New Beer Sunday (Week 788)

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned 2/05/20. Pours a hazy yellow orange with a solid finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of streaks of webby lace with excellent retention. 4.75

Smell is mango, peach, honey dew, vanilla, pineapple, and apricot. 4.25

Taste follows mango, peach, melon, pineapple, vanilla, and apricot very well balanced, nothing dominating. 4.5

Mouthfeel is bigger than most for 7%, soft gentle carbonation, sticky not dry, and extremely approachable. 4.75

Overall this is an excellent collaboration and a flat out tasty brew, Marsh Island pulls some great beers often and for me this is one of them. Someone needs to take this off the retired beers, because this one came out of retirement and I am glad it was. 4.5

 

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My new beer is Hedonic Adaptation from Treehouse

4.43/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

“Those that cannot change their minds cannot change anything”

Canned 2.8.20 opened 3.26.20

Can poured into a snifter, two finger dense brown foam, good lacings, great retention, settles to a solid creamypencil thin layer over black motor oil liquid

Aroma is sweet milk chocolate, roasted malts and a hint of coconut

Taste is milk chocolate, roasts

Slight roast bitterness , low sudsing, almost syrupy, 9.1 abv is well hidden

Good beer

 

Poured into a 13 oz tulip glass canned on 1/23/20. Pours a hazy light orange with a finger sticky white head that leaves thin lace behind with nice retention. 4.5

Smell tangerine, coconut, pineapple, hints of garlic and onion, and apricot really well balanced and slightly different in a good way. 4

Taste follows tangerine, pineapple, coconut, upfront with again mild garlic, onion, and apricot in the rather smooth and balanced finish. 4

Mouthfeel is medium, fairly soft carbonation, a little dry and sticky, and at 7.1% ABV really crushable. 4

Overall I love a NEIPA that stands out from all the juice bombs and that I could pick out of a lineup and this one is exactly that and I am excited to have 3 more that I can squeeze in between all those others that are almost all the same. 4

 

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What better beer to drink during these ‘Idyll Days’?

The answer to that question has just gotta be Ommegang Idyll Days Pilsner, right?

Thanks to a generous benefactor I have this beer to drink while I am ‘quarantined’ at home.

Below is how Ommegang details this beer on their sell sheet:

“Idyll Days Pilsner

Unfiltered Belgian Style Lager

THE BEER

Inspired by the tradition and ambience of the pastoral world around us, Idyll Days is a beautifully rustic Belgian-style pilsner. This time-honored creation is brewed with authentic floor-malted barley from the Czech Republic, fermented with a Belgian lager yeast, then patiently cellared until mature. Presented in its essential, unfiltered form, Idyll Days is glorious in its simplicity.

TASTING NOTES

The beer pours a hazy pale straw hue with a brilliant white head. Czech Saaz hops lend delicate, floral aromas, enhanced by sweet notes of fresh grain. Traditional floor-malted barley sets this beer apart, imparting distinctive earthy flavors of biscuit and subtle honey, framed by a round and quaffable malt body. With mild yeast flavor, Idyll Days Pilsner finishes clean and easy.

FERMENTABLES: Pilsner malt, flaked corn

HOPS: Czech Saaz for bittering and late addition

YEAST: Belgian Pilsner

ABV: 5.0%

IBU: 28

SRM: 3”

https://www.ommegang.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Idyll_Days_Sell_Sheet_final.pdf

A couple of things ‘jumped out’ at me from the above description. Firstly the Ommegang brewers decided to add the adjunct of flaked corn to their grain bill. I use flaked corn to brew my Classic American Pilsner (albeit with North American 6-row pale malt as the malt part of the grist). Secondly Ommegang decided to use a Belgian lager (Pilsner) yeast strain. Maybe the yeast strain used by their owner (Brouwerij Duvel Moortgat NV) to brew lager (Pilsner) beers?

Well, I am intrigued by the above and look forward to drinking my Idyll Days beer.

Served in my Polish Pilsner glass:

Appearance:

Hazy straw colored with a fluffy white head. This beer leaves a beautiful Belgian Lace as the beer is consumed.

Aroma:

The first impression is the aroma of bready malt but with over time there is also some citrus (lemon-like) hop aroma.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with predominantly bready flavors but on mid-palate there is a sweet-ish aspect as well. There is some citrus flavor from the hops as well.

Mouthfeel:

Light/Medium bodied with a dry finish.

Overall:

I think this beer is pretty good.

I didn’t really perceive any qualities of the flaked corn (maybe it added to the dryness of the finish?) and nothing ‘special’ concerning the Belgian Pilsner yeast. FWIW this beer tasted like a German Pilsner to me; a good German Pilsner.

Cheers!

@rotsaruch @KOP_Beer_OUtlet @RobH @officerbill

 

Hope everyone is doing well this week. It's been another week of laying low for us which has led to me digging a bit deeper into my cellar and working through some of the things I forgot I had. This week I found the bottle of Collective Arts' Origin of Darkness collab with Voodoo Brewing. This imperial stout was aged for 21 months in bourbon barrels and conditioned on cocoa nibs and cassia bark. I've had a few Collective Arts beers in the past and enjoyed them, but this was my first time trying one of their stouts. Voodoo is local to me and are wizards when it comes to barrel aging their stouts. I was hoping to catch a bit of that magic here, but it just didn't happen. This variation of Origin of Darkness, while still a strong beer, left me wanting more. Maybe my expectations were a bit high. I didn't hate it by any means, I think I just wanted more from it.

3.89/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Look - It poured a dark brown with a thin tan head that quickly faded.
Smell - The aroma was pure bourbon with maybe some notes of the cassia bark. The cocoa nibs were not apparent to me in the scent.
Taste - I feel like I got more bourbon on the nose than I did from the taste. It was present, but I just wanted more of it. I also wanted more cocoa flavor. The cassia bark was right where it should have been, but I wanted more from the other flavors.
Feel - This was pretty thin and undercarbonated for my taste. I don't mind the little carbonation that usually comes with an extensive barrel aging, but I expect deeper flavor than what was developed here. There was very little coating of the glass.
Overall - This was a decent barrel-aged stout offering, but nothing stood out to make it more than that. I just found myself wanting more in the end.

 

Poured into a 16 oz canned shaped pint glass, canned on 3/25/20. Pours slightly hazy pinkish orange with a nearly 3 finger head that leaves a few wisps of lace and settles rather quick making a sparkling wine sound as it settles. 4

Smell watermelon, green apple, and green grapes. 3.75

Taste follows watermelon is most dominant, but not over the top green apples and green grapes balance in out, slightly tart but not too much pucker for me. 4

Mouthfeel is rather thin, plenty of prickly carbonation, a little dry, and at 5% loaded with flavor. 4

Overall this way out of my comfort zone. Sours not my jam and not a watermelon guy, but this actually pretty darn solid. 4

 

21st Amendment - Tasty IPA


12oz can poured in to a nonic glass, no can dating.

Look- Clear golden amber color. Large off-white head with great retention, heavy lacing. moderate carbonation streams visible. 4.25

Smell- Citrus (orange, grapefruit and lemon/lime), tropical fruit (pineapple, papaya and mango), peach/nectarine, caramel malt, light pine and tea, floral/grassy hop notes. 4

Taste- Similar to the aroma. Citrus, pineapple and mango, nectarine, somewhat malty sweet with a light lingering hoppy bitter finish. Nicely balanced. 4

Feel- Medium bodied, sweeter side but fairly crisp. Medium carbonation on the tongue. 3.75

O- 21st Amendment makes some nice IPAs and this one is no exception. 4

 

Matchless - Straw Hat rye IPA

16oz can poured in to a nonic glass, Canned 2/24/20.

Look- Mostly hazy golden amber color. Large off-white head with great retention, heavy lacing. moderate carbonation streams visible. 4.25

Smell- Citrus (pithy grapefruit, orange and lemon), some melon and tropical fruit, caramel malt, rye spiciness and herbal/grassy hop notes. 3.75

Taste- Similar to the aroma. Pithy citrus, melon, mango/papaya, spicy sweet at first with a residual hoppy bitter finish. Nicely balanced. 4

Feel- Medium bodied, sweet and spicy side but fairly crisp. Medium carbonation on the tongue. 3.75

O- Pretty good, the spicy pepper notes play well off the sweet front. Fun to try but not a go to for me. 3.75

 

American Solera - Pals DDH PA

Pint can poured in to a nonic glass.

L- Hazy prerequisite golden orange color, impressive off-white head with solid retention. Light lacing and some active carbonation streams as it sits. 4.25

S- Stone fruit (peach/nectarine), tropical fruit (pineapple, mango and papaya), citrus (grapefruit, tangerine), floral and black tea notes. 4.25

T- Much of the same with a serious tangy twang to it. Juicy and sweet. Mind blowingly zero pine or hop bitterness. 4

F- Medium/light bodied, the one downfall is this is a bit thin. But I suppose for the crushability factor that's a good thing. 3.75

O- I'd easily buy this in a bottle shop or store. Not the best PA out there but would be awesome on a hot summer day. 4

 

Little early for a beer yet today, but with my kids and I getting covid stir crazy we've been getting outside in the backyard and neighborhood with every break in rain. Working from home while watching the little ones it tough.

Tested out a drone we got a year ago for the first time finally, and couldn't get it to trim out for the kids to get a turn.

That being lame we tested out our new water rocket yesterday with great success and altitudes.
Celebrated with a second try of my first stout from KCBC and it was really good.

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L: A midnight brew with a two finger tan head settling down to a ring and wisp and a load of visible sediment coating the bottom of my teku.

S: Beautiful roasted malts and quality cold brew coffee. Vanilla and sweet caramel approach the forefront.

T: Exactly what I hope for in a coffee double. Neither side bowing to the other. Harmony and balance. Very espresso bitter on the aftertaste.

F: This much coffee character nearly always results in a painfully thin beer, yet somehow this one held on to some weight and mouthfeel!

O: I am impressed with KCBC’s offer here. A tier met by few for the style.

 

Today’s new, stay at home, beer is KBS Espresso:



Poured at 52 degrees, a large rocky two-tone tan head sits atop an opaque, black body with ruby edges; long lasting cap, heavy ring and lacing; medium minus legs on swirl. The nose is strong coffee; bourbon and roast malt present as beverage warms. Strong coffee taste up front; caramel, bourbon and oak in the middle; finish is bitter coffee roast. Smooth silky feel; chaulky tongue coating; medium plus body; moderate carbonation; alcohol burn on tip of tongue; dry char/barrel/wood finish. Overall, the coffee/roast is bitter and it takes awhile for the bourbon and caramel flavors to catch up; long bitter roasted bean linger; if you like strong coffee/stouts then this beer is for you; I liked it and appreciate the oomph that the added coffee brings to the party, but I like regular KBS better.

4.75 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5

Score: 4.47 rDev: + 1.1%

 

A-Pours a nice murky amber color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has a generous and pleasant wine, raisins, hazelnut, walnut and Brett hints
T-The taste follows the nose with a well balanced wine barrel, raisins, hazelnut, walnut and Brett flavor
M-A light bodied well carbonated beer
O-A good Wild Ale

 

I would love to compete with these young whippersnappers, unfortunately I’m in the high risk category, I haven’t been on a beer run for at least three weeks (and don’t see any in the foreseeable future! ).
ps-Nevertheless, I think it’s lights out for the youngster!

 

Great review @Roguer I almost felt like I was drinking it with you.

 

Those are just from yesterday lol

I would have posted more new beers I've had this week, but I didn't want to inundate the thread.

 

Shaping up to be a nice day, so I expect some pool time this afternoon.
We are weathering this social distancing fairly well. My wife works from home anyway, so no real effect on her. I'm retired and the only thing I miss are my golfing buddies. We have gone for more walks with the dogs, played a lot of cards, done some puzzles, and watched a lot of movies. No one is sick, and we hope to stay that way.
My new beer is Hazy Little Thing IPA from Sierra Nevada.
Poured into a snifter the beer is a hazy gold color with a one inch white head and a bit of lace.
Citrus aroma, a hint of pine.
Taste of grapefruit, orange, and lime. A little late pine.
Nicely bitter.