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Beer of the Week: Jester King Barrel-Aged Bière de Miel

If Texas wildflower honey sounds appealing to your taste buds, now imagine it in a beer.

WTOP’s Brennan Haselton is joined by Neighborhood Restaurant Group Beer Director and James Beard Award nominee Greg Engert to talk about the Jester King Barrel-Aged Bière de Miel for the latest edition of WTOP’s Beer of the Week.

Quick facts:

Brewery: Jester King Brewery, Austin, Texas
Description: Bière de Miel aged in oak barrels re-fermented with watermelon honey.
ABV: 6.9%
Greg’s pairing suggestions: Light fish (like fluke, turbot and halibut); steamed dumplings; pork chops and apple sauce; butternut squash.

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Brennan Haselton

In 2000, Brennan Haselton took a job at WTOP as reporter and anchor, and that's where he has been ever since (with the exception of a brief return to Seattle in 2005). He is a two-time winner of the national Edward R. Murrow Award, and winner of the National Headliner Grand Award.