New Beer Sunday (Week 763)

New Beer Sunday: English Strong Ale

Evenin’ NBSers. Time for a report on a new sipping beer.

This evening’s new beer is from The Lost Abbey and is called “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”

Since this is a beer for sipping my review will be subject to revision for a while, but the current version can be found here:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/18149/72285/?ba=drtth#review


The aromas/flavors of this beer are heavy on the bourbon, but also show a background of dark fruit and dark caramel malt along with some bits of peach and of tea even further in the background. While there’s just a bit of alcohol burn it’s not really unpleasant. A fairly enjoyable and interesting beer that is complex, sippable and would be great on a cold evening before the fire. That all said, I’ll probably not be looking to try it again, but caveat is that’s basically because the last few years I find myself being less and less interested in repeating such high ABV beers.

Some of the Music on the Player tonight seems to fit nicely with at least the name of tonight’s new beer, “The Devil Went Down to Georgia.”




Cheers, all!

 

De Dolle Brouwers - Oeral

Continuing with the B United cans is this one from De Dolle Brouwers. With their tendency to produce very highly carbonated beer... or even gushers (and given people's tendencies to age their beers), this brewery doesn't feel a natural fit for the tanker-to-canning line project, but they went with the smallest beer in the lineup. At 5.8% ABV, it's even slightly smaller than the BeerAdvocate listing of it at 6%. I was surprised when I realized I never had this one before... at least I think I haven't.

It's awesome. If there even is a line that divides saisons and more generic Belgian pale beers, it's certainly blurrier than people might think. I think the term "saison" is overprescribed anyway. Having said all that, this beer falls nicely into beer geeks idea of a saison even if the brewer doesn't think of it as such (or beer websites like this one for that matter - it's classified as a BPA here). It pours with a great big head. It's light amber. It starts sweet and finishes dry. There's a very high level of spiciness from the yeast and a nice hop bitterness... neither of which interfere in the drinking process. This beer has no trouble disappearing from the glass. Argh, I want more.

 

We (Mrs Lizard and I) quit attending a couple of years ago - it keeps getting bigger and attracting more and more people - I feel it has lost a lot of the family orientation and local feel - no table cloths, metal detectors, what's next - body cavity searches? If you haven't tried 5 Stones yet, you should probably check them out

 

Breaking out your lederhosen and funny looking green hat? Lol, kidding of course.

 

Happy New Back to the Beer Future Sunday, Part 5, Mission II (Week 763)!
It has been quite a productive day despite a late start on my part. I CANtinued with a marginal beer (but the brewery calls it an "Ale" so I feel justified):
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/443460/?ba=woodychandler#review

My next one was solid, at least in terms of being a beer:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/279464/?ba=woodychandler#review

leaving it to me to go from Basic to Blockbuster:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/405961/?ba=woodychandler#review

Now, I just craved a Donut:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/407018/?ba=woodychandler#review

In a life where the ordinary is anything but ordinary, I reached for:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/390239/?ba=woodychandler#review

& am now caught up while listening to Mel "The Velvet Fog" Torme as I drink:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36487/275985/?ba=woodychandler#review

CANundrum: CANtinue or CANurtail events until next Sunday? My six (6) (!) remainders are a) too much for me at this point & b) they will make more sense next week as they also lend themselves to a segue into an all-new brewery horizontal! I am going with the latter & pulling the plug for this week.

If Doc @lordofthewiens starts us off at MIdnight (EDT) next week, I will have ample time to run through this next one. See yinz then, with more … stuff!

 

I want to try that good looking beer. I'll find it!

 

Happy New American Pale Ale Sunday!

Back with another new brew. Was hoping this would be better, still pretty tasty.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28178/412769/?ba=Wasatch#review

Cheers!

 

Damn. Well 80 is pretty good actually. He was totally mesmeric. His drum solos were worth knowing. I love Cream. I was a high school student and White Room in 1968 was an eye opener. RIP.

 

Yeah... I sure screwed that up somehow! I was actually quoting @dukeandduke ...

 

Hello again late night (Thought It Was A) New Beer Sunday. This $9 bottle was purchased off the new beer shelf at my weekly stop a couple weeks ago. I didn't notice until tonight it's a "vintage" 2018. I've never caught this shop pulling these shenanigans before, so I'm assuming distributer. On to the beer...

The review:
500mL bottle VINTAGE 2018 (1 year old) poured into a Spiegelau stout glass at fridge temp 8.6% ABV. The beer pours dense very dark brown with some medium brown highlights and mocha colored head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island leaving behind some lacing. The aroma is pumpkin pie and little else. The taste is mostly pumpkin and pie spice with just a little roasted malt thrown in. The finish is mostly dry with medium bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied and adequately carbonated with just a bit less than medium. No alcohol presence in the aroma or taste. Overall, ok. More pumpkin pie beer than stout with pumpkin added. I would be interested to try it fresh but wouldn't pay this price again.

The Mrs. is in bed and kids are wrapping up homework, so I finally have time and quiet to answer @cjgiant's opening question. I was not able to attend any Oktoberfest type celebrations this year. It is something I look forward to in a short three years when we will go from having two active high schoolers to an empty nest. I've read both Nashville and Cincinnati have great ones. I am, however, extremely seasonal in my beer drinking. Oktoberfests in August & September. Fresh hops in October. Stouts, big Belgians & barleywines from November to January. Then I tend to get a bit eclectic until summer where plain old lagers and cream ales interplay with IPAs. I'll always make an exception for a fresh or desirable find anywhere in the calendar, if the mood strikes.

That's it for me today. I think I'm going to put a splash of Bulleit Rye in this glass and take it over to WBAYDN. We are hosting and feeding 26 high school soccer players (my son's entire varsity team) tomorrow night for their Sectional dinner. I need a little rest before then. Cheers all!

 

Dutchess Ales - Ghost Beer

This is a weird one. Little Dutchess Ales started out by producing cask bitter out of a desire to fill the void of traditional cask bitter in my area... and they did their part to trickle in a tiny amount of their niche product to the few places that would have it. It was certainly unexpected to see a canned beer from them. This beer was brewed at Great South Bay - a place that seems to be growing as the craft brewers' contract brewer of choice just outside of New York City. Here's a description of the beer from another site:

I didn't read that description before having the beer, and I really did not know what to expect with this one. The murky appearance of this beer was a disappointing surprise/non-surprise. Tastes of mild apricot (in odd synergy with the description above), and possesses a herbal hop quality. The beer is 4.8% ABV and feels like it. It's nothing like a NEIPA despite the appearance. It's far more mild and more herbal than fruity. The entire experience was quite unique. It's in a class of it's own rather than being of a style, and I'm not sure there's really an audience for it. I enjoyed it.

 

Safe travels!

 

Thanks for sharing! Love seeing the pics, and sounds like a great beer to reminisce about a trip with.

 

Woodstock Brewing - Look Inside Kolsch

Gonna cut to the chase - I hate this beer. There’s an oakiness that demolishes anything else present. This wasn’t the right kind of beer for this. They don’t even mention the oak on the label.

 

Hello Late Night NBS
Well no new beer for me today. I went back to one that I love...

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/23628/302744/

I must save a few cans, cuz I've got me a few boxes to be shipping for the pregame fun in our NBS BIF #10...

Anybody else getting in?
https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/nbs-bif-10-sigh-up-thread.622562/page-3#post-6643059