What beer are you drinking now? #4591

1) Phase Three Super Swirly (8.0% canned 4/22/25): A NEIPA from Chicago with Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, & El Dorado for flavors of orange, tropical pineapple, papaya, green melon and smooth lime. Tropical and smooth.
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2) Phase Three Magnetic (8.0% canned 3/31/25): A NEIPA from Chicago with Nelson, Motueka, and Riwaka for flavors of grapefruit, passionfruit, and white grape. (Correctly matched the two beers blind)

Phase Three NEIPA Battle. First is Super Swirly, a new release. Pretty standard quad of Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe, and El Dorado. Yet incredibly complex and robust flavors of pineapple, papaya, green melon, even berries and lime. I underestimated this based on the hop profile.
Next is Magnetic. More exotic hop profile. The vinous white grape here from Nelson. Outstanding and amazing. I'm slightly biased toward the Nelson and Motueka hop combo, but Super Swirly is quite impressive as well.
Winner: Super Swirly

 

Might as well pop this up here...my last beer at my Tues nite gig. SNPA
Tasted great!

@LarryV check out this amp. From the 1950s. Unbelieveable sound and tone. Ya gotta understand that I'm back on the drums and I absolutely love open back amps. This one of the best.

Neil Young made my buddy an offer on this amp.

 

Jai Alai after 2 hours of yard work in the feels like 94 degree heat.

 

Post mowing hydration.





Is it Friday yet? !!

 

That's a pretty sick looking snare, Les. (And that vintage Fender amp...)

 

Saint Arnold Eclipse IPA in the glass.

Joe Farrell spinning, Upon this Rock. Everybody here knows I spin at lot of jazz, and a lot of that on the ECM label. This is another label I adore, though their output was brief in the 70's, and they didn't produce as many albums as ECM (which is seemingly never ending at this point). Though this is on the wonderful CTI label. Pete Turner always did the iconic photography for these albums. Anyway...

 

Those old vintage Fender amps had the mojo.

 

I like that Pilsner also, it's a good'n.

 

They absolutely do! (And the old Vox amps, and Marshall's...) And for modern amps, the original Matchless.

 

That snare is an Ellis drum but is a Keller maple shell with re-rings. Google Jim Keller the drum maker.

 

They still got it!!

 

Hopewell Roaring Sequence

 

Check out this old OG Hammerheart label from Lino Lakes...!

 

This is not upsetting me at all. Very nice.

 

Turbo Reaper ~ 3Floyds


Grim Reaper Of Love ~ The Turtles

 

Cheers!

 

This tastes great right about now. Cheers everyone

 

Tornado warning is over. Sitting in the garage, enjoying this.

 

Made in Manchester, NH? They're in @SawDog505 's backyard!