What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #2803

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  1. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Maine Beer Co. -- Dinner (courtesy of @SierraNevallagash)

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    4.56/5 rDev -2.1%
    look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

    Outstanding golden yellow body, bright and clear; lively carbonation; immensely dense and creamy white head. A beautiful aroma to the beer; biscuit and cracker infused with fruity esters and a subtle herbal spiciness. An incredible mellow sweetness; bread crust; suggestions of mint and white pepper; pine resin; mellow hop bitterness. Medium-heavy body; mildly sticky on the palate; gently sweet., softly warm.

    What an incredible double IPA! The beer exemplifies balance, depth, and complexity, emphasizing the malt and hops above all. There is minimal alcohol presence in the taste. An absolutely superb DIPA!!


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    ...no breakfast or lunch so far today, but couldn't turn down Dinner this afternoon...what a sumptuous feast...
     
    #41 beergoot, Jun 23, 2020
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  2. ESHBG

    ESHBG Pooh-Bah (2,099) Jul 30, 2011 Pennsylvania
    Pooh-Bah

    I have been falling back into my love/hate routine with IPAs so I decided that I needed to swing back towards my first (main?) love, Lagers, and reset my palate a bit. Plus with the heat lately a nice one will always hit the spot. And the added bonus with me is that unlike IPAs a bad Lager I can still finish and for the most part will still enjoy enough vs a bad IPA for my palate I will either have to choke it down or dump it. So...

    Being in PA I am pretty spoiled because we have access to a ton of great Lagers but I wanted to drink some that I haven't had yet. Queue Von Trapp Brewing, a discussion popped up in a regional thread and I figured now is the time that I need to get around to trying their stuff. I found that they are around me but not as plentiful as some of the other breweries but the good news is that it still wasn't too difficult to find what I was looking for: their variety pack with the Dunkel, Vienna, Helles and Pilsner. First off, mad props for putting out an all Lager variety pack, sure don't see those as much these days unfortunately. I am drinking my first one from the pack now, the Dunkel. 5.7%, 22 IBU, BB 10/06/20 (and for reference the pack of cans were packaged on 05/15/20). In one word: excellent! Smooth, roasty notes, a little chocolate in there...very balanced and extremely drinkable. If the rest of the beers are of this quality I am going to be one happy camper :grin:
     
    #42 ESHBG, Jun 23, 2020
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  3. SawDog505

    SawDog505 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,922) Apr 9, 2010 New Hampshire
    Pooh-Bah

    [​IMG] Good stuff for the price.
     
    #43 SawDog505, Jun 23, 2020
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  4. dennis3951

    dennis3951 Initiate (0) Mar 6, 2008 New Jersey

    SNPA
     
    #44 dennis3951, Jun 23, 2020
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  5. Zaphog

    Zaphog Grand Pooh-Bah (4,676) Sep 23, 2011 Michigan
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Oracle Causal Loop
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  6. sportscrazed2

    sportscrazed2 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Mar 29, 2010 American Samoa
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    They have white Castle in Georgia?
     
    #46 sportscrazed2, Jun 23, 2020
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  7. jockstrappy

    jockstrappy Savant (1,145) Feb 18, 2006 Pennsylvania

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    #47 jockstrappy, Jun 23, 2020
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  8. LarryV

    LarryV Grand Pooh-Bah (5,420) Jun 13, 2001 Massachusetts
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah

    Thank you Sir Hunter - that means a lot to me since I know you don't take your music lightly! Glad you and your GF liked it. :grin:
     
    #48 LarryV, Jun 23, 2020
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  9. Reef

    Reef Pooh-Bah (2,613) Dec 2, 2016 South Carolina
    Society Pooh-Bah

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    Creature Comforts Tropicália
    and some pandemic weekday football with fake crowd noise.

     
    #49 Reef, Jun 23, 2020
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  10. Roguer

    Roguer Grand High Pooh-Bah (7,811) Mar 25, 2013 Connecticut
    Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Frozen, yeah. :grinning:
     
    #50 Roguer, Jun 23, 2020
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  11. BeardedWalrus

    BeardedWalrus Pooh-Bah (1,666) Jun 5, 2018 North Carolina
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Goliath, a fitting name for a 15% barrel aged stout. From triskelion brewing in Hendersonville NC.

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    #51 BeardedWalrus, Jun 23, 2020
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  12. Maltyhead

    Maltyhead Pundit (891) Dec 7, 2019 Massachusetts

    #52 Maltyhead, Jun 23, 2020
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  13. thebeers

    thebeers Grand Pooh-Bah (5,837) Sep 10, 2014 Pennsylvania
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    #53 thebeers, Jun 23, 2020
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  14. VoxRationis

    VoxRationis Initiate (0) Dec 11, 2016 New York
    Trader

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    Perfect Storm, a Citra/Simcoe pairing from Tree House. Hits all the right notes, very quaffable. So, having lived in Boston for a time, the code translates to 'Storm's coming, Kid,' right? Just asking.



    At this point, do feel a bit like I have been hit with the "Giant Wave" (8% ABV after all). An object lesson, perhaps: Stay Safe, Be Well, and Chee-ehs.
     
    #54 VoxRationis, Jun 23, 2020
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  15. goingbrokeonbeer

    goingbrokeonbeer Grand Pooh-Bah (3,412) Dec 4, 2013 South Carolina
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Doing a little refirb on my wife’s 2000 Jeep Wrangler. Have you ever replaced a door handle on one, it’s a sob.
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    #55 goingbrokeonbeer, Jun 23, 2020
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  16. sportscrazed2

    sportscrazed2 Pooh-Bah (2,360) Mar 29, 2010 American Samoa
    Pooh-Bah Trader

    Not the same or tbh probably is. Someo told me white Castle actually uses fresh eggs in their breakfast sliders
     
    #56 sportscrazed2, Jun 23, 2020
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  17. TheIPAHunter

    TheIPAHunter Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,026) Aug 12, 2007 California
    Mod Team Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Soup Du Jour from Sand City. This version features Enigma hops. Cheers!
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    #57 TheIPAHunter, Jun 23, 2020
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  18. beergoot

    beergoot Grand High Pooh-Bah (9,310) Oct 11, 2010 Colorado
    Mod Team BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Maine Beer Co. -- Prince Percy (through the kind generosity of @SierraNevallagash)

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    4.34/5 rDev -0.7%
    look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

    Pale gold body; lively carbonation; thick and sculpted white head. Bright, light, and herbal aroma; soft sweetness. Very clean flavor; subdued and alluring cereal grain base; gently toasted grain; light mineral taste; nice hop bitterness crescendo building midway through the sip and past the finish. Light body; crisp; smooth with a gentle warmth; soft dryness throughout.

    There is nothing like a well-crafted pilsner. This beer offers the experience and delivers it.

     
    #58 beergoot, Jun 23, 2020
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  19. vabeerguy

    vabeerguy Grand Pooh-Bah (5,245) Sep 21, 2015 Virginia
    Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    I agree.
     
    #59 vabeerguy, Jun 23, 2020
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  20. WunderLlama

    WunderLlama Grand Pooh-Bah (4,820) Dec 27, 2010 Massachusetts
    BA4LYFE Society Pooh-Bah Trader

    Today’s special : extra citra by Grimm
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    4.34/5 rDev +2.4%
    look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

    Canned 6.1, opened 6.23

    Can poured into a teku

    Two finger rich dense creamy white foam cap, very good retention , settles to a big creamy island , some lacings , over hazy orange liquid

    Smells like orange citrus

    Taste of orange citrus hops

    Low sudsing , no hop bite,

    Good beer

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    #60 WunderLlama, Jun 23, 2020
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