New Beer Sunday (Week 802)

Happy New American Pale Ale Sunday!

Pretty nice day here on the Western Slope, some sun, cloudy, nice little breeze, some thunder, around 91. Having a pretty tasty local brew. Should be back with another.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/32479/493608/?ba=Wasatch#review

Cheers!

 

Ozark Sabro Single Hop IPA, 6.0% ABV, 4.17 Overall

Pours an effervescent gold with a thumb of pearl colored head. A little hazing with great lacing & good head retention

S: Green melon, citrus, weedy

T: Gassy, catty, limey with green melon & mint up front, plus some dryness. Dryness, cattyness, and green melon as this warms, some peach as well. Finishes dry with green melon, peach & cattyness

MF: Creamy with medium body, nicely balanced

Pretty drinkable, I do like it better than the one I had on draft at the brewery a few weeks back, solid for a single hop varietal IPA. I only have a can, would pick up more if I came across this

 

What the hell. Probably palate burnt right now but lets do one more Maine brew.
Orono Brewing Totally Tubular
TDH with Strata, Topaz, El Dorado and Citra.
Pours a hazy lemon yellow with a snow white head that recedes quite quickly and leaves lots of sticky lacing.
Aroma is of citrus, pine, grapefruit and muted tropical fruits.
Taste follows with lots of citrus and pine notes and tropical fruits in the background. Not sweet and nicely bitter.
Feel is medium/light and dry on tbe finish. Light malts support the hops. A nicely balanced, easy drinking beer that I find doesnt have a "pop". I may have some fatigue due to a few hoppy beers. Good beer but I may like straight Tubular better. Will have to re assess. Have a great night folks!

 

First new beer of the day, and first from Whipsaw Brewing, and it's...a drainpour:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/46814/493611/?ba=woemad#review
This supposed west coast IPA is a musty and malty mess. Might just be old, but without a date on the can, there's no way of knowing.
Can't all be winners, but I'd settle for drinkable, and this isn't.
Back with something else soon.

 

Good evening NBS and thanks @superspak for the start today and Congratulations @ChicagoJ on your new chapter.
Todays offering is from Switchback, a lovely Helles, excellent malt flavors, crispness from the hops and yeast. I will be looking for more this summer.
Do good
Be well

Karsten Premium Lager

Switchback Brewing Company
Lager - Helles | 5.1% ABV

4.1/5 rDev -1% | Average: 4.14
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Poured from a 12 oz can dated 5/25/2020 into the test glass.
A - Excellent clarity, Gentle carbonation feeds a quick to recede white froth, Lacing is lovely, color of light honey.
S - Nice malt up front with some cracker, hints of grassy hops, with a bit of lemon.
T - Malts are beautiful and light, citrus from the hops balanced with a hint of spicy earthy Saaz maybe?
M - Medium in body, carbonation rounds out the texture nicely, The offering never moves to far to the sweet side.
Linger is delightful and crckery.
O - A very fine offering from Swtchback, the carbonation and the feel are outstanding

 

Greetings NBS friends on a pretty spectabulous summer day from Northern Indiana, and Happy July 4th Weekend. I have a couple of beers this evening, including a big ol’ stout I’ve been eyeballing for a couple of months now.

First, though, an unhazy hazy from an iconic brewery in our beer nerd world.





3.66/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

This is the unhaziest hazy beer I’ve seen - it’s not clear yellow, but the haze it has looks like the hop haze I’d see in “old school” IPA’s. The nose features citrus aromas, including tangerine and grapefruit, but they’re a bit muted.

The taste includes tangerine and grapefruit flavors, but it’s also muted. This isn’t old (canned 6/16/20, thanks to my super secret “Lagunitas date decoder” ring), but it comes across almost like a session IPA with a smidge more feel.

I’m a big Lagunitas fan (old school Sucks is a Top 25 beer for me), but this is a miss to me. I’ll gladly work through the rest of the 6er, but this isn’t an example of a hazy IPA, other than the lack of bitterness and the softer mouthfeel. That’s not enough for me.

 

Poured into a 13 oz long stem tulip glass canned on 6/10/2020. Pours a hazy orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves a thick ring of lace as it slowly settles. 4.5

Smell ripe melon, guava, passionfruit, marijuana, apricot, and a little grapefruit. 4.25

Taste follows cantaloupe, guava, passionfruit, marijuana, apricot, and grapefruit really nice and better than the nose. 4.5

Mouthfeel is bigger than medium, a tad sticky but not dry, soft gentle carbonation, and at 7.6% goes down plenty easy, but bigger in flavor. 4.5.

Overall this is a very nice NEDIPA, that has some West Coast flavors. Thanks @jzeilinger for this tasty can and awesome glass. 4.5

 

Fossil Cove Brewing's T-Rex on Peaches, a 10.0% ABV Barrel ( Bourbon& Wine ) aged Triped. 3.87 overall

Pours an effervescent amber with rapidly falling beige head. A little head retention & lacing

Some peach, red grapes

T: Boozey ( Bourbon ) Peach, dryness & oakyness up front, plus some honey notes. A little peach bourbon & pineapple as this warms, plus barrel dryness. Finish dry with peach brandy notes & a little pineapple & lime

MF: Medium body and restrained carbonation,

Had this on draft last year, liked it better, this is solid, just not sure it is worth damn near $ 6.00 a can

 

#2, courtesy of our beer nerd friend @Roguer in NBS BIF #11, this is a BA imperial stout featuring maple, chocolate, and vanilla that is a collab between Aardwolf and Magnify. I’ve been looking this over since I received it. No more looking - time to tackle this bruiser.





4.2/5 rDev +1.4%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours black with a little leakage to mahogany on the top and there’s a dark tan head, but you have to look fast to catch it, because it disappears almost simultaneously on a really aggressive pour.

The nose has some booze, as expected, but there’s also a lot of maple syrup and chocolate aromas. I am now officially salivating. The maple and chocolate are forward on the taste, but there’s also vanilla, and the barrel - oh the barrel at the end of the taste. It sits back and, as you work your way through the glass, you realize you didn’t slap Icy Hot on your chest whilst enjoying this beer, it’s the barrel slow playing your palate. Wow.

The mouthfeel is a little less substantial than I’d like to see in an imperial stout, but this is still a great sipper. Well done.

 

Great review and I love that beer.

 

And John Wayne...The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance? Sometimes I can pick his movies from one screen shot, but sometimes that power eludes me

 

Back from a nice walk and now switching gears to Bearded Iris Illusion, thanks @Buck89!
4.37/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Thank you Buck89 for this
16 oz can, dated 5/28/20, poured into a pint glass

A- A hazy golden copper with a two finger white head.

S- Citrus, melons, some tropical fruits, earthy, herbal.

T- Citrus, melons, some tropical fruits, papaya, a little earthy, dank.

M- Smooth, a little creamy, medium body.

O- The nose is a little herbal and earthy right away, but Bearded Iris did a great job with the hops in this one.

Cheers!

 

That's a shame both for your drinking pleasure and for the name of the drain-poured beer. My Dad had a book he loved about a hunting and fishing club in Vermont. One of its members brewed some moonshine called Old Stump Blower. I've always liked that name.

 

Have you had many of their other beers? I visited them once a couple years ago, tried a number of their beers. I wasn't impressed really with any of them, and I don't specifically remember any of them, but my memory overall is that they were OK.

 

Good evening, NBS faithful.

There has been a lot of added stress in the stronghold lately. My shop has stayed open through the Covid crisis so there has been a lot going on with keeping my team safe and well. I know more about policy writing than I ever wanted to know. Then the missus had major shoulder surgery. Three torn tendons, damaged labrum, a Mt. Everest sized bone spur, torn bicep. No clue how or why, but she had been in progressively increasing pain with decreasing use of her right-hand for some time. So, fun on both fronts.

I did manage two other new beers this week. One was even fresh - Mast Landing Runner's Daughter milk stout that was outstanding - superb blend of coffee, sweet, vanilla, peanut butter, cocoa - delicious. And a bit older but not in the archaeology did that is my beer stash - Clown Shoes Don't Fear the Blender. New England IPA that was canned fruity and tasty.

So, what have we unearthed for the legit new beer today? Still in the Trillium layer. Free Rise Saison, probably four years old.



Pours golden, slightly hazy, enormous rocky head that hangs well.

The smell is probably a bit subdued, but It is yeasty, bready, and very Belgian with the usual suspects of spice and fruit. Banana, grassy, lemon. I get the wheat pretty clearly.

This stuff tastes pretty good. It is fairly typical and represents the style well, and I would say well-constructed. Very grainy and slightly sweet with wheat in the foreground. This is buoyed up by lemon notes, clove, white pepper, and further anchored by an earthy presence. Nice, restrained phenolic bite.

A bit short of medium bodied, amply carbonated, nice bitterness on the finish to reset the taste buds. Good brew, a solid 4 or maybe a bit higher.

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned on 4/29/20. Pours pitch black with a 3 finger sticky light brown head that leaves some thin wisps of lace as it slowly settles. 4.5

Smell cherry vanilla, chocolate, slightly woody, toffee, and a hint of booze, not over the top at all but present for me. 4

Taste follows cherry, chocolate, oaky vanilla, toffee, and a little alcohol lingers for a bit after each sip. 4

Mouthfeel is bigger than average, soft gentle carbonation, a touch dry, and at 11.1% it drinks maybe a little bigger, but still goes down easy enough. 4

Overall this is a really made imperial stout that I would gladly revisit if given the opportunity. Thanks Jeff @jzeilinger for this can my friend. 4 Night all.