New Beer Sunday (week 382)

***New American Double IPA!!!

G'day Malty and to the rest of the NBS-ites!

Sunny and warm would be how I describe Casper right now. Gots to get the old lawnmower out.

New beer here:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/267/81525/?ba=Bitterbill


It's good to see you back at the helm though Matt did more than a splendid job of carrying the colours for this, the most classic of BA threads.

 

Lucky U IPA (can) by Breckenridge Brewery.............. not bad... nothin' fancy... probably not again... now on to what I know I like.................... G'Knight .................

 

Hefewiezen

Good day NBS. Going to be a lazy day of watching soccer (never thought the day would come that I would actually be interested in the sport) and cooking some brisket. My beer today was a bit of a disappointment. Fish Brewing Co returns to MN but I hope they bring better beers. Do they brew Old Woody anymore?

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/684/12320/?ba=morimech

 

Happy Father's day! New Belgium White Hatter IPA.

 

***New Imperial Stout***

Happy Father's Day. Very nice day here in Northern Utah, mid 80s so far, and sunny. This is my first brew from this brewery, and it's a very nice one. Would definitely like to try other's from them.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/14936/76100/?ba=Wasatch

Cheers!

 

New APA Sunday

Greetings NBSer's,

Happy Father's Day to any that it pertains. Warm, cloudy and drippy day in SCMN.
Watching soccer - go Danes!
Keeping with theme of APA and IPA today I have Ale Asylum Hopalicioius.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13837/30679/?ba=garymuchow
Nice beer.
Best to all.

 

Nostalgia Sunday

Going with beers from Michigan Brewing Company today. Their main brewery recently closed its doors.

While I can't say it was a world class brewery, it had a lot going for it. I discovered it years ago when it was housed in a tiny building behind a gas station. Beers were always decent to really good (imperial stout, Screaming Pumpkin, and Celis brews especially). It was a great way to break up a trip across the state on I-96.

Here's a beer I'm actually surprised I haven't reviewed.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/565/5222/?ba=GRPunk

More to come...

 

I had a bottle once and I don't remember where the heck I got it. It was before I started reviewing and trading. Maybe on one of my trips to CO. Anywho, I remember that I liked it. I would have loved to have tried the one brewed out of Austin.

 

**** New American Amber Sunday***

Happy Fathers Day to all the padres out there.

This was quite a unique brew from De Molen and while it strays from the style it was good.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11031/75365/?ba=CHADMC3

 

I also had a new American Amber, thanks to Wasatch:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28908/78812/?ba=Bitterbill

John was right. This was very good.

 

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It's nicely photogenic, but it's really just a picturesque view of mediocrity.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/112/403/?ba=EgadBananas

Cheers!

 

New American Pale Ale

Another offering from MBC. Solid without setting itself apart.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/565/4552/?ba=GRPunk

 

Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout. First Sam Smith ever. After butchering my entry into last weeks thread, please allow me to make amends. I don't review, but here goes....

1 pint 2.7 oz (classic label) bottle poured into Guinness pint glass. Beer is a dark brown, almost black color. Looks very good, wished it was cold or rainy today. Smell is kind of like chocolate, to me. Head dissipated quickly, but still lingers at about a quarter of an inch. Lacing is decent enuff.
Taste--oh yeah. This is what I like about good stouts. Thick, but not too much. Full bodied, with an almost coffee-nish to it. I swear I detect a hint of oatmeal in it!and no overbearing presence of alcohol

Overall--one superb beer that I can't believe I've waited this long to try. Add to my list of go-to winter beers. This is my kind of stout.

 

It is that damn good, isn't it? The whole Samuel Smith line I think of as comfort beers.

 

New Coffee Stout



Santa Fe's Imperial Java Stout.

Going to have to try this fresh next winter because if its this good in June, wonder what it'll taste like with some fresh coffee. A really good stout, maybe even bordering on great? The big thing holding it back is that the roastiness wasn't quite as defined as it could have been. Maybe a case of age? But other than that a wonderful beer with some strong coffee beans, chocolate, and creaminess. I also didn't notice any alcohol from this. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1683/36164/?ba=denver10

 

Man, Bill, yesterday I had FBS and today I had this. These are real, world class stouts.

 

Glad you liked it Bill.

Cheers!

 

** New Flanders Red Ale Sunday **

A bit cloudy and warm this afternoon in middle Tennessee. I enjoyed my first Flanders Red Ales from Rodenbach...first the classic: http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/216/1882/?ba=sommersb

and then moved on to the Grand Cru:
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/216/673/?ba=sommersb

 

Greetings, NBSers,
It's 76 degrees, partly sunny and breezy in the city gearing up for the weekend when thousands of people play basketball on the downtown steets. Compared to last weekend, when yours truly got rained out of a camping trip and Wednesday, when your humble scribe experienced a "tears of god" style downpour complete with disturbingly close lightning strikes while working in what was essentially a metal box, I'll gladly take today's weather. Yesterday was downright summer-like while I was at the 2nd Annual "Summer's Here" Brewfest in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Sampled the better part of 30 beers, the best of which was an Imperial IPA from Odell, a brewery not normally found around these parts. Also tried Elysian's Apocalypse "Peste", which was, er, interesting (if I drink it again, it will be while sharing it with someone else).

Today's offering comes from Deschutes, a brewery I'm normally rather fond of:

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/63/68942/?ba=woemad

Blandly refreshing, but all in all I'm rather more in the mood for an unambiguously hoppy beer, so perhaps I'll be back.