New Beer Weekend #97

Makai mango reef. Great blonde ale. Aromas and flavors of mango, lemon, pear, wheat, bread dough, herbal, floral, grass, lt pepper/clove/banana, yeast earth. Lt bitter and tart/tangy fruit/yeast finish. Creamy/grainy/sticky lt med body. Fairly crisp/clean with lingering drying. Refreshing and flavorful. Not a ton of mango but complimenting to the base American blonde. Spot on style. No complaints. 4


Cheers

 

Melrose Ipa by beachwood

4.25/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25



Canned 4.5.22, opened 5.30.22, poured into. Nordic Ipa glass received in Bif15 from @Beersnake1

New brewery for me

#58 rated ipa on BA

Brewers Notes: A full-blown “West Coast” IPA chocked full of sticky hop resins. Melrose is brewed with American 2-row malt and a touch of Canadian “honey” malt to accentuate the tropical and citrusy flavors of the Simcoe and Amarillo hops. This beer is generously dry hopped for an over-the-top aromatic experience.

Clear golden liquid , numerous active micro carbonation streams , capped by an off white one finger frothy foam cap , spotty lacings

Aroma is citrus orange, tropical fruits

Taste is orange citrus , pine, hint of tropical fruit

Mouthfeel is sudsy, Trademark west coast hop bite , crisp , clean

Good beer

 

Tried our hands at crabbing today but it was a bust. Too early in the season I think. Back home now glad to see this thread still going on the 3-day weekend.
This is a dry hopped 6.9% lager collab between Von Trapp and Thin Man Present.
3.98/5 rDev -2.9%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
by woodchipper from Connecticut

Poured from a 16oz can stamped Best By 8/31/22 to a Pils glass at fridge temp.
A medium pour yields a large overflowing white head. The body is fairly deep gold for a Helles, light for a Bock. Tiny nucleated bubbles rise hypnotically throughout the session. Lacing is pretty good and consistent, but not amazing.
The aroma is both grassy and malty.
The taste is quite malt forward. Front end is sweet, a hint of the grass aroma, but the malt rules the mid and finish. Only on the swallow do any hop notes appear.
The mouthfeel is light and carbonation is medium. I actually think this beer would be better with even more carbonation.
A unique beer with no bad notes.

 

Get a case of that stuff and invite the neighbors over for a Ghostbusters binge! Yikes........

 

That's a beautiful frothy cap on that baby........

 

No, no, no. His head runneth over! No mousse like firmness. No two inch rise over the rim. No layered intrigue. No Bobby Brown swoosh angle. Face it: Not everyone is destined for the Head Hall of Fame. I’ve seen only one or two weak contenders to the “pearls” that you create. That’s my opinion, and I stand by it!

 

Hello friends! Great to be here this Memorial Day with you. This brew is refreshing and quaffable. Cheers!
Beaver Island Mango Cream Ale 4% ABV
3.85/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
12oz can into a pint glass.
L: Pours med-light straw yellow w/some yeast haze and a thin fizzy white head w/no retention. Good carbonation, no lacing.
S: Mango, peach, yeast, lightly floral, caramelized malts, the distinctive Cream Ale aroma.
T: Mango, caramelized malts, gently sweet, yeast, a hint of bread, a suggestion of pear, light hops in the middle then light bitterness towards the end. Good balance of fruit.
F: Crisp then smooth & creamy, med-bodied mouth feel w/a clean med-fast finish that is lightly drying.
O: A good tasting fruity cream ale that is quite well balanced. The mango seems to enhance the dry finish. It is lightly yeasty, refreshing and easy drinking it is very good in it's style.

 

Probably my last new beer of the week, Forest & Main Mild. Forest & Main always kills it with their low ABV beers and the new space is really nice.
4.28/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
by larryi86 from Delaware

16 oz can poured into a pint glass

A- A dark brown with ruby red highlights and two finger tan head.

S- Pumpernickel, earthy, floral, a little woody, slightly nutty.

T- Toasted pumpernickel, a little nutty, floral, earthy, cedar.

M- Smooth, low carbonation, light to medium body.

O- A great and very easy to drink mild.

Cheers!

 

Cheers Dave! Glad you seem to have enjoyed that one, I’m a big fan of that beer, and style. @Coronaeus sent me a (actually two) Franconian Kellers from Canada that was very good too.

 

I knew three guys killed in Viet Nam. And my Dad was a second lieutenant in the army in the late action in The Philippines, particularly Leyte Bay. He was everything but killed- wounded twice, malaria, diptheria, dengue fever, and was sent back after recovering in San Francisco. He only lived 58 years and the war truly shortened his life. He told me all about it just before he died. The M-1 was what changed things on the ground. He brought all of his men out of that mess alive and I have many letters from the guys in his platoon. He hated guns the rest of his life He would not let me go to Viet Nam, but I drew 305 in the lottery

 

I sent this to a handful of NBS BIF participants and they seemed to enjoy it, so I’m giving it a whirl on a GORGEOUS Memorial Day in Northern Indiana.



4.1/5 rDev +7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by ovaltine from Indiana

Beautiful golden straw color that you can easily see through with a sudsy white head that dissipates pretty quickly from two fingers worth to a thin layer at the top of the beer.

The nose has some citrus (lemon) and lots of cereal grains - and honey, which is a nice touch. This drinks really clean, with the lemon and cereal grains up front, and the slight honey sweetness at the back of the palate.

Nicely crisp mouthfeel, there’s a reason I plowed through a can poured into my shaker pint in like 8 minutes - this is a really well executed lager that is a pleasure to drink on a late spring day.

 

Cheers everyone!! A very nice clean & tropical drop from these folks:
Terrapin Luau Krunkles IPA 6.4% ABV
3.93/5 rDev +0.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
by LesDewitt4beer from Minnesota
12oz can enjoy by 8/1/22 into a Spiegelau glass.
L: Pours clear deep, radiant gold w/a 2+ inch off white semi-rocky head w/very good retention down to thick chunks. Good carbonation w/large bubbles. Random sticky lacing.
S: Guava, graham cracker, a sensation of bread, lightly soapy, floral & tropical, light alcohol as the beer warms.
T: Lightly sweet, caramelized malts, over ripe orange zest, passion fruit, guava, lightly earthy, honey, lightly bready, gently resinous.
F: Clean med-bodied mouth feel w/a gently drying smooth finish. Bitterness goes wide at end.
O: A fruity tropical IPA that is smooth, clean & EZ drinking for 6.5% ABV. It is affably firm until the very end, hop forward and is very good in it's style.

 

#2, from @Roy_Hobbs in NBS BIF #15, I wasn’t aware Suarez had a barleywine.

They do - and it is edgy and outstanding, IMHO.



4.25/5 rDev +2.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
by ovaltine from Indiana

Pours that beautiful mahogany brown that I associate so closely to the best barleywines, and there’s a nice tan head atop a slightly murky body.

There’s a nice molasses note up front on the nose, but there’s also loads of stone fruit - especially tart dark cherries. Didn’t expect that.

And that tart dark cherry flavor is front and center on the taste, along with that rich molasses flavor. This is NOT your father’s barleywine, but with its rich, full mouthfeel and edgy flavor profile, it is truly a pleasure to drink.