What beer are you drinking now? #1990

Finally home from work and delivering some damn good homebrew to some brothers. I thought I would enjoy a real good Exalted IPA from Stone. Gee ain't it amazing that the IPA glass is 19 oz. and the cans are 12 oz makes you open 2 at a time.

 

Daily lager review, I've been really rolling through the classics lately. This was very good. Fantastic lacing/head retention for the style. Aromas and flavors of cracker, corn, white bread dough, and lightly toasted biscuit malt; with mild herbal/grassy hop earthiness. Touch of fruity aromas, but not overpowering. Mild herbal, grassy, spicy bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation, light-medium body, fairly crisp/clean finishing. Bready/grainy malt, and light sticky hops in the mouthfeel. A touch thin, but not watery. Lightly increasing lingering bitter dryness. Very flavorful/refreshing, 5%. Very clean lagering. Surprisingly delicious. Clean pale malt/grain flavors, and decent hop presence; not overdone on the adjuncts at all. A few months past the BB dating, but it's probably been in the store fridge the whole time, so no harm done. 3.76


Thanks @The-Adjunct-Hippie. This was nice, not really a Hefe as I expected. Great head retention/lacing. Aromas and flavors of juicy/lightly tart strawberries, lemon, orange peel, honey, wheat, vanilla, and white bread dough; with light notes of banana, clove, pepper, herbal/grassy hop, and yeast earthiness. Very mild herbal/grassy bitterness, yeast spiciness, and fruit tartness on the finish. Medium-plus carbonation and medium body; creamy/bready/grainy wheat; light sticky hops and fruit acidity in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing lingering bitter/spicy dryness. Very flavorful/refreshing, 5.6%. For a fruited APWA it's well made. Balanced fruits, pale/wheat malts, and mild fruity/spicy yeast notes. Definitely has the American wheat yeast strain. 3.68


Brand new IPA from Mountain Town. This was very nice. Great head retention/lacing, a bit murky. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, mint, anise, citrus peel/rind, pepper, and pine hops; with moderate toasted bread, light caramel malt balance; and herbal, floral, grassy hop earthiness. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced bready/grainy malt and sticky/resinous/rindy hops in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing bitter/resin dryness, no hop astringency. Very easy drinking, never overly aggressive, 7.1%. As the name implies, this is definitely 100% Summit hops.Very vibrant, dank, and earthy hop complexity; nice bready malt backbone, with minimal residual sweetness. A lot of people hate this hop, but I really enjoy it. Great mix of earthy and citrus notes. 3.88


Cheers

 

Flying Bison Polonia Pils...still on that Dyngus kick

 

Now this still dazzles the palate, old school with a New England twist.

 

I'm enjoying this more this year than last...


I'm also enjoying the hell out of Melissa Bonny...

Rage of Light gets a little too "synthy" at times to be quite my cup of tea...

But she's just awesome...

*embarrassing crush activated*

Like I care... lol

\m/\m/

Cheers...

 

Go Green!



Cheers!

 

Another beautiful spring day here in Maine. We had a couple hours of snow, but didn't get hammered like our neighbors to the south of us.
This here is the perfect antidote to a long day of work.

 

"The usual spring-time pose" - with Odell Rupture in the glass. Cheers. Hard to beat 72.
Keep the Monday beer train comin' people...

 

Go blue!!!!!

 

Damn that looks good

 

Toppling Goliath Sosus

 

Bottom of can reads:

Keep Cold
"Nuke the Whales"
03/09/18

 

Another Monday down. Only a 120 will do, and this one just turned 2. Cheers!

 

Starting here.



Cheers!

 

Back to the real world (my version anyway) tomorrow. Having whatever beer is left in the refrigerator.

 

All the pundits are picking Nova. Sorry not sorry they say. Proud to be a Michigan wolverine. Go blue. And a brilliant beer from Jersey. Cheers

 

It's good to have a neighborhood brewery. Doing my darndest to keep them in business.


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