Zipline Berried Gold Lager Brewed With Currants

Many years ago Sam Adams produced a cranberry lambic, https://ill-gottenbooty.blogspot.com/2009/11/beer-review-sam-adams-cranberry-lambic.html which introduced me to lambics, https://ill-gottenbooty.blogspot.com/2011/11/below-is-last-years-review-of-lindemans.html but was also one of the few cranberry ales that I have been able to source for Thanksgiving. https://ill-gottenbooty.blogspot.com/2009/11/beer-review-sam-adams-longshot.html , https://ill-gottenbooty.blogspot.com/2014/09/leinenkugels-cranberry-ginger-shandy.html . Later I discovered Lindeman's lambics - they had a cassis, i.e. black currant lambic, that was my go-to drink at Thanksgiving, but this year I couldn't even find that. I have a raspberry lambic for later, but for now, I'm enjoying a lager, brewed with currants. 

Zipline is one of those local breweries that rarely steps wrong. Their lager is everything you could want in a lager. It's crisp, clear, but without a lot of extraneous flavor profiles like you'd get in an ale. With a good lager, you get the taste of BEER. The currant flavoring adds a lot. Lagers, being in some ways the blank canvas in which brewmasters can draw, are uniquely suited to accept fruit flavorings. And the currant is almost perfect as a Thanksgiving addition to a holiday beer.