New Beer Weekend #7

I drank/reviewed that beer yesterday and agree 100% with your review. I’m not typically a fan of Mosaic, but I’ll drive back across the Bay to get more - Cheers!

 

I haven't tried this beer, but this line makes it a bit of a disappointment for me. When i saw the press release, I kind of hoped this just had a lot of that softness that a lightly fruity single-origin coffee can have, with all the creaminess, and with the hopes of the vanilla adding to and playing off that creaminess. Unfortunately, it tasting like it has a bunch of chocolate in it - given that it's not a stout - just makes it sound like something that just isn't in my wheelhouse.

Thanks for the review.

 

Electric Love: Caramel Apple by Branch & Blade in Keene, NH.

I want to write a fancy review. But all I can say is if you love Tootsie Roll Caramel Apple lollipops—which I do—you will love this beer. Smell and taste right on point.

 

My pleasure. At $2.79/single I couldn’t wait to try it. I like it, but I like sweet. If Founders goes down this path to truly add to its coffee beer line up, I’d ask for less milk sugar and more coffee - cheers!

 

That’s a good start for reviewing beers! I can smell and taste it...

FYI, your pic did not post...at least for my iPhone. Cheers!

 

i can never do it...

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Enjoying a nice day off work with some good food and beer.

And for the beer, this one is from a massive package that @Dragginballs76 so kindly sent me.


Energy Equals from Equilibrium Brewing. A NEIPA clocking in at 8% ABV.

I do like the style and I do really like this beer. Damn tasty, and I can't thank you enough for sending it to me.

Review:

4.44/5 rDev +4.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

Pours a hazy orange color. 2 finger white and fluffy head. Retention is great. Beautiful lacing on the glass.
The nose is a very dank citrus aroma. Lots of pineapple.
Taste - a creamy flavor mixed in with tons of pineapple, and a hint of orange.
The body is thick and creamy. Soft mouth feel.
Solid and delicious IPA.

 

Right now I'm drinking a new Trillium version of a Monkish beer called Foggiest Window. This beer is a triple dry-hopped Double IPA with Citra, Nelson and Galaxy hops. I believe this is Trillium's first "triple dry-hopped" beer. I have had a triple dry-hopped IPA from Omnipollo, but otherwise not sure if I've had any else, though I do see them more these days. Omnipollo's TDH IPA didn't taste as hoppy as a Trillium DDH IPA, so I expect a Trillium TDH IPA to be very hoppy.

Notes:

Trillium - Foggiest Window



This beer pours an opaque yellow gold with a quickly dissipating white foam head. Absolutely huge aromas of ripe melons, pineapple, yellow mango, white grapefruit, orange peel, citrus pith, hint of oaty malts, and some green earthy floral dank resinous pine. Tastes really fresh right now, similar tropical notes of melon, pineapple, mango, grapefruit, orange citrus, citrus pith, lime, white grape, hints of creamy oat malt, with mildly spicy green dank resinous floral earthy pine. Feels soft and smooth, medium-full bodied, creamy with moderate carbonation. Overall a really great triple dry-hopped NEDIPA.

This is a real nice hoppy beer and probably one of my favorites and best I've had. At 3 days old this is drinking nicely and I think it will only get better over the next few weeks. Definitely one of the most hoppy beers I've tasted. Cheers everyone!

 

Have you tried Postimage? It’s super easy, even I can do it. PM me if you need/want help.

 

Keeping things moving with the Other Half Green City beers. Now up Level 3: Broccoli Kong Vs. Green City All-Stars. Really like the balance on this. 10% ABV is well hidden and it’s not sweet for the ABV.

4.48/5 rDev +0.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

16 oz can, dated 8/19/20, poured into a teku

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

S- Citrus, grapefruit rind, tropical fruits, some pineapple, melons, earthy, a little dank.

T- Citrus, tropical fruits, touch of pineapple, grapefruit rind, some melons, earthy, a little dank.

M- Smooth, medium body.

O- A great NEIPA, easy to drink. Enjoying the hop combo, enjoy the balance the earthiness gives to this.

Cheers!

 

Sitting outside on a glorious early September day enjoying this can of Beer for Brunch by Off Color Brewing courtesy of @FBarber. This is a perfect beer for the weather and the time of day. Really enjoying this one.

4.11/5 rDev +2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours a glowing yellow with tons of fizzy white head that hung around for longer than I was expecting. Nose is relatively nondescript, with a typical berliner sourness mixed with some orange juice aromas. On the tongue, this is really interesting. Absolutely reminds me of the beer equivalent of a mimosa. Light and refreshing, with the orange & grape juice flavors omnipresent but balanced enough so as to not overpower the base berliner weisse underneath. This beer is very appropriately named, as it really would be a perfect brunch beer.

 

Pours a cloudy golden color with a generous head and lacing
Aroma has fruity and citrus hints
The taste follows the nose with a fruity and citrus flavor
A light bodied well carbonated beer
A decent IPA

 

Party Wave a 7,4 ABV Hazy IPA from Kane Brewing in Ocean NJ. This beer is brewed with Pilsner Malt, wheat and low pine and Crystal and hopped with Galaxy, Mosaic, Simcoe and Citra hops. It pours hazy yellow with a white head, Nice mild aroma of pine and citrus, there is a nice cracker flavor from the malt along with citrus and melon in the taste, Party Wave in well balanced and has a light mouthfeel. The finish is dry, A very enjoyable and easy drinking brew even with the high ABV.

 

I'm always up for trying something new from Main Beer Company. A Tiny Beautiful Thing, 5.5% ABV, American Pale Ale.



Pours with a slight haze, a pale golden/yellow color. A dense white head rises to over two fingers with excellent retention. Plenty of sticky lace clinking to the glass.
Nose is, citrus and orange zest up front, even a bit of pineapple and touch of melon in the nose. Not a lot of malt character here, but the hops are very vibrant and fresh.
Taste is, Citrus and orange rind up front again. Melon fruits. Cereal grain, and a touch of sweetness. There is a substantial bitterness lingering and drys everything out along the way.
A medium body with good effervescent carbonation. Crisp, clean and finishes dry. An easy one to drink and come back to, which is pretty par for the coarse for MBC.

Like everything I have had from Maine, this is really well made. A solid pale ale all around, even if it is more in IPA territory, though thats also not surprising as that line continues to get blurred. No bother, another good offering. I might like Peeper just a touch more, but that is splitting hairs, and both are well done.

Overall Score 3.92
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20681/113339/?ba=champ103#review

 

Howdy!
I'm pinning this to the virtual beer review community. ORB Sense of Space Lager. 4.8%
Probably canned two weeks ago (they don't date their cans yet) based on IGram account info.
I like to have a beer (or two) first, before I do a full and shared review.
Maybe I was a little hard on this, but the toasted malt on this really sticks out. Very intriguing lager that leans almost a little "festbier" given its color too.

3.79/5 rDev +15.9%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4+ | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

L - Good, big coarse bubbles, decent head, not a ton of lacing at this 4.8% ABV .Canned likely 3 weeks ago (but no date)
S - Good malt, honey, faded oats smell. Smells like an AAL with more malt/
T - More of the same, but I do like the depth of "toasted malt" this leaves on the tastebuds. That is what distinguishes and in some ways "saves" this beer for me. Otherwise, yeah a Lager, but with none of the crispness and small bubbles one would expect.
F - Good on the palate, decent sour-malt-lager palate impression, "tastes" bigger in the mouth than its ABV.
O - a good lager, but a tweener beer for me, almost a light Lager trying to do an impression of a festbier without the (ABV) guts to back it up.