What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2417

Drinking Warsteiner

 

Poured into a 13 oz Snulip glass canned on 5/30/19. Pours a very hazy and attractive yellow with a solid finger plus sticky white head that leaves thick waves of lace behind as it slowly settles. 4.75

Smell is papaya, pineapple, tangerine, blueberry, and a little grapefruit rind. 4.5

Taste follows papaya, guava, blueberry, pineapple, tangerine, and the smallest amount of grapefruit. Really special. 4.75

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, soft gentle carbonation, sticky not dry from the insane amount of hops, and at 8% ABV goes down insanely easy. 4.75

Overall this another Kettlehead NEDIPA with a serious wow factor, this one can hold its own with any NEDIPA on the planet, wow! 4.5

 

I haven’t been on this side of the virtual bar in months but after 12-plus hours tending bar on Saturday and a 16-hour shift at my regular job yesterday I’ve earned this one.

This is the newest Sand City stout, a collab with Kane, and it’s delicious. I was a little afraid there’d be some tartness due to the blackberries but it’s really not tart at all. The blackberry and chocolate are in harmony here, I like it. Not as chewy as I would like, but it’s pretty slick on the tongue and very smooth. Later, all. Cheers.

 

Dogs got me up at 5am...they have been walked and fed...it’s time for a “Malpais Stout” by La Cumbre Brewing Co., Albuquerque, NM:



It’s been a few years since I’ve had a Malpais, and it’s as good as I remember, with lots of roast bitterness and semi sweet dark chocolate goodness. Cheers and have a great Monday!

 

Current morning standard beer here, another Malpais Stout.
Also had the chance to try out Metric Brewing last night, with my lady, for a third time here in the Springs - found their offerings in a taster flight much better than they were just a year ago...nice to see some serious brewing happening around here. Cheers, have a great...Monday (?).

 

Hey Doc I hear that beer stinks.

 

Next two weeks are three days on, two off, six on, and three off. Plus the kids last week of school started today. Think I need some barrel aged fruit juice for breakfast.

 

It does (more for you and me)...nice beard!

 

@joe1510 advised I should go for a full druid beard. It's aspirational at this point.
Probably should be some annoying "Beerz & Beardz" thread somewhere here on BA.

 

Invictus Henley's Porter

 

Happy Monday ba. Ups and ats it with you knows it. 3/1/19,

W/ some omelette action,

 

Watching the storms roll in while we are finishing up things in Omaha.

Opening the morning festivities with Snappy IPA from Hillsboro Brewing out of Wisconsin.



Very solid old school midwestern IPA with heavy pine and resins, sappy caramel malt, with nice mandarin orange, red grapefruit, and tea notes. Lingers forever. Minimal alcohol warmth. Not my bag but this is something I can respect for sure. 4 out of 5.

 

Morning chores done; just one before afternoon chores.
Cheers!

 

Book Of Spells DIPA from Electric Brewing in Murrieta CA
Delicious offering from these guys. Big soft, creamy body and tons of tropical flavor. Solid beer, cheers!