Oyster Stout: Flying Fish Brewery releases Exit 1 beer – Video and story

November 3, 8:32 AMBeer ExaminerCharlie Papazian

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Oysters R Us.  Plenty of shucking here, but no jiving Oyster Stout is a world classic 
style of beer.  Flying Fish Brewery releases their version and talks about the history.
Photo by Sandra Papazian.

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If you enjoy oysters or stout ale, this little gem of a video may get your mouth watering.  Oysters and stout, both eating them together and brewing with them have a long history .   Historians postulate that it was the minerals in the sea water, shells and oysters themselves that enhanced the character of a stout brewed with these sea creatures.  Anyone who loves raw oysters knows the joys of drinking a pint of stout on the half shell.  The experience is delicious, satisfying and sensual.

Now New Jersey’s Flying Fish Brewery recently released another brew in their [New Jersey Turnpike] Exit Series beers: Exit 1 Bayshore Oyster Stout.  

Past beers
Exit 4 American Trippel  
Exit 11 Hoppy American Wheat  

There are 18 New Jersey Turnpike exits and the Brewery is taking beer style suggestions for the remaining Exit series beers.

Watch and listen to Flying Fish founder Gene Muller describe how the idea of the the New Jersey Turnpike beer Exit Series came about.  Video by Jeff Linkous.