DEC 12, 2024 | FEATURES | By Megan Burich and Izzy Roe
Welcome back to our regularly scheduled beer for babes: pretty much just chugging three beers in Izzy’s house while yapping. It felt good for us to get back into the groove; however, we were not looking forward to it after an eventful weekend of Delta Mu formal, where we pounded some Genesee Cream Ales (gross for your information). To offset the dread of having to drink more this week, we tried 10 Barrel Brewing’s Cucumber Crush Sour, at 5%. We love their huckleberry sour, so we only assumed we would love this sour. Spoiler alert: we did.
Before getting into the beer, we want to apologize again for the hectic article last week. Honestly, we both just blacked out with our dads and made shit up. We will work to be better in the next few articles, starting with this one. If anyone has any suggestions on how to spruce things up, let us know!
This cucumber sour was delightful, reminding us of the fancy cucumber water one might get at the lobby of a hotel on a vacation you took with your parents. It also reminded Megan of those cucumber mint smart waters they sell at the C-store, in a good way. It was refreshing and reminded us of something we would love to drink on a warm summer day. It weirdly got our bowels moving, which was an unexpected side effect of a sour. It may have something to do with the fact that it was remnant of a green juice, and in the wise words of Ella Simons (‘25), had a hint of wheatgrass. It felt healthy to drink (hack).
The sour paired well with conversations of accidental sexual activities and Izzy passing the Delta Mu presidency down to Megan. The lineage of this column is top-notch. The chug was pleasant and very easy on the tummy. Megan felt it was like chugging a cucumber-flavored LaCroix, eyes tearing and all. Izzy actually beat Megan on this chug, which was very surprising.
This beer held up well throughout the hour, not declining in quality at all. We could drink these for days. We fear we have now become 10 Barrel Brewing’s biggest fans (hit us up we love you). We went on a deep dive through their website and are passively mourning their Cranberry Crush Sour, which apparently existed around 2012 (if only we could drink when we were 10).
Thank you for tuning in and sorry for the short article. We struggle and persevere each week to drink for our loyal readers (Izzy’s family and Megan’s mom). Ily, xoxo Beer for Babes.