New Beer Weekend #93

I agree and that’s precisely what I meant when I wrote this;

That’s a big “if”. Obviously nothing can be assumed. A large amount of my presumptions are based upon a breweries reputation and my general experience with them on a case by case basis.

 

Time for some loaf water!

Literally...



Poured from the can into a Libbey style pilsner glass.

Deep chestnut white lighter tinges of tan brown towards the bottom, even a bit of red in the mix. Khaki to tan colored head, with quite a bit of holding and retention of it’s shape. A bit of settling down and even a light touch of fine hinted streak lacing here and there. Great looker in this glass.

Nose hits nicely. Kind of neutral, but exceptionally clean sensing with toasty malts and a real dry cracker almost like those Finnish flat breads. Touches a real spicy phenol with a big clove push which is a bit jarring. Solid and straightforward otherwise, and certainly not faulty.

Real delicious flavor. Nuanced but reveals itself slowly with lots of character. First sip comes in a little clove hot, almost like licorice, but settles down with crisp and clean character. Lighter than expected body, but and aftertaste that really shines. Toasty, and fine touches of light roasted coffee, milk chocolate, and hazelnuts in the finish. Mouthfeel gets a little powdery somewhat but the flavors and little touches can't be denied, even some creamy like flavors (vanilla, milk) touching a sense of bigger feel if only for a little time.

Great tasting lager.

look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25 | BA Generated Score: 4.17

Cheers!

 

Back again for another day, and this one was sent to me by @CanConPhilly .


Kolner - Kolsch - Human Robot Brewing - 5% ABV

After being in the land of Schells yesterday, another good classic German style beer appealed to me. This fits the bill well. So delicious.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/58686/602036/

4.04/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
by Victory_Sabre1973 from Minnesota

This beer was a clear golden color until the head receded enough to pour the last bit in the glass. It hen turned semi murky, but still golden. The head was white, 2 finger, frothy looking, long lasting, and good lacing on the glass.
The nose is malty, as expected. Grain, biscuit aroma, with a slight grassy aroma.
Malty throughout, grain, biscuit flavor. Slight hint of a wild funk. The backside has a nice hop flavor that rounds out this beer with a slight bitterness on the back.
The body is quite full for a 5% beer. The bitterness from the hops linger in my throat.
This is quite delicious.


I'm sure I'll be back later for another beer.

 

Happy nbs. Had an amazing wedding reception with @RaulMondesi last night and I reviewed all three Moonlight beers he had at the reception.

Fantastic Czech pils. Moonlight reality Czeck. 41922 canning. Lemon, pear, apple, cracker, bread dough, herbal, wood, floral, grass, pepper, yeast earthiness. Lt med herbal grassy spicy bitterness. Creamy grainy lt med body. Lingering sticky hop drying. Light resins. Fairly crisp. No astringency. Very clean lagering and refreshing. Top tier style example. 4.28


Moonlight death and taxes. Fantastic dark lager. Aromas and flavors of big chocolate, cocoa, dark bread/crust, toast, biscuit, nuts, wood, herbal, grass, pepper, light dark fruit/yeast earth. Lt med hop/char bitter finish. Creamy/grainy/sticky/chalky balanced medium body. Long drying hop/roasted bitterness with lingering resins after the finish. Slight acrid astringency. Very clean Munich and roasted malt complexity with balanced noble hops. 4.25


The taco bar was amazing. I loaded up on meats lol. Moonlight Bombay by boat ipa. Grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, citrus peel/rind, wood, peppercorn, pine, cracker, bread, herbal, floral, grass. Good sized pine/rind bitterness. Creamy bready sticky resin balanced medium body. Long resin finish, mild astringent. Lots of Columbus and centennial characteristics. Very dank proper west coast style. 4


A bit of crazy dancing from all of us.


Newport Harbor


End of the night selfie after everyone left and I called the uber, Tesla 3 was fast fun


Cheers

 

Blonde Barista

4.7% blonde ale fromIgnite Brewing

I tried this ale at the brewery in Barberton, OH. Twelve ounce pour from tap.

The body is an attractive blonde with a creamy head. Good lacing throughout the tasting.

Nose and taste exude fresh coffee. The ale had a nice malty flavor that keeps the coffee flavor in check. Finish has a wash of light hoppy flavor. Very pleasing and easy to drink.

Mouthfeel is good and carbonation moderate. A pleasant smooth drinking blonde ale.

A solid recommendation for coffee fans. Noncoffee fans should steer clear.

 

It's taking its time warming up today, so we took the dogs on a three mile hike. Don't know who's more tired, me or the dogs.
I wanted something thirst-quenching, and this beer certainly does that. Sugarfoot Belgian Table Beer from Spangalang Brewery in Denver, 4% ABV.

A clear light gold color with a small white head and a bit of lace.
Not much aroma. Sweet.
Sweet taste, candied sugar.
Light-bodied, drinks well.

 

Happy Anniversary!

 

This is a prime example of why if I’m looking at a beer in Beer Advocate for a purchase decision, I rely on the written review notes.

 

That would've earned a "1" look rating from me (since the rating doesn't go down to "yuk").

 

The weirdest one I've experienced was in Marysville. My buddy Chuck found it on-line and took us there. The guy had a two story garage in his back yard. Had a homebrew set-up next to his car on the ground floor. Upstairs was what had been a college-kid type apartment. A couple kegerators with 1/6 barrels, a couple beat up couches to sit on, and couple of bar seats at what had been the breakfast nook. The beer was about what you'd expect from that scenario.

 

I can't find the post now, but somebody mentioned a beer that was meant to be shared...but didn't mention that they were actually sharing it...which is close to what I'm doing with this 17% monster from @superspak as part of NBS BIF #15: New Holland's Dragon's Milk Triple Mash. My wife got about an ounce of it, and I got the rest.

12oz bottle served in a footed pilsner glass. Dated 04/23/19.

Pours -- surprisingly -- dark brown, and fairly translucent. Almost no head. I was expecting black and syrupy, a la BCBS. Smell is burning hot. It smells like a liqueur. Aside from that...tons of chocolate, a little wood, faintest smoky whiff. Smells sweet.

Taste is not as boozy as the smell, but still boozy. It only tastes like 10%. Sweetness, chocolate are prominent, but doesn't come across as a pastry stout. I get more vanilla from the flavor than the aroma. I do get some coffee and anise.

Mouthfeel is thicker than it looks, a little chewy. Overall, this is very tasty, and I'm enjoying it. It's going to be interesting to experience its warmup sequence.

Thank you, Ian! I don't know if I ever would have seen this without you sending it to me. We get Dragon's Milk out here most of the time, but as far as variants go, I think I've only seen the "white" (meh) and the "chocolate cherry" (fantastic).

 

Greetings fellow NBSers! A bright, sunny day here in the Fourth Corner, after something of a mixed bag yesterday. Came into work and did some set-up and prep for tomorrow, and am now listening to the Mariners take those neon fish from Miami.

Starting off with what I think is my last can (there's some bottles left) from @Roy_Hobbs during NBS BIF #15. The Cavern is from Fox Farm (a brewery that would always have something in my fridge were it available to me) is a Smoked Dopplebock. I believe this is the first example of such I've had. It is damn tasty beer, and I would drink another right now if I had it: https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/45832/592680/

 

Burdock Triple ‘B’ Best Bitter



This is one of several recent Burdock low ABV releases. They are generally very light tasting, but still flavourful enough to be enjoyable. This one might veer a little too far to the light side of things.

Pours a murky copper with light head that dissipates quickly and leaves little lacing.

Light semi-sweet malts. Just a hints of some herbal notes on the nose

Taste follows. This is very light. Light cereal. The tiniest hint of herbal hops. Watery.

Very light bodied.

This is disappointing. Lacks flavour and body. Not bad, but not enough going on to make it something I’d want to revisit. Very unlike Burdock who tend to make solid beers usually.

 

Precious Things Fermentation Project, in NE Spokane, is much the same. The tasting room is in a barn adjacent to the owners' house out in the woods (which is where they do their brewing-the house, not the woods). Only open on Thursday evenings and Saturday afternoons.

 

Yeah, @WesMantooth hit me up with a couple beers from them in an NBA BIF a while back. There's a lot of great beer in and around Columbus, so I'd probably put the fear of death into my liver if I had a week there.

 

Six Seam by Idle Hands

4.4/5 rDev -2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5




Looking at the beer advocate top 100 beers for Massachusetts , you will see that the list is dominated by TreeHouse and Trillium . If not one, then the other , except when you get to # 82 on the list. Surely, there are other fine, noble brewers in the Commonwealth , yes? That spot is currently occupied by Six Seam brewed by Idle Hands .

Brewers Notes: Subtle spice character from rye complements the increased hopping rates and focus on Mosaic hops. The characteristic smooth pillowy mouthfeel and reduced bitterness elevates the notes of peach, apricot, mango and pineapple.

Canned 3.2.22, opened 5.1.22, poured into a Nordic ipa glass. Results in a pale hazy orange liquid with active carbonation streams capped by a creamy white foam cap , good retention , settles to a thick layer with spotty lacings

The aroma is sweet tropical, pineapple , peach, apricot , juicy fruit gum

Taste is tropical , mango , hint of berries , hint of spice

Mouthfeel is smooth, sudsy , creamy , gentle hop nibble

Good beer and worthy of its place in Massachusetts finest

 

How have I not seen that one around here? Deschutes distro is strong here. ISO.