New Beer Sunday (Week 725)

And back for the second beer of the day. I’m going with the counterpart to the first.

Beer: Cassian Sunset
Brewery: Central Waters (Amherst, Wisconsin)
ABV: 11.7%


Pouring this beer from a 12 oz. bottle into a snifter glass, this beer pours out a coffee brown, like it’s counterpart. This on the other hand forms a creamy, tightly packed khaki colored crown. Pinky width and holds with moderate retention and even leaves a little stringy lacing. 4.25

The smell brings a nice mix of vanilla and cinnamon tangling together. Vanilla almost makes a marshmallow presence be thought of. Dry oak detectable. Coffee is slight and bourbon becomes more present the deeper in you breath. 4

The taste comes in with a smooth and sweet vanilla before turning to a present cinnamon. Slight marshmallow effect. Very light coffee in this just like the Peruvian Morning, which really shocks me since they address the coffee on both. I would just assume it would be more present. But the balance between everything in this is respectable. 4

The mouthfeel provides a medium body with much better carbonation than Peruvian Morning, not leaving it feeling so flat. Smooth and creamy with a dry oak finish. Being picky, I would like a little bit more of a warming effect in this for the style. 4

Overall, this is a solid and well made brew that offers several aspects, all balanced together and with none trying to steal the show. Respectable. 4

And I think I’m done for the day, myself! But I will surely be tuning in to see the rest of the share. Cheers NBSrs!

 

Dave, it seems like sometimes it takes people a while to appreciate what they once knew.

 

My dad retired in 1998. One day he decided to go in to work to have coffee with his former co workers, and was talked back into working again. He did it for another 3 years, till 2002, when he retired for good.

So, give it a try is my opinion on it. Not really much to lose, and a bit of income, outside of retirement is a good thing.

 

New beer #4. Thanks @thisischuck01 !

DDH Green Down to the Socks - Other Half
DDH IIPA - 8.2% abv
Canned 12/11/18 (33 days ago)
Score: 3.96 (-6.8% rDev)



Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33510/279739/?ba=CanConPhilly#review

Synopsis:
I’ve been negative rDev on most OH IPAs lately. This one isn’t sweet, thankfully, but it features vegetal hops that just aren’t my bag. Lots of cabbage and potato in particular. It’s a decent brew, but not one I will seek out again.

 

Game time poured into a 13 oz Snulip glass. Pours a very hazy yellow with a half inch white head that leaves some thin wisps lace . 4.25

Smell papaya, pineapple, tangerine, and grapefruit rind. 4.5

Taste follows papaya, pineapple, tangerine, and just a mild grapefruit bitterness. 4.5

Mouthfeel is medium, soft gentle carbonation, not dry but sticky, and goes down like a glass of pineapple oh. 4.5

Overall as you expect from Treehouse just crazy juicy and deliscious. Wow 4.5

 

Deschutes/Hair Of The Dog Collage 2 (2016), 14.3% ABV. Pours dark brown with a half-finger beige head. Nose is wine, chocolate, bourbon, and dark fruit. Taste follows plus tobacco and oak, quite sweet, only slightly bitter. Very chocolate/cocoa forward. Being based on Abyss and three other BA beers of several styles, this is quite complex and expected to reveal other flavors upon warming. Excellent mouthfeel, overall outstanding.

Watching playoffs and cooking up some pork roast.

 

I have the great pleasure of trying a new locally brewed "German Pilsner" from Honest Weight in Orange MA. What a delight, crisp, a bit punchy on the the bite, excellent grain and hop balance.
Cheers all


Prescott

Honest Weight Artisan Beer
German Pilsner / 4.70% ABV

4.27/5 rDev 0% | Score: 4.42
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a growler filled last night into the Pilsner glass.
A - Clear as day, Goldenrod colored backdrop hides nothing, the carbonation meanders topside. Frothy cap is quick to dissipate. Rings of evidence abound.
S - Grassy hops, floor swept malt, lemongrass and pleasure.
T - Follows the aromatics well, add a delightful snappy and slight peppery note
M - Crisp on the palate, with a near perfect balance from sweet malt to hop bite all happening in nanoseconds.
O - Another example of the true to form take this brewery executes, Crisp, clean and bright Pilsner with pitch perfect balance. So glad that more and more small operations are daring to tie up tank space with these results. Very well done

 

I love coffee flavored beers. They’re a combination of two of my favorite beverages, coffee and beer. This one is Victory’s Java Cask.


Look is pretty standard for a big boozy stout. Slick black and reflective in my glass with a medium sized head which hangs around for a few minutes and never completely dissolves, leaving a thin film of mocha colored foam over the beverage while I sip. The aroma is big bourbon up front, followed by big chocolate notes and then very faintly in the distance, coffee. Taste follows, bourbon and oak up front, sweet chocolate, bitter roast, and finishing again with the sweetness of chocolate and bourbon. Mouthfeel is ample, slick in the mouth and slightly chalky afterward. Great stout, but wishing there was a bigger coffee presence.

 

Thanks to both of you for the excellent comments and advice.

It was great to see all the folks I knew so well over the years of managing the recycle center. They urged me to take back the job if it is offered. I enjoy retirement so well though. We'll see. And yeah the money would definitely let me upgrade my beer choices lol

 

Big Lake Barrel-Aged Darkstar

Happy Sunday, BAs. Today’s new beer is from the generous @LloydDobler as part of NBS BIF 8.5. The perfect beer for a snowy early Sunday afternoon.

It pours a rich dark brown with a very thin, slow-building tan head that quickly dissipates into an even thinner wisp and soupy crown. The head leaves thin sheets of lacing.

It has a pleasant aroma with strong chocolate, along with vanilla, a hint of orange, light coffee and other light roasted malts.

The taste is more muted, with chocolate and almost nutty roasted malts the most prevalent. Some vanilla, nougat and marshmallow come through as well, with light coffee bitterness and kiss of alcohol in the finish.

It has a lightly creamy, oily feel with decent carbonation. Its on the thin side of medium bodied for the style.

This is an all-around enjoyable and well-balanced BBA coffee stout, with no one element coming on too strong. No canned on date.

 

From the NE to the SW, well West Coast at least. Alesmith Stone colab Gregarious Nature



3.89/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Billowing white head sticks around for a bit, then recedes to reveal a sticky curtain of lacing. Nose is mostly sweet and spicy tangerine, maybe a little pepper. Taste begins malty sweet before the peppery bitter settles in, leaving a strong bitterness in the aftertaste. Finishes dry and again, bitter. Nice change of pace from the NE stuff.

 

New Beer Sunday: American Imperial IPA

Afternoon NBSers, with a heads up for fans of Sierra Nevada beers and their solid well-thought out explorations of new ways to do things.

This football afternoon’s first new beer is Hop Bullet from Sierra Nevada.

As usual, my review, subject to revision until the beer is finished, can be found here:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/140/291222/?ba=drtth#review


The aromas/flavors of this beer are all about citrus and pine resin. They are light but noticeable. There’s also a bit of floral and herbal character showing. While the bitterness is noticeable it is not intense and the sweetness from the bready/crackery malt provides a nice balance so that neither the malt nor the bitterness is dominating the other until the long dry ending where it’s mostly the pine resin showing. Definitely an enjoyable beer that I’ll be having again. From the perspective of a non-brewer, it seems to me that what SN is exploring in this beer is the use lupulin dust, and from the experience of drinking this beer I’d guess that the powder contributes only to the hop flavors but not the bitterness.

Cheers, all!

 

I think I'd really enjoy that one. You're a week late for me, though- I see that one of the few places it's available is at Astor Place, which is where I was last Sunday . Oh well, hopefully it pops up at other places.

 

Thanks, man. I won't lie and say I miss work, I do not, and the luxury of getting up when I want and doing or not doing anything I want every day is a great pleasure it will be hard to give up. And it is hard to get over the fact that I retired early, but if I was offered back then what I may be offered now I likely would not have retired. I almost hope I am not offered the job so I don't have to make this decision. Cheers!

 

Enjoying another morning stout. This honestly gives nearby Founders a run for their money and is one of the better examples of the style I’ve had. 4.5 for everything but the appearance.

12oz bottle dated 11/12/18 poured into a snifter
A: Pitch black with a very thin head
S: Maple, rye, coffee, smoke/bacon towards the finish with some cocoa/caramel as well. Quite complex
T: Smooth, chocolate, maple, coffee, caramel, rye. Delicious and complex
M: Full-bodied, a bit sweet, very smooth
O: One of the better BA stouts I’ve had. Highly recommended

 

Great lakes burning river
..very clear amber color
..around medium carbonation with the body being just below average
...aroma is malt, caramel, some flowery bitter hops
..taste is malt and caramel forward. There's a hop bitterness that adds some extra dimension to this not too complex beer
..overall it was very good,excellent with food

 

New beer #5. Another from @thisischuck01 .

Blueberry Crunchee - Other Half feat. Weldwerks
Imperial Berliner - 7.4% abv
Canned 12/20/18 (24 days ago)
Score: 4.4 (-1.6% rDev)



Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33510/388831/?ba=CanConPhilly#review

Synopsis:
Completely unique. Tastes like they pulverized a granola bar into a blueberry sour. Reminds me a bit of Cigar City’s take on a granola beer, but better. The granola additions (oats, raisins, molasses, vanilla) balance the acidic blueberry base perfectly, making this a joy to drink. Try one if you have access to it!