Ruby Bloom

Ruby. The color of sequined slippers, deep desire, and Bloomington Brewing Company’s amber ale.

Ruby Bloom is all I could ask for in an amber ─ crisp, rich malt with a tidbit of chocolate perfectly curbed with a peppery hop flourish.

I’m hoping that if I click my heels three times I’ll be teleported to their Indiana brewery, because this beer can turn a gray day into a world of technicolor, full of upright lions and lollipop guilds.

Click-click-click. “There’s no place like Bloomington…”

-Jim Dykstra