of hops and get's it's name from "cows that are very important to the manufacturing process since the crushed malt (organic waste) is a favorite food of cows" as quoted by Seasons Craft. The "Funhouse" is a Belgian blond beer and get's it's name from circuses and amusement parks where you amuse and amaze visitors !" 

"The one I tried," continues Alan, "had hints of orange and coriander so it's was certainly fun but had a rather strange after taste which could either be attributed to the fruit and veg ingredients or the type of yeast used which comes from Belgian Trappist monks. Lastly, the "Cirilo" looks just like a Guinness but is classed as a coffee stout and they are very much on the mark with this one since the predominant flavor and aroma is just coffee with a typical bitterness and only balanced with the essence of vanilla and herbal flavours on the back of American "alpha" hops and roasted barley. As they say, the perfect excuse to replace coffee in the morning."

"They have a number of other lesser drunk beers such as the Wallace Amber, the BigFoot Russian Imperial Stout and the Harvest Ale all of which I never tried but are allegedly very good too."