New Beer Sunday (Week 793)

Have a good NBS. I haven't been reviewing much new beer as I do not have much left. Just been playing video games and sleeping all week. 80% of the time. I hope the life returns to normal soon and I can quickly find some employment. I understand the requirements for the precautions and all, but I am not getting anything even unemployment benefits. Fuck the state system. As always, there has been some offense taken about me in the way I do all my reviews; but I have been doing them the same way for a long time, and have no intention of deviating from how my mind steps through the process of giving a proper analysis. So F all those guys.

Energy City Milkshake Orangealicious. Fantastic NEDIPA. Opaquely hazy. Great fluffy head retention/foamy lacing. Aromas and flavors of big tangerine, orange juice/pulp, red grapefruit, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, passion fruit, mango, honeydew melon, gooseberry, citrus peel/zest, peppercorn, and pine hops; with moderate vanilla, cream, wheat, white bread dough sweetness; and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/zest, herbal, floral, grassy bitterness; and orange tang/tartness on the finish. Medium carbonation and medium-plus body; very creamy/silky/bready malts, light sticky hops, resins, acids, tang in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing lingering bitter/tangy dryness; no cloying/astringent flavors. Dangerously smooth/soft. Zero warming 8.5%. Fantastic juicy/vibrant Citra hops/oranges with light dank/earthy notes; with a nice lactose and wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. Completely on point, exceeded expectations. 4.25


Cheers

 

I love that beer. A guilty pleasure of mines. I'm a fiend for anything with bananas or peanut butter lol cheers

 

Good day New BSers! Another damp morning here in NW PA, after last night's cold rain. I actually found a "New Beer" in my reefer for today's NBS - unfortunately it's an IPA.



$ 9.75 (Including tax & bottle deposit)/22 oz bottle ($ 0.443/oz). Purchased 8/1/19 at Oneonta Beer Depot, Oneonta, NY. Reviewed 5/3/20.

Undated bottle. In reefer at store. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 50 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 54 degrees.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Pale gold (SRM 4), very slight haze.
Body – Medium amber (SRM 11.6 as marked on bottle), moderate effervescence, chill haze. When held to direct light, deep gold (SRM 6) and hazy. Shallow layer of sediment in bottle.
Head – Large (Maximum six cm, aggressive center pour), off white, medium density with rocks, average retention, diminishing to a three to four mm irregular crown and thin rocky complete cap.
Lacing – Poor. Few small islands of tiny bubbles.
Aroma – 3.5 – Weak grapefruit, no malt, no yeastiness. Considering the potential age, not bad.
Flavor – 3.5 - Begins with a syrupy sweetness of orange-flavored candy, no malt, no yeast. As it warms, the bitterness increases. No alcohol (7.2 % ABV as marked on the label) taste or aroma. No diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide. Ends with light citrusy bitterness with a long hang time.
Palate – 3 – Medium, almost syrupy, carbonation initially lively but quickly softens.
Final impression and summation: 3.25 (Lost 0.25 point for undated personal container). I must assume partial responsibility for the low score – I’d lost this in my beer reefer for eight months. Apparently, it didn’t hold up well. Otherwise, I think this brew would have been nicely bittered and even more citrusy. The cloying initial sweetness is a detriment to any style IPA.

Rating 3.4, rDev -16.3%.

 

Good morning NBS’ers!

I hope this missive finds you and your family well. May your beer cellar be well stocked, chilled and fresh. I am sheltering in place but my place is a nice shelter . It’s a special time of the year as the sun rises earlier and earlier and each sunrise is unique , special and, on some days spectacular. I have one friend who has successfully endured Covid19. I have another friend in the hospital long term for non-Covid reasons. It makes me appreciate each sunrise more and more.

my new beer is sunrise themed, Shine On by Greater Goods

4.35/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Canned on 3/9/2020, opened on 5/2/2020

“Why weigh on a sunny day?”

Can poured into a teku. One finger off white, big bubbled, rocky foam cap, very good retention, very good lacings over a hazy orange liquid .a few streams of carbonation on the sides . Settles to an island

Aroma is malt, tangerine, grapefruit, citrus

Taste is citrus grapefruit, malt,citrus

Very smooth mouthfeel, low sudsing , abv well hidden , hop nibble on the finish

Good beer

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned 4/28/20. Pours a hazy yellow orange with a solid finger sticky white head that leaves gobs of sticky lace all over the glass, with excellent retention. 4.75

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

Taste follows pineapple, guava, tangerine, cantaloupe, and apricot. 4.5

Mouthfeel in bigger than average, soft gentle carbonation, sticky not dry, and at 8% easy drinking. 4.75

Overall I have not anything from these guys, but this is a great NEDIPA. I have another fresh NEDIPA from them for later. Cheers all. 4.5

 

Those Rogue beers never die they persist. In early 2000 I was in Australia working with a Dutch expatriate winemaker figuring out how to salvage lots of wine from a failed winery. We had just had kangaroo steak and we were driving along a dirt road in The Hunter Valley when I asked Kees what sort of odd creatures he's seen out in these woods. He said, "you'll see the occasional Wombat.....whoa, there's a wombat by the fence." Damned, what a sight. Like a bear/raccoon/wolverine looking mammal. I count myself lucky indeed.

 

How “Lo” can you go!?!

Firstly, permit me to have a slight diversion:

I was a kid when the whole Light (Lite) beer thing came out. I was a soda drinker as a kid and while I personally did not partake I was aware of Diet Soda. I always wondered: why didn’t the breweries market these new beers as Diet Beer?

Well, enough of that which brings us to today’s new beer: Victory Easy Ringer Lo-Cal IPA.

So, it would seem we are in an era of new marketing-speak with the terminology of “Lo-Cal” vs. Diet here?

Some other examples of beers with this “Lo-Cal” marketing spiel:

· Dogfish Head Slightly Mighty IPA: Lo-Cal IPA

· Braxton Labs Lo-Cal IPA

· Bell’s Light Hearted Ale LO-CAL IPA

Below is how Victory details this beer on their website:

“About This Beer

Drinking crisp and light with little bitterness and tons of hop character, notes of passionfruit and citrus wow the crowd.

The anytime crusher. Crisp and light at 4.3% ABV, the low bitterness and fruity notes make tossing a few back look easy.

96 Calories | 3G Carbs

abv: 4.3%

ibu: 25

malt: 2-Row Pale, Carapils

hops: Strata, Citra, Cascade”

Well enough jibber-jabber, let’s see that this “Lo-Cal” stuff is all about.

Served in my Spiegelau IPA glass:

Appearance:

Light golden colored with a slight haze and a BIG white head.

Aroma:

A vibrant combination of tropical fruits, other fruit aromas and some citrus.

Taste:

What!?! With what I experienced on the nose I was expecting a tasty beer but the flavor of this beer is a complete letdown compared to the aroma. Where did the flavor go? Is this a bad magic trick or something? There is low bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Light bodied, watery, with a thin/dry finish.

Overall:

This beer is like a ‘tease’. I smell enticing aromas and then take a sip and wonder: where the heck did the flavors disappear*?

I will not be buying this beer again. It is indeed a “Lo” beer.

@rotsaruch @KOP_Beer_OUtlet @RobH

* If anybody knows where this beer’s flavor is please let me know, I am still looking for it.

 

Thank you Zid for your excellent kickoff! I love Kolsch beers, perhaps even Kolsch "style" beers. I hope I run into this pour down the line. I also had the same reaction as you to the SN / Bitberger collaboration, was OK, was looking for something more flavorful and German oriented. I liked their Oktoberfest much better.

Lo-cal and session beers is where the market is headed, or at least that is what I have read lately. Several lo-cal offerings by the major players have made me left wanting for something more flavorful. I purchased my offering during the pandemic as a single last week, and was disappointed to find the package date was November 26, 2019. I would have aborted my review if I didn't like the pour, and perhaps I will like a fresher pour even better, but this session offering has a flavorful aroma and taste. Then again, this is Spiteful Brewing we are talking about, a top brewer for me in the city, and for that matter, the world.

Spiteful Brewing's Instigator Session IPA: 4.0% ABV, canned 11/26/19.





Appearance: Clean clear straw color pour, light white head dissipates quickly, faint fine bubble lacing left in its wake, mild carbonation. 4.0

Aroma: Nice citrus hops aroma, backed by cracker bread and pepper. Very pleasant. 4.25

Taste: Nice firm bitter taste, citrus and tangerine lead, light bread back. Flavorful, bold for a session pour. 4.0

Mouthfeel: Fizzy carbonation lingers throughout the pour. slightly dry and bitter, clean easy finish. 4.25

Overall: This is an excellent session offering will definitely grab these in the future if Spiteful reissues! 4.25

Looking forward to reading great ideas for future pours throughout the day, my favorite BA day of the week!

 

I'm having banana bread just now with my scrambled eggs. I'm hungry and we just walked 3 miles through these gorgeous woods. I think I need a beer with your French afternoon.....

 

Start strong.

 

Diet, Lite, Light, Session, Lo-cal...

Marketing 101 for the same thing.

 

I am a couple beers deep already this morning but this is my first new one. This is Lakto-Cooler (Red) by Voodoo Brewing. It is a "Sour Berliner Style with Red".

Depending on what you are looking for in a beer this could be a 1 star or a 5 star. If you are looking for a traditional beer you will probably hate this. If you are looking for sweet and fizzy Berliner that tastes like generic Red Kool-Aid you will probably love this one.

Color: Artificial Red

Taste: Artificial Red

Smell: Artificial Red

Mouthfeel: Nice and fizzy well carbonated

 

Sooo...

What's it like?

 

Aslin Rich Girl
Pours a very dark color with a slight head and lacing
Aroma has generous maple, bacon and cayenne pepper hints
The taste follows the nose with a well balanced maple, bacon and cayenne pepper flavor
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good Barleywine with a spicy taste and a strong kick

 

Yes good to call me out. Sorry for the tease.

This guy is mostly orange zest and pine, but there are some herbal and mineral qualities as well. It is pretty full bodied like a thick juice, but not so much that it is overbearing. I think I'm only up to seven King County offers, most are pretty damn good. This one is middle of the pack for me.

Cheers!

 

Merci. I'll stretch morning into afternoon the best I know how!