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Hogwash coming to Akron beer festival
Jackie O's Pub and Brewery will have one of the most unusual beers available for tasting at Saturday's Blues & Brews festival in Akron. It's called "Hogwash" and it smells and tastes like breakfast sausage. No kidding. Anyone who knows brewer Brad Clark probably isn't surprised given his well-deserved reputation for experimentation. The smoke beer is made with lavender, lemon peel, honey and maple syrup. "It's pretty sausage-y," Clark said, describing it as having a "Jimmy Dean character." So how did they come up with the name Hogwash? "We were having a hard time figuring out a name for it that wasn't too cheesy," he said. "Not to say that Hogwash wasn't cheesy -- or porky." The wort smelled like the water right after you boil hot dogs in it, Clark said. An assistant brewer remarked that it smelled like "hogwash" and the name stuck. In addition to Hogwash, Jackie O's, located in Athens, will be serving samples of Dark Apparition, an imperial stout.
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