Noble Ale thread. . .anything Noble related

100% for sure it was. This is what they said on IG on Saturday about it.

Nagel is just an anagram for Angel, and this Angel Nagel snapped this pic of our brewers accepting the bronze medal for NOSE CANDY in the Session IPA category from the Dos Equis guy. Apparently that dude gets around, but I suppose that does make him fairly interesting... P.S., this is our first time getting a medal at GABF, so despite all of our loving fans and drinking buddies, we can finally feel validated that our beer is moderately ok to halfway decent.

 

Yes

Cheers……..

 

naughty sauce is the BOMB but it doesnt fit in to a category. judges are seeing if beers are made according to style and how well its been done, so its not a surprise that beer hasn't won anything.

 

Coffee beer is a category.

 

Yup, BW Mocha Machine took silver in the coffee beer category.

Cheers……..

 

Anyone know if any bottles are available at the moment?

 

Agreed, they have a number of solid (and better) IPAs, but Nose Candy is a home run. It's not just a good "session" IPA, it's a great IPA on its own.

 

http://www.worldbeercup.org/how-to-participate/beer-styles is pretty much identical to the GABF style guidelines except it says "other flavors may be infused". does that mean lactose is cool?

i guess the point im trying to make is just because a beer is wonderful and delicious it doesnt mean its award winning material if its not brewed to style. plenty of breweries out there making fantastic beer winning diddly squat!

 

Yes @dcgunman it was their first medal.

 

Did you read the description in your link for coffee beer? Don't see any reason why Naughty Sauce couldn't fit in that category. The main reason that beer could never be entered in a competition is due to the fact it's on nitro.

 

to make another point of clarification, just because your respected Best IPA or what not did not win, really doesnt mean much. The GABF grading guidelines are very strict and some are very undeveloped(see their BA beer categories). In term this can mean that the guidelines are very vague or much too cynical. Its all made to the specific style.

 

come on... gabf is super fun to attend, but... natty fcking ice won best cream ale one year. The actual awards don't mean sht.

 

Exactly. Basically my point was that just because it's the only one they've won, doesn't mean they haven't deserved to win some in the past (or this year, for their other, more impressive beers).

 

This batch of Galaxy Showers may be one of the best Shower series releases yet. So juicy and soft, very similar to some of the Trillium and Tree House stuff I've had. Totally crushable @ 8.8% Glad I grabbed a bunch when it was released as its long gone now. Props to Noble who I think are becoming THE player in the So Cal craft market.

Cheers…….

 

is there anyplace Noble lists what bottles they have available? I didn't see anything on their site

 

Nope, sometimes they post on IG a picture of their taplist/bottles/growler

 

ok thanks. I'm staying in Anaheim for work all next week and have some free time, so I'll just pay a visit and see what's what!