New Beer Sunday (Week 737)

The fall one generally has a "share date" of Columbus day weekend, so sign-up will likely be late August.

 

4 More Floral East Coast Originals, all 4+ rated
The 87 | Night Shift | MA
4.37/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
After 1600 beers this one ranks near the top. Try 24. We bought 4 pack at Park Slope Coop.
a) Slashes continents of lace around a top head that lasts on top of a hazed apricot body.
s) Ripe oversized hop aromas. Its an orchestra.
t) Starts sweet on a honeyed maltiness back, then rises into a blaring, yet controlled, movement of fruity, floral and bitter hops. Juicy fruitbowl all tempered by earthy bitterness. Not dank, all bright.
f) Super creamy. Medium bodied finishing clean, bitter, complex, with pepper and wine like phenols. Play with it on your tongue like a pinot noir, there's that much fruit and flavor packed into the recipe.
o) I want to blind test this to every 4.2 or higher DIPA I love.

Guns ‘N’ Rosé | Oskar Blues | NC
4.15/5 rDev +12.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
Dales is my original craft darling so I find most of what Oskar does compelling, (except Coconut) BUT no exception here.
Compares well with the solid Prickly Pear sour from Carton: http://cartonbrewing.com/beers/dune-fruit/, and much better than most vegetal beers, including this recent rosé ROSALIE from star brewer Firestone: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2210/393547/?ba=Act25#review
a) Rose tinged copper with all the pretty colors and lace of Dales. Extra sparkly fine bubbles.
s) Aroma borders between sour and pale ale - a great place to hang out as it turns out, they find a gap and fill it well.
Pear wins as the essence that keeps you sniffing.
t) Love this, if flawed, it's too sweet for more than one! Offers tangy fruit berries: cranberry, raspberry, grape. Some green cider for the sweet-sour balance. Would be great with chinese/asian food or sushi. Light hops, finishes very wine like. This is a food beer for sure.
f) If you want prickly, spritzy, almost spritzer like this is for you. Light good / great! first beer of the evening or aperitif.
o) Refreshing but close enough a masculine pale that it works. Floral masculine!
Bel Air Sour | Brooklyn Brewery | NY
4.15/5 rDev +6.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Can do no wrong with this sour, which must be tasted against all sours. Revelation and perfect fit to the name and can dressing, Go BROOKLYN!
a) Looks right, and as with all sours, the head fades fast and doesnt lace, but on point.
pale straw color, translucent haze, wispy white head.
s) grapefruit fresh citrus, flakey puff pastry and grassy earth.
t) Moves from faint to fabulous. "You taste fabulous". Reminds me of the sweet smelling bathing suit model blondes in i used to date in LA. *(well I dated one, Tina)
f) Acidity imparts a lifting, puckering, light-aired feel - per bel air.
o) what to drink at the beverly hilton.
As Beerchitect wrote "wonderful beer that begs for tangy young goat cheese, a loaf of sourdough and perhaps wine braised mussels."
Orbital Tilt - Vic Secret | Captain Lawrence | NY
4.1/5 rDev +1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.2
AS THICKLY HAZY, as they come without being too much like fruit juice.
a) Creates a creamy, sticky bone colored head that scrapes lace, over the dark apricot haze bomb body.
s) Dank, solid, pine, medicine cabinet more than fruit.
t) Has the medicinal backbone, along with pine and hops on top of chewy breadiness.
f) Feel is chewy, asprin, powdery.

 

Dave, I think Sapsquatch is the second best beer ST has ever produced. I was ecstatic to find it at my local distributor again.

 

Good evening NBS, hope everyone is enjoying the end of the weekend once again. Looking like a busier thread than usual today. Made a very large new beer haul this weekend, will be busy for a while. Still plan on hitting up more local breweries for growler fills in the coming weeks. Need to send out the NBS BIF box, and I have yet to pack it up.

Beer:

Delicious German pils, super fresh bottling. Fantastic fluffy head retention/thick foamy lacing. Crystal clarity. Aromas and flavors of cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit malts; and herbal, woody, floral, grassy, peppery noble hops. A bit of fruity/skunky aromas, but not overwhelming. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation, light-medium body, and moderately crisp/clean finishing. Balanced bready/grainy malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Slight lingering resins. Light-moderate increasing bitter dryness; no hop astringency. Refreshingly smooth, flavorful/not watery for 4.8%. Perfectly clean lager flavors, no fruity/yeasty notes. Perfectly balanced between clean pils malts and earthy noble hops. Minimal residual sweetness with crisp dryness. Spot on stuff, perfect example of the style. 3.91


Cheers

 

I made it quite clear in my last post why I was becoming tired of participating in the forums, although I still lurk in several threads, including the weekly NBS threads. Today I have something I felt worthy of sharing - a 'new-to-me' style named Roggenbier. Thanks to @MonDak_Joe1953 for the opportunity.

Roggenbier, as characterized by Beer Advocate:

"Roggenbier is akin to a Dunkelweizen made with rye rather than wheat, but with a greater body and light finishing hops. Expect a very pronounced spiciness and sour-like rye character, malty flavor, and a clean hop character. Often unfiltered and bottle-conditioned, Roggenbiers tend to be rather turbid and foamy."



Waldmann Brewery & Wurstery's Roggenbier.

Pours a foggy and hazy deep-ruby with two fingers of khaki foam after a 10oz pour straight into the glass. Foam is dense, retaining well. Aroma is rye, barley, nutty, earthy, caramely malts with hints of herbal, spicy, and medicinal hops. Yeast esters alongside dark fruits add a little additional zest and sweetness, respectively. Flavor profile is smooth and sweet, with nutty, earthy, caramely, toasty, bready malts forming the bulk of the taste. A little yeast ester at the back adds a touch of zest, while rye comes on a little stronger, further enhancing the spiciness just a touch. Caramel and stone fruits add just a little sweetness in the center. Dynamics between sweet and zest are smooth and flowing. Mouth feel starts out thin and nearing-still, and then develops into a medium thickness with a lightly fuzzy, prickly effervescence on the tip of the tongue and fades away with that same quality. Overall, rye and spicy notes are mild, but contrast in such a way to create an intriguing and enjoyable dynamic.

Score: 4.25 | 4 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4.25 | BA Score: 4.19 | rDev: N/A (not enough reviews/ratings)

Personal notes: Based on the characteristics listed by Beer Advocate, this beer nails the style. As it's the only version of this style I've had, I'll leave the rating here for now.

 

Damn youre hot today Andrew. Thats presently one of my favorites of theirs.

 

The lovechild of Pure Project and Alvarado Street - Cannery Row 2.0

Canned on 3/26/19.
L: Vibrant hazy yellow in color, completely opaque. About a finger of a stark white cap that dissipated quickly. Moderate lacing left on the glass.
S: Fantastic. Loads of stonefruit with bright citrus notes. Mild grassy presence as well.
T: Darn good. Citrus is dominant with hints of apricot and mango on the finish. Mild hop bite at the end that cascades into a fruity sweetness in the aftertaste.
F: Medium in body, light in weight. Moderate carbonation with appropriate fizz.
O: This is outstanding. At 6.7 abv, very approachable. I would drink again
4.33/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

 

I'll start gathering some supplies...

 

Yes Sir! Dry hopped with Sorachi Ace

 

Good afternoon NBS and thanks @cjgiant for the start, congrats to your team in their quest.
We are back home from our 10th Stoutfest at Armsby Abbey, amazing food and stout list, with Hill Farmstead Poetica #2 as the palate cleanser. Amazing
Home now and enjoying this collab from Dupont and Allagash, love the tension between the normal Dupont prickly spicy, and the restraint of Allagash. Wonderful effort, delivers the goods.
Cheers All

Brewers' Bridge

Brasserie Dupont sprl
Belgian Saison / 6.10% ABV

4.18/5 rDev -1.2% | Score: 4.23
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Poured from an undated 11.2 oz bottle into the test glass
A - Honey color, a touch of haze, steady carbonation feeds a rocky eggshell colored cap.
S - That dusty Dupont nose, with a very nice orange peel thread added, to compliment the usual white pepper and spice nose we are all used to
T - Follows the nose in lock step, add a very soft tropical element, with some Guava, and a nod towards green tea
M - Less prickly than the usual Dupont experience, soft on the palate a bit more round than usual. Start is semi sweet and the linger is spicy and wonderful.
O - A wonderful Saison with all the elements of classic Dupont and the gentle touch of Allagash, well worth seeking out

 

As I recall, you need to know the secret handshake to get the free four-pack, but it's been a while since I've been there. Also, as I recall, the Natural History Museum in London had a small, non-craft, beer selection as well, but Mrs. Lizard dragged me out before I'd gotten clear through it.

 

Freakin and Peakin, compliments of @JBowenGeorgia
A hazy straw color that was difficult to pour, very carbonated, aroma of citrus, pine with taste following, very slight bitterness, a nice example of the haze craze! Thanks John

 

NBS #2, also from @woemad. Dirt Church, a "Northeast IPA" brewed by Bitter Root Brewing in Hamilton, Montana. This is my first Montana-brewed beer and I was thrilled to receive it. My number of missing states is dwindling. This has a rather unusual muddy brown-orange color with an attractive fluffy, bright white head and creamy lacing. The smell is very tropical. While fruity, the taste isn't quite as fruity as the nose. It also has a nice base of wheat cracker. The bill of Simcoe, Mosaic, Amarillo and Citra hops is flavorful but not overly bitter. It's a truly sessionable IPA at 5.2% ABV. I enjoyed my first beer from Big Sky Country. Thanks, Fred!

 

I love that glass!

 

Straight from the can, so no appearance and not much aroma. For having centennial hops I was hoping for some floral notes, but really none of that. Getting some mild bitter grapefruit and melon. The perfect mouth feel for a 7% IPA. A nice IPA, but regular Stone IPA is cheaper and just as good or better.

 

Another great review. I’m going to start copying and pasting them for mine. Don’t worry. I will cite my sources

 

Yet another first review. Incredible Berliner. Fantastic rocky head retention/thick foamy lacing. Dark ruby red/pink/purple color. Aromas and flavors of huge juicy/tart/tangy marionberry, blackberry, raspberry, fruit skin/seed, lemon, lime, orange, peach, plum, pear, melon, red/green apple, currant, red grape/wine, hay, straw, and grass; with moderate wheat, cracker, white bread dough, lightly toasted biscuit malt balance; light peppercorn, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and light spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body. Balanced creamy/silky/grainy wheat, lactic acid, and fruit tang/tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing acidic/tangy dryness; zero puckering. Refreshingly smooth, not overly lactic, flavorful/not watery for 4.5%. Perfectly balanced between super jammy berries, Lacto complexity, and pale/wheat malts against acidity. Wonderful stuff, I am getting a 4 pack. Amazing style example. 4.28


Cheers