New Beer Weekend #37

Beer number 2500, Speciation Sauvage Pyrus!
4.19/5 rDev +1.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

375 ml bottle poured into an oversized wine glass

A- A hazy golden straw with a two finger head.

S- Ginger, lemons, honey, some tea, pears, touch of oak, mild funk.

T- Tart, lemons, ginger, pears, honey, some oak, rooibos tea, mild funk.

M- Smooth, crisp, light to medium body.

O- Flavors come together nicely, good balance. Ginger bring some sweetness that work great flavors the honey and pear, tea bring it all together.

Cheers!

 

Another new one from a favorite local brewery, Inoculation from 67 Degrees Brewing of scenic Franklin, Massachusetts, . Labeled as an AIPA it is a well made NEIPA is disguise.



3.94/5 rDev 0%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

A careful pour from a 16-oz. can released a finger of light beige creamy foam with long retention and one broad arch of lace. Semi-opaque, peach colored body with red-orange highlights.

White bread, toast and cracker with faint dough greet the nose. Fresh hops, both citrus and piney are even with the malt.

Semi-dry with a fast developing hop bitterness, a hint of fruit (citrus, pear and apple) sweetness is balanced buy warming alcohol. Items from the smell are bigger and very well balanced, piney hops and toast almost stand out. The finish is fast and clean, almost crisp as the hop bite rises to above average during the somewhat long aftertaste.

Medium-light bodied with soft and lasting carbonation that keeps the big flavors in check. A little on the dark and opaque side, high ABV (unobtrusive), bold West Coast hops and plenty of malt are well balanced. This Beer looks and drinks like a NEIPA (a drier one). it would rate higher in that category. How about a New England Imperial Pale Ale category, just kidding.
Canned on 03/01/21.

 

Firestone cherry chocolate stout
....around medium light carbonation with about a just above average body
....aroma is cherry liquor, dark and milk chocolate. Some malt,roasted malt and black coffee.
....taste is cherry candy, dark and milk chocolate, espresso, roasted malt, and black coffee.
..overall its a good dessert beer but just one at a time is more than enough

 

That sounds phenomenal!

 

Bentonville Spring Wrecker White IPA, 6.5 ABV; 3.15 overall

Pours a slightly hazed gold with a thumb of pearl white head. Above average ( barely ) head retention & lacing

S: Rubber bands & cloves

T: A little green banana, coves, dryness & wheattyness, plus grassyness up front. More cloves & rubber bands, plus a little grapefruit & coriander once warm. Finishes dry with cloves, & rubber bands, grassyness & some lemon

MF: Light bodied, fairly firm carbonation

This beer misses the mark to me, not tasting of the Citra or Mosaic hops supposedly in this. Not a fan of White IPAs, but even more so. More like a Wit or Hefe & would've garnered higher scores

 

This was released end of February, so that's likely why it's not made it's way into the BA database yet. It's a killer beer. My much shorter notes: "Nice roasty hazelnut aroma vs. the typical Nutella thing. Tons of chocolate on the nose, sweetened by the vanilla. On the palate, the barrel shines through and the chocolate is center stage with a rich cocoa powder like flavor. Plenty of vanilla and hazelnut backing that up."

Maybe @Pinz412 would enjoy one of these bottles? I might have an extra...

 

Buffalo Bayou Turtle Murder Scotch Ale with Pecans & Peanut butter, 8.5% ABV; 3.59 overall

Pours an effervescent chestnut with one finger of tan head. Some head retention & lacing

S: Peanut butter & toastyness

T: Peanuts, dryness, toastyness & a little peatyness up front. A little brown sugar, leafy hops & dryness as this warms, some maple & toffee as well. Finishes dry with toffee and not much else, some leafy & woody hop bitterness

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation

Opened up more as this warmed, not bad but the featured ingredients don't really work with this style for me

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Finally home from a VERY busy day at work, but not straight home. I get a call from my friends that they need beer. Ok, I'll get something and bring it over.
Well, they were being really stupid, and then wanting me to drive to a suburb, and get their drunk friends, who like peeing on carpets to bring over to their house to party, and bring them back after. What the hell am I? Some crazy 20 year old college kid?
HELL NO!

I wish I were making that up.

So, I'm home, a whole hell of a lot later than I wanted to be, and it's time for a new beer. Thank goodness!


Eagle Park Brewing - The Pineapple Upsidedown Cheesecake Incident - Kettle Sour - No ABV listed on the can or on Untapped.

Ok, this is making up for the stupidity I had to deal with. I am liking this beer a lot.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/48343/542271/

3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

This beer pours a very murky, hazy, dank dark reddish color. There's a 2 finger mostly white head here. The head retention is good, and there's some nice lacing on the glass.
The nose is really mostly graham cracker here. There's also a hint of vanilla, but no real pineapple or cherry, which the can bills, in the aroma.
Taste - Ok, the pineapple is here, and up front. The cherry seems to me to be a slight middle flavor, with the graham cracker and vanilla on the backside.
Good bodied. There's a lactose feel, though there's none in here. A slight tartness that lingers.
Very delicious sour.

This will be it for tonight, or, now, early morning, thanks to the stupidity. I might be able to check in with something later today, though I'll be hanging out with friends for Easter - no, not the stupid ones.

Cheers!

 

Yes! Do it! The UK is a wonderful adventure - you can almost understand the language and the beer (and food) is damn good.

 

Good day BAs! Off to a high-sugar start to the sunny and mild day that is unfolding outside. Today's New Breakfast Beer is:




Black Friday Waffle Breakfast T.O.R.I.S. from Hoppin’ Frog. Received on 1/3/21, 2021. Picked up at the brewery for $ 13.77 (Including tax) for 22 oz bottle ($ 0.626/oz). Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 4/4//21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated bottle. Served at 58.6 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 62.7 degrees.
Appearance – 4.25.
First pour – Brown (SRM 20), opaque.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. When rear-lite, same. Pours and looks like used motor oil.
Head – Average (Maximum 3.2 cm, aggressive center pour), brown sugar, high density, average retention, leaving a two to three mm crown fed by effervescence, and a thin partial layer.
Lacing – None, but at 13.8% ABV none is expected.
Aroma – 4 – Brown sugar. No hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 4 – Begins slightly sweet and brown sugary, maybe some molasses but quickly becomes bitter on the hard palate. No hop flavor, no malt, no yeast. No alcohol (13.8 % ABV, as marked on container) taste or aroma, although a gastric smoldering occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 4 – Full, creamy approaching syrupy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated bottle) Oddly disappointing since I was expecting some maple and a little waffle/bready flavor, but no, it’s straight brown sugar.
Rating 3.97, rDev -3.2%.

This is only the second review of this beer, so I'm shipping it out for another opinion. Ready @Xul?

 

@Nichols33 hit me hard yesterday as part of a trade. And here's said trade pics:


So how does this apply to NBW? Well, this beer is thanks to that massive hit. No, it won't be Utopia today, but it's this:

First Crack from Bissell Brothers Brewing - 7.5% ABV. Canned on 2-18-21.

I am not a coffee drinker, but I sure as hell love a well executed coffee beer, and this is one for damn sure. I am so thankful he sent this as an extra to the trade. Thank you again!

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/33519/473028/

4.17/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Pours pitch black. Looks a bit thick when pouring. There's a nice 2 finger tan head. The head retention is good, and there's some nice lacing on my "coffee" glass.
The nose has a nice combination of coffee and maple syrup. These aromas work well together.
Taste - The coffee really hits up front, and hard. There's also a hint of chocolate that tickles my taste buds. On the backside the maple syrup hits, and lingers. Now you'd expect it to be really sweet, but it's not. Yeah, there's some sweetness to the maple syrup flavor, but it's not overpowering.
The body is good here. About the thickness you'd expect.
Very delicious!

 

Hoppy Easter!

I like the effects created by the shape of the spiegelau ipa glass. Unfortunately, it’s too fragile and I’ve broken a few

 

Amazing ending to the Gonzaga/UCLA game!
I have another IPA today, this one from Rowley Farmhouse Ales in Santa Fe. The Other One is a hazy IPA , 6% ABV.
Hazy orange color. Just the hint of a head.
Not much aroma. Fruity, both citrus and tropical. Sweet.
A little lacking in taste. Faint pineapple, melon, and grapefruit.
Late hops mouthfeel.
Not a bad beer, just not a very good one.

 

Happy Easter Sunday NBW
I had time for an additional coffee after some lunch prep and before my wife's mother and her husband arrive.

Lazy Magnolia Coffee Shoppe
Cream Stout brewed with Coffee & Chocolate (per label)
12oz bottle with notched label indicating a bottle date of 2/25/21 poured into a perfect pint glass at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours very dark brown with chestnut highlights and meager khaki colored head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island of tiny bubbles. The aroma is mild with dark chocolate and roasted malt. The taste is semisweet chocolate with a mild lactose presence and even less coffee. If that sounds condescending, it's not. This is a cream sound gently enhanced with additional flavors. Mild roasty bitterness on the finish. The mouthfeel is medium plus bodied with just less than medium carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, good. I was a bit shocked at first taste, since the bottle features a big cup of coffee in the center of the label. I enjoy a good cream stout so I'm ok with the restrained coffee notes.

I 100% grabbed this due to label. I truly enjoy coffee beers and my limited experience with Lazy Magnolia has never provided a bad or exceptional beer. This is a good beer but there could be some who cry foul for truth in advertising...

Cheers all and enjoy your Sunday!