Ettels: You'll appreciate this & I may have mentioned this before. Last year when we came up to northern Wisconsin, we stopped on the way and picked up New Glarus, Leinie, etc. My FIL always picks up Point Amber for whatever reason. We got to the cabin, unpacked everything, etc. and went down to the pier and my FIL came down with two bottles of Point Amber. He uncapped them, gave me one and we clinked bottles. The beer tasted very good. Maybe it was the circumstances and the setting. All week I drank New Glarus, some Leinie products, etc. and eventually I found myself on the deck of the cabin with my FIL again and the cooler on the deck only had Point Amber in it and we had both been drinking other (better) beers that afternoon. We popped a couple of Point Ambers and took a sip. I asked him if he tastes anything unusual and he said, "now that you mention it" and he took another sip, made a face and poured the rest over the railing into the grass. All of that to say that it's possible that you don't pick up diacetyl (and possibly other things) when you start with a certain beer and just stay with it. This beer had so much buttery & corny flavor I couldn't believe that I couldn't pick it up earlier in the week. I know you can find THAT beer in your backyard.
Ha ha, Point Amber, yep. That's a ubiquitous one around here. Been quite a long time since I've had a beer from Pojnt Brewery. I'll have to see if I can find a cheap pack and try it. My FIL will finish it with a smile on his face I'm sure.
