What beer are you drinking now? #1990

Got a 34 lb box packed up for the NBS BIF, I really went overboard on this one. Used extra packing material to hopefully not get any casualties this time. My last box got thrown around hardcore by FedEx. I over packed that last box with beer anyways, so I should be OK with this one.

Fantastic Berliner! Aromas and flavors of big lightly tart/tangy rhubarb, strawberry, melon, lemon, lime, peach, pear, red/green apple, hay, straw, and grass; with balanced vanilla, cream, wheat, and crackery malt sweetness; light pepper, lacto funk, and yeast earthiness. Light fruity/lactic tartness, fruit tang, and yeast spiciness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation and medium body; very creamy/silky/grainy wheat/vanilla; some lactic acid and light fruit tang/tannins in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing tart/tangy/carbonated dryness; no pucker/astringency. Refreshingly drinkable, not overly lactic, 4%. I've never had a compote before, but this is definitely what it might be like. Super jammy rhubarb, with balanced Lacto complexity and vanilla/wheat sweetness. Insane drink ability. Will definitely keep grabbing more while I can. Spot on dessert style Berliner as expected. Keep buying more of it every week.


Fantastic IPA as always, one of my main go-to classic favorites. Lasting thick head retention/lacing the whole glass. Aromas and flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, pineapple, citrus peel/zest, and pine hops; with moderate toasted bread, light caramel malt balance; and floral/grassy hop earthiness. Fair amount of pine, citrus peel, grassy bitterness on the finish. Balanced creamy/bready malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Moderately crisp/dry and extremely drinkable; never astringent. Never gets old, always fantastic. I will always love classic C hopped beers, even with all of the new hop varieties around. Awesome vibrant/juicy Centennial hops; balanced bready Munich malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. Need to buy it more often than I have been lately.


Cheers

 

Likewise! I enjoyed meeting you and family, and tipping a few. Enjoy CCB - Cheers!

 

Bustin’ Out with a pre-lunch IPA:



Albums like this make me want get my guitars out of storage and play along...In the meantime, there’s beer...Cheers morning gang!

 

Starting this Monday with the King of New Mexico beers (arguable I know), along with an appropriate soundtrack that reflects the origins of this beer... really digging the Handsome Family lately. Discovered 'em late, I know, but from Chicago, and now based in Albuquerque. Yes please.

 

If I lived in NM, this would be my default IPA, and I’d follow up with a Project Dank - some tasty beer there my friend!

 

Moving along with more decadant
Double toasted marshmallow and this is everything it claims to be.. Decadant really nailed this one

 

Killing my last Heavy is the Crown...


Cheers...

 

I know what you mean and it’s always in my fridge; I drinks it ‘cause I likes it - Cheers!

 

6+ inches of snow are changing my plans for this week off from work, but here is one diversion, cheers!

 

Cold rain day, trying to brighten it with this nice sour from @y2kawakami, thanks Sean, cheers!

 

Ahhhleeenahhh!

 

Hit the grocery store at 6:30 when they opened and this was beckoning me from the shelves . . .



A classic by anyone's standard. This is what Euro lager is about, light color, medium flavor that manages to be both rich and dry, malt and hops in balance.

 

Rhinegeist - Saber Tooth Tiger DIPA (can).. cheers!

 

Grain Belt Premium

 

Great idea! Your setup looks like Level 12 ... I'm still on Level 1. Happy cooking!

One beer for the sop, one beer for me:


One rack of St. Louis style pork ribs; one pound of Hollmann Family deer sausage:


Cheers!

 

did a side by side of 2017 vs 2018

2017 was still better at a year old