I know we’re all under relative lockdown from coronavirus right now, but we can still read about beer, and my latest article for the Bulletin came out on Sunday, in which I profile the new raspberry porter from Silver Moon Brewing, Raspberry Nights:

Head brewer Jeff Haskins started by tinkering with the company’s original Snake Bite Porter in developing the recipe.

“We just thought that our Snake Bite Porter, while it has been very popular and successful for us, needed an update,” he said via email. “Raspberry and chocolate marry beautifully, so I thought that a raspberry porter would be good but an oatmeal raspberry porter would be even better! Raspberry Nights was born.”

Haskins provided me with sample cans of Raspberry Nights to taste, and I enjoyed the beer… Haskins compared the flavor to raspberries dipped into semisweet chocolate syrup, but I think it’s subtler than that, maintaining an approachable, satisfying moderation that will have you reaching for a second round.

It’s a good beer and you can read more detail in my review notes in the article. And right now, even though you can have a pint at the pub, Raspberry Nights is available in cans on retails shelves. Now I’m not saying you should go out to buy it with the coronavirus restrictions in place, but if you have to make a supply run, you won’t go wrong with a six-pack.