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Skittlebrau
diego001 writes "In the spirit of the T.W.I.N.K.I.E.S. Project, and taking a cue from The Simpsons, someone has apparently come up with a real-life Skittlebrau project - various alcoholic beverages with Skittles inside them. Take a look."
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As with most crazy ideas, the Simpsons thought of it first:
Homer: "I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Apu: "Such a product does not exist, sir! You must have dreamed it."
Homer: "Oh. Well then just gimme a six-pack and a couple of bags of Skittles."
And so with that, the Skittlebrau project was born. My years of drinking training had led up to this moment, the first scientific Skittlebrau investigation. I realized that for such a daring experiment, I would have to do the drink tasting myself. Crazy you say? Crazy like a fox (yeah, I don't know what that is supposed to mean either).
I had selected a wide variety of brew to mix with the skittles, from wussy-man malt beverages to dark beer. The resulting drinks were judged not only on taste, but also on appearance post-skittle induction. They would also be tasted immediately, and then allowed to sit for a few minutes so the skittles could dissolve.
Skoors Light
Coors Light is a relatively decent light beer, definitely needed to be served cold. This was the first skittle brew we tried, and the initial results were somewhat disappointing. There wasn't much of a reaction between the skittles and the beer.
The first taste was undiscernable from un-adulterated Coors. However, within minutes, the color coating of the skittles had dissolved off, giving the beer a deeper color from its normal paleness. But as the beer drained down, the skittle taste really started to kick in, and thats not a good thing. Part of the problem is that Coors Light really doesn't taste much like anything, so the skittles quickly became the only taste in the beer. And that last swig is a real face twister.
The interesting thing is whats left at the bottom of the glass, little white pebbles (because the cold beer froze the skittles). Hard and crunchy, and they wipe that beer aftertaste away.
Bacardi Skilver
Bacardi Silver it turns out is actually one of the nastier malt beverages I have ever tasted. So, it couldn't be much worse with skittles. Dropping the skittles into the drink caused a mountain a fizz from the repulsive drink.
The taste is hard to describe. I think its an actual improvement over the normal taste. The strange thing is it almost tastes like margarita mix. The color matches up pretty well with whatever skittle you put in. So either do red/purple or the green/yellow/orange to get a nice glow (putting them all in just makes it look brown). Probably the worst part is the floating white pieces of skittle at the top of the drink
Skitrona
Citrona isn't actually half bad. The only downside to it is that it is fairly cloudy. But with some skittles, it becomes a cornucopia of color. Skittle induction reaction was minimal, and the color quickly spread throughout the drink.
Strangely enough, the skittles really didn't have any effect on the taste, so perhaps Citrona is made from skittles. A very unimpressive showing.
Old Skilwaukee
"Don't do it!!!"
"For science!!!" GLUG GLUG GLUG
"Dear God, what have I done. I have dabbled in things Man was not meant to."
Folks, this one is pretty bad. Not that Old Milwaukee is that great to begin with (I believe "ass" is the term most commonly used), but skittles just make it downright foul. The skittles dissolve very fast, so almost immediately you have a massive influx of sugar into the mixture. The early sips are bad, but it gets worse the longer you put off drinking it.
Chug it down, move on to the last one.
Skittlebrau
The one, the only, the original, Skittlebrau.
I personally am not a big dark beer fan. But the Crazy Engineer household would be remiss if we
welcome our new beer bottles of death overloards.