New Beer Sunday (week 474)

Never been this early on the totem pole, even when I've been up all night! First off, of course, thanks to our gracious host, Sr. Crill. Cheers to all your disgusting brackets, because I know mine's already busted like it was caught red handed.
My Sunday (morning for you normals, night shift makes this my nightcap) new beverage is a solid if unspectacular Belgian from such luminaries as Adam Avery and Vinnie Cilurzo, who remind us to make love not war. Or something along those lines. I found the smelling it to be the highlight of this one, though it was not bad tasting by any means, just didn't stand out as much on my tongue as it did to my olfactory bulb. Love the sentiment, though, and wish more within the craft community embraced it!

Honestly, I love working the overnight shift: it works better with my natural circadian rhythms. What I'm NOT a fan of, is when they want me to be in class monday morning/afternoon, work/clinical monday night, then do some stupid skills review thing all tuesday morning/afternoon. BOOO!!

Hope all is well with you lovely folks, and that this freezing Sunday finds you healthy (and your families: I'm looking your way in particular Mrs. DIM), happy, and with something tasty in your glass! Slainte and that...

 

Great new brew to report today...

Allagash's Merveilleux, "ale aged in oak barrels"

A serious 12.7 oz. bottle, as indicated by the cage and cork

Categorized as an American Wild Ale, this little beauty will appeal to fans of wild ales, saisons, and sours - at the very least. Barrel-aging action and some fungal infusions including everyone's favorite yeast, brettanomyces.

I really dug it, and would go so far as to say it's my favorite American wild ale so far

Fruits, grains, and funk are all appropriately represented in a prominently tart ale

My review can be found here .

May your new brews be good to you!

Cheers!

 

New IPA Sunday

Greetings NBSer's,

Cold but sunny here today. No melting going on for the next few days, but the song birds are out and the sun improves the mood so I'll take it on this week off from work. After a house party last night (Sally Barris) and a schedule concert to see the recently no longer on strike MN Orchestra, a weekend full of music (La Mer Debussy today).
So an early entry for new beer and a relatively new MN brewery and their popular seasonal IPA. Great aroma, but I think the bitterness is a little of out balance (seems to cover some of the other nice flavors), but that's me. Looking forward to see what others think of their new beers today.
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Best to all this week.

 

Hi there all you NBS'ers. I have had the best weekend. I did practically nothing. There are a few Cary Grant movie on later .

I like Cary Grant. He's sarcastic and flatters at the same time. He is genuinely funny but also subtle so you know he has brains and it's not just acting. In some of his roles you can actually see the disdain for his lines that he is deftly concealing. His is also quite capable of physical comedy. He does a terrific bit of it in Arsenic and Old Lace. It's like you can almost hear what he is thinking and that is why you find yourself laughing out loud.

In my house we used to eat out loud and that's why I love to cook. =) I made some really easy stuffed mini pepprs and sweet BBQ wings to go with Dogfish heads Aprihop. What a nice beer. It well with my dishes and is a good IPA in it's own right.



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Cheers! =) Spring is here. Don;'t let that snow fool you.

 

GOOD SUNDAY MORNING NBS FRIENDS! I am doing great because of a fun night watching one of the most thrilling games I have seen the Badgers play in 25+ years. I have been waiting to open this beer for this celebration. CW 16 anniversary beer to celebrate the Badgers reaching the Sweet 16, how fitting! It is bourbon, vanilla, chocolate, marshmallow, with mild hops with a terrific base stout. So delicious. I hope everyone else has a great beer to share today. Cheers!

 

One from yesterday, Pliny the Younger (elder is on the left)



One of my customers gave me a heads up about a tapping a couple weeks ago that took payment over the phone for pours. Bought 2 and I had a 4 hour window to get there. Hearing some of the nightmares of waiting in line for this beer, having a pleasant easy going dinner with no stress was pretty awesome. This completes all top 5 beers for me in the current top 250 in under 365 days since I've been really hunting beer and thanks to some awesome BAs I've met and now friends, it wasn't even a struggle.

Cheers!

 

Cheers, all!

Cold again, more snow on the ground, more to come.

I'm sipping from a Howler of a new brew from Lander Brewing....Four Mile Porter. At 5.25% abv, it is one easy drinking but tasty American Porter:

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May the next new beer you have knock your socks off!!

 

New Farmhouse Ale Sunday, American Style.

Good afternoon from the Jersey Shore. Cool and cloudy today, looking like there's more winter-like weather to come. Spring is here, we're gaining on it!

So my wife and I just returned from lunch out at one of our local haunts where I was surprised to find this Ithica offering on tap: http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/651/55838/?ba=NiceTaps

It wasn't bad, but the feel and finish were shaky, making it a 'one and done' for me. Come to think of it, lunch could've been better, too. Oh, well. Maybe I'll move on to a stout on this cool day.

On the plus side, at the bar, I heard this ditty:



Rory Gallagher (RIP), the guitarist whom Jimi Hendrix called the world's best.

All the best, everyone!

 

Greetings Fellow NBSers! A partly cloudy morning here in the Fourth Corner, with a hopeful outlook for some after a while. Spring is full-on here, even though the nights are still a bit chilly. I went and poured beer at the Washington Cask Fest yesterday for one of my local breweries. Many a new brew was sampled over the course of the 2 four hour sessions. A few notables were a barrel-aged sour from Naked City, a Porter with Black Cherries and Cocoa Nibs from Mac & Jacs, a Bretted Barleywine from Black Raven, an Old Ale from Big Al, and the Herberts Ale from American. One of favorite fests of the year for sure!

My first entry here on NBS in a few weeks (although I keep an eye on y'all every week) is a very nice brew that has personality issues. Is it an ImpIPA, or is it a Sour, or is it both? Yes. http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16077/116434/?ba=beertunes . Looking forward to being back later with a couple more entries.

This guy is coming to one of the local casinos in a couple of months. I have a friend who works in the "Artist Relations" department at the casino. Betcha can't guess who's going to the gig, for free?

 

Brand new "India Style Session Ale" from the Red Brick brewers in Atlanta GA. Its a nice beer for the style, It delivers ample hoppiness with a toned down malt body and abv. This one was bottled 2/28/14.

 

Hope everyone's brackets are better then mine this morning.
I'm on the road here in MA and tasting some of the local brews.

Today's new beer Sunday is Mass Rising.

Pours nice an orange/yellow gave off a great pine/citrus smell.

Hops hit hard and fade to a nice smooth finish. An outstanding 2xIPA.

More hoops today then back to Ohio.

Enjoy BAers!

 

Today I tried Sierra Nevada's first Single Hop IPA in their new series while watching Stanford beat Kansas. Pretty tasty IPA.

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Yay Ithaca ! ( I live in ithaca)

 

First ever Trillium brews. Got growlers of Fort Point Pale Ale and Mettle DIPA yesterday before the EBF.

Right now I'm really enjoying Fort Point.



A) Light golden with a nice head (second pour gave a better head). Some lacing left behind. Beautifully hazy!
S) Hops, sweet hops. Slight piny notes and a bit of citrus/tropical fruits.
T) Goes hand in hand with smell. Exactly what I was expecting. Delicious.
M) Very nicely carbonated. Overall great mouthfeel.
O) One of the best APA's I've had in a long time. Very balanced and refreshing. Will definitely be grabbing this again in the future.

 

EVERY Sunday is new beer day for our hero!! (including almost all days that end in y)...

What's first?


Alewerks Brewing - Wheat Ale by imbibehour, on Flickr

Spring is in the air, even though they are saying snow storm on Tuesday! So out come the wheats. I've always been impressed with this brewery, I've had many things from them and they really nail even a lot of the things many of the BAs here don't even go for a second look at. Brown Ale, Porter, Pale Ale, while every other person wants to just jump on Bitter Valentine, Cafe Royale, or their barrel aged porter.

Interesting, and reviews go as forth.

look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from the bottle into a wheat ale glass.

An absolutely unique and remarkable color for a wheat ale. Makes a classic foamy white German style Hefeweizen like head, thick and fluffy and even pin head bubbled. The body color is just like the label. Brass orange and deep crystal clarity with rocking long rising carbonation. As the head settles a perfect foamy ball appears with thick icing and lacing. This sucker wont quit. Throwing in the last of the sediment we return to a bit more of course opaque and classic looking wheat. Gorgeous looking beer.

What an enjoyable nose on this beer. Soft apricot like fruit and juicy orange. Nice chewy malt sensing body and very clean. Feels ready to dive in.

Palate hits with a bit of neutral, safe, and somewhat unexpected average ability. Matching senses on the nose come down quite subdued, and a little runny. Chalky orange taste, and some flat watery hop finish. Real dry aftertaste and strangely citrus parching. Mineraly tang like finish a bit, and some floral notes to go with it. Really missing some chewy wheat depth here unfortunately.

With all this great senses before hand the beer feels like it's going to be something great. But in the end it all comes up to being a bit better than average. It is however, a gorgeous looking and smelling brew, and I am still blown away by how much this brewery does so many different styles so uniquely and real well.

Final grade 3.71

 

NEW HEFE SUNDAY

Hey nbsers, hope you all are well today. Great week this week, nice time with the family and small preview of spring weather.

I have had strong wheat beer cravings of late. Sometimes nothing else will do.

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Cheers guys!