What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2772

Discussion in 'The Bar' started by JamFuel, May 23, 2020.

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  1. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,480) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Greetings! Weekend off for me, so you know what that means! Beer! Movies! Music! Starting with rhubarb lambic, FROM A BOX!

    Watching:

     
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  2. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,466) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Cheers @JamFuel and thanks for kicking off the thread... drinking something I haven’t had in a bit, and doesn’t really need to be introduced to you all, except it’s the 2020 edition:

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    Cheers...

     
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  3. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,480) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Nice! Also a beer that ages beautifully! I had a 2007 bottle at the same time as a 2019 bottle last year, and it's so different, but still familiar.
     
  4. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,466) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Never had a really “vintage” one but no doubt it’s one that hold up well... Skål!
     
  5. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,666) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    [​IMG] After tossing and turning I decided to just get up. Going to be a beautiful Memorial Day Weekend in NH. These guys can brew killer NEDIPAs up in Orono Maine. Cheers all.

    Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned May 5th. Pours a very hazy orange yellow with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace with amazing retention.4.75

    Smell is tangerine, pineapple, papaya, melon, vanilla, and apricot. 4.25

    Taste follows but even bigger and better. Tangerine, papaya, honeydew, pineapple, vanilla, and apricot, amazingly balanced and really easy drinking. 4.5

    Mouthfeel is bigger than average, soft gentle creamy carbonation, a tad sticky but never dry, and at 8% it drinks that way but goes down far too easy. 5

    Overall another winner from Marsh Island. They often use lactose when brewing this style and I must say it always works very well. Excellent stuff. 4.5
     
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  6. ChicagoJ

    ChicagoJ Grand Pooh-Bah (4,073) Feb 2, 2015 Illinois
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    I never had a box of beer, or a box of birds, but wouldn't turn down either. Sticking with the European beer theme, Rothaus Pils is shipping these beers regularly to Chicago, people are enthusiastically picking the shelves clean.

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    Wishing all an excellent beer Saturday!



     
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  7. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,480) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Rothaus is probably my favorite Pils, enjoy!
     
  8. belvedere86

    belvedere86 Maven (1,440) Apr 1, 2013 Belgium
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    Starting this Saturday with a west coast IPA. Cheers BA

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  9. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,466) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Westmalle triple and I believe that I’m headed for an early afternoon nap...

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  10. The_Kriek_Freak

    The_Kriek_Freak Grand Pooh-Bah (5,083) Aug 18, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    This is mind blowing. On so many levels.
     
  11. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,666) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    [​IMG] Oops was thirsty and needed a second glass of juice. The palate is on today and this one is very different from the other, really tasty just the same.
     
  12. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,480) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    It feels damn weird. Luckily, I'm also damn weird.
     
  13. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (8,480) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    I love this movie, but this gun makes no sense. At all. Joining @belvedere86 with some west coast shenanigans.
     
  14. mschrei

    mschrei Grand Pooh-Bah (4,983) Jul 4, 2014 Illinois
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    Opened a Maplewood Fat Pug oatmeal stout that was a few years old. I think I may have let it age too long. Taste reminded me of Sprite. So now drinking this.
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    Pre Radiohead Thom Yorke band doing High and Dry.

    Have a safe and happy Saturday, advocates!
     
  15. Peach63

    Peach63 Pooh-Bah (2,118) Jul 17, 2019 New York
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    Good morning BA's. It's breakfast. What else am I supposed to drink?

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  16. GreenBayBA

    GreenBayBA Grand Pooh-Bah (4,081) Aug 30, 2015 Wisconsin
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    @scream, this beer is very special! It arrived in my area on Thursday afternoon, but it has not made an appearance in your area, yet. I will save one for you in case you cannot acquire any. The bakery one block from my house claims to have the best kringle in North America, and I do not dispute that, as my kids like going to that bakery for various items, and I usually grab some kringle samples. This beer is worthy of its name. The smell and flavor are incredible! I watched the new Enslaved video seven times last night. @superspak, what do you think of the new Enslaved song?
     
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  17. Ozzylizard

    Ozzylizard Grand Pooh-Bah (5,825) Oct 5, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    I think all the regulars on here have a high strangeness factor, and proud of it!
     
  18. superspak

    superspak Grand High Pooh-Bah (10,336) May 5, 2010 North Carolina
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    Have a good Saturday. I ate a bunch of junk food and watched The Grand Tour last night, so it was a good time. I don't feel like I need to eat for another 2 days after that one. Jalapeno Cheetos, Corn chips/Queso, and mini chocolate donuts. Also turned on the A/C for the first time, and put a box fan in my bedroom to cool things down a bit.

    Bell's Hopslam. Incredible as usual this year. Aromas and flavors of big red grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pineapple, apricot, mango, melon, berries, citrus peel/rind, peppercorn, and pine hops; with moderate honey, white bread, light caramel malts; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation, medium-full bodied, and fairly crisp finishing. Balanced creamy/bready malts and sticky/resinous/rindy hops in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing bitter resin/rind dryness, no hop astringency. Amazing classic Columbus, Chinook, Centennial, Amarillo, Simcoe profile. Very juicy, vibrant, and fairly dank/earthy hop complexity; with a great balanced malt backbone. Not overly sweet or bitter, extremely well balanced. Lightly boozy alcohol, but dangerously easy drinking. Never disappoints. Feels less sweet than last year. Also a lot easier to find when released.
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    Cheers

    @GreenBayBA new Enslaved sounds like Enslaved so it's great stuff. I woke up with black metal on my mind.
     
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  19. Urk1127

    Urk1127 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,728) Jul 2, 2014 New Jersey
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    I really like that you always have matching glassware.
     
  20. Ozzylizard

    Ozzylizard Grand Pooh-Bah (5,825) Oct 5, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Good day BAs! Off to the weekend here in the green zone - my son and I were supposed to fly out of Canada to Germany on Monday for a week of beer in Bavaria/Franconia but that's been cancelled, so hopefully next year. The rains set in again yesterday but those three days of dryness allowed me to get my garden tilled and planted so WAHOO! Otherwise, life goes on and on and on...
    Today's New Breakfast Beer:

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    Disappointing (3.11) but then most of Bell's stuff seems pretty bland to me - even my favorite of Bell's - Smitten - seems like they left the rye out.
     
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