New Beer Weekend #80

Unless they are Bomb Cyclones, now that is some made up shit. Lived over 40-50 years in the country without hearing that term.

 

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My appreciation for that beer approaches the irrational. I absolutely LOVE that beer. I haven't hat it in like 5 years, and I don't recall the ABV being above 10% (my recollection is the ABV was around 7% the last time I had it 5 years ago) so it would be interesting to see how it's evolved.

I miss a lot of things about Minnesota, and having access to Schell's beers is one of those things. What a fantastic brewery, IMHO.

 

And don't forget about the infamous Polar Vortex!

Cheers!

 

But wait, there’s more!

I have heard several meteorologists today call this winter storm a Bombogenesis.

What will they think of next!?!

Cheers!

 

Lift Bridge Half-Assed IPA. I would call it 2/3 assed actually. Glad it's retired as there are so many more top quality beers out there. Cheers!
3.37/5 rDev -7.7%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.25
by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota

12oz can no date into a pint glass.
L: Pours a lightly hazed straw gold with an eggshell white 1" semi-creamy head w/OK retention. Good carbonation and good even lacing and banding.
S: Citrusy, light pine, pineapple, very light bread.
T: Light citrus, soft pine, lemon, orange rind. No malt profile noticed. Citrus zest lingers and it is lightly fruity.
F: Med-light bodied moderately drying mouthfeel with a med-fast finish.
O: A pleasant tasting hop frwd session IPA that is overall simple, fairly light and easy drinking. It is good in it's style.

 

I don't know if the Blizzard of '78 was a "bomb cyclone," but here in Northern Indiana (where we are roughly 3 hours from Canada so we know how to deal with snow), the 44" of snow that started to fall on January 25th, 1978 (the night I saw my first concert: Nazareth) messed our city up for a month:

• School was cancelled for two weeks - TWO WEEKS!!!!!
• The paper wasn't published for four days, I was a paperboy - when they did publish, they couldn't get to my house to drop the papers, so I had to walk nearly 1/4 mile to retrieve, then walk back the 1/4 mile to my route (80 customers). What was normally a 20-minute exercise took nearly 3 hours.
• There was so much snow, plowing didn't help much, so the city had to bring in front-end loaders and dump trucks to haul the snow out.
• The snow mountains in the shopping center parking lot were EPIC - and stuck around until early April. We had MASSIVE "King of the Hill" wars.
• When the schools finally did open, the energy crisis was so acute that the school day was shortened from 8 am - 3 pm to 9 am - 2 pm. For this freshman in HS, that was like the greatest thing EVER.

Here's some pics from various sources:







Bomb muddertruckin' cyclone indeed.

 

ahhh you beat me to it. They love that one.

 

Chilling with the nephews in the warm Vegas sun, teaching them a bit about beer. Hoping my return flight is cancelled for a few more bonus days. Brother picked up the last four pack before I arrived. Much obliged!

Beachwood Mega Melrose



Can Notes: 16 oz can, 9.5% ABV 100+ IBUs. Malt: American 2-Row. Hops: Simcoe, Amarillo. Brewer and canned 12/10/21 by Beachwood Brewing, Huntington Beach, California.

Mega Melrose Double India Pale Ale. We took Beachwood’s original Melrose IPA and doubled up on all the hoppy goodness!

Appearance: Golden crystal clear base, medium to heavy persistent carbonation, very rich creamy and long slashing head leaves extremely generous lacing. Absolutely gorgeous beer. 5.0

Aroma: Strong, tropical fruit leads, pineapple, tangerine, pine, citrus, grapefruit. 4.25

Taste: Consistent with aroma but even stronger. Pine leads, a little dank, grapefruit follows, chalky tropical fruit, mango, tangerine. More powerful and sweeter than regular Melrose, but well balanced and crafted. Many times double / triple IPAs take away from what I enjoy with the single. This hits very well stronger, flavor still great. Well executed. 4.5

Mouthfeel: Dry, slightly bitter, sweet fruit bursts in between. Drinks much easier than the high abv, at least halfway through of this pint. A little pithy and chalky. Clean easy finish. 4.5

Overall: High expectations coming in with Melrose one of my all time favorites, Mega sure fit the bill, did not overwhelm in terms of alcohol or sweetness like many in this genre do. Overall very pleased and highly recommend, yet another reason why Beachwood remains my favorite LA area brewery. 4.75

Not sure where we are headed tonight, but definitely will pull at least one or more new ones later this weekend.

 

Ottakringer Vienna Lager

This is a favorite lager style, but I don't think that I have had a real Vienna Lager until now.
Nice smooth mouth feel from the wheat. Great malt/hop balance with light caramel and hop flavors. This can may have had some age, but was had no discernible flaws.
4.07/5 rDev +10.6%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

 

All pulled from thin air or obscurity that smells of marketing, not science

 

That's one of the few that doesn't sound silly to me.

 

That is wild. Awesome and fun facts too. The part about the plows has to be the craziest part, thanks for posting and sharing, what a cool story.

 

Speaking of snow (hugs and good vibes to our Northeast beer nerd peeps), here’s Snow …..





4.35/5 rDev +0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by ovaltine from Indiana

This has the Tree House DIPA look, with a turbid pineapple colored body, perched beneath a creamy white head. Beautiful hazy. The nose has HUGE mango notes - when I popped the top on the can, it was like a ripe mango exploded in my kitchen - as well as ripe tangerine, pineapple, and a distinct coconut aroma (thank you, Sabro hops!).

The mango and tangerine are the dominant flavors, but that coconut note is what makes this beer for me, providing an exotic flavor to balance the citrus.

The mouthfeel is medium, a little creamy, and has some bite. Delicious stuff from a world class brewery.

 

Jack, the answer with rose hips is usually " Not much" . Keep in mind that many of our familiar fruits are in the rose family : apples,pears, raspberries & relatives, almonds & the other stone fruits. Don't know about that beer, but when rose hips are detectable, expect a vague mix of plum & raspberry , with maybe some sweet cherry. Currants ? Dried cherry, white grape, something plum-ish, but quite tart.

I've had Snickerdoodle coffee, but didn't realize it was based on something other than Snickers bars .

Two weeks? A month?!!!
Amateurs!

It happens more frequently now , & nobody wants to get the blame for not being able to handle it, so it tends not be so disruptive, despite happening more often. Of course there's always some grumbling that we're over-prepared (spending too much $) .....until it happens , that is. Nobody is complains when their road/street gets cleared quickly , eh?
Had a 41-44" dump last winter . I got my mail the next day .

Noreaster is when the storm moves counterclockwise, & the wind comes from the northeast. Yeah, some of the weather readers don't seem to understand .
I just looked at the radar again, & the back side has the typical counterclockwise motion, from the northeast. The cold air from the NW seems to be preventing the full scale of that, so a 1/2-nor'easter?

You'll be happy to know I'll be back later with TH's Bomb Cyclone.

 

Bombogenesis has been around since 1989 according to Merriam-Webster Webster


https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/what-is-bombogenesis

snickerdoodle. Recipe

https://www.yummly.com/recipe/Snickerdoodle-Cookie-9115368

basically a vanilla sugar cookie with cinnamon. So. When @Roguer describes his treehouse stout, the appropriate vanilla and cinnamon notes are correct for that style