What beer are you drinking now? #1815

Good evening BA, hope everyone had a good Monday. I still had to work. Pretty mellow day once again, nothing more than a few instant messages and e-mails all day. Looking like a busy thread today from the federal holiday so far.

Today's reviews:

Awesome IPA! Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, passion fruit, papaya, mango, melon, guava, blueberry, lemon zest, orange peel, citrus rind, light pepper, and pine hops; with some light caramel, toasted biscuit malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus rind, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced bready/grainy malt and sticky/resinous/rindy hops in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing resin/rind dryness, no hop astringency. Extremely dank and vibrant hops; nice bready malt backbone, with no residual sweetness. Very drinkable and never overly aggressive. A really amazing showcase of Mosaic overall. Getting more berry/guava than usual in this case; intensely tropical. Apparently they also use Zythos in the hop bill. 4.1


Estonian Porter. This was awesome! Great head retention and thick soapy lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, honey, caramel, brown sugar, toffee, vanilla, cream, and toasted dark/brown bread; with lighter notes of nuttiness, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, leather, smoke, char, and herbal/woody/peppery hops. Light herbal/spicy hop and roast/char bitterness on the finish. Light-medium carbonation and medium-plus body; with an awesome creamy, silky, velvety mouthfeel. Light sticky hops, chalky roast, and dryness. Never acrid or astringent. Very drinkable, zero warming 7.8%. Really impressed with this. Very rich and complex malts; pleasant earthy hops and fruity yeast character in the background. Spot on Robust porter all around, never too roasty. Plenty of crystal/Munich malt character, added lactose sweetness. Wouldn't call it an American or English on porter style. It's somewhere in between. Not quite Baltic either, not fruity enough. It's unique. 4.15


Continuing on the NBS BIF from @jdell15 . Normal wild ale aged in oak. Delicious! Good head retention and lacing for the style. Aromas and flavors of big lightly tart/sour lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, honeydew melon, raspberry, strawberry, red/green apple, white wine, hay, straw, grass, oak, and pepper; with some wheat/crackery malts; and light
notes of leathery/musty funk, oaken vanilla, and white vinegar. Light fruity/lactic tart/sourness and yeast/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and light-medium body. Balanced grainy wheat, lactic acid, and oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing lactic/tannic dryness, no puckering sourness. Fairly crisp/clean finishing. Refreshingly drinkable, 6%. Not a ton of Lacto, but decent(was hoping for more); however the Brett complexity is absolutely spot on here, loved it. Great oak presence and balancing pils/wheat malts. No complaints. 4


Cheers

 

My dinner party is served. Indian Butter Chicken, my friends refer to me as the drunk iron chef. I'll take it.

 

Having this new Pot & Kettle w/ Vanilla. Think I like the coffee version a bit better but this is a nice addition. Big marshmallow fluff-like vanilla up front with the nice oatmeal porter notes combining for a root beer float-esque experience. Subtle dried fruity notes underneath with roasty toasted caramely dark malts and some earthy hops. Pretty interesting brew. Glad to see them making more use of some other added ingredients. Hope to see more offerings from them with similar ingredients added. Still waiting for a fruit milkshake IPA from a local brewery... Just sayin. Cheers!

 

Happy Monday...still reveling from the great interview with keyboardist Derek Sherinian discussing the upcoming Sons Of Apollo album, 'Psychotic Symphony.'

Another 1-2-3 from @threeviews:
Round 1:
It has been at least two years since I enjoyed a fresh non-barrel aged Ten FIDY...mighty delicious:

Freshness? Just over one month...


Round 2:
What better way to celebrate fall than with this gem of a beer:

...this year's batch is great and happy to have scored their limited release in cans!


Round 3:
Ranked #5 on Paste Magazine's top DIPA's out of 176 entries...quite good is putting it mildly! My hop fix is completely satiated with this:


...exactly 2 weeks fresh and tasting beautiful.

Time that I sit down for some Monday Night Football...Cheers!

 

Enjoying this with dinner, ground beef with potatoes, hatch chiles, Anaheim chiles, jalapeños, onion, garlic, and loads of spices simmered in tomato sauce, cheers!
Canned July 15, 2016

 

I pretty much hate this beer , so it is my mission to try to buy every bottle they brew so no one else has to drink it.

 

Decided to limit myself to one glass of beer tonight.

Of, course it's a massive glass full of 3 cans of Fort Road Helles.

 

Ommegang rare vos. Two long days and I've finally sat down and relaxed. My fitbit says I put in 65,000 steps in the last two days,yesterday was a 14 hour fund raiser and I'm totally done now

 

Great beer to transition into Fall with (although it’s still feeling like Summer lately in Jersey with this horrible muggy weather).
GO YANKS!

 

Happy Monday all..Just back from a great trip up to Acadia and hanging on to the last bit of this long weekend with a 49th State Baked Blonde...As with most of their brews, this one is a really good example of the style. Would get this again.

 

Short's Cozy Blanket

American Porter

 

Having an Ommegang Rosetta that lost its label-



Cheers all!

 

I hated it so much that I submitted my photo to the archives!

 

Founders Harvest Ale.

 

Boy, beer#2 came slow tonight, Hofbrau Original next