New Beer Sunday (Week 633)

I knew what you meant. i typically only review one beer in a night or at most two for this very reason. Usually I review my first beer, then just enjoy the rest without thinking/typing.

 

2016 were canned in June/July time frame. They just released a 2017 batch canned in January. They didn't start can dating until August.

 

Time for another brew

Mais OUI!

Jenlain Bière De Printemps | Brasserie Duyck


Brasserie Duyck - Jenlain Biere du Printemps by imbibehour, on Flickr

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Poured from the bottle into a tulip glass.

Dark orange bodied, with a fairly good amount of clarity until you add the dregs of course. Minimal head creation, barely half a finger but manages to always keep a collar while drinking with it's off white top.

Aroma seems large on Belgian sweetness. Good amounts of caramel, more syrupy smelling than farmhouse, with touches of wheat like chewyness and a sense of hay as well. The sweetness though is pretty ovepowering on the nose compared to the rest of the beers aromatic character.

Palate is very sweet. Tolerable sweetness but quite a syrupy tasting caramel like body. Lots of candy Belgian sucrose mixing with a bit of flat and slightly lifeless mouthfeel. Chewy depth is here but not really supportive, a good minor hop and herbality on the finish reminds more to what we should be tasting.

This comes off far more like a sweet Beligan Ambre, and a very sugary one at that. Farmhouse character is really getting sledgehammered here. Drinkable, but really not a good example of the style.

Cheers!

 

Not to beat a dead horse, just to clear things up. I have no issue with anyone wanting to take the time to review a beer.
I understand it's a little more time consuming. Almost all of the reviews I read are on this thread. Occasionally I may glance at a review to get a general idea of if its something I want to spend the bucks on but it's rare. I kind of like being the crapshooter and I think it's a great way to analyze your tastes and explore the styles.
So I'm basically doing what a lot do here just not posting. One of the things I dig about this thread is the stories (@rgordon)pics and beers that tie us all together. Not to sound corny but its cool no matter where you live, what you do for a living, what your other hobbies are, what hours you work etc we can all get together on Sundays and just drink and share some new f**cking beers. Not alot of activities allow this now a days. And the outsiders wouldn't understand. So drink what you drink, review like hell. It's all good to me.

 

Sounds like your Nissan served you well, my Altima is at 95K miles on its way to 300K! Cheers

 

Great to see this beer get some love as it's currently my favorite DIPA (as you say, it has both the new school fruit and some of the older school bitterness going on). Tap Brewing is an old school brewpub (I believe they used to be called Haverhill Brewery) that has been making very solid, but not-on-the-beer-geek-radar, beer for quite a while. They only recently started canning and both this and their Imperial Stout are fabulous. For now anyway they're something of a hidden gem but I suspect that might not last that long as more people realize how good the beer is.

If I didn't just drink an 11% Trappist Ale I'd pop one of the ones in my fridge right now and join you

 

193,000 and running perfectly. I can't the dump the money right now into new tires, heater core and right catalytic converter.

 

I will own that glass.

 

I really like that brew. Under the radar and priced eight. Shit goes down smooth too for 9 plus %

 

It is not in Bourbon County territory for me, but I will agree that it is a very good bourbon barrel stout that I believe is overlooked in part to the fact that it is available all the time, sadly.

 

Good evening NBS and thanks to @cjgiant for the delightful kick off today, A great way through prose to remind us what keeps NBS fun.
We wandered out to Armsby Abbey for the Stoutfest Sunday Brunch, after yesterdays ROWBO stouts seemed fitting. A great job by @WesMantooth @LeperJim and @Lingenbrau for the fun. Todays offering is from that ever creative team in Britain Siren Craft Brew. As the label disclaims it is a Grapefruit 'Ting for sure. Very enjoyable , I would suggest in small doses though.
Cheers all

Grapefruit 'Ting

Siren Craft Brew
American Wild Ale / 6.00% ABV

4.02/5 rDev +0.2% | Avg: 4.01
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Poured from a bottle dated best before 05/18/17 into the test glass.
A - Clouded lemon drop yellow backdrop, gentle carbonation meanders lazily top side. A quick to exit white cap leaves a ring wrapping the perimeter of the vessel.
S - Whoa, pink grapefruit, split on a plate while my Memere surgically dissects it. Lactic acidity with pithy edges, sweet malt and candied apricot . By use of Enigma, Bravo and Apollo hops a bit of grapefruit zest and lactose the brewers goal has certainly been achieved.
T - No deviation here, grapefruit, and pine apple, and more grapefruit, some nice spicy bits in there, white pepper, a bit of herbal bite like fresh rosemary as well.
M - Medium in body, a bit oily to start then a swift moving tart front rolls in raining down on the tongues edge. Lactose smooths things out and the carbonation moves things along. The finish dries out nicely.
O - Another finely crafted category bending offering from Siren, sour ale with a creative hop mix add up to a treat. Having enjoyed the Lemoncello from them, this offering is in a similar vane. May not be for everyone but worth trying.

 

Navin found his way to your house?
Have you told @LeperJim ?

 

This is another one I brought back from Chicago. Fun fact: the last beer I drank actually ended up popping one of my cans of this beer (the bottle cap wore a hole into a can). I'm a little upset, but I didn't think the rough edges of a bottle cap would shred a can when it was only carried 400m total in a backpack. Anyway, here goes my review of a Chicago beer out of my distro.



Pipework's Ninja vs. Unicorn.

Pours a hazy yellow with an orange tint. Nearly three fingers of snow white head foam on top with good retention and great lacing left behind. Aroma is sugary sweet with notes of citrus, orange, baked sugar, and lightly breaded malts. Very smooth aroma that invites a sip. Flavor profile is baked sugar, and lightly breaded malts with a hearty helping of citrus, orange, and lemon zest. Very lively, and extremely easy to drink. Mouth feel is medium-thick in feel with a crisp, smooth feel. Overall, the sweet, sugary notes in this one are pretty darn impressive. It makes it extremely easy to turn a sip into a gulp. It's an approachable hoppy beer that refrains from being remotely bitter, and yet still provides the feel and flavor characteristics of beer - not juice.

Score: 4.5 | 4.75 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | BA Score: 4.56 | rDev: +7.0%

Personal notes: I'm so glad I trusted some random dude to recommend this beer at the shop (I saw he had reputable stuff in his cart). Perhaps I've been gushing over hoppy beers today, but I'll say it - this beer might be one of my most favorite DIPAs ever. It features plenty of quality DIPA notes, with a good feel, and yet drinks like a beer, not like a hoppy 'juice'. If you're looking for a resoundingly open, and inviting DIPA, this is your beer. The sugary characteristics may be off putting to some, but I do have a bit of a sweet tooth. My only hope is that the dude who recommended this beer is on this site sees this. And sends more (although he said he was out of their distro as well).

 

Destihl Brewery, Bloomington IL, Saint Dekkera Reserve Sour Ale "Vuile Blonde", Barrel Number FDR2, Batch Year 2013:





Pours a pale Amber (9-) with a loose white head:



Excellent clarity; decent cap retention; moderate lacing to bottom of glass with solid ring. 4.5



Sour fruit, funky horse nose. 4.5

Sour fruit, funky barnyard yeast, tart pear, sour green apples, and lemon. 4.75

Medium lite feel, moderate plus carbonation; dry barrel finish, but not wooden - crisp and clean with a certain buoyancy. 4.5

Overall, just the right balance of funk and sour fruit; simple yet satisfying; lite and easy yet enough wild yeast to enhance the flavors as you sip along. Outstanding. I like! 4.5

 

Greetings, fellow NBSers, and a round of applause to @cjgiant and his official debut as one of our new hosts on this wonderful thread. My hat is off to him and @lordofthewiens as well for taking on the responsibility of continuing this thread.

Fairly nice day today in the largest city between Seattle and Minneapolis. Some clouds, some blue sky, with temperatures reaching the mid 50s. Tomorrow I'll apparently be waking up to 29 degrees with snow flurries changing to rain, so I'll definitely miss this weather.

Anyway, it was a slow week for new beers for me. I did have a Fremont Winter Ale for the first time on Monday -

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20680/55271/?ba=woemad#review - but it was a can I basically neglected in my fridge for most of the winter, due to my having to sit out alcohol consumption for a while when I was ill and then forgetting about it, so it may have been a little past it's prime.

Today's New Beer comes courtesy of @MacMalt and his superb NBS BIF box.I was a little worried I'd left it too late with this one but that doesn't seem to have been the case. Interestingly, I found that in a very abstract way it resembles a traditional PNW IPA despite not actually tasting like one at all, in the broad sense that there are fruity and bitter aspects to it's flavor.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/26817/127843/?ba=woemad#review

I might be back with another one later.

 

Thanks for the info, it had no canned dated so I guess it was that June/July batch, held up pretty well for being an 8 month old IPA. Based on the limited amount of stuff I've tried from Blackrocks I'm sure it was awesome fresh!

 

Dinner is complete, and time for one more new one today also from @SammyJaxxxx

Carton Brewing - 07750

Another outstanding DIPA. I normally find my way towards NY/NJ about one a year, and it seems I need to find some bottle shops near my route that carry some of these beers!



Poured from 16 oz can dated 2/28/2017

A: Slightly hazy pale straw yellow with one finger white head that settles reasonably quickly to a thin ring. Moderate lacing.

S: Tropical fruits with pineapple and mango with more subtle notes of apple and grapes. Resinous hops with an herbal and earthy quality.

T: Pineapple, grapefruit, and passion fruit combined with tangerine and white grapes. Subtle spicy note that reads like black pepper.

M: Medium body with average carbonation. Finish is dry and crisp with some hop bitterness lingering.

O: Excellent DIPA. I need to find a way to grab some more Carton IPAs next time I am in NJ.