New Beer Weekend #72

Not to undercut you, but Boston has 30k+ and NYC has 50k+. Chicago had 45.9k the year I did it. Chicago had Goose Island and Mikkeller Running Club represented on course. Boston is a week or so after the big cask festival in Boston.

Mikkeller Running Club is the only brewing or beer interest group (that I know of) that sells beer branded running gear - and high quality gear at that. Reduce the chafe, and improve the beer interest.

I'm happy to discuss more. Likewise, I'm in California here in a bit for work. I'd gladly meet up to discuss over some pours. Bonus is those would all be new-to-me pours

 

Yeah, there's a helluva lotta moving parts, but, it ain't impossible. Aim at a spring/summer 2023 event, we can make that happen.

 

My second comes from the 3rd box that @ovaltine sent me in NBW BIF #14 - the man is unrelenting!
DDH IPA from Transient named Indestroyable. Not sure if it's referencing anything, but as a beer, this is really good.
Poured completely opaque the color of apricots and was topped with eggshell white foamy head. *Looks* like a NEIPA.
The aroma says different; sure it's got the hoppyness (is that a word?) and some fruit, but he fruit is subtle and not citrus - more like mangos and cantaloupe. The hops definitely take the lead.
The taste follows - almost. Mangos and/or guava lead by a hair, hops charge forth and make their presence apparent. Taste starts juicy but never makes it there- the DDH dries out the taste and dank prevails.
The feel is most interesting; like the taste, it starts out one way, smooth and fruity, and the swallow takes it to dry - like a dry red wine or something. I'm sure there's a term but I don't know it.
OA, despite my lack of ability to describe this, I thoroughly enjoyed it. Thank you Michael, it was a very thought provoking and tasty beer!

 

While dreaming of marathons, and finally "finding" a team to represent for those efforts, I decided to visit the second variant @Coronaeus sent me. I haven't run for a team since 2015, and I'd like to change that.



Third Moon's Chocolate Monocle with Almonds.

Pours black with a finger of khaki foam. Liquid sits still in the glass, forming a murky glass of black ink. Aroma is roasty, toasty, and caramely malts with hearty milk chocolate, soft vanilla bean and almond. The twangy nut notes are reminiscent of the air quality in an old school ramen venue. It leads with sweetness, but is followed by hearty malt notes that ground it. Flavor profile features the same twist, leading with roasty and toasty malts that linger throughout. Dancing atop the malts is milk chocolate, lactose, almonds, and pine tree nuts. It leans sweet throughout, but is brought back to reality just slightly at the end via almond. Mouth feel is somewhere between whole milk and almond milk, driving that full consistency forward at the start before breaking away ever so slightly for bold nuts at the end. Overall, a bold and expressive stout that drives malt notes just as hard as additive notes. It's not overly sweet, and yet it owes some of its sweetness to the additives. Despite that, it's quite a pleasant blend and balance to sip. Almond adds that swell of sweetness around the edges that keeps it from skating off the edge.

Score: 4 | 4 | 4.25 | 4.25 | 4 | BA Score: 4.13 | rDev: 5.9%

@Beersnake1

 

I have friends who have three smooth blue merles who I find as beautiful dogs. I don't think I ever considered they (blue merles) could be rough. Damien Bleu was a very good looking dog!

 

Poured into a 16 oz tulip glass canned on 02/18/21. Pours pitch black with barely any head leaves a few streaks of lace and the mocha head settles very quickly. 4

Aroma is pecan pie, vanilla bean, cocoa, and a hint of coffee. 4.5

Taste follows pecan, cocoa, vanilla, and coffee. 4.5

Mouthfeel is above average, gentle carbonation, a tad dry, and at 13.3% it drinks big but goes down easy. 4

Overall the flavor is exceptional but the body and look are a little better than average. Still a very nice beer experience. 4.25 Modern Times Cosmic Entity. Sleep well all.

 

The challenge I have with French Toast beers is the perceived need to dump far to much cinnamon in - but you don't mention it at all so perhaps they figured out that not everyone likes cinnamon in beer.
Now on a plate of actual French Toast, that's a different story!

 

Amen!

 

That sounds insanely delicious.

 

Thanks for sharing. They give us so much more than we can ever give to them.

 

Lagunitas - Unrefined Shugga.

12oz bottle served in a tulip. "301 1 1" is on the neck of the bottle, which I think translates to bottled on 2021-10-28.

Pours a clear toffee color with a huge head, creamy, long lasting. Smell is grapefruit rind, floral resin bitterness, and toffee and sweetness.

Taste is caramel and toffee sweetness, tons of citrus bitterness, really the whole story is just bouncing back and forth between the two extremes. It's a balance like two elephants on opposite sides of a toothpick.

Mouthfeel is surprisingly light and clean for the strength and sweetness, though still somewhat sticky. Overall, I'm really liking this beer.

 

Join the military, you get used to it & get to smoke them

 

Roger that

 

lol
In this case, it was my little brother, I'm glad I chose to just hit the dirt