New Beer Weekend #34

Roughtail Drippin' Milkshake IPA, ABV unknown; 4.15 Overall

Pours a hazy gold with 2 fingers of eggshell colored head. Above average head retention & lacing

S: Peach, strawberry

T: Orange, vanilla, strawberry up front, a little dryness. Strawberry, vanilla cream & a little orange once warm, plus some green melon. Finishes dry with orange & vanilla

MF: Fairly creamy, nice balance

Nicely done, easy to drink & nice flavor

 

Greetings, fellow NBWers,

Decided I'd actually post on a Saturday, something I've rarely done since Saturday's became available for this thread.

Today was a pretty nice day. The temperature got up to about 60 degrees, and was fairly sunny out.

After lunch, I hit a tallboy of Enchantments. It's a series of hazy IPAs brewed with a different star hop each time, although it's not a single hop beer. This version's (#5?) featured hop is Talus. Had to add it to the BA database:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25393/538803/?ba=woemad#review
Fruity, juicy, and a little piney. Very easy drinking. If a local bar was pouring this, I might have several.

 

My final porter of the day, and one I will use as a nightcap, so to speak.

I wrote earlier in the porter tasting thread about the pretentiousness of this beer's packaging and including a limited edition art print, but that doesn't mean I am not very much looking forward to giving this beer a tasting.

It was quite expensive, far an away the most expensive porter I've ever bought. It will also be my first beer from Ontario, even though Ontario is the closest Canadian province to my home, and I've visited the province at least a half dozen (likely more) times, including twice camping along the complete north shore of Lake Superior from the MN border to Sault Ste. Marie.

So, let's see how it tastes!

Collective Arts Brewing Barrel Aged Imperial Porter
ABV: 11.5%
IBU: NA



Initial aroma is whiskey to the front, but nicely mixed with roasted malts, sweet caramel, and dark fruits (raisins?).

Very black, impenetrable even with a back-light. A tall tan head on top, thick and creamy appearing, but it does not last very long (as is typical for BA beers). It becomes a nice-looking tan bubbly cap and ring, with some strings of lacing.

Taste has, like the aroma, the whiskey front and center. Behind that is a nice porter taste of roasted malts, caramel and dark fruit. The alcohol is quite noticeable right away... noticeable, but not a hot alcohol burn, more like a mellow bourbon, neat. I'm liking this a lot. The flavor is very rich and complex; the barrel and whiskey are prominent, but not overbearing. The underlying porter flavors are quite delightful. The finish has the mellow bourbon and sweet dark fruit lingering. An excellent sipping beer and nightcap.

The mouth feel has a bit more substantial body that a typical porter, but it does not approach viscous RIS territory at all. It remains well within porter norms.

Overall, if this beer does not quite live up to the packaging, it comes very close. I'm going to relax and close out the evening with this wonderful BA porter. Well done, Collective Arts!

L: 4.25 | S: 4.25 | T: 4.5 | F: 4.25 | O: 4.5 | Rating: 4.40

 

CW 2 yr aged Barley -wine

Just a good beer all around. There could be a bit less hop bite starting out but that eased as the beer had a chance to sit for a few minutes. Better than some of the other CW BA offerings. A solid barley-wine.

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Ok, home from work, and my weekend begins now. I worked my rear off all week, and also enjoyed it a lot. however it's time to unwind, and what better way than a new beer. If I could find a cute single gal, that might be a better way, but, no such luck.

This beer was sent to me in an outside BA BIF, and thanks to a very generous former member here.


Yuzu Raspberry Sherbet from Untitled Art. 7% ABV.

Jeez this went down way too fast, I'm afraid. It was delicious. Very heavily carbonated from the can. It took a bit to pout it all into the glass. The nose was an amazing sweet raspberry. The taste was raspberry, vanilla and lime. Just amazing. This beer could be VERY dangerous on a hot summer day, because it would go down stupid fast and easy.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/47802/537384/

4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours a nice pink color. Very heavy on the carbonation. 4 finger pink head. good retention and there's some lacing on the glass.
The nose is full of a sweet raspberry aroma. It smells real to me and not artificial.
Taste - Like the nose - a nice sweet raspberry flavor, that tastes real, and doesn't have an artificial flavor, along with vanilla up front. I'm also getting a bit of lime on the backside.
The body is decent, and a bit creamy feeling.
solid beer. Damn delicious


That's my last review for tonight, but I'm sure I'll have at least one before a work party tomorrow night. a party that will feature me opening my 47+ year old bottle of Crown Royal for the first time.

Cheers, and enjoy your new beers.

 

Central Standard/Stone Cloud Brewing's Three Car Garage Triple IPA, 9.0% ABV; 4.11 overall


Pours an effervescent golden honey color with 2 fingers of pearl colored head. Clouds up a little as the can is drained, above average head retention & lacing

S: Cakey, pineapple

T: Follows the nose, fairly dry up front. Cakey/doughy as this warms along with more pineapple & some mango. Finishes with a little dryness, pamelo & pineapple

MF: Pretty chewy, slight carbonation, nice balance

Nice take on this style delivers plenty of malt flavor with just enough hops to keep this very drinkable

 

North Park Brewing- Sorta Mostly Dead.
WCIPA
4.52/5 rDev +7.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5


Fresh can from lupulo Santa Cruz.
3/9 can date... somehow it’s only 4 days old from SoCal.
Clear bronze appearance.
Nose is tropical, pine, dank, blueberries.
Taste is same. Bitter backdrop.
Medium-crisp mouthfeel.
Overall: very nice. WCIPA will never die. This modern version has some hops that I find soft and/or new-age. Citra, mosaic, & strata don’t have the piney/grapefruit punch in the face of Cascade, Columbus, Chinook, simcoe etc...
Still awesome 100%

(It’s a work weekend for me and couldn’t find an easily obtainable porter).
Cheers

 

Good Morning Beer Advocates, and condolences to those of you who are impacted by the ridiculous annual time change. Welcome to New Beer Sunday #837! This is my 50th New Beer review in 2021, so on pace for at least 300 if I continue in this fashion, may still hit one a day.

My first pour today is another Porter, planned even before the Online BA Porter Tasting thread was extended to Day Three today (hoping all future tastings are also of the three day variety to allow for flexibility). This one has been sitting in my fridge for quite awhile, and based on my other beers from this brewer I have been looking forward to this tasting for some time.

Heretic Brewing Chocolate Hazelnut Porter



Can Notes: 16 oz, canned I believe 10/7/20 @ 11:36 (can stamp smudged along the rim). Refrigerated since purchase a few months ago. 7.0% ABV, "A Rich, Smooth Ale - Porter with Natural Flavors Added. Chocolate Hazelnut Porter was the first beer I entered in competition. It took 3rd place and gave me feedback on what I could do to improve. This sparked my passion for using competition to improve my brewing. The next time it too 1st place and eventually a Best in Show award. There is something wonderful about the combination of rich chocolate and toasty hazelnut. When I started Heretic, people asked when we would release Chocolate Hazelnut Porter, but we had to be patient. Like that first award winning beer, I had to make sure the one in this bottle was perfect before we could release it. Many brews and tastings later, I am proud to offer you this rich, chocolaty, nutty, dessert in a glass."

Appearance: Multiple pours into a shaker pint glass. Dark brown to black, light penetrable. Creamy light tan bubbly head, leaves a fine lacing in it's wake and covers the entire top of pour. 4.0

Aroma: Light hazelnut, chocolate and roast malt aroma. Neutral, strength may have been impacted by the time since canning. 3.75

Taste: Consistent with aroma, and bolder in strength. Hazelnut leads, roast malt follows, hops provide a strong counterbalance. 3.5

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, persistent fizzy carbonation throughout, neutral taste profile,. hops and sweet malt and flavors blend well, slightly chalky, ABV felt halfway through, easy clean finish. 4.0

Overall: This is a solid flavored porter, lighter than expected but perhaps age muted the strength. Hazelnut and malt combo pleasant, hops integrated well to provide a nice balance and contain the sweetness. This is a good porter with some kick to it. 3.75

My second planned Porter for later today is a collaboration between two Chicago brewers you are likely familiar with, at least in name. Added @scream 's Central Waters 2 Year Barleywine and Yard's Porter to my "Beer To Do" list. Fear the Founder's Panther Cub will be too sweet to pick up for my tastes based on posted reviews.

 

Hello Sunday.

This is a cross post from WBAYDN 3067. someone had to start it. It took me a while to post here, just because it took me a while to find the correct beer to enter my review on.


Oat Cream IPA from Untitled Art and Finback - 7% ABV.

This was another beer so kindly sent to me in an outside BA BIF from a former member here.

This is damn tasty. There's no lactose here, but I'm getting a lactose flavor. I'm guessing it's from the oats. All in all, I recommend it.

4.02/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

This pours a hazy murky pineapple color. It has a 2 finger fluffy, frothy head. The head retention is pretty good. There's some beautiful lacing on the glass.
The nose has a guava and pineapple aroma.
Taste - There's some guava and pineapple in the flavor for me. I also get a lactose flavor, I'm assuming it's from the oats, because there's no lactose in this beer.
This beer is soft, and creamy feeling.
Tasty IPA.

 

Good day BAs! Off to a warm and sunny (relatively, it IS March, after all). Yesterday's entry in NBW locked up and disappeared until today, so screw it. Today's New Breakfast Beer:




Kukoo Für Kuchen from Hoppin’ Frog. Received on 1/3/21, 2021 - Rare Beer Club bomber picked up at the brewery. Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 14/3/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated bottle. Served at 47.4 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 53.1 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Amber brown (SRM 18), clear.
Body – Brown (SRM 20), opaque. When rear-lite, same with effervescence.
Head – Average (Maximum three cm, aggressive center pour), wheat, high density, average retention, leaving a two to four mm crown fed by effervescence, and a thin partial cap. Second pour produces a 0.5 cm cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 – Very strong aroma of German Chocolate Cake but mostly tends toward coco with some pecan and no coconut or vanilla. No hops, no yeast.
Flavor – 4.25 – Begins slightly bitter, marked cocoa flavor with hints of pecans. No hop flavor, no yeast. No vanilla and only a ghost of coconut. No alcohol (8 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma, although a gastric burn smolders for a while prior to igniting. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost creamy, soft but lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated personal container) Markedly smells and tastes like German Chocolate Cake, sans coconut and vanilla. The chocolate shines and the pecans are definitely there. Mouthfeel is better than most sweet/milk lactose bombs.
Rating 4.1, rDev +1%.

Godawful label - brown on brown and black background with no lettering - name is on the side panel. Sorry for the crappy photo with the beer stats.

 

The Costanza in you is bleeding over into multiple threads. Ovaltine is getting thirsty!

 

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass not sure when it was canned. Pours a cloudy yellow with a 2 plus finger sticky white head that leaves thin streaks of lace with nice retention. 4

Aroma pineapple, peach, lemon rind, apricot, and grapefruit. 3.75

Taste follows pineapple, lemon, peach, apricot, and grapefruit really balanced. 3.75

Mouthfeel is about medium, not dry or sticky, missing that soft creamy feel of the great in the style, and at 6.6% it goes down very easy. 3.75

Overall nothing to really complain about but nothing to cheer for either. 3.75

 

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 2/23/21. Pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves thin streaks of lace with nice retention. 4

Aroma is mango, peach, melon, mandarin, and apricot. 4

Taste follows mango, peach, mandarin, honeydew, and apricot balanced nicely. 4

Mouthfeel is medium, plenty of carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 8.1% extremely easy drinking. 4

Overall this is a really nice DIPA. Tropical without all the haze. 4

 

Overstory is probably my second favorite Powers book. He is an amazing writer, and I'm glad you enjoy reading him.
Cheers!

 

Supposed to be less windy today. Yesterday we had steady winds of 25-30 mph with gusts to 50.The wind knocked over a Porta Potty in the house construction going on behind us.
Today looks like a basketball and golf day.
My new beer is El Jefe Maple, an imperial stout brewed with maple syrup, vanilla, coffee, and cinnamon, from 4 Noses Brewing Company. It is 8.4% ABV.
Black color beer, small tan head, spotty lace.
Aroma of cinnamon, roasted malt, vanilla, maple syrup.
Taste of cinnamon, chocolate, coffee, vanilla, maple syrup.
A little sweet for me.

 

Next up, and another sent to me in an outside BA BIF.


Juice Cloud IPA from Lions Tail Brewing - 6.7% ABV.


Not bad at all, maybe a bit light on the aroma, but not bad at all.


3.73/5 rDev -11%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

Pours a murky hazy golden color. 3 finger yellow/white head. The head retention is pretty good, and there's some lacing on the glass.
The nose is not too strong. There's a hint of pineapple and mango going on here.
Taste - There's a nice smooth citrus flavor up front. Now I'm getting mango, On the back it turns more toward pineapple.
The body is fairly smooth, it is full bodied.
A delicious IPA.


I'm sure I'll have one more today.