What beer are you drinking now? #464

If I could just figure out how to keep my reflection out of the glass...

 

That's my travel opener along with my travel glass that I bought at WallyWorld for 97cents

 

Down to three bottles, not sure any more is around my neck of the woods...sigh...

 

Hope this is not a premonition. If so, I guess I'll just have another.

 

Unicycle Single Hop Pale Ale (Nelson Sauvin) from Crank Arm Brewing in Raleigh, NC. Muy bueno!

 

This tonight. It's tasting great! Cheers.

 

Tyranena Sheep Shagger Scotch Ale

 

Holy crap. I think this one will be my nightcap. My sweet, delicious nightcap.

 

Taste Off! 3 sessionable low ABVs packed with flavor: a 3 way tie, each a 4.0:
21st Amendment Bitter American
Stone Levitation Ale
Left Hand Sawtooth Ale (an ESB)

Here's my review of Stone Levitation Ale at 4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Stone - a favorite brewer. Thanks for this session amber ale.

A: Good looking darker MAHOGANY body, with plenty of tan head and lacing. A darker Amber Ale.

S: Plenty of aroma for a session beer. In true Stone fashion, hoppy on top, then underneath roasty malts. Nutty, grassy.

T: Follows smell, on the hoppy end of spectrum for amber ale. I think taste is faithful to and fulfilling of the nose. Plenty of flavor for a session ale.

MF: medium, easy, good long finish, appetizing.

We need more 4% flavor-packed beers like this. Equal favorites like 21st Amendment - Bitter American (APA) and Left Hand Sawtooth (*an ESB) come to mind.

Bitter American at 4.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Could be my new every day beer in a can if I could find it. I love this brewer, and I love this session ale.
12 ounce can poured into a wine glass
Appearance: Pours a slightly hazed, dark apricot body with a proud tan head. Lots of lacing on the way down. Looks great, like a much sterner beer than 4.4%
Smell: IPA light. Good starter hop ale. Starts with mild maltiness, with welcoming scent of flowers, grass, herbs, and citrus. Appetizing hop aroma. Great with food.
Taste: Follows the smell with a cracker, sweet malt, then toasty, floral hops, lemon and grapefruit. Medium bitterness. Drying, lemony finish with a lingering citrus presence. Great finish.
Mouthfeel: Medium body. Medium carbonation. But good mouth feel, great with any summer food.
Overall: Why would you not make this your every day, early day, and summer ale? Great stuff. Great brewer.

Sawtooth ESB
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Appearance: Medium, clear amber with a very thick, lumpy and foamy white head, with exceptional retention. This will make a great black and bitter.
Smell: Caramel, cherries, figs, esters, cracker grain and light hop aromas.
Taste: Malt first. with flowers, biscuit malt. Pleasant fruit follow with malt and hop balance. Long firm finish. Hop bitterness is mild but long. Mineral, fresh, long finish.
MF: firm mouthfeel, medium-bodied. Even a bit creamy. Again - going to be a great blend with Stout.
Great: Top ESB. Easy to session.

 

Where's 'yer glass or are you drinking that one straight up after you pop it?!

 

Loving my first 3F. (I had to google to figure out where the 3 came from. My Dutch isn't what it should be).

 

Fugit. I'm not working tomorrow.



Cheers!

 

3rd week of below freezing weather (not consecutive) here in the dirty south. I'm running out of these beauties.

 

Enjoy By 02.14.14

 

And now moving on to Choc Bourbon Barrel OPA.

 

I have 2 Cellaring. Worth the price?

 

Breaking in my new glass with some 3 week old sculpin. Yum!