New Beer Sunday (Week 794)

Nice write up, Jack! Knowing that Tired Hands’ brews some excellent lagers (Trendler series, Helles other people, etc) I had a feeling this was going to be a killer beer. Apparently everyone else did as well, as it sold out pretty quickly. Hopefully next time I’ll pay better attention and get my hands on some; their new restaurant (St. Oner’s) is only a short drive from me and they do beer pickups.

 

Have a good NBS, thanks for @JackHorzempa for today's start up. I thought about doing it, but waited instead. Just been playing video games all week as usual, been reviewing new beers gradually and never will get back to the amount I was doing previously. Should have a handle on a temp job to get some money coming in as the pandemic won't just bring things back to normal, we all know it. Just want to get my bottle and can returns back soon. We are supposed to get the lockdown lifted at the end of the week.

Anchorage Greed. Incredible TIPA. Lasting rocky head retention/thick foamy lacing. Aromas and flavors of huge mandarin orange juice, red grapefruit, lemon, lime, peach, pear, pineapple, apricot, passion fruit, papaya, mango, honeydew melon, guava, red apple, currant, red berries, red grape/wine, citrus peel/zest, wood, peppercorn, and pine hops; with moderate honey, wheat, white bread dough, light toast/biscuit malt sweetness; and herbal/floral/grassy hop earthiness. Mild pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, floral, woody, grassy, peppery bitterness on the finish. Slight yeasty tang/tartness. Medium carbonation and medium-full body; very creamy/silky/bready malts, light slickness, sticky hops, and resins/rinds in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing resin dryness, no hop astringency. Very smooth/soft, minimal warming 8.4%, or lingerintg hop burn after the finish. Fantastic southern passion, ekuanot, enigma, vic secret, and simcoe profile. Extremely juicy, vibrant, and lightly dank/earthy hops; with a large sized honey and wheat/oat/malt backbone. Light residual sweetness with lingering resin dryness. Another amazing hazy DIPA from them as always! 4.28


Cheers

 

Good morning New BSers! Thanks, @JackHorzempa, for starting this thread with one of your usual brilliant and insightful reviews! It makes me wish that I liked lagers/pilsners so I could hope to enjoy this brew - maybe someday.
For me, today's New Breakfast Beer/New Beer Sunday entry is one of my favorite styles - an American barleywine. Grabbing brews from the internet can be both expensive (you pay a premium for the beer + shipping + age can be a factor + scheduling delivery + (sometimes) state and local tax) which can make the cost prohibitive. However, this must be balanced against the ability to get beers that you can't get where you live/buy. Over the years I've found that Gigantic's Massive series are generally worth the cost and hassle, but then I REALLY like barleywines! If you want to gild the lilly by adding rye in some form, be it in the malt bill or in barrel aging, well then, take my money! So we come to today's New Beer Sunday Breakfast Beer:




$ 21.39 (Including shipping)/500 mL bottle ($ 1.27/oz). Received 5/5/20 from Craft Shack, San Diego, CA. Reviewed 5/10/20.

Printed on the neck in Lilliputian letters and black ink “Awesome After 10/28/20 Figue 19” – I literally needed a magnifying glass to read it. Stored at home at 42 degrees and served at 60 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter.
Appearance – 3.5.
First pour – Between medium and deep amber (SRM 12-15), murky.
Body – Between deep amber and amber brown (SRM 15 - 18), murky. No advertised ruby color is initially present, just muddy brown. As the temperature reaches 60, the ruby color begins to appear. When held to direct light, the same but now slight effervescence can be seen.
Head – Average (Maximum three cm, aggressive center pour), khaki, high density with many medium rocks, short retention, diminishing to a three mm regular crown and no cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4.25 – Predominately sweet toasted malt with a hint of rye on the backside, no hops, no yeastiness.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins with a malty sweetness short of cloying mixed with a weaker rye pepperiness, no hops, no yeast. No alcohol (14 % ABV, as marked on the label) taste or aroma, but an instant gentle alimentary warming occurs, beginning in the stomach and creeping back up the esophagus to the soft palate. No diacetyl, no dimethylsulfide.
Palate – 3.75 – Full, silky, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.25 As with all Gigantic’s Massive! Bottles which I have consumed to date, this is a comfort beer best consumed under low light conditions while watching Joe Bob Briggs on Shudder. Delicious aroma and taste, good mouth feel. A bit expensive, but worth the price point.

Rating 4.16, rDev -1.2%.

Damn good brew - gotta check Craftshack to see if I can get some more!

 

Southern Tier Nitro Hot Cocoa. This was insane! Lasting creamy/thick nitro head/lacing the whole glass. Aromas and flavors of huge milk/dark chocolate, cocoa, caramel, toffee, brown sugar, marshmallow, vanilla, cream, roasted nuts, toasted biscuit, and dark bread/crust; with lighter notes of coffee, molasses, licorice, dark fruit, smoke, char, herbal, grass, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Light herbal, grassy, peppery, roast, charred bitterness on the finish. Light carbonation and fairly full body; very creamy, silky, velvety, bready malts; lightly slick, sticky, chalky roast in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing lingering hop/roasted bitter dryness; no cloying/acrid/astringency. Dangerously smooth/soft/silky finish; minimal warming 10%. Amazing balanced rich malts, cocoa, chocolate, and marshmallow flavorings; solid earthy hops, and restrained fruity yeast. Light residual sweetness with lingering dryness. This is as close to hot chocolate as a beer as they could have possibly done. The Blackwater series always delivers. 4.43


Cheers

 

Happy Mother’s Day! All our parents have been gone for a few years now...I think of my mom, and occasionally “see” her on her porch swing stringing beans, chatting away...the hurt fades, but the loss, and the joy/memories remain...

Sierra Nevada’s “Barrel-Aged Narwhal”:



Canned 12/20/19. Poured at 57 degrees, one finger of fizzy, rocky dark tan cap sits atop black, with grey cola edges liquid; minimal cap retention; solid ring; sudsy lace and very thin legs on swirl. Nose is chocolate, bourbon, and char; roasted coffee beans as liquid warms. Bittersweet dark chocolate and bourbon upon entry; cocoa nibs, vanilla, oak, coconut, lite char, brisket burnt ends; no hops; coffee on backend. Smooth, creamy tongue coating; rich, full body; moderate minus carbonation; medium warmth from 11.9%; dry oaky finish. Overall a wonderful stout - full but not syrupy or adjuncty feeling; great blend of bourbon/oaky notes with the chocolaty base; tasty roast linger; bourbon is a fine compliment to this otherwise excellent RIS style beer.

4.5 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5
Score: 4.45 rDev: +2.1%

 

Cheers to all of the Mom's out there. My Mom was a fun, smart , classy individual who lead a fascinating life. Born in rural North Carolina, she worked at the Library of Congress, Princeton and IBM. Travelled the world: Germany, Holland, Italy, Japan, China and all across the US. Loved classical music, fine dining and sherry. Cheers Mom, you were the best!

My new beer is Frothy Embrace from Melvin
4.18/5 rDev +1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Canned 3.31.20, opened 5.3.2020

Poured into a teku, two finger creamy white dense foamy cap , good retention, good lacings over translucent deep amber orange liquid, settles to a ring

Aroma is dank, whiff of sour yeasty

Taste is dank, whisper of pine

Smooth mouthfeel, low sudsing, hop nibble lingers

good beer

 

Burial The Beginning Is After The End




Pours a very dark opaque brown color with a slight head and tan lacing
Aroma has a generous coffee, chocolate, roasted nuts and fruit hints
The taste follows the nose with a very well balanced and creamy coffee, chocolate, roasted nuts and fruit flavor that gently comes out as the beer warms
A medium bodied decently carbonated beer
A good Porter

 

Good morning NBS and thanks for the opening @JackHorzempa. I actually thought of you when purchasing this beer. It's a classic American lager brewed by Urban Chestnut in St. Louis named #6 in celebration of Stan Musial's 100th birthday. Stan's Hall of Fame career predates my knowledge of baseball, but this beer is timeless...

The review:

16oz undated can (released in March) poured into a pilsner glass at fridge temp 4.5% ABV 11 IBU per brewery website. The beer pours bright light straw yellow with nearly white head. The head recedes to fluffy ring of big bubbles and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is slightly sweet, floral, grassy with pale malt being most noticeable. The taste is barely bitter, pale malt & rice dominant with a tiny presence of earthy hop. The mouthfeel is medium to thin bodied with average carbonation and a dry finish. Perfectly clean lagering with no trace of off flavors, feel or smell. Overall, a nearly perfect AAL.

The UC website lists 2-row & rice for the malt bill. Perle & Tradition hops were also listed on the website for ingredients. I've had the pleasure of sampling multiple Urban Chestnut lagers, with and without adjuncts, and they are always great.

Cheers all and enjoy the new beer in your glass today!

@honkey

 

Thanks for kicking things off today @JackHorzempa . Your kickoff featured one of the best beers I've seen, excellent picture! Several great reviews and tempting future purchases posted already entering mid-morning, this looks to be a prime New Beer Sunday!

Excited to hit up one of my favorite styles from "local" brewers (out in the burbs) for a couple pours today. I'm starting the morning with a 12 oz pour from Miskatonic Brewing in Darien, IL. Beautiful can art and colours remind me of UCLA's hardwood prowess based on John Wooden's pyramid Papa Sam Gilbert's cash.





Surfer dude with In-n-out skateboarding to the beach.




Purchased this Friday, canned around late January (based on social media posts, no can date - boooo!).

Appearance: Clear golden pour, light carbonation throughout, bright white head leaves thin fine bubbly lacing. 4.0

Aroma: Floral, lemongrass, faint pine. Nice. 3.75

Taste: Taste more representative of WC IPA style, bitter dry pine leads, light floral backing. Works well.4.25

Mouthfeel: Dry and bitter, medium body, faint fizzy carbonation holds throughout the pour, bitter finish. 4.0

Overall: Solid WCIPA from a local brewer. Hope to find fresh cans at the next release. 4.0

See you later with another WCIPA I am excited to try.

 

Something Blanc is an IPA by Finback ( dry-hopped with Blanc).
This pale, yellow-orange brew is densely cloudy and hosts a pillowy foam cap. The aroma is light. A bit of fruit and pine are noted.
The flavor is rich with berry and melon. There is a slight resin bit. It is not overly sweet.
The mouthfeel is very smooth, almost thick (for an IPA). The hop bitterness is low to moderate and builds. This is quite enjoyable, but heavier-bodied than most of the style.

 

As a big Cards fan, I'd like to give this a shot. If anyone wants to trade me some, message me.

Just starting work, and I'll be back later with the fruits of my labor.

 

I don't get to do it too often what with distribution, but it was fun to look at your review and mine for that beer. You were even further above the deviation than me! I loved it. It was a pleasure to drink and I thought it really captured what I want a beer like that to be. Cheers!

 

Chant the Anthem a Farmhouse IPA from Twin Elephant. Farmhouse IPA is a made up style but it suits this brew well. The beer is 7.5 ABV. The grain bill is Barley Malts, Oats raw wheat and raw barley. The hops used are El Dorado, Galaxy and Nelson, A Saison yeast is used and spruce tips are an added flavor. Poured from a crowler into a Tulip it's a hazy gold color with a over your off white head. The aroma is only a bit funky and has hints of lemon, spruce, melon other fruits and malt. The taste is very complex malts, pine, fruit and only a bit of funk. It is very balanced and seems to change as it passes through your mouth. The mouthfeel is full and the finish is dry and lingering. This beer is refreshing and very enjoyable. An excellent brew.
I also had TE version of All Together last week that was a nice brew. Just a basic Pale Ale but a nice one.

 

So glad you liked it! This is a very unappreciated beer even though it's coming from Lawson's. Not sure why it doesn't get the love it deserves but maybe it is an issue with the style itself which obviously lacks hype.

 

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 4/17/20. Pours a very hazy yellow with a 2 plus finger sticky white head that leaves big gobs of lace as it slowly settles. Gorgeous for the style. 5

Smell is papaya, ripe melon, tangerine, pineapple, fresh marijuana buds, and apricot. 4.75

Taste follows papaya, cantaloupe, tangerine, pineapple, hints of marijuana, and apricot really tasty, but the nose was insane. 4.5

Mouthfeel is bigger than medium, soft gentle carbonation, sticky not dry, and at 6.4% it drinks more like 7.5%, but really hard to just sip. 4.75

Overall this is my first Vitamin Sea beer and I have heard great things and this one is awesome. Thanks @TheIPAHunter for this amazing beer. 4.75

 

Good afternoon NBS and to all the moms out there, much love, enjoy your day.
Called my mom this morning, and both sons checked in with their mom via Skype. So
all boxes are checked. Going to take the day afternoon to make a big ole pot of chicken and veg soup. Thanks @JackHorzempa for the kick off and as always fantastic review.
Todays offering is from Springdale (Jacks Abby) in barrels for a year the elderberry and long pepper interplay is best noticed as the offering warms, initial pulls are all berry, but get he temp up a bit and the earthy ginger like thread rolls in. I found that the most interesting aspect .
Stay well all
Elder Mother

Springdale Beer Co.
American Wild Ale | 7.3% ABV

3.94/5 rDev +2.3% | Average: 3.85
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from an undated 500 ml bottle into the test glass.
A - Plum colored backdrop, gently carbonated, a vigorous pour yielded a 3/4" white froth. During the experience a contiuous thin ring occupies the perimeter.
S - Elderberry, cranberry, red currant, red wine vinegar (in a good way) some cherry candy
T - Black cherry and elderberries, i get a little gingerry snap that must be from the long pepper, cranberry.
M - Tart start tart midle and surpisingly a dry semi sweet finish. Acidity is in check, but the fruit and mixed culture combine forces to keep things on the tart side.
O - A lovely fruited sour, one to take time with, the elderberry is quite pervasive, With a rise in temperature the long pepper part has a brief showing.