New Beer Sunday (Week 734)

New beer #2. Thanks @Dragginballs76 ! Had to add this one to the db.

Good Night Nobody - Bhramari
BBA Stout - 8.43% abv
Canned 2/1/19
Score: 4.08 (0% rDev - 1st review)



Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/44765/404307/?ba=CanConPhilly#review

Synopsis:
Boozy nose, but the taste is more balanced. Lots of coconut and chocolate. Quite an easy drinker, which is surprising for a BA stout. Looking forward to trying more from these guys. Thanks again Mike!

 

I was positive rDev on that one, but very much understand your critique. My can was 2-3 weeks old, and had close to zero sweetness. Guessing the additional weeks on your can allowed the dry hops to fade and bring the malts out more.

Looking forward to seeing what other FO brews you’re drinking today! They’re one of my favorites, but are shelfies here (alas).

 

Ditto on the Galaxy love. That’s actually the #1 thing on my wishlist now! Any Galaxy-hopped ipa I want to try. Several from Hop Butcher are particularly appealing.

 

Yep, you can always add more bourbon, so I recommend starting with a light touch. Coat the inside of the glass and let a few millimeters pool at the bottom; then add the beer on top. That’s usually enough to notice the bourbon without overpowering the base beer if you’re not already drunk. You can add more from there. As @nc41 said, it’s still not gonna be as smooth or complex as barrel aging — but it can still be enjoyable.

 

I’ve had that Galaxy-hopped Proclamation on my wishlist for several years. I’ve actually never had anything from Proclamation, but I’ve heard others praising it too. Fuck I love lower-abv ipas that taste like dipas. Wheelhouse.

 

At Rustico



Equilibrium MC2
A-Pours a hazy golden color with a nice head head and lacing
A-Aroma has mango and hop hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a mango and hop flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A decent NEIPA

 

Firestone Walker XXII

A-Pours a very nice clear dark amber color with a slight head head and lacing
A-Aroma has Run and gin hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a Rum and gin flavor
M-A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A decent BA beer

 

Aslin Sorbet

A-Pours a hazy golden color with a nice head head and lacing
A-Aroma has citrus, vanilla and hop hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a citrus, vanilla and hop flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A decent IIPA

 

JW Lees Cask Harvest Ale

A-Pours a hazy amber color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has sweet grain hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a sweet grain flavor
M-A medium bodied well carbonated beer
O-A nice Barleywine

 

Slaint! Not 100% sure what that means but I see it whenever I’m in an Irish bar.

So in honor of the day I am opening this NBS with an Irish Red from Center of the Universe

Bald Irishman Red Ale



3.64/5 rDev +13.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75

A fizzy off white head quickly disappears, leaving just a bit of fizz on top. Great color, somewhere between red and orange and a bit cloudy. Nose starts out with a little cherry before a lit grassiness pulls in. Taste opens up with a corny, hay thing before a hint of caramel appears. Upon exit there’s just a touch of tart. Finally, a hint of alcohol. Thin and watery with virtually no aftertaste to speak of.

 

New beer #3. Advertised as Tired Hands’ “Triple Oated, Triple Lactosed, Triple Fruited, Triple Dry-Hopped IPA”

Are We Okay? - Tired Hands
TIPA - 10.7% abv
Purchased for $25/4 at Tired Hands
Canned 3/1/19 (16 days ago)
Score: 4.13 (-5.5% rDev)



Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28383/307703/?ba=CanConPhilly#review

Synopsis:
If tasted blind I would have guessed this was a sour ipa. Passionfruit puree + sour lime combine to create notiveable tartness. Triple dry-hopping isn’t notiveable, but the triple fruit and triple lactose are prominent. I don’t love this, but it hides its booze well, and if you approach it as a “weird Tired Hands experiment”, it succeeds.

 

I would think 1/4 ounce would be a good place to start, but it’ll still taste like a Boilermaker I bet. I like it that way but I like my bourbon too, I don’t know that I’d use a real expensive bourbon, I’d use a very basic Jim Beam at that.

 

The aroma of the corned beef slow cooking in Guinness Extra Stout fills the house... can't put it off any more...

Guinness Extra Stout
ABV 5.6%
IBU 47

Tall milk chocolate thick, creamy head with good retention and leaving lots of lacing above a deep, dark body (ruby through a back light). No nitro creaminess in this one, and not as gorgeous looking as the Draught, but a good looking beer nonetheless.

Aroma is dark malts, roasted coffee, a lightly sweet dark fruit aroma in there, too - perhaps vanilla as well, earthy hops.

Roasted malts with the slightly sweet vanilla with a touch of dark fruit, transitioning to a nicely bitter, dry finish and aftertaste. Roastier than the Draught version; greater contribution to the taste from the malts is to be expected with the higher ABV.

More substantial body compared with the Draught; again, no surprise. Still, the body is on the thin side.

Smooth and very enjoyable. Noticeably better than Guinness Draught - more complexity to the taste and aroma, (although I still wouldn't describe it as "complex"), better feel, just not quite as good a looker - but nothing really compares to the nitro cascade after pouring the Draught into a Guinness Gravity Glass!

L: 4.25
S: 3.75
T: 3.75
F: 3.5
O: 3.75

Computes to a BA rating of 3.76, or pretty much the consensus rating here on BA.

 

Great idea on coating the glass it’ll still be very noticeable I’m sure.

 

Literally, it means "health." Functionally, its English equivalent is "cheers".

 

Oh, wait... I do have a new beer for NBS, later. Has to pair with chocolate cake.