New Beer Sunday (Week 785)

Flying Fish Onshore Lager - I am always on the hunt for new to me Lagers and I haven't had this one yet, quite good. Crisp, light, dry, flavorful and good carbonation and lacing; and they donate a portion of sales to clean water efforts. The can says brewed without adjuncts, this beer pours a pure golden color, and German-style hops provide a crisp, clean finish. I can attest that this is accurate, will be drinking this one again. Can says BB 05/23/20.

@JackHorzempa

 

I don't think the thread is dying. While it's really nice to see new contributors, there is a wonderful core group that I feel are like friends. NBS is something I look forward to all week. It's become part of my life to the point where my wife asks me, "what are you going to review this Sunday?" For that I thank you all!

 

As often happens in this thread, I am simply commenting (seemingly illegally) to tell you that you put it so well that I couldn't add a thing.
My thoughts exactly. "It" has really made me reflect on things today and on the amazingness of the fact that I feel like I know people on here (including you) even though we've never met.

 

Here is the beer:



Kizmatic from Foundation Brewing, a Flanders Oud Bruin. I did cheat a bit on this one because I detected something I thought should not be.

Look: Pours a clear, reddish brown with a healthy, rocky tan head that falls in minutes to a ring and rafts.

Smell: leads with a fruit vinegar smack in the face. Raspberry for sure, and I can stick with sour type berries. Not getting a lot of funk. But chocolate shows up...ahhh...a porter was included in the blend.

Taste: The funk I can't smell is definitely in the taste. Not quite bracingly sour, but a very respectable level of sour. Raspberry is easiest to pick out so let's stay with tart berries. I get a pleasant sweetness on the back of the swallow that balances the lingering sour. There is a bit of barrel character, oak tannins, that is noticeable but fairly soft. Doesn't seem all that complex to me given the effort involved to make and blend the product.

Feel: Light but not refreshing. Thin feel, lively carbonation, acidic bite, sweet but not sticky finish.

Overall: It is tasty and I like it. It hits on some of the attributes of what is a highly variable style. The porter contribution adds interest, but it is a pretty straightforward beer to me.

I am coming down in the 3.7 region on this one, but I have most of it left so plenty of time to see what else might happen.

 

Live at HopNuts watching the Vegas Golden Knights up 3-1 midway through the game.

Derby Beer is what HopNuts calls a Kentucky Common Ale. Never had a beer classified that way. To me thus tastes like a below average AAL, would rather have a Budweiser.

Appearance: Clear tan pour, mild carbonation, white bubbly head leaves spotty lacing. 3.5.

Aroma: Faint bread aroma. 2.5

Taste: Light bread taste. 2.5.

Mouthfeel: Light fizzy carb lingers throughout, easy finish, thin body. 2.75.

Overall poor pour, wouldn’t order again. 2.5.

Hope the beer approves from here. Otherwise, it has been a good day.

 

Good evening NBS
I have a couple new beers from Taxman to share tonight. Starting with the first BA review of this one...

The review:
12oz canned 1/27/20 poured into a snifter at fridge temp 6% ABV 20 IBU. The beer pours very dark brown with chestnut highlights and light brown head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island leaving behind some lacing. The aroma is reminiscent of stout with dark chocolate and minor ashiness. The taste is in line with the aroma for a split second before a wave of barely tart raspberry crashes in and mixes with the chocolate, roasted malt and rye. Minimal bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium plus bodied with average carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, very good. This is a very nice, complex beer. The brewery labeled it a dark ale. The Taxman house Belgian yeast is quite restrained here. I would describe it as a fruited Belgian stout.

A big thanks to @cavedave @utopiajane @lordofthewiens & @cjgiant for kicking this thread off weekly for as long as I've been active here. Thanks to those who write well and take the time to post here. I've learned a lot, although my writing doesn't show it. Cheers all and enjoy the new beer in your glass tonight!

 

Speaking of having already jumped into my first(?) NBS offering of the day, I did a bit of shopping last night. The GF and I swung by Bottleworks in order to snag some things for the upcoming NBS BIF #11. Very exciting. I love these things. I don't participate in them as much as I did when @beertunes first started the (now) tradition (thanks, for so doing, Terry!), as I also just don't drink quite as much as I used to, but upon hearing it was his last go around I couldn't miss that. Anyway, back to the story. So, we grabbed a couple of glasses of octane and set to discussing the options to send along to some mysterious section of the country. We agreed that we should probably snag some interesting looking bottles for ourselves as well: either as research for things that may or may not be included in the BIF box or just because they looked tasty. This one straddles that latter line.

Love, Lost at Sea from Buoy



The pour is initially a dark murky brown, but held up to the light, not only does the brown give way to a rich deep cherry/mahogany red, but it presents much more clear. Nice pile of soapy almond-light head that leisurely works its way down to a simple continent of head. Decent lacing initially, but then not much once I start sipping.

Nose is actually pretty underwhelming. It's just not as pungent as I would expect given the style etc. Sweet malts lead in, elements of leather and stone fruit. Some faint hints of cocoa and earthy hops.

Flavour wise it has more depth to it, for which I am grateful. On the spectrum of big dark brews, this one hews a little closer to the stone fruit side of things rather than the chocolate/coffee side of things. Again, stone fruit and leather are the first impressions, which develop into the big, broad earthy hops. These play especially well with the cherry/plum of the stonefruit to bring out their bitter/tart side, and blend together nicely. Faint hints of cocoa and tobacco in there as well, though the latter could be the same earthy hops with the spice of the barrel. Speaking of, one could be forgiven for forgetting that it is barrelled, as the vanilla sweetness just glances by on hte very end, and the spice is easily folded into the broader tobacco of the barleywine. This means that if you're looking for a big bold BABW, you'll be disappointed, but it does sip quite nicely, and while I definitely still wanted to sip and wouldn't mistake it for something sessionably, it's really easy to forget that that's 12% going down.



I enjoy it overall, and it's possible it could still make its way into the box, but probably only if I'm looking to fill out one last bottles worth of space.

 

I'll be cheating a bit this week and posting a review of a beer I had a few days ago. I'm still working off trying ~25 different stouts yesterday, thus making today one of the rare days where having a beer does not sound enjoyable. The McDonald's I had earlier this afternoon however.....now THAT hit the spot!

Anyway, onto the review.

The Veil Brewing Co
Triple Black Out Tastee
Smoothie-style sour ale with a triple dose of blackberry puree, a triple dose of black currant puree, and a bunch of milk sugar




Pours like grape juice or red wine with very little head or visible carbonation. Smells vaguely like communion wine. Taste was fairly overpowering at first. Very in your face...bursting with flavor, and not subtly. At first I wasn’t sure what to think. As with real sour sours, I find that my palate needs to adjust before I can really tell what I think. Even after adjusting, the overall flavor profile was a little strong for my taste. That said, I like sours and love trying out different ones, so I’m really glad I got to try this one out.

L: 3.75 S: 3.75 T: 3.50 F: 3.75 O: 3.50

Side note: This was the first beer I've had from The Veil Brewing Co. Coincidentally, a friend brought a number of The Veil's Sleeping Forever stout series to the stout party I went to yesterday, and they were consistently amazing. We had a lot of very good stouts, and these still managed to stand out (The Bruery's Black Tuesday was another favorite)

Cheers all!

 

Yes, the glass is from the same beer nerd you’re referencing. I have a LOT of beer glasses (literally in three different places in our house) and that is my go to. I probably use it 75 times a year, based on how often we run our dishwasher, which is roughly 1-1/2 times per week. Next is the Bell’s Hopslam glass, which is probably 1/2 of that usage.

I’ll bet I’ve received 200+ new and unique beer from NBS BIF’s.

Roll that around in your melon for a minute.

 

The end of a great weekend in NH. Poured into a 13 oz tulip glass. Pours midnight black with a finger plus mocha head that settles rather quick leaving little to no lace and settles rather quickly. 4

Smell is deep dark chocolate, expresso beans, vanilla beans, hazelnut, a hint of peppery heat, toffee, and a hint of alcohol. 4.25

Taste follows dark chocolate, strong black coffee, vanilla, toffee, hazelnut, some spicy pepper, and a little booze in the bold but balanced finish. 4.25

Mouthfeel is big yet a tad watery with really with little carbonation, slightly dry, and at 13% a sipper that is still surprisingly approachable. 4

Overall this beer is not for your average stout drinker, but in my opinion it is a well crafted brew, that you will remember without a doubt. 4

 

Not a new brew but new to me...

Pours completely opaque with a dark mocha head...the nose surprises me with instant dark sugary sweetness...maple syrup, molasses, burnt caramel...cocoa...the taste is on point with the nose and the mouthfeel is viscous and full...no real sign of alcohol.

4.25’s across the board, a very pleasant adjunct stout that’s big abv and syrupy.

 

One more new beer for tonight, Hill Farmstead Double Galaxy. Thank you @TimG_0913 for throwing this in as a great extra!

4.42/5 rDev -4.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Thank you TimG_0913 for this
12 oz can, dated 2/24/20, poured into a teku

A- A hazy golden orange with a two finger white head.

S- Citrus, cantaloupe, some lime zest, mango, hints of pale malts.

T- Citrus, piney, a little dank, some melons, touch of tropical fruits, some pale malts.

M- Smooth, medium body.

O- A good galaxy IPA, but the taste isn’t as big as the nose.

I really like this beer and I think most breweries would love to brew a beer like this, but I was expecting just a little more from Hill Farmstead, cheers NBS!

 

He's never been my sender, so I haz no Snorkel glass. That's OK, I prefer T-shirts.

 

If we count ninja boxes and thank you boxes, I'm likely in that same neighborhood.

 

Great post! Thanks for helping keep the waters from muddying.

No new beers for me this week but I'm enjoying a leisurely jaunt amongst all of your fine work. Keep it up, NBSers!

 

New Taxman beer #2

The review:
12oz canned 2/7/20 (one month ago) poured into a tulip glass at fridge temp 9% ABV 26 IBU. The beer pours moderately dense light brown with red / orange highlights. The head is khaki colored and recedes to a pencil thin ring and island. No lacing. The aroma is fruity with hints of yeast and cinnamon. The taste is fruity (citrus, berry, stonefruit- as advertised) with cinnamon and a much lighter taste than the color would indicate. The red wine barrel influence is subtle, but there. Minimal bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with just above average carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, weird, but good.

I look forward to @woodychandler's take on these two beers. Cheers all!

 

I had never heard of Barrique Brewing and Blending until the recent Rookie BIF. From their bio, "Barrique Brewing and Blending is an all sour barrel house located in Nashville, TN. We craft unique open fermented, blended, and fruited sour beers." Recolté Rose is a collaboration with Rocket Republic. From the tag, this is a "sour wild ale primary fermented on hand picked Muscadine grapes, aged 12 months, blended, and bottle conditioned.

Immediately after popping the cork I was hit with an intense aroma of wine. It was so strong that it was reminiscent of being in a winery with the smell of fermentation in the air. The pour was a delightful hazy deep pink with almost no head. The flavor was the best kind of punch to the palate. It was immediately sharp and tart, which gave way to the funky sweetness of the grapes. I knew nothing about Muscadines, so I did a little reading. They're apparently large grapes with thick skins. I would guess that the tannins from those thick skins contributed to the dry finish that kept me wanting to drink more. The tartness gave the feeling that this was more highly carbonated than it actually was. It was light and refreshing. One of my favorite wild ales I've had in recent memory. I'd love to try more from this nano brewery. I can't thank @tmm786 enough for introducing me to Barrique.

 

It would sure have been a good day for someone to review a bottle of this...
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/29952/172420/

 

I agree with you regarding the hop burn. I'm hoping with time, this beer mellows a bit, as do some of the seemingly rigid parameters. I think things will work out.