New Beer Weekend #93

I've had a couple editions, and I've found them interesting.

 

That lighting gives that beer the craziest looking color...Perfect night for a fire in NJ, I just came in from mine. This is my favorite time for warm weather; warm enough during the day but nice and cool at night. I'm soaking it all up before the humidity of summer returns

 

The color is definitely weird in any lighting. Good beer though. And yeah, perfect fire pit weather. Spring and fall are the best for that cold but not too cold nights.

 

OK, Ok... I'm answering that deep guilt trip about Poobahs (ergh) reviewing more.
I do so when I find a beer that is ... worth reviewing and that isn't just another run-of-the-mill X type of beer.
So without further ado, I give you.

EVIL ORANGE CAT. Fat Orange Cat Brewing DIPA. 9%
TL;DR - Heavy, balanced, compelling. Read on...

4.34/5 rDev +6.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by eppCOS from Colorado

L - Slightly unfiltered golden orb look toooooo this - sticky lacing up top, good head if poured properly. Nice.
S- An interesting combo of honey, hops, melon, cat-pee (in a good way!), and a complex malt layering. Almost a baked to brown bread note on a big DIPA that is really intriguing. Overriding all of this is an interesting mandarin orange peel whiff that.... ugh. Yes.
T - Where this beer sings; to my humble mind and opinion, THIS is what Hopslam and Waldo's could be - balanced, holding the line between the ABV sweetness without cloy, and a good hop forward complexity with a malt backbone that is just bakery deep. More citrus on that back end? Yes.
F - Good carbonation, but not nauseatingly gassy, and good palate attack with ZERO hotness detected.
O - this is one of my favorite beers of 2022 and I hope the collab gets revisited. Fantastic stuff.

 

Time for round #2, and another I picked up today in southern, MN. I also had to add it to the system.


Limited Batch 005: Jasmine Rice Lager - August Schell Brewing - 4.8% ABV (25 IBU)

I really don't think I have an amazing palate, compared to others here, and even close friends. That all being said, I get some interesting flavors in this beer. I like it, but, I feel my review doesn't do justice to it. Oh, well.


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3.74/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota

Purchased as a 6 pack at Hy Vee Liquor in New Ulm.
This beer pours a clear golden color, with a 2 finger white head. The head retention is decent, and there's a bit of lacing on the glass.
The nose is, well, I'm not quite sure what I'm getting. I get some grain/malt, but, I also am getting something I can't put my nose on.
Taste - There is a decent malt bill here. Grain, earthy. I also get a bit of "heat", but not hot/spicy. is it from the jasmine rice? I'd wager so.
Body is light and crisp. Quite easy drinking.


I think I'm done with new beers for today, but, I may be back tomorrow with more.

 

Um, despite my raccoon-like small hands.
Sorry I meant... JAZZ HANDS.

 

To give you some context - that beer is a Münster Altbier and that is a different style of beer than the more common Dusseldorf Altbier. When folks talk about Altbier, or when you read a description of Altbier, it’s always Dusseldorf Altbier (which does not have that sourness).

 

Uh oh... this is like giving a Taylor Swift album a bad review. Hopefully the Ewoks (my nickname for Treehouse aficionados) don't come after you. JUB-JUB.
Hope you're well... Nice weather, eh hoser?

 

Amazing nickname, laughed out loud when I read it.

 

Damn, Looks like LOTS of Poo-Bahs reviewing here. Nice job.

 

This one was a surprise. Good thing I like it cause there's 3 more. Cheers!
Blackstack Wild Wild West WCIPA 3.85/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
16oz can into a pint glass.
L: Pours like fizzy hazy white grapefruit juice w/some fizz on top going quickly down to nothing, light carbonation, essentially no lacing. Light yeasty sediment.
S: Sour grapes, grapefruit, light vinegar, a hint of caramel, wet oak.
T: White grapefruit juice & pith, cedar, lemon zest, resinous, earthy lemon grass, a sensation of red apple skin. Overall lightly puckering sour.
F: A gently bracing, semi-juicy, glassy medium bodied mouth feel w/a medium long drying finish.
O: I wish "SOUR" was printed on the label. Nevertheless a grapefruit citrus-forward sour IPA w/a lovely twist using American oak foeders. The wood is integrated nicely in both aroma and taste. This helps give it an organic and fresh taste overall. It's sourness is not overstated as it is a bit citrusy, yeasty, simple & deep. 7.5% ABV is well masked. Like a Saison/Farmhouse/Sour blend. It is very good in it's style.

 

You mean she has good reviews?

 

Prairie Pirate Weekend Imperial Stout, 14.4% ABV; 4.25 overall

Pours a bit like 10,00 mile motor oil. Almost zero head, viscous, no lacing

S: Fortified wine, rum & cola, marshmallow

T; Follows the nose, vanilla, chocolate & marshmallow, some raw barrel up front. Dryness, leafy hops, rum & coke & marshmallow as this warms, along with some creme Brule

MF: Fairly chewy, slight carbonation, pretty damn warming & so sticky on the teeth. Carbonation builds as this warms, but only a little

This is a nice return to Imp Stout very good to greatness for these guys, pretty drinkable, despite the heft

 

Earlier I reviewed this, but got distracted by the baseball game...

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3.85 overall