{"id":2470,"date":"2014-08-29T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2014-08-29T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2470"},"modified":"2025-09-28T13:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T13:54:07","slug":"great-farandaville-discovery-lightweight-beer-for-backpackers-just-add-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=2470","title":{"rendered":"Great Farandaville find!: Lightweight beer for backpackers! Just add water …!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ahhh, will have to try this out. “What will they think of next?”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the gearjunkie website – hit the link for the full review<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beer From Gel Packs: Carry Brew Anywhere<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After the initial investment for the carbonator, that works out to just a little less than a six-pack for $16. Not cheap, but not that much more than a high quality craft beer and, for good beer in the middle of nowhere, you really can\u2019t go wrong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Pale Rail has a mild\/moderate hops flavor, similar to the Deschutes classic Mirror Pond, while the Black Hops is equally hoppy but more robust, with a smooth malty finish. Think of your favorite Black IPA, then add an amazing view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The taste of the beer? After living (and drinking beer) in the Pacific Northwest for the last four years, I\u2019d be lying if I said it was the best I\u2019d tasted. But it is really good. I will drink it again and again as I search for the perfect mountaintop vista.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Weight of the bottle is 9.8 oz. Weight of the extract and carbonator packets required to make each beer is 2.4 oz. So it\u2019s not super light, but still a lot lighter than old-fashioned cans. And yeah, we know, whiskey is the backcountry classic and will probably remain so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But man, a few cold brews<\/a> that don\u2019t weigh much, taste good, and cost just a bit more than a standard craft bottle? I\u2019ll drink to that!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The gearjunkie reviews are pretty reliable – although, “There’s no accounting for taste.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Will definitely be trying this.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ahhh, will have to try this out. “What will they think of next?” From the gearjunkie website – hit the link for the full review Beer From Gel Packs: Carry Brew Anywhere After the initial investment for the carbonator, that works out to just a little less than a six-pack for $16. Not cheap, but […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2470"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11820,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2470\/revisions\/11820"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}