New Beer Sunday (Week 660)

Hi there all you late night NBS'ers

No pics today because my phone has seen its last day, but still wanted to share what I am drinking today with you fine folks.

This one comes from the awesome box I received for NBS #6 from @LloydDobler :

Transient Artisan Ales: Flightless APA

Look:Hazy dark orange color with a small amount of white head that faded
Smell: Well this one to me smells like weed, I read the other reviews and nobody mentioned this, but to me its straight up marijuana. Under that pretty strong smell I get tropical fruit.
Taste: Dank and hoppy for a pale ale and some nice citrus notes to go with the hops.
Feel: Nice hefty body for a pale ale and super dry finish, which is my favorite.
Overall: Really solid pale ale that I would definitely like to have more of.

I will be back later with an awesome stout that was also in my box.

 

This is one I know they seemed to bill as two separate beers and have produced the two different versions in the past. They did a whole bunch of DDH versions of their beers recently, some of which I’d not seen before - thinking their second anniversary was the spark for that.

 

Hi everyone, had a busy day of yard work, little fantasy ball draft, couple tasty brews.

Here is a new one for me I received from @jhartley

12 oz. bottle poured into snifter.

Beautiful Amber tinted ruby brown. Bubbly just off white head settles into thin cap and collar.

Aroma is light caramel, hint of sweetness. Some nuttiness and a tad of floral hops.

Clean and crisp flavors. Sweet malt, caramel, toasted biscuit and toffee. A bit of citrus hops.

Moderate carbonation and medium body, hint of syrup.

Great brew for this beautiful fall day!

When is the only good time to yell "I have diarrhea"?

Scrabble, it's worth a crap load of points!

 

Flavor Waiver? Am I missing something or just dumb... 'cause that seems like the most unintentionally negative name for a beer I've seen in a while.

 

Stay away.




Kidding. We really wouldn't want that.

 

One more, also from @Bum4ever

This was my first experience with a Hoof Hearted beer: I Must Look Like A Dork. It was quite good.



4.49/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Poured from 16 ounce can into tulip glass.

Pours an opaque light orange with a small white head.

Lots of citrus on the nose. Can't really pick out one specific fruit, but dang, it smells good.

It's pretty sweet for a double. Some mango among other fruits.

Nice and smooth with no alcohol taste at all. After taste is also very sweet and lingers.

Delicious beer. Can't believe it's 8.6% as it's so easy to drink.

 

One year the rains were so bad it changed the course of the Connecticut River. A Vermont county agent drives up to Elmer’s place and tells him, “Elmer, I’m sorry to tell you this but because the river changed course your farm is now in New Hampshire. “That’s fine with me,” sez Elmer, “I was gettin’ sick of them Vermont winters.”



Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 3/4 inch light brown head over a dark brown, almost black, body with very little lacing. Nose of dark chocolate, milk chocolate, cocoa powder, Ovaltine, and spice. Flavors mirror aromas with the heat from the pepper coming on stronger and setting up shop in your throat! Nice, almost velvet feel and overall, not for the faint of heart. Cheers!

4.24/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

 

3.8/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

A: Dark black body that looks like a typical stout. Heavy pour from the can but almost no head. Head disapeared quickly while drinking. No lacing either.

S: Big coffee smells take over. Not getting much else from the beer, but the coffee predicts how the beer tastes well.

T: Getting coffee and not much else. Doesn't have the complexity that other Prairie stouts have but lacks a similar ABV too. I am a coffee drinker but this is too one dimensional.

M: Pretty thin beer. This one drinks easy and would be a nice AM beer. Noticably thinner than other Prairie stout offerings.

O: This beer seems in line with Prairie Brewpub's offerings instead of a wide released Prairie offering. Would be a good breakfast beer but needs more complexity for a night drinker.

 

Little Hole Lager from Vernal Brewing in Vernal Utah. True to the style, solid lager, would drink it again. Paired it with skinless chicken breast covered with a think layer of homemade pesto, sauteed asparagus with what is most likely a socially unacceptable amount of garlic, and half of a baked potato. Cheers!!!

 

Definite Minuteman song reference with that name.

 

Good evening fellow NBS'rs!!! It's been a busy weekend so far and I can finally sit down and enjoy a fine new beer with you folks.

This beer is courtesy of @r0rschach from the NBS BIF. Thank you!



Here is my brief synopsis.....

Pours a murky golden straw and whatever white head forms during a vigorous pour vanishes as quickly as it forms.

Aroma is tartness upfront followed by watermelon, wheat and maybe some barrel treatment.

Taste follows nose. Tart watermelon (if that makes sense), some wheat/earth and hint of almost wine like barrel.

Feel is clean, crisp and finishes slightly dry. Very refreshing.

Overall a very well put together farmhouse/saison/berliner. I enjoyed this brew immensely and thought the watermelon is very well integrated into this beer.

Cheers all!

Oh, and here is my joke (borrowed from a toddler of all people)

What do you call a three humped camel?


PREGNANT!!!!!


Enjoy what's left of the weekend!

 

Glad you have enjoyed the Roughtail stuff I have sent out. They are the best hoppy brewer in Oklahoma IMO.

 

QUOTE="zid, post: 5681768, member: 427912"]Stay away.

Kidding. We really wouldn't want that.[/QUOTE]
Merci, monsieur. It was never my intention to stay, but I feel that it's part of an obtuse, you know, something or other. I've been working through the Ken Burns Viet Nam series, almost up to November 1969, watching just now, and this stuff really does need to be known. There's more, but this lovely Sierra Nevada Torpedo, fresh from Mills River, is tasting mighty fine! This is a sound check at the beginning of the 125th anniversary of The University of North Carolina Greensboro, where she studied, in her hometown.
Rhiannon Giddens just this week received a MacArthur Foundation Genius Award, and she is a marvel!

 

Ok, back home, and on to the next beer. I had to wait a bit because the 1/2 lb burger was big enough, but I then put on another 1/2 lb of onions and peppers - horrifying my niece in the process. Mission accomplished. Everything needed to settle a bit before another beer.

First a joke - What's the difference between a peeping Tom and a pickpocket? A pickpocket snatches watches.

Thank you Redd Foxx for that one, now on to the beer.


Pumpkin Ale from Foxhole Brewing in Willmar, MN. A lot of pumpkin beers suffer from a serious flaw - overly spiced. This beer doesn't. It really has just the right mount of the spices, and is quite delicious.

4.02/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a nice dark amber color. Fairly clear. Minimal head when poured from the growler. Nice carbonation bubbles rising in the glass.

The nose has a nice balance of the pumpkin spices. Some malt aroma also.

Taste - well, it is nicely mixed with the standard pumpkin spices, but, unlike some pumpkin beers, they aren't too strong. It is really in the right zone for those spices. I get a bit of sweetness up front, and the spices linger on the backside.

Feel - decent body. Nice mouthfeel. I can feel the carbonation going down.

Overall, this is a well balanced beer. As I said before, some pumpkin beers are over spiced - this isn't. It is just right, and Foxhole did a good job brewing this.

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This is likely it, so we'll see you next Sunday for New Beer Sunday.

 

Does 10:30 on a Sunday Night qualify this as LNNBS?

My last new brew of the day...

Moustache Brewing's Seasonal Creep imperial pumpkin ale...

Pours a dark, translucent orange color with a finger of head that showed relatively good persistence... On the nose and palate, predictably pumpkin-like - with an emphasis on the spices - lots of suggestions of holiday spice, from nutmeg to clove - and with some tingle that isn't attributable to the carbonation... Medium-bodied and smooth, only a mild bitterness... Moderate vegetal qualities, but more toward the sweet end of the pumpkin ale spectrum... A good imperial (9.5% abv) pumpkin ale, but perhaps nothing special, i.e., I'd buy it again, but I wouldn't seek it out...

Here's to new beer in your glass, cheers...

 

Fermentorium Apricot Juice Packets

I am new at beers w fruit in them so take this with a grain of salt. Was expecting a bit more from this as it was recommended to me. Not bad but could use a bit more hop prescense to take it up a notch.

 

Whatever the issue/reason is I hope it turns out in a manner that is as good as possible for you. ! Til then, cheers !

 

Got this one in the BIF box from @Satch44
Pours black with half finger brown head.
Initial smell definitely has an alcohol twinge, beyond that I get coffee, roasted malts, hazlenut, vanilla, reminiscent of maple nut goodies.
Getting more bitter coffee on top of hazlenut, dark chocolate, bourbon tingle on the tongue.
Medium to thin body with good carbonation.

 

A city feller is driving up in Vermont and comes to a fork in the road. One sign says “Burlington 50 miles.” The other says “Burlington 49 miles.” He gets out and goes over to a farmer cutting hay in a field and asks, “Does it make any difference which of these roads I take to Burlington?” The farmer says, “Not to me it don’t.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30356/270787/



Moderate to vigorous pour yields a 1/8 (or less) inch tan head over a near black body with minimal lacing. Head is down to a ring in a couple minutes and ring is gone in a couple more. Nose of chocolate, cocoa, pecan, and as it warms the pecans really come forward. Taste of chocolate and pecans. Again, pecan flavor comes forward as it warms. Also, some booze comes in to play as it warms. So, in retrospect, drink at 55-60 degrees for better results. Fairly nice feel and overall, an enjoyable offering from Krebs, OK. Cheers!

4.09/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

 

Tonight I've a mystery beer from @WesMantooth.


https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1432/272622/?ba=woemad#review
A rather tasty saison. I could drink this regularly if brewed locally.