New Beer Sunday (Week 779)

Cheers all.
This place just makes me giddy and my expectations are always through the roof and they always deliver! Poured into a 13 oz Weyerbacher tulip glass canned on 1/14/2020. Pours a hazy orange yellow with a finger plus sticky white head that leaves tons of thin lace around the sides of the glass, with excellent retention. 5

Smell guava, pineapple, tangerine, ripe melon, and apricot. 4.5

Taste follows juicy as heck guava, pineapple, melon, tangerine, and apricot. 4.5

Mouthfeel is big, soft gentle carbonation not flat but perfect, and at 8.3% drinkability is off the charts. 5

Overall again the just deliver and make you think that they can’t do anything wrong. Should probably be a 5 but you all know I am a easy grader for awesome beer so 4.5 it is.

 

Good day New BSers! I have set a record for longevity in my family - everybody older is dead and I've been around longer than any of them. So, since we no longer swing axes or swords while attacking weaklings, now we kill ourselves by drinking. My parents were pretty conventional in the chow arena - meat when they could afford it, starch otherwise (My mother was a HORRIBLE cook - I didn't know what good food was until I enlisted in the army.) We will try anything (other than reptiles - that's cannibalism!) and will eat most - my preference is Asian while Mrs. Lizard is hell on cows. As far as beer - leave out the meat. I still spend part of my time in book stores in the cookbook section - I've got a decent selection of Asian cookbooks and try all kinds of stuff when Mrs. Lizard is OOT. Beer, on the other hand, tends to be some variation on IPAs or Stout Porters.
Todays New Breakfast Beer and from NBS BIF # 10, courtesy of @2beerdogs:



Received from @2beerdogs in NBS BIF 10 – Thanks Derek! Reviewed 1/26/20.
“2018 Edition”. Etched on the shoulder above the rear label “B#573 6/25/18” above “11:19 005479”. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 55 degrees (as stated on the label) in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 62 degrees F.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Medium brown, clear.
Body – Dark brown/black, opaque. When held to direct light, a very deep red-amber, translucent. No legs.
Head – Large (Maximum four cm, aggressive center pour), tannish with large bubbles nosily popping, gone within a minute after the pour is completed, leaving thin partial ring of tiny bubbles, fed by effervescence. While not fizzy, the head demonstrates no tendency to last. At 18.9% ABV, this is not surprising.
Lacing – None, again 18.9% ABV.
Aroma – 4 - Has an almost watery raisin aroma with some weak wood and possibly bourbon in the background.
Flavor – 4 – The flavor is somewhat elusive, starting slightly sweet and a bit fruity, without bourbon, oak, or hazelnut. The nasal raisins seem to be dominant. No alcohol (18.9% ABV as marked on label) aroma or flavor, but massive numbing of the tongue and soft palate as it warms while being held in the mouth. Alcohol on the exhale. No diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide, no hops.
Palate – 4 – Medium, just short of syrupy, lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4. The appearance in unremarkable, looking like any headless imperial stout. The aroma is most like Flying Dog’s Raison D’Etre, at least to my burnt-out lab nose. In the flavor I find no hint of hazelnuts, oak, or bourbon, just a generic sweetness with a hint of DARK FRUIT, something I didn’t taste (other than raisins) until I was typing this summary. Palate feels good, but I’ve corked the bottle after one glass, so I don’t wake up with my head on the keyboard and beer leaking onto the motherboard (Incidentally, Mrs. Lizard has miraculously appeared and approved the corking of the bottle for later. Maybe today I won’t sleep through Noir Alley!) Overall, I’ve probably rated this too high, but it’s from The Bruery, so, by definition, it HAS to be a superior brew.
Rating 3.94, rDev -13.2%.

 

Cherish your parents while you have them. I sure miss mine

 

You're correct - alcohol blocking brain function.

 

Good morning NBS
I am ticking a new beer? style this morning complements of @woodychandler

The review:
500mL can (I think) stamped 19/07/19 19/07/20 (6 months old) poured into a tulip pint glass at fridge temp, no ABV listed on can (can't read anything as it's 100% Russian). The beer pours mostly bright dull brown with light khaki head that's gone in 60 seconds. The aroma is literally liquid rye bread. The taste is cherry coke, molasses and rye with a tangy twist and some next level sweetness. This will become my new frame of reference for cloying. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied with very low carbonation and the least dry finish ever. Overall, it's a Kvass. What the heck would I know about it.

To be clear, I asked Woody to hook me up with a few examples of styles I have been unable to put my hands on. We are extremely un-diverse here in southern IN, and ethnic food and drink is hard to come by. Cheers all & enjoy the new beer in your glass today!

 

Something old is new (once) again!

Last year I discussed an ‘update’ to Victory Hop Wallop:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/community/threads/new-beer-sunday-week-725.602337/#post-6343178

Well the brewers at Victory are at it once again in performing another ‘update’ to this beer. Last year Hop Wallop was brewed using the following hops: Citra and Simcoe. For the 2020 version of Hop Wallop they added some additional hops to the mix, this year’s version has a total of four hop varieties: Citra, Simcoe, Cascade and Chinook.

So, last year’s version was solely new school hops but for 2020 a combination of both new school and old school.

Does ‘more’ schools mean a better beer? Or is this a situation of “too many cooks spoil the broth”?

Let’s find out!

Served in my Spiegelau IPA glass:

Appearance:

A brilliantly clear golden color with a white head.

Aroma:

Wow! There is a lot going on here, a complex combination. There is some fruitiness, citrus, pine, some resin, some cedar, some…

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with a complex combination of flavors: fruity, citrus, pine, resin, cedar,…No one flavor dominates and the flavors seem to come in waves. There is a notable bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with an off-dry finish.

Overall:

In one word OUTSTANDING! In my opinion Victory has hit a HOME RUN here.

Pitchers and catchers report to spring training in about 2 weeks.

Cheers to Victory for making a very good beer even better!

P.S. For those of you who are fans of ‘regular’ IPAs I would strongly recommend that you run right out to your local beer retailers and buy some Hop Wallop but make sure it is fresh!!

@rotsaruch @KOP_Beer_OUtlet @RobH @SixpointMikey @JimKal @IGaveYouPower

 

Treehouse Brighter Than Starlight.again a killer NEDIPA. Sorry Craig I meant to post that. Cheers and you and Doc doing great stuff every week.

 

A favorite of mine, for whatever reason their really great beers are not here anymore, but they still send the Monkeys.

 

Happy Anniversary to your parents! I hope you all have a great time today!




A-Pours a dark color with a nice head and lacing
A-Aroma has very generous coffee, roast malt and bittersweet chocolate hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a nicely balanced and abundant coffee, roast malt and bittersweet chocolate flavor
M-A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
O-A good American Stout

 

Sounds great. Would the label indicate freshness? They changed it from last year I believe.

 

Dale, the 2020 version of Hop Wallop may be an 'extra' favorite for you. It is for me.

Golden Monkey is Victory's top selling beer so that is likely why it sees such wide distribution.

Cheers!

 

Morning. I have to get through some family stuff today but will be back with a beer later from @SawDog505 generous box. Very excited!

 

What you want to look for is the enjoy by date on the label - small font, white ink.

The bottle in that photo has: ENJOY BY 09 MAY 2020".

This bottle is from my third 6-pack that I purchased. It is my understanding that Victory uses a 5 month best by date so this bottle is from December 9, 2019. I would encourage you to seek out a January bottle date. Even though this bottle is only 1.5 months old there is a noticeable drop-off of hop aroma/flavor in this beer. The others I drank earlier (3-4 weeks ago) were absolutely glorious!!

Cheers!

 

See post above (post #19).

Cheers!