The Vermonster
February 26, 2010 by justin · Leave a Comment
What is a Vermonster anyway?
According to Wikipedia: A Vermonster is a large ice cream sundae made by Ben and Jerry’s. The name is a portmanteauVermont (the company’s home state) and monster (indicating large size). It consists of standard sundae ingredients, but in such amounts as to (excessively) feed four people. It contains the following:
- Twenty scoops of Ben and Jerry’s ice cream
- 4 ladles of hot fudge
- Whipped cream
- 3 cookies
- A choice of 4 toppings
- brownies
- 4 bananas
- According to a Travel Channel show highlighting extreme foods (October, 2009), the Vermonster has 14,000 calories and 500 grams of fat.
The Vermonster is frequently used in fundraising efforts, where teams pay to compete against other teams in a race to complete the Vermonster. Even finishing a Vermonster is a feat; the attempt is an event and it often requires more than one person.
OR, It is a BIG BEER!! The Rock Art Brewery’s Vermonster is a BIG FUN beer, also quite strong on the alcohol level (as I’m getting a little buzzed as I write this).
Jason at the Beer Basement, a blog I typically like and agree with, said that there was no head, well I had head, look at the picture! Dude, what were you pouring? He was correct about everything else, and cellaring this baby is a fine idea.
So, the hops overpower the malts. Interesting that the advertising of the beer talks more about malts than hops. This is a problem, you know I keep talking about the balance of beers. This beer is not balanced. It is a barleywine, it is supposed to be strong, and it is.
Well, try it, you might like it.
Also, just so you know, the Vermonster was under legal attack. Seriously Rock Art was sued! They won (settled), POWER TO THE PEOPLE! but the issues of trademarks are a big problem. Rock Art has stepped up to the movement of trademark reform. They are fighting against big corporations stepping on the “little people”
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