UFO Hefeweizen

Beer: The Final Frontier – As we all mourn the loss of actor, writer, and all-around hero Leonard Nimoy, one beer springs to mind as a perfect liquid eulogy for Mr. Spock – Harpoon Brewery’s UnFiltered Offering, or UFO. This hazy wheat beer/hefeweizen hybrid explores the taste buds and boldly goes where no beer has gone before – beaming its creamy goodness to trekkies worldwide (or trekkers, as Nimoy preferred them to be called).

Pairing perfectly with toasted tribbles, this crispy and refreshing brew is best enjoyed with a flying saucer-shaped orange slice clinging onto (Klingon) the lip of your weizen glass. Leonard Nimoy’s sonorous voice and powerful acting transcended the sci-fi genre and turned Star Trek into a global phenomenon.

Harpoon’s enterprising UFO also transcends its genre – bridging the gap between Wheat Beer and Hefeweizen. In honor of Mr. Nimoy and Mr. Spock, live long and Pint Break!

– Chris Guest