New Beer Sunday (Week 732)

#3 of 5 THBC rec'd today.
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Cheers!!!



Bottom of can:
For The Love
Of Juice (3
02/14/19
Moderate pour yields a 5/8 inch white head over a hazy yellow body with some lacing. Nose of citrus (orange, ruby red grapefruit), slight tropical fruit, and slight pine resin. Taste mirrors nose nicely with a mellow, grapefruit pith bitterness on the finish. Nice feel and overall, another solid BbbrighttT from Charlton, MA. Cheers to them and Rob the Man for the hookup!

 

Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass canned on 2/06/19. Pours a very attractive yellow orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves a thick layer of lace behind as it slowly settles leaving a nice ring of around the sides of the glass. 4.5

Smell is loaded with pine resin, mandarin orange, guava, papaya, and some grapefruit rind. 4

Taste follows pine really starts and finishes not over the top but hangs around until the next sip, orange, guava, papaya, and what lingers in the finish is some rather bold grapefruit that really sticks to the palate awhile. 4.25

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, soft on the tongue and palate, not dry but without a doubt a little sticky, and goes down rather easy at 7.9% but gives your palate a smack down. 4.5

Overall this is very nice, not for all NEDIPA lovers because it has an old school aggressive piney grapefruit West Coast thing going, with that East Coast soft feel. 4.25

 

Good evening NBS
I've worked 10 of 11 days and the first 7 were nights, all 13+ hours. Work tomorrow, then a couple days off, but I've got fresh beer in the fridge so here we go.

The review:
12oz bottle bb 7/7/19 poured into a Celebrator pokal glass at fridge temp 6.8% ABV. The beer pours medium amber in color with a touch of chill haze. The head is nearly white in color and meager receding to a thin ring. The aroma is faint with just a hint of yeast and vague malt sweetness. The taste is semisweet bready malt with notes of honey and grassy & floral hops. Bitterness is medium to light and proportioned to balance the malt. The mouthfeel is medium bodied, adequately carbonated and mostly dry in the finish. No off flavors or flaws in taste or feel. Overall, very good. Much better than the average domestic Maibock, and fresh, which counts for something.

I wish I would have bought a six pack. It's hard to guess on regional or smaller breweries. Sometimes they market something as a traditional style and it's crap, but scores a 4+ due to it's loyal fan base. I guess that's why we write reviews.

Cheers all and long live the lager!

 

Oatmeal coffee stout. This was fantastic! Awesome rocky head retention/spotty soapy lacing. Aromas and flavors of big milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, medium roast coffee, caramel, brown sugar, roasted nuts, toasted oats/biscuit, and dark/brown bread/crust; with lighter notes of molasses, toffee, raisin, fig, date, smoke, charcoal, wood, herbal, floral, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery hops; and charred/roasted coffee bitterness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; creamy, bready, grainy oat/malts; some sticky hops and chalky roast in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing lingering hop/roasted bitter dryness; no acrid/astringency. Super smooth, very flavorful and not watery for 4.5%. Amazing balance of rich malts and fruity/nutty coffee complexity; with nice earthy hop presence/balance against sweetness, and restrained English yeast fruitiness. This was killer for a session English stout, wow. 4.25


Cheers, have a good night NBS.

 

“People Person”, from BlackStack.



This one is a fruited Berliner Weisse, very much outside of my normal range of Sunday night ‘beer and pizza’ combos, but it’s a darn delicious beer all around. Cheers!

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned on 1/28/19. Pours a very slick near pitch black with a finger plus light brown head that leaves some thick waves of lace as it slowly settles. 4.25

Smell thank goodness the strawberry flavor is not over the top they start it, but rich chocolate, vanilla bean, hints of expresso, and some toffee step in. 4.25

Taste follows the strawberry is not overwhelming at all really just a mild flavor, chocolate, vanilla, toffee, and some roasty coffee keep this one grounded and play very well together. 4.25

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, moderate carbonation, not overly dry, and at 9.4% ABV extremely approachable. 4.25

Overall this is a fantastic Imperial Stout and I am not a lover of strawberry or fruity beers, but this one is so nice and well balanced you know you are drinking a stout most importantly. 4.25

 

Sorry. Maybe next year.

 

Glad you enjoyed it! New Realm's owner was the former brewmaster for Stone. I liken that one to an amped up version of Xocoveza.

 

Man, Crystal is such a weird hop. It's a bit skunky, pissy, lemony, piney...a BA user pointed out that it's very marijuana-like and I can see that. It's good, but so weird.

 

Good evening and happy New shit ton of hops per Barrel Sunday, BAs. Got to spend my latest revolution around the sun at work then at a movie and dinner with the kiddos and extended family, but now finally home, and hunkering down with a new brew from one of my favorite breweries as we shut the program down for the night. Missed out on a couple of stellar opportunities including the soft opening for Great Notion's new spot, and some PtY at one of my favorite bars down the street. All well, Ex Novo should be a good consolation.

Ex Novo
Slice Life





I am sure some of you know that I fucking hate reviewing IPAs on NBS because it's very much the same monotonous runaround. But... this is what I'm drinking. It's new. I have plenty of other goodies lying around, yet this is where tonight is going.

As expected, the body exudes orange juice. Cloudy, opaque, bland cardboard meets breakfast beverage with some frothy white spit that spackles the glass sip by sip.

Vegetables and tropical fruit fight for dominance in a "green" and pungent hop derived, zero balance, onion mango bomb with no regards to usefulness or talent. Clearly a money maker here.

The flavor says so even more. Straight juicy vomit. Vanilla yogurt blended with mango and whatever the fuck they plaster on envelopes for your knowing yet reluctant tongue to torture lick after lick with. Perhaps the pineapple, I guess.

Creamy feel, light carbonation, juice forward balance, yadda yadda yadda. Drinkable, yes? Pleasant? Sure, whatever. Tart finish makes you question what the hell this really is, which actually seems par for the course lately. New trend?

Ex Novo... I love you. But fuck. These monthly can releases are clearly pathetic and only for the money. Every one of your regulars, barrel aged, or pub only draught releases are incredible. Beers like this only prove that this style is bullshit, a marketing gimmick, and no nothing less than mediocrity.

Cheers.

 

Weihenstephaner Korbinian Doppelbock.
Lots of rich, brown bread; molasses, toffee, dried cherry, plum, fig, raisin, and clove.
A good Doppelbock. I still prefer Ayinger Celebrator, but this is good.

 

Haven't been here in a few weeks.

Today I got a chance to open up a collaboration between Kane and Jackie O's
Shell game.

Perfect beer for a snowy night with delayed opening in the morning

Here is my review:

4.71/5 rDev +0.4%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

Poured from the bottle into a stout glass.
A: Deep dark brown almost black. Thick mocha head that subsided to a ring.
S: Whiskey,raisins, tiramisu, torrone. Coconut shows up in the nose when it warms.nn
T:. Sweet butterscotch and hazelnut up front. Coconut in the beginning but it fades off. Nthere is enough going on that it isn’t missed. Dark fruits like raisins and over ripe plums creep in. The rye barrel is slight but with a bite. It sweetens as it warms but never becomes too much. It feels Italian to me. I wish I had a cannoli or some pignoli cookies to go with this.
MF:. The rye is present but the alcohol is well hidden. Almost drinks too easy for 14 percent. The sweetness makes me want another sip.
O: Give Michael Kane a stout, a whiskey barrel and stuff to throw in it and you will get something great 9 out of 10 times. This is one of the great ones.

 

Ballast Point's White Wine Barrel Aged Sour Wench...

Super nice ale, dark purple-red-brown colored... Brewed with blackberries and aged in chadonnay and sauvignon barrels... Delightfully dry and wine-like with some tartness and a mild sweetness of berry nestled in there... Light and refreshing but with a hint of dank and oaky tannic mustiness... 7.1% abv, no visible bottling date...

 

Speaking of @FlintB one of the most generous of all BAs....Iv been holding back on this one. No more.
Perrin Brewing Co. No Rules Vietnamese Porter
Pours an oily black with a moderate head that leaves a ring and spotty lacing.
Aroma- bourbon, coconut, vanillin, black cherry, fading raisin, date, wood, smoke.
Taste super coconut, but in the most natural way, belgian creme brulee, anise, lots of bourbon barrel notes of high quality; oak, vanillin, toast, cherry, raisin, date, butterscotch. Holy shit.
Feel is medium to heavy with expectedly low carb, sticky candy sugar on the lips but manages to not be cloying with a very sweet and licorice like finish.
Damn. First with this and it lives up to the hype. Sweet, bourbon candy- coconut deliciousness. Not an everyday beer but its certainly delicious. Thanks for the chance @FlintB. Awesome brew. Have a great week friends!

 

Enjoying this one from @LloydDobler

Pours an opaque black with a finger of tan head. Smells of vanilla, maple, chocolate roasted malts, coffee. Taste follows, lots of coffee and vanilla. The maple is there but not overpowering, Full bodied and well carbed. Smooth, well balanced. Overall a very tasty one from Transient

 

Good evening, all, and Happy New Belgian Gueuze Sunday! Thanks to @lordofthewiens for kicking off the day's festivities, and for reminding me that there are still places on the planet that aren't ice-bound. We're looking at record lows here in the Cedar Valley, with a wind chill advisory in effect (-22 right now) and a virtual glacier on the ground that promises to last well past St. Patrick's Day. It's gotten so bad that I'm about to scratch Antarctica the hell off my bucket list. Now on to the beer, which I meant to post earlier. (As we hillbillies* say, "I plumb fergot.")

I ran across an unannounced sale at the grocery store last week. One of the specials was this Oude Geuze Cuvée René, from Brouwerij Lindemans, Vlezenbeek, Belgium. It had been marked down to under $4, an automatic buy. It presents as a very attractive pour in this Zwanze 2018 goblet. Clear, light golden colored body, with a thick brilliant white head. Aroma is fruity, with mild notes of apple cider vinegar and yeast funk. This has a pleasant, muted sourness, not at all overpowering. The up-front sourness fades to a dry and moderately bitter finish, with a touch of minerality and a hint of clove-like astringence. This would make a fine table beer, with its "winey" character (think Chardonnay). A very approachable example of the style.

4.17/5 (rDev +1.7%)
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4



*I have indisputable DNA evidence for this claim.

 

Hello Late Night NBS!!!
I'm hoping most of you are finally seeing a break in some of this crazy winter weather. Spring is coming. Keep the faith.
Speaking of "keep the faith," thanks to those of you who tagged me for the NBS BIF #9 sign up. I have been so busy lately, I hadn't popped on to BA since last weekend. I appreciate you comrades looking out for me... @beertunes , @jhavs , and I think one other. You guys are exactly why I love these. Damn, number 9!

So I toast to you, NBS peeps..
I just had this really nice example of a NE IPA.
Dream speaker by Modern Times

Fluffy white head leaps northward. Turbid yellow liquid swirls and keeps pushing that fluffy head.
Smells of zesty lemons and limes, followed by a grassy note that is oh so fresh. Hints of mango and maybe pineapple come through as well.
Flavor is citrus forward with lime, orange, lemon, and then goes a bit sweet with tangerine and mango. Juicy. But the flavors are not working alone. The mouthfeel is completely internal to the flavor experience. This is fluffy. The flavors are swirling in slow motion with this soft grain bill. I love it.
Overall, a fine example of what sets NE IPA's apart. That mouthfeel! That's why I'm a fan. No Brut IPA's for me. Give me this fluff everyday.

4.03/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

 

New beer 2

I’ve been circumspect with regard to NEIPAs from breweries I don’t know well. They seem to be one of several styles where the beer is either good or terrible with little experience of examples falling somewhere in between. More often than not, a new or unheralded brewery will make a lacklustre NEIPA. The following beer bucked that trend.

Muddy York Working Hard NEIPA



Pours a thick dull orange with light head that falls off quickly. Zero lacing.

Lots of tropical notes on the nose including pineapple, guava. Some stone fruit; peach and apricot. Smells just a little like candy.

Tropical fruit on the tongue that mirrors the nose. Bright, despite the turbid look. Pleasant bitter finish. It does, however, finish a little quickly.

Thick and juicy.

This is a better than serviceable NEIPA.

Cheers!

 

Damn Im buzzed- mounds bar yup. Lots of coconut and chocolate. 15% candy.