WATCH: Maine’s Oxbow Brewing Company is serving up a new beer brewed with live lobsters. Chris Rose reports.
PORTLAND, Maine – A Maine brewer is offering a quicker way to consume two of the state’s summertime staples: beer and lobster.
Oxbow Brewing is serving up beer brewed with live Maine lobsters and a dash of sea salt. Named Saison Dellaragosta – Lobster Saison in Italian – the idea was sprung by Oxbow’s brewery partner from Parma, Italy.
Brewmaster Tim Adams says the lobsters were placed in a mesh bag and suspended in a kettle full of boiling wort during the brewing process. He says the lobsters add a subtle brininess and sweetness that lobster fans will recognize.
“We were very subtle with the lobster,” Adams told WCSH. “The taste is there, but just a touch above threshold.”
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Saison Dellaragosta takes around a year to brew and is available on a limited basis. The 4.5 per cent alcohol by volume saison-style beer is served in the brewery’s tasting room.
Adams says the lobsters that were cooked in the brewing process were later eaten.
– with files from Jenny Sung
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