New Beer Weekend #81

Have a good NBW. After a busy week it's good to be to the weekend. Had a nice long sleep since 10PM, woke up around 130PM. We are watching South Park since then. We will probably go to Aldi later on for more recipes. I have all my untappd data uploaded and I have been updating the speadsheet, so I will have all my dataset ready by next week if I keep working on it.

Stone Dayfall. I need to go to the Richmond location soon. Best Before 6/25/2021. Lasting rocky head and thick foamy lacing. Awesome wit! Aromas and flavors of big orange peel, pear, apple, coriander, peppercorn, clove, light banana/bubblegum, wheat, cracker, white bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, and yeast funk/earthiness. Light-moderate herbal, floral, grassy bitterness, peppery yeast spiciness, and light yeast tang/tartness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation, medium body, and fairly crisp finishing. Balanced creamy/bready malts, sticky spice, and light resins/rinds in the mouthfeel. Moderate increasing sticky/resin dryness, with no cloying/astringent flavors. Minimal warming 5.5%, very refreshing and spot on witbier, maybe just a little bit more bitter and hoppy that expected, but I loved it. 4.13


Cheers

 

BA DrStiffington (a New Jersey BA) posted recently in another thread:

"DFH Blue Hen in 12 packs is not a bad price."

Please let me know what you think of this beer. Perhaps I am spoiled from all of the high quality/tasty Pilsners brewed in SEPA. If I lived somewhere else I might think more highly of Blue Hen Pilsner?

Cheers!

 

I’m in south central jersey. I have access to some great Pa pilsners. But have been drinking a lot of German imports so it’s be interesting to compare what’s fresh in my mind

 

I have a sour IPA from a monthly beer mix box. I'll admit up front that I am not a sour lover. Didn't like the funky aroma, but the taste grew on me. No full review, don't think it would be fair.

3.66/5 rDev -6.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

 

Third Moon Some Days it’s Dark, Imperial stout with coffee, chocolate, vanilla beans, hazelnut, lactose, Coffee Crisp candy bar, and the kitchen sink. This is a collaboration between Third Moon of Milton, Ontario and Brasserie Sir John of Lachute, Québec, two breweries I quite like.



Pours a thick deep, dark brown with a fairly significant head that slowly dissipates leaving a light latte film and negligible lacing.

Hazelnut jumps up first in the nose followed by vanilla wafers and sweet milky coffee. As it warms, the distinct aromas of the Coffee Crisp candy bar dominate.

The sip is sweet up front. It is a little hard to find the stout behind the add-junks until the beer warms up a little. Light roasted malts. Vanilla and sweet milky coffee are prominent. The hazelnut peaks through mid sip. This beer isn’t sweet to the point of being unpleasant, but it is sweet. The flavour additions certainly work to hide the 11.5% ABV.

Nice heavy body. Thick. Not syrupy. Negligible carbonation.

I’m losing interest in the pastry stout as a style. I find my current capability tops out at about 1-2 per month. Coffee Crisp is my favourite low end candy bar, so I looked forward to this. The flavours are there to be sure. Worth a try if you like pastry stouts.

 

I actually liked that beer fairly well. Gave it a huge score, by my standards.

 

Here I was thinking that meant it broke 4, well I guess it got close to it

 

Thanks for kicking of the thread this weekend @SawDog505 !

The theme for this weekend is 3 Sheeps. My brother gifted me two variants from the 2021 Wolf release, and while I don't pick up many pastry stouts, I have been looking forward to cracking these open.

3 Sheeps The Wolf - Pistachio, Cocoa Nibs and Vanilla



Can Notes: The Wolf. Bourbon Barrel Aged Imperial Stout with Single Origin Cocoa Nibs, Pistachios and Vanilla. 12 oz canned 6/15/21 @13:12, 13.6% ABV. Brewed and canned by 3 Sheeps Brewing in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Dominican Republic Cocoa Nibs, Pistachios and Vanilla.

Appearance: Dark brown to black somewhat clear base, tan bubbly head leaves cream ring around the rim and very fine bubble lacing. 4.25

Aroma: Light bakers chocolate leads, faint pistachios. 3.75

Taste: Much richer and stronger taste profile, rich dark chocolate leads with a strong chocolate fudge profile. Next comes the pistachios which really blends in well here, flavor bold and delicious. The vanilla is noted next, well balanced within the overall taste profile, appreciated as many times vanilla overwhelms in these offerings. Bourbon smooth and stronger as this warms and I delve further in. Overall excellent blend. 4.5

Mouthfeel: Faint fizzy carbonation, body medium to full and creamy. Drinks way lighter than the strong ABV, though starting to feel the effects 1/3 of the way in. Nice balance, both between sweet taste profiles and hops and roast malt holding things in check, very clean and easy drinking and finish. 4.25

Overall: This is a solid pastry stout by 3 Sheeps, rich taste, well blended, pistachios and cocoa nibs the star early, nice emergence of smooth bourbon as this warms. Very enjoyable, would pick up again in the future as a rare pastry stout excursion based on how well this comes together. Well done 3 Sheeps! 4.5

Have a spicier variant planned for tomorrow. Hope to catch up on the thread later today.

 

Cellaruary has inspired me to look through what beers have accidentally been set aside and forgotten about. First up is The Alchemist Beelzebub.
4.4/5 rDev +6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

16 oz can poured into a tulip

A- Black with a two finger mocha head.

S- Dark chocolate, roasted malts, earthy hops, hints of citrus, some char.

T- Dark chocolate, roasted malts, piney,earthy, some char, touch of the citra dry hopping.

M- Smooth, full body.

O- A well done stout and it aged gracefully. I think I got this in a box of beer in 2017 or 2018 and I just forgot to drink it right away but have no issue with what time has done to this beer.

Cheers!

 

I will say as someone who left a positive review of this that you seem to capture this beer well. I’m not sure what is full going on with it but freshness has a pretty big impact on it. Over the summer I picked up a 2 day old 4-pack at the brewery and drank it all within a week or so because I really enjoyed but I did notice that last can just wasn’t as good as the first one. I wish it held up a little better but most pilsners in SEPA are better and more shelf stable.

 

That looks (and sounds) REALLY not good. Like a bad Bloody Mary.

I can't wait to try it!!!

 

So, my post above was a mistake. I entered and reviewed the beer under Founders, but it was actually a Rochester Mills beer that @Whyteboar sent me, here's the corrected review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2346/577199/

 

I'll probably be kicked off BA cuz I cheated and had this yesterday, but I'm crabby old man who's retired so everyday is a weekend. That being said, this is Pollyanna's BBA Hideaway Imperial Stout.


Looks nice, thick, black small tan head. Smells great, coffee, Cocoa, vanilla, some maple syrup and a whiff of bourbon. Taste is exactly the same, and that's the problem. Way to sweet, get rid of the coffee and you could pour it over pancakes.
3.81/5 rDev -3.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
In hindsight, I should lower the overall to 3.0, my lovely bride said, "oh this is really good, really, nice'n chocolatey". My lovely liked this. She hates beer.
I hate it when they ad junk to beer!