New Beer Sunday (Week 767)

One more to end the day with.


Cauallier from Saint Errant Brewing.

This beer, kindly sent to me by @FFFjunkie comes in an 8 oz can.

For a beer like this, I TOTALLY love the size. It is the perfect size to enjoy by myself.

The beer inside of said can is also damn amazing.

Review:

4.46/5 rDev +1.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours pitch black. Thick pouring. 1 1/2 finger brown head. The head retention is amazing for a 12% beer. Minimal lacing on the glass.
The nose has notes of chocolate, and caramel on it. Slightly sweet smelling.
Taste - The chocolate is really strong, and pleasing to me. There's a hint of roasted peanut in the background that backs up the chocolate.
The body is nice and thick, as expected.
This beer I'm totally digging. I also like that it's in an 8 oz can. Just a perfect size for a big beer like this.


This is it for tonight. See you all next Sunday, and throughout the week. Cheers.

 

Finally picked up S&S#10 this past week.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22511/285334/



12 oz. can.
Canned on 10/21/19.
Moderate pour yields a nearly one inch white head over a murky golden body with nice, sticky lacing. Nose of tropical, citrus, tropical, citrus, tropical, citrus fruit with a tad honey. Taste mirrors nose with a bit of white grape from the Nelson Sauvin hops punching its way through the tropical and citrus fruit. Nice feel and overall, another great offering in the S&S lineup.
Cheers!

 

I am sorry for the loss of your friend. I remember when I made the decision to have my vet come over and for all us to say goodbye to dear old Lily, a fine yellow lab that made 14 years. We have a trail in the woods named after her, that we tread over years to now be a regular track. It's The Lily Trail.
Now I have Otis, a Treeing Walker Coonhound that is the smartest dog I've ever had. He speaks, watches the sky and is amazed by contrails, clouds, the Moon, barometric changes, and things I'll never know. I almost cannot imagine not having his great spirit daily, but dogs are a firm part of my being and they will lend me strength for as long as I live.

 

Hey NBS!
Been away a few weeks, busy at the restaurant. Im back today and celebrating a bit by having a couple new beers. Late start today as last night was a great one. Took home Top Dish at the Festival of Meals- honoring Meals on Wheels. My New World Cuisine Duck Taco took the trophy- up against some good competition.
Saw this today. Imperial Cream Ale!
Whaaaat??!! Dogfish Head ( who else!)
Suddenly Comfy ICA with Apple Juice,
Cinnamon, Allspice and Vanilla Beans.
Pours a golden amber color with a off white head that dissapears quickly leaving a thin ring and no lacing.
Aroma is juicy apple pie! I mean seriously - cinnamon, vanilla and apple with cinnamon dominating.
Taste is again alot of cinnamon with sour granny smith apple and vanilla on the finish. Its tart first with a tad of sweetness. The malt sits in the background with some dough and barely a discernable hop presence.
Feel is lighter in body than what you might think with all that is going on. Has that crisp finish and is also quite dry as the cinnamon oil coats the tongue.
Holy crap this is fresh apple pie in a glass. IMO this is way better than a pumpkin beer for the holidays. I could easily see this at my dessert table at Thanksgiving. Only complaint I have is they could have dialed back the cinnamon. First Imperial Cream Ale I can remember having and boy is it original. 10.99 a 4 Pack and worth a try. 8% ABV BTW. Have a great one!

 

Damn Larry! Congrats man, that's awesome!

 

Thanks man! Sometimes in life when you work your ass off and just feel like youre not getting anywhere something comes along to re-energize you. It happened. And Im Thankful.

 

Congrats !! I am sure you earned it !!

 

Dead Milkmen reference? Sorry for such late response, but if so, my applause good Sir!

 

RenFest was super fun, managed to get out of there with my bank account still intact, and when I got home a cold one was waiting for me in the fridge ... a NEW cold one, that is:



Lone Pint Brewery's The Jabberwocky, an American imperial IPA, 8.5% ABV, 114 IBUs

Columbus and Citra hops for days and days in this one ... the aroma and flavor are a neverending stream of citrus, citrus peel, some green herbs and a little grass. Grapefruit dominates, but there's some orange and lemon in it too. At times its bitter bite is fierce, but Lone Pint isn't lighthanded with the malt (Golden Promise and pilsner malt if you're scoring at home), and Jabberwocky has that classic biscuity malty pop that I'd argue is Lone Pint's signature, even more so than their use of hops.

The official review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30380/92697/?ba=Premo88#review
4.32 (rDev +12.5%)

Lone Pint's one third of what I think of as the holy trinity of Texas craft breweries (Jester King, Live Oak, Lone Pint), so you have no idea the restraint I'm showing in that 4.32 rating. Shockingly, it's BA overall ranking right now is 3.84, but maybe I'm the moron here. Wouldn't be the first time.

Speaking of morons, I got to see the Sound & Fury boys (minus Patrick, plus Patrick's fill-in whose name I forget) today at RenFest, and holy crap ... seriously, even if you're not a Rennaisance Festival kind of person, do yourself a favor and go see the greatness of Sound & Fury if and when they come to your neighborhood. I think I lost 3 lbs. of water weight from all the cry-laughing I did watching their performance today:


Brilliant they are. And I swear they're not paying me to advertise.

Cheers!

 

Do you believe in swordfish?

 

Yea me. Even a dumbass like me can figure this out. Loved the last beers I got.

 

Congrats, based on your food you've shared in the past, I am sure they are awesome.

 

We’re at ship date. So a last obvious clue here, and Jimmy Hoffa says hi. Well if he could talk.

 

A local rarity, Ivory Bill Brewing CO.'s 2019 Bourbon Barrel IMP Stout. 10.0% ABV; 3.93 overall. It was better on tap a 8 days ago...

Pours an effervescent Mahogany with rapidly falling tan head. Viscous, zero head retention or lacing

S: Dark Fruit & vaniila

T: Follows the nose, oaky dryness, some vanilla up front. Figs, vanilla, a little bit of barrel as this warms, plenty of dryness, a little coffee too. Finishes dry with leafy hops, oakyness, a little vanilla, figs & just a kiss of Bourbon

MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation; carbonation smooths out as this warms

This was better on draft, the barrel was more front & center, plus other flavors were stronger

 

Sorry for your loss. I lost Otis 3 years ago and I still cry a bit, I miss him more than most people I’ve ever known. Hell, I’m crying tying this, literally.

 

Have a nice week NBS. I slept all day and did a 24 hour water fast with no beer until tomorrow. I'll be back next week. Cheers

 

I always buy if I can find them fresh which requires vigilance, it’s a very rare buy, but their beers are very good.