What beer are you drinking now? #2167

In Japan now?

 

This is a nice lead off, silky smooth. Cheers all.

 

I am making it a Kettlehead Wednesday! Hopefully, @SawDog505 will join me! Thank you, @Ocalafox! Last night I saw Philip H. Anselmo, so I have to rest my neck after a night of head-banging. I am looking forward to watching the Milwaukee Brewers take ownership of the NL Central Division.

 

Yowza! This one is a fuckin banger right out the cannon. This has a great spicy citric dankness that really hits the spot after a hard night’s work. Really digging anything with Vic Secret in it lately and Other Half absolutely kills it here. Cheers!

 

The skin collab was so turbid after like 5 minutes was so settled on bottom was off putting

 

Jet lag from asia is brutal

 

It’s tough to follow up the last beer I had but this will certainly do. This might be the best brewery in the NYC metro area now. @xenjoiii don’t play around.

 

Hey, if you happen to find a bottle of Happoshu in your luggage, and feel like sending it to CA when you get back, I wouldn't be upset!! 1 of 2 styles left to tick off!!!

Kidding about you bringing it back, of course.

 

Cheers brotha. And with the Dodgers choke job last night, they need all the help they can get. Kill those Cards!

 

@Shanex,
Thanks for sharing your assessment, as I was curious. Perhaps you can do the same with Delirium Tremens since that is canned as well (not sure if the canned format is only available in The States).

I would agree that a fresh can and fresh bottle would be really close (or at least they should be!). However, since the can is not refermented, I would be willing to bet that the shelf stability of the bottled version would hold up longer and perhaps gain a bit more complexity as time passes.

 

I had high hopes for this one . . .





Good clear yellow gold color with solid white cap and lacing.

Aroma of bready malt, some grassiness and a spicy hop element with a touch of citrus.

Taste of yeasty bread, some hop influence opens up mid palate, finish is clean and crisp. Hops come across as firm without being obtrusive with a slight citrus tang. The flavors are good though not outstanding. In fact this is a conservative prob in the Pilsner direction without wandering off the established boundaries of the Yuengling reservation. It's as if they wanted to create something new that would also be acceptable to their established customer base. Can't blame them for that, one of the reasons I suppose they've managed to stay in business for 180 years now. Which is extraordinary when you think about it, the Yuengling family was brewing and selling beer long before the original Pilsner was created.

Medium texture with balancing carbonation.

This Pilsner, like their IPL, is a step towards the style but a small one that's tentative, almost baby steps. Ok, that's it, Yuengling Golden is a baby steps Pilsner.

 

Day trip back to Salisbury so the wife could shop. We hit some thrifts and I found a 1783 Washington token in a coin shop cheap, we had a fantastic lunch, then split up. I revisited the main Cathedral and the Magna Carta information...now at a pub:

First an English Bitter on tap: Adnams “Broadside”:



It’s ok. Now an American style IPA - “Electric I.P.A.”, by Brixton Brewery, London, UK:



A juicy skunky mango pineapple lemongrass thin bodied beer with a bitter lemon rind finish. Not bad!