New Beer Sunday (week 598)

That lack of concordancia de número makes my blood boil as a Spanish teacher. Should be De los árboles. For shame, brewer. For shame...

 

Good Morning,

Never posted the new beer Sunday thread but posting here this morning. Also posted this in the WBAYDN thread. That's usually where I spend most of my time. Anyways cheers guys. I enjoy reading your new reviews.

Went to Red Rock Brewery yesterday morning for the release of their new Forbidden Peach Belgian Fruit Ale. There was a decent line when I got there (maybe 50) and by the time I got mine there was another 100 or so behind me. Forbidden Peach is a Belgian Fruit Ale brewed with 700 pounds of local fresh peaches, aged in Chardonnay barrels with two different strains of brettanomyces. It's dry hopped with Citra. The first thing you get is the sour funk then the wine barrel comes through nicely. Surprisingly missing, at least to me is the peaches. I am trying to convince my tastebuds that they are there but I am not really picking them up. There is nice fresh bitter bite from the dry hopping but I personally couldn't pick out the Citra, maybe slight citrus. This beer is extremely crisp and dry. This beer is a lot like another beer from the area, Elder Brett by Epic which is a Belgian golden ale, Brett and the whole Chardonnay barrel thing. Only difference is color and of course the peaches contribution to RedRocks brew was its color.

 

Here gose nothing...

Westbrook's Key Lime Pie Gose

Not my usual cup of tea, as I don't often dip below 6 on the abv (this beer comes in at 4), and I'll only grab a sour maybe a couple of times a year - but you gotta keep your palate sharp, right?

It gose like this... *again with the word-play ?* lol

That respectable head slimmed into nothingness in short order. Aromas of lime were predominant on the nose. A big smack of tart lime on the tasting, salted and puckering. Crisp and tingly, light feeling, and clearly all about that salt and lime. I can see where fans of the style would really dig on this. We had a one-can limit here, and that's fine by me.

NFL preseason opens tonight at 8 on ESPN with the Pack at Indy (but in Ohio, 'natch ), following on the heels of last night's Hall of Fame inductions - my guy is Kevin Greene, 3rd all-time sack leader and former Steeler linebacker ('93-'95)... *Steeler Nation*

Got one more new beer on deck for today, Avery's Xolotl, so I'll see you later for that...

Cheers...

 

Welcome to NBS! That was very worthy for your first entry. Looking forward to more of your reviews from a geographical area I'm not knowledgeable of.

 

Greetings friends,
Thanks @cavedave for the rousing start. Good God, it's tropical out! Overnight thunderstorms, heavy rain, air temp and humidity near equal, and more to come all day. The dogs are walked and everyone was out early. We have a visiting Osprey on the lake. It takes BIG fish at will. This is the most lush that I have ever seen this region. It sure seems that a sub-tropical classification is moving westward, up the plateau.
Thanks to @drtth for my first new word of the day: Uniformentarian. I like it, and it's application to describing and understanding beer history! Even better than antidisestablishmentarianism and almost up there with supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, mostly because I am one (uniformentarian) being an "old" Geology buff. OK.
Today's beer is Wicked Weed Tropicmost Passionfruit Gose. (4.1%) This brew pours a cloudy/hazy mustard and yellow gold. It pitches an unenthusiastic white, large bubbled head that wants to recede quicker than I want it to. This is not an attractive beer. The nose is malty, sour, and slightly salty. Not much fruit yet. The taste is tart, with nice maltiness to work with the sour and salt. The passionfruit emerges through the tartness and light saltiness to bring the beer to life. A nice acidic bite gives some grip outside of simply being tart, but that seems to be the fruit, which I do like. Tropicmost is rich, but light, easy to drink, with distinct tartness and an easy mouthwatering saltiness. A good hot weather tropical brew.
I would recommend this beer for you to try, but I'll not buy it again. It is a well made beer, a Gose- all the craze- but I'm one and done. I like drinking beer that begets another of the same. I like Leipziger Gose (with baked cod) way better!

My best friend moved to New Orleans in the early 70s, so I became enamored of the music while visiting then and forever since. Tipitinas was great, but while looking around, I found this from Chicago done in 1974. Holy crap is this ever an all star line up! check it out. Cheers everyone!

 

Good late morning on a beautiful summer day. Mrs Wiens and I just got back home from my 50th high school reunion. Kudos to my wife for putting up with our shenanigans. The reunion was a two day affair with cocktails and snacks Friday night and a dinner dance last night. Almost a half of our class made the reunion. I had a great time catching up with people. I found out that most of them have retired or cut back on work. I was one of the few still working full time. All the people I hung out with in high school made it back. I thought we all looked pretty good for being in our late 60s. And of course there's always "that guy" who gets drunk and obnoxious. And of course he's sitting at our table. Someone told me a long time ago "assholes are born that way, and they don't ever change." How true.

Today's new beer is Third Party Candidate from Clown Shoes, billed as a hoppy pale lager.
In my pint glass it was a gold color with a small white head. There was a smattering of lace.
An herbal, grassy aroma. A little sweet malt.
Taste of bitter herbs and earthy. Just a touch of malt.
The hops dominate this beer.
I'm ambivalent about this beer. Liked it, but not as much as I thought I would.

 

Happy New Berliner Sunday! Today I'm trying Victory's Berliner Weiss with Elderflower.

Pours a slightly hazy pale yellow from a 12 oz bottle. Two fingers delicate white head. A pretty beer.

Lemon on the nose. A bit floral. Elderflower? Your guess is as good as mine.

Taste is refreshing and quite tart. Crisp bite of carbonation.

This is tart, tasty refreshing Berliner at a reasonable price. What's not to like? Cheers!

 

I particularly liked how he seamlessly worked in a quick explanation of the malts used in the second review. A lot of people would have just gone on about the hop in a single hop beer. We tend to forget, in our sometimes obsessive hop lust, just how important malts are to a beer.

 

Once you know a language, or even a little bit of one, those kind of things just jump out at you.

For years, there was a sign coming into Leavenworth, WA, a "theme" town made to resemble the local's idea of a Bavarian village as a way to get tourists to stop by, that said, "Wilkommen zu Leavenworth."

"Wilkommen zu" is like saying "Welcome too."

 

Welcome to NBS! =)

 

Welcome to NBS, nicely done.

I'd not heard of Red Rock before. I'm guessing by calling Epic a brewery in your area that you're from Southern Idaho. If they distribute to the other end of the state, I'll be on the lookout for beers from them next time I'm in Coeur d'Alene.

 

-New stout Sunday. ICONYC's "Vexed" is a Belgian stout. The initial pour was fluffy and exuberant. The aromas and flavors match: toasted coffee, dark chocolate, dark stone fruits, and some oak. The Belgian yeast flavor is pronounced. This is like a slightly sweeter, gently spiced and oaked version of Allagash Black (a personal favorite). The body is relatively light and the alcohol is well-hidden. This was pricey, but worth another taste someday.

 

One of my favourite things about this time of year is that it is blackberry season. Luckily for me, Seattle is rampant with wild blackberries. There's a big ol' bush that is a perfect dog-walk-distance away, and my bike ride to/from work is lined with them on either side. I try to take advantage of these opportunities, though to date I have yet to have gotten any home to use in pies or smoothies or on ice cream or what have you. But I have had a bunch of stained fingers and lips.

That has nothing to do with beer, but it is something for which I am glad.

Today I am bringing out Wander's Global Mutt (pictured below with my mutt, who may not be global, but at least she doesn't wander off so much anymore!) from the land of the Beertunes. I've had the BA version of Global Mutt before, and thoroughly enjoyed it, but apparently this is my first tilt with the base. Spoiler alert: I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The pour looked thin and not quite black. Ruby at the edges, it DID proffer a bountifully beautiful brown head that refused to dissipate.
Nose reinforced the idea that this is a beer driven by the subheading and one that features a lot of coffee and chocolate. Roasted beans were the forefront here, but the chocolate was not timid.
Flavour reinforces this hierarchy, bringing forth rich dark roast coffee with dark chocolate fudge and a touch of sweet vanilla. Finish reverts to bitter roast coffee and baking chocolate with occasional incursions of cocoa sweet.

This is labeled a Baltic Porter, but make no mistake, this is a beer of coffee and chocolate. Approach it as such and be rewarded. Heed not these warnings and maybe you'll still like it, but you might be disappointed. I for one went in not sure what to expect and came away duly impressed. I will likely drink a decent amount of this in the future, and I suggest you do as well!!



This seemed appropriate, and has been stuck in my head all night, what with the ring games and all that...

Cheers!

 

Haven't participated in NBS festivities in awhile!
Been working a ton this summer and still been trying new beers just super late at night when I'm too tired to type reviews..
Even tho I work tonight I figured I'd get a head start on this beer with a quick pour.
Glad I decided to since this would be a tough one for me to finish in one session!

Stone 2016 wootstout.

L: Inky black pour with a nice tan fizzy head that went away after a few minutes..
S: Not what I was expecting.. Sweet. reminds me of twizzlers. With some dark cherry/raisin. Some pecan nuttiness. Bit of roasted malt.
T: Bitter roasted malts up front with some dark fruits. As it fades the pecan comes into play with a soft nutty character. No bourbon barrel character I was hoping for...
F: Soft pillowy mouthfeel. Slightly sticky.
O: Was hoping for more from this beer. It's good and all but don't see myself drinking anymore of it. Just too sweet. Still a well made beer from stone as always.

Bonus prisma pic...

Happy NBS cheers!!

 

Greetings, fellow NBSers, and thanks to @cavedave for one of his always thoughtful introductions and exercises in alliteration.

It's 64 degrees and mostly cloudy at the moment in the city that is "Near Nature, Near Perfect" and nearly inaccessible (at least in it's downtown core) due to construction. Supposed to reach the mid 80s, which is warm enough for me. There's been a bit of smoke in the air from fires to the west and south, which has had me wiping my eyes and sneezing, but oddly enough hasn't seemed to have triggered my asthma.

No new beers consumed during the week, but last night I did drink an Old Stock Ale for the first time in years. @beertunes mentioned it a couple weeks ago, and it put a bug in my head to revisit it, and of course it was awesome. I looked up my review of it (done in 2005) and I saw that I paid $1.29 for it at the time. This bottle (2016 vintage) was $3.49. Really need to find a time portal like the one in 11/22/63 and grab a bunch of bottles at the old price.

I'll be hitting a beer that I believe is of Dane-Norwegian origin momentarily that in theory should be a good candidate for a breakfast beer. After that comes at least one big boy that comes courtesy of the aforementioned beertunes and his county of residence.

 

Yes I live in southern Idaho about 3 hours from Salt Lake City so when I say local I somewhat refer to the Utah and Wyoming breweries near me as local. Out west in these parts 3 or 4 hours is close enough

 

I get it. Before Spokane and N. Idaho massively upped their game, I had to consider breweries at a minimum of 150 miles away to be "local." Happily, that's no longer the case.

 

Hey what's going on!?

Apparently humidity. I am so sick and tired of just sweating all weekend, it's just crazy.

But I am luckily in a good spot. I have a lot of new beer of late, so much so that my choices are quite exponential. Variety truly is the spice of life!!

So I am trying to cool off, and this seems like a perfect starter... It's also from one of my favorite breweries so what's the verdict???

Coolcumber | Wicked Weed Brewing


Wicked Weed Brewing - Coolcumber by imbibehour, on Flickr

Poured from the bottle into a Wicked Weed globe glass. Bottled July 7th 2016.

Peach colored orange with an opaque appearance. Still. A small float of few pinhead sized carbonation bubbles barely make an appearance. Head creation is pretty small, if non existsent. Faint white collar proceeds with a mirrored top and no puck.

Things improve in the aroma department. Nice touches of gin like botanicals, definitely lots of juniper and green sharp herbs to match. Definitely a nice clean and spicy bent on the nose, and controlled sweetness.

Had no idea what to expect on first sip. Controlled flavors but through a pretty wet and limp body. Does have cucumber flavor going on but also brings hints of vegetative greens and maybe even a bit of squash. Sharp tasting gin like botanicals of juniper and mild pine like hops. Definitely finishes a bit hot on the herbal side as well which makes it almost seem like a boozy finish.

I can see a Hendricks appeal here, but as a beer it's sort of falling a little flat and less appealing for 12 oz. to consume. It's a light refresher, but strangely has a powerful flavor that seems an overburden to chug through. Sort of a contradictory drinking experience.

look: 3.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3 | BA Generated score: 3.28

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Well on to next beers!

 

Yeah, the closest brewery to me is Melvin in Alpine Wyoming oh maybe 50 minutes away so that's pretty cool for me! Other than that Grand Teton is the closest Idaho brewey to me at around 2 hours and Snake River in Jackson is a 1.5 away. Three great Breweries just nothing right down the street.

We have just begun getting Selkirk Abbey beers from Post Falls up your way. Good stuff

Cheers

 

Good afternoon, NBS! Extending our weekend with a side trip in an attempt to make an equilateral triangle of our trip. For a fairly major brewery that isn't that far from us, this is only our second trip to this brewery. Granted it's only been about a year or two since they were allowed to run a taproom where you could purchase for on-site consumption .


The brewery and staff are donating to Ellicott City flood relief, so even more glad we made the trip.
The hop bines are the big C hops and go into their fresh hop beer eventually. For this entry, I am having Flying Dog Ancho Lime Paradise Lager. (on the left, right is the end of The Truth)


Pours a darker gold, but is quite clear. Thick rim of bubbles that you can see being fed from the depths of the tall thin glass. I could sit here in my relaxed state and watch these bubbles until my beer got too warm, so let's get to it...

Nose is sweet bread - like a rich white bread. Lime adds a light lime scent without any indication of tartness; the sweeter bread notes seem to give a more candied lime note to the smell. I actually grabbed a second (more on that below) of this and noted a sort of sourdough bread in my second beer.

The initial sips of this beer had a lovely clean, crisp feel. Ok, the lime did remind me of Coronas of old that I've had. But it is really the line note, not the beer itself. The beer takes a backseat to the lime, which could be a detraction to some. A soft, slightly sweet beer is definitely different than the generally skunky beers of (many) summers past.

So there's lime, but there's no hea.. Oops! There it is. A nice little tingle along the sides of the tongue. But the it's gone. Until the next sip, which adds to the strength. The capsaicin slowly fills more receptors with each sip. By the time my glass is half gone, my tongue is a little numb like a body appendage that is almost but not quite yet fallen asleep.

Then there is this:



This guy (or gal, I'm not sure how to tell ) seemed to think what I did. This is a wonderfully refreshing brew that delivers on what it says-lime and heat. It really takes about a quarter of a glass to get into it though (maybe that's why the fly jumped in about then). The lime is a bit forward, but the heat plays against it eventually. Coy at first, the ancho effect slowly and nicely becomes more vociferous, adding to my enjoyment.

P.S. Yes, I finished the beer. I poured my friend put into a spare taster glass, first, though. The little bugger belongs in Rio, however. He's still swimming in his little pool a half hour later .