New Beer Sunday (week 507)

Jackie O's Bourbon Barrel Paw Paw Wheat
Wheat Ale · 11.0 ABV ·This is a brewery release only!!!!

An imperial wheat fermented w/ 400 lbs of locally harvested Paw Paw fruit, Ohio’s state fruit! Notes of banana, mango, & fresh melons and Bourbon Barrel Aged!!!!

 

Jackie O's Bourbon Barrel Brick Kiln
Barley Wine · 9.4 ABV ·This one I'm hearing will hit distribution in Ohio.

Pours brown with very little head. The aroma is caramel malt, nutty, bourbon, vanilla and oak. The flavor is a wonderful blend of sweet caramel, fresh nuts, bourbon, vanilla, wood and light cherry notes.

 

Happy NBS to all. well I started early this morning cause im at work now. one of the perks of having a liquor store in CT is that you get to work sundays now started off with a big boy I've been waiting over a year to get this.
get a lot of sour cherry upfront, followed by some delicious coffee toastiness. thank god for Pandora today so I can listen to some good music while waiting for customers here's a little something to start all your mornings off with

 

It's been a week of vacation and many new beers, but I decided this one would make for an excellent NBS post. Sierra Nevada Coffee Stout not only looks brilliant, it smells and tastes brilliant. As I sip away, massive sheets of lacing cling to the glass. Putting my nose to the glass I get massive amounts of dark bitter coffee, charred grains, and a little touch of lactose sugar. The taste is much the same and I find that lactose sugar sweetness come in and play well with the bitter coffee. This really does taste like a nice cold glass of liquid arabica beans. I love it. I nearly gave it a perfect score. Cheers.

"And the beer I had for breakfast wasn't bad so I had one more for dessert."

 

i'm in CT if you ever need a friend to help with some (cough cough) tasting

 

I live right above you (Norwich area) , but have a store in Middlesex county so beer distro for me is close to killer

 

another nice thing about having to work is i'm surrounded by beer here :0 well I guess its lunchtime , notice the little bastard in the background ? and of course everyone wants some music when they eat !

 

Making myself a lucky bastard today with a Lukcy Basartd.


Never gotten aroudn to trying this one before. Thank you Stone for the very well-priced box of variants. =] And in it's honour, I shall not be correcting any unintentional tyupose here! A dubious honour, admittedly... (And mercifully, I won't apply the label's linguistic liberty to this whole post.)

Wow! Dry-hopped! Everything should be dry-hopped!

I love the huge citrus aroma—totally unexpected for me, actually, from my experience with Arrogant Bastard. I usually think, cranberry, with AB, but this one is like orange peels and honey. After a few sips, the red berries and malt come out, but I love the hop-forwardness that dry-hopping brings—as jif AB needed to be any more hop-forward.

Plowing through the first little glass I've poured, the OAKED constituent is becoming more evident. It's not my favourite part of this, really; generally I don't enjoy oaked IPAs too much. The woodiness just seems too strong, and it distracts from what I do love: the hops. So if I were blending, I'd tone down that part.

Still, I'll take it for what it is—an interesting and complex brew.

 

Happy NBS. It's cool and windy today; nice for drinking beer. Thankfully the winter storm tomorrow will stay in N. WI. Let them have the 12+ inches of snow. We may get an inch.

I'm enjoying an Old Hickory Lindley Park. Smells like a nice RIS with big roasted malts, bitter chocolate,raspberry, and dark fruit. Hints of honey, vanilla, and oak come through as it warms. Flavors are a mix of roasted malt, raspberry, and bitter chocolate. Dark fruits are noticeable in the middle along with hints of bourbon and honey. The finish really brings out the raspberry flavors. This beer was good, but I think it would have been even better if it was not barrel aged. It seemed like the barrel aging made it a bit harsh, even after resting a year.

 

New Session Coffee Stout Sunday

Greeting NBSers,
Limited time with the grandkid over today, all day. But enough time to enjoy a tasty session beer from Stone.
Well done to them.
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/147/124424/?ba=garymuchow

Best to all the week and enjoy this fine tradition in the spirit it is given and thanks to our hostess and host for taking this on.

 

Grey skies above...

Victory's "Vine To Victory" Harvest Ale below...

A solid beer - I thought it was an IPA, but it falls under the APA umbrella...

Hearty malts underscore a spectrum of bitter hop impressions...

Gonna be drinking the four-pack today and watching some games...



Cheers!

 

Greetings All,
It's another beautiful day here in the northern Piedmont. We're back from a long hike with the Walker Hounds, and all the dogs had their fools out today! Nice and crisp at around 40 degrees, high overcast sky, with a change looming that is noticeable to man and beast alike. Winter is just over there- pointing north and west.
Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale is one I never tried, but I love their range and wanted to work this beauty in. Sorry for the huge pic, but I do my best. Damn, this amber colored ale is gorgeous with it's meringue head and floral aromatics. Just looking at this beer is a pleasure, but the first sip is pure fresh pine and sap, with a great back of rich malt that plays very well with the fresh hops. Balance like this is an art. This is a hearty brew with very subtle structure, no easy feat!
Since the McCartney show here a week ago, I've been hooked on seminal rock and roll. Here is some old and fun memory. Cheers to everyone on another very nice Sunday!