Purple Haze: Sucks from the Bottle, Rocks From the Tap!

If you have never had the distinct pleasure of drinking the beer called Purple Haze, let me fill you in just briefly on what you are missing out on my friends! This beer is a signature, microbrew beer that is bottled brewed in New Orleans. It offers a robust, hearty and delicious, fruity flavor. Like a pale ale without the bitterness mingling with a heffenweizen and then topped with a lager. Seriously it is hard to describe the tasty offerings of such a great, master-brewed concoction. But what does plague me is that I have had the pleasure – on many different occasions – if drinking this brew from the bottle and from off of the tap. Guess what: it tastes so much more superior from the draft then the bottle!

Why is it Better from Draft than the Bottle?
The only conclusion that I can surmount is that the bottles lose flavor as the sunlight taints the beer during the shipping, handling and packaging process. Also, the beer settles differently in a keg than it would in a bottle. And, finally, kegs are fresher. This is one of the those beers that is meant to be enjoyed totally fresh and ice cold. So matter what bottle you get it from – unless right off the production floor – draft will always taste better when it comes to Purple Haze. Now finding this beer on draft is quite another story…good luck with that!

Purple Haze Rocks (I am Certainly Not Knocking it)
And to clarify: I love this beer. I am not knocking it in any way, it’s an amazing beer! However, I am merely stating it goes down better off the tap. Comment back with your thoughts!

A Song After Which This Beer (Perhaps) Was Named?
In the video (imbedded below) the one and only guitar prodigy and music soothsayer of the late 60’s and early 70s, Jimi Hendrix, performs his hit song live, “Purple Haze.” Of course, there is not much that this beer truly has in common with this song, except for a few namesakes. For example, the decorative coloring and packaging of the bottle (see the above, upper left picture), and the name. But, if you truly think about it, it would come as no surprise that the makers of this tasty brew were perhaps Hendrix fans of sorts, or were listening to the song when they decided to name their beer as such. And, the packaging and the mantra that this beer offers entirely relates in a sort of odd way—if you ask me!