What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3109

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  1. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Schlenkerla Urbock

    This is a love letter to the brewery that made me obsessed with beer. The brewery is "Heller-Bräu" Trum, but we all just say Schlenkerla - which derives from the name given to a person dangling their arms when they limp (owner in the late 19th century, Andreas Graser supposedly had an accident at the brewery which resulted in a limp). Their main product is their Dunkles Märzen, but their second most famous product is their seasonal Bock which is ceremoniously tapped on the first Thursday in October each year at their popular Bockanstich. It is brewed with 100% smoked malt made by the brewery. With an original gravity of 17.5, this beer is a regular Bockbier rather than a Doppelbock. There was recent talk here that this beer wasn’t a “traditional” Bock due to the smoked malt, but Schlenkerla would argue exactly the opposite - that this is a more traditional Bock than most… and they’ve named it “Urbock” or “original Bock.”

    Cheers BA.
     
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  2. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Good morning and hoppy Sunday all!

    Currently drinking a fine French Bière Blonde Brune (Brown Blonde Ale). A bit of an oxymoron and yet a fine offering with aromas and flavors of cocoa, coffee, vanilla and yet hoppy.

    I’ll be following the one day classic Belgian race Liège- Bastonne - Liège on TV so I better be buzzed a bit. Go Alaphilippe! I reckon @Ocalafox, @VABA, @mogulskier and others will watch too on ESPN?

    Interesting take on a style that I have no clue where to put here in the BA database:

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    Santé!

    Not Sunday morning coming down but...

     
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  3. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    Well, the beer certainly looks like a blonde... but a rough translation of their description gives me the impression that they might have been attempting to create a beer that looks like a blonde but tastes like a brown (?).
     
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  4. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    Thanks, would think it belong as a blonde yet with evident brown flavors considering the ingredients. Cheers!

    ETA: listed as an American Pale ale on Untappd.
     
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  5. rex_4539

    rex_4539 Grand Pooh-Bah (3,142) Dec 20, 2014 Greece
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  6. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,284) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Having an APA by Prohibition on cask at Akkurat.
     
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  7. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    What are the ingredients? Looking at the flavors you got from it, it sounds like it could be like the "blonde stouts" some American brewers make.
     
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  8. jkblr

    jkblr Grand Pooh-Bah (5,132) Nov 22, 2014 Indiana
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    Good morning BA
    @Victory_Sabre1973 bought me a cup of coffee this morning
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    Lift Bridge Irish Coffee to be exact. Working on notes for NBW. Cheers all!
     
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  9. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,922) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
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    [​IMG] Only Bock I could find and it is boozy Bastard for sure. A rare Sunday of nothing and I will help roll out some pages today. Cheers all.
     
    #9 SawDog505, Apr 25, 2021
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  10. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Got a new beer chilling from yesterday and a beer I’ve never had before, I bought it strictly off Jacks recommendation. It’ll be Lawson’s Little Sip, I passed on in last week thinking it was a Session Beer. It’ll be a nooner beer though, If I drank now I’d sleep all day.
     
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  11. zid

    zid Grand Pooh-Bah (3,132) Feb 15, 2010 New York
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    The name certainly encourages that perception in today's market. I was shocked to see that it was 6.2% ABV. Seems unintentionally irresponsible of Lawson's to me.
     
    #11 zid, Apr 25, 2021
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  12. Cashbail

    Cashbail Initiate (0) Aug 3, 2019 New Hampshire
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    This is such a good breakfast beer. Tart and refreshing, low alcohol, nothing added. happy Sunday!!

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  13. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,284) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    Special edition of Kaggen, aged in High Coast barrels, made for Akkurat's 25th anniversary.
     
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  14. yuenglingfan101

    yuenglingfan101 Savant (1,201) Jul 7, 2010 Ohio

    21at amendment blood orange ipa
     
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  15. nc41

    nc41 Initiate (0) Sep 25, 2008 North Carolina
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    Last week when I saw it I just didn’t bother I just reached for SOS. Saw Jacks review and saw it was a Pale Ale over 6%, so returning to PA this week saw it and bought it. Seems a weird name for the beer, I think they missed the mark there.
     
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  16. JamFuel

    JamFuel Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,284) Mar 26, 2009 Sweden
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    2013 Old Guardian at Akkurat...
     
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  17. mschrei

    mschrei Grand Pooh-Bah (5,137) Jul 4, 2014 Illinois
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    Will eventually post this one in the bock thread, but it’s a wonderful way to start a Sunday. [​IMG]
     
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  18. Ozzylizard

    Ozzylizard Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,419) Oct 5, 2013 Pennsylvania
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    Good day BAs! Thanks @zid for starting today's thread. Schlenkerla stuff:

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    I perfer the marzen having sucked down gallons over the years, mostly here but multiples in Bamberg:

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    (with Herr Knab, head brewer since retired)

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    (Where the smoke is generated/the magic happens)

    Today's New Breakfast Beer, from @Rub_This_BBQ nad NBS Bif #13:

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    A decent impy stout which lost points because the brewer is too cheap/too lazy to determine/publish ABV and to date the bottle.
     
    #18 Ozzylizard, Apr 25, 2021
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  19. GrumpyGas

    GrumpyGas Grand Pooh-Bah (4,579) Apr 7, 2009 Illinois
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    Miskatonic Weizenbock the latest in the base styles series is a full flavored bock, yet thin.
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    #19 GrumpyGas, Apr 25, 2021
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  20. Shanex

    Shanex Grand Pooh-Bah (4,960) Dec 10, 2015 France
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    A hazy NEDIPA from France again, using Belma, Citra, Motueka and Nelson sauvin hops.

    Cheers!

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    #20 Shanex, Apr 25, 2021
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