New Beer Weekend #111

Welcome - here's some fairly detailed instructions to do so.


These directions are for a PC but it should be pretty similar on a mobile device.


IMGUR

1, Goto https://imgur.com

2. Click New Post in the upper Right next to the Imgur logo

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4. Hover your mouse over the picture and click on the ellipsis (...)

5. Click Get Share Links

6. Copy the link for BBCode (Forums)

7. Paste it in your BA Reply



POSTIMAGES (my preference)

1. Go to https://postimages.org/

2. Click Choose Images -> Browse to your picture

3. Select your picture and click Open

4. Copy the Hotlink for forums link and paste it in BA




POSTIMAGES (on a cell phone)

1. Go to https://postimages.org/


2. Click on Choose Images


3. Select the option of your choice:

Photo Library (my usual choice)
Take Photo
Choose Files


4. Click the photo you want and then click Add in the upper right


5. After the photo uploads, scroll down and click on Hotlink for Forums and copy the link and then post it into BA.

 

I'm all out of new to me oktoberfest beers. Moving on to pale lagers.

My wife grabbed a four pack of this in Ashville a few weeks ago. Seems it was brewed in collaboration with one of the players from Charlotte FC.

Resident Culture Brewing Co. recently released a limited run of No Fuchs Given, a special lager created in collaboration with professional soccer player Christian Fuchs.

The beer will be available at Bank of America Stadium during home soccer matches for the remainder of this season: July 30; Aug. 3, 6, 21 and 27; Sept. 10; and Oct. 1.

“We wanted to create a beer that is crisp, smooth and refreshing. It’s perfect for enjoying at a tailgate or at the stadium on a sunny day while watching our team take down their opponents,” explains Resident Culture co-owner Chris Tropeano.

No Fuchs Given lager has a 4.8% alcohol by volume and is available in a 16 oz. (pint) can designed by in-house staff artist Maryssa Pickett.


The black can features a fiery orange mosaic-like skull, a signature graphic for the No Fuchs Given lifestyle clothing brand with a soccer ball swishing through the eye sockets of the skull.

“No Fuchs Given is a lifestyle to me, one that I would like to share with everybody,” Fuchs said. “It’s a bold mindset to live your life with freedom and joy. Being able to serve fans at Bank of America Stadium and spread this mindset is an amazing opportunity. I’m grateful to Resident Culture and Levy for this partnership.”

Last month, Resident Culture South End hosted a fundraising event in collaboration with No Fuchs Given. The event raised $1,600 for Fuchs’ nonprofit, Foxes Sports Foundation, which provides support to disadvantaged youth soccer players.

16oz can stamped PKG 06/02/2022 (3 months ago) poured into a becher glass at fridge temp 4.8% ABV. The beer pours bright, pale yellow in color with nearly white head. The head recedes to a thin ring and scattered bubbles. The aroma is mild with orchard fruit, pale malt and mineral. The taste is more of the same with 2-row malt, a hint of apple/pear and negligible bitterness. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, ok.

 

Pretty accurate description of that label pre photo, thanks for joining the fun @MontpelierArtie

 

Happy Labor Day Weekend, NBW. I have a couple of beers today. The first is one I’ve sat on for close to two years (I’m a BA “holder” from WAAAAY back) from a favorite brewery of mine that I’m breaking out for the last summer holiday.

Let’s do this.





4.6/5 rDev +5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a dark mahogany brown and settles in the glass that color with a floating sediment that is warned about on the box insert after my very aggressive pour. Sitting atop this beauty of a beer is a luxurious, creamy tan head that sticks around for a bit. Absolutely gorgeous beer.

The nose is a head turner, with lots of rich cocoa, a significant oak component, a little booze (tequila), and stone fruit in the form of dark cherries. Wow.

The taste is a true amalgamation of all the aromas, with the cocoa, oak, and tequila most prominent, but a very healthy stone fruit flavor for a seductive twist to the flavor journey this beer takes you on, especially as it warms.

The mouthfeel is rich and voluptuous, fitting a beer of this gravity. I’m a fan of F-W in general, and a HUUUUUGE fan of their barrel program. This beer is a magnificent representation of their prowess in that arena.

 

Center of the Universe
8% IPA by Columbus Brewing and Fat Head's

Body pours a nice orange with a thick foamy head. Very good lacing throughout. Nice looking beer.

Nose is a big tropical mix with ripe mango and citrusy flavors. Taste follows nose and adds a sturdy malt backbone. Not much bitterness to speak of, just a trace on finish. Hoppy but only in a generic sense. I'm not familiar enough with the Yakima Cryopop line to judge use.

A very soft mouthfeel and nice carbonation. Easy drinking and smooth with no sign of the ABV.

A surprisingly delicious, low bitterness beer from breweries that made their names on bitter, hoppy beer. Good to experiment I suppose. I hope to try this one on tap.

 

Good evening, NBS/W peeps. Gorgeous pre-fall day here in the stronghold. We did get some much needed rain this past week. The garden is almost done, none of our fall squash and such made it, but we have had an excellent heirloom tomato harvest. Vine ripe tomatos fresh from the yard are one of the true joys of summer along with local corn.

Anyway, let's get to tonight's volunteer. Odd one for me, but ya gotta be flexible.



River Styx Brewing Aphrodite #6, the Mai Tai variant, a 5% "sour" with pineapple, orange, and lime. I've never had a Mai Tai, so I'll take their word for it. I see on some other beer site that this beer has cherry - it certainly does not. The brewery site says it was aged on cherry and almond - not finding either. The label says lime, the brewery web site does not.

Pours with an exuberant but fortunately short-lived head that falls to absolutely nothing. The color is pale orange, kinda like pineapple juice with cloud and no pulp.

The smell is straight up pineapple with a little orange and even fainter lime, thankfully.

So it tastes like pineapple orange juice with a hint of lime. That's it. Show's over, folks. If there's a base beer it is inundated by the citrus. Mildly tart, slightly sweet, and the lime is blessedly restrained.

It feels fairly thick and barely carbonated. A little sweetness residual. The lack of carbonation and sweetness keeps it from being a Fanta flavor variant.

Ok...I am not a lime fan and I have had several beers where it is obnoxious. This isn't one of those, but I am struggling to even barely call this a beer. I like it in terms of flavor, but I might toss a few ice cubes in those thing. It's not in the data base with other iterations, do I guess I will add it. I can give it kudos for being an enjoyable beverage, but low marks for being a beer. Maybe a 3.0?

 

#2, is from the Extreme Beer Fest box earlier this year, and the one beer style a bit outside of my comfort zone (kettle sour). Let’s see where this beer takes us.





4.13/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Pours a clear golden color with a sizzling, sudsy white head that speeds away from this beer and loads of bubbles climbing the glass. Tart green apples lead the nose, and are joined by a nice lemon lime aroma. This is like an apple cider 7-Up on my amateur nose.

The lemon lime is forward on the taste, with tart, sour apples in the background. This drinks really easily for an 8% ABV, primarily because the mouthfeel is so bright and crisp.

I’m not the biggest sour fan, but this is really well done, IMHO.

 

Missed the edit wondow, but I am quite confused by that Aphrodite #6 I just drank. The label says pineapple, orange, and lime and has the contains nuts warning as would be required, but nowhere does it say cherry or almonds.

The web site description mentions pineapple and orange, NO lime, and that the beer has cherry and almond.

I taste everything on the label, no cherry and no almond.

Big shrug on this one...I can see where a description could be incorrect in translation, but here the brewery description and label don't match. The missus agrees, so that mean I can't be wrong, right???

 

My first beer to go in my oktoberfest mug this year. Grabbed a single when I stopped by the brewery a few weeks ago while up in Connecticut.

OEC - Oktoberfest



Pours incredibly cloudy, like swirled around hefeweizen bottle cloudy, amber with hints of orange color; puffy off white head that settles quite quickly but leaves a decent little cap.

Nose is interesting as it has a very interesting mix of floral and herbal hops, very aromatic. Underneath is a minor toasted bread like quality with some minor sweetness.

The taste took me by surprise as the aromatic nose that first greeted me all but dissapears and this beer becomes much more marzen like. It is heavy on toasted bread, little bit of old world hops on the finish and a very minor sweet note; there is something yeasty on the finish.

Mouthfeel is very nice; medium/light body full feel but very drinkable, semi dry with little to no bitterness.

This beer is pretty tasty; it look is far from nice and the aroma caught me off guard but taste and feel and quite good. I'm enjoying the beer but one is fine for me for this one. They also call this a festbier but to me this is marzen pretty much all the way.

Hoping to fit in a few new ones tomorrow too.

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Wet Hot American Summer on the tube, I try and watch each summer before it ends, I think I waited the longest this year. A classic for me....

 

Russian River- Shadow Of A Doubt
Always wanted to try this but i never see it anywhere
On tap at The Halford in Santa Clara

Massive roasty and chocolate nose and taste with a pleasant finish. I would drink pleanty of these if they distributed 4 packs anywhere near me for a fair price.
All I've seen are bottles and for the price they charge there are much better options on shelves .
This is good but i wouldn't revisit this
Really glad i got to finally try it though

 

Smooth Green by Tree House




4.02/5 rDev -5.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Brewers notes: American IPA, 7.5% ABV, 16oz, 1PP) Smooth Green is a rendition of Green conditioned atop heaps of banana puree! Pouring a beautiful hazy yellow color into the glass, it presents with notes of sweet banana, ripe pineapple, and citrus with a delicious tongue-coating mouthfeel. Smooth Green combines authentic ingredients with purposeful intent that results in an integrated and delicious outcome greater than the sum of its parts--

Canned 8.23, opened 9.3 poured into a teku

“Curious George’s favorite beer”

Hazy orange , three finger creamy white foam layer, spotty lacings



Faint banana aroma , pineapple

Taste is subtle banana cream , like it but don’t love it

Smooth , hop bite on the finish , semi dry finish

Good beer, fun weekend

 

Probably my last new one for tonight. Split with Mrs. Jkblr


12oz bottle Best By 05/23/24 poured into a small mug at fridge temp 8.6% ABV. The beer pours mostly bright light amber with off white head. The head recedes to a thin cap. The aroma is sweet pumpkin and pie spice. The taste is semisweet pumpkin pie filling. No bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and a semi dry finish. Overall, good pumpkin beer, if you're into that type of thing which I'm not...

Cheers all!