New Beer Weekend #116

Adroit Theory has a good share of flavored stouts that it has been producing for years, but they often build them off a base stout, for example, off the Dia De Los Muertos you had. Because they make so many, they run the gamut of sweetness, but I've found more often than not the base beer comes through pretty well. Death of Cthulhu comes to mind as a stout with additions (marshmallow and seaweed involved, as I recall) that is first and foremost a stout. Which also reminds me that I haven't seen them produce in a while.

 

Here's what it looks like - just getting started:



I have the more traditional ones aleady made just in case this fermentation thing goes...well...sour.

 

Always so many beautiful colors in pickled veggies thanks for sharing. I gotta remember to ask in the next week or so to see how they are.

Never heard of or thought to ferment just pepper, it’s got me very intrigued.

 

Poured into a 20 oz tulip glass with a 2 plus finger sticky khaki head, with excellent retention and leaves behind some thin lines of lace. 4.75

Aroma is oaked vanilla, biscuit, toffee, caramel, fig, and rye whiskey. 4.5

Taste follows woody vanilla, toffee, caramel, biscuit, fig, and some smooth whiskey in the long lingering finish. 4.5

Mouthfeel is above average, soft gentle carbonation, not actually dry, and at 10.5% it drinks much bigger, but still very approachable. Kettlehead Brewing really impressive again. 4.5 Cheers all.

 

Stonecloud Brewing's A$AP Hoppy Experimental Hazy DIPA, 8.0% ABV; 4.01 overall

Pours a slightly hazed honey color with 3 fingers of pillowy ivory colored head. Floaties as the can is emptied. great head retention & lacing, but major deductions for the snow storm going on inside my glass

S: Cakeyness, lemons & tangerines

T: Tangerines, dryness, a little pink grapefruit & passion fruit up front. More pink grapefruit, passion fruit & a touch of peaches as this warms. Finishes with passion fruit, tangerine, dryness & green melon & grapefruit, another one on the verge of getting a 4.5

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation, nice balance

Drinks so easy, nice flavor, not a big fan of all the floaties

 

I feel for you, I sleep like a champ on a plane, especially if it has climate control & no troop seats, even then...

 

Awesomeness!

 

Those doughnuts sound tasty...

 

William Street Brewery Wheat King IPA.



Pours a dark copper with ample head that dissipates slowly. Not the most attractive colour.

The aromas are of sweet malts primarily. Some evergreen peaks through as well. A little herbal note sits in behind.

Nice caramel start with a good deal of resinous hops following and a strong bitter finish.

Medium body.

This is a beer unlike any I’ve had locally (1.5 hour drive) in a good long while. An IPA in the manner of a decade or more past. I’ve never had anything from William Street before, but look forward to trying the Oktoberfest and farmstead lagers I picked up from them as well.

Cheers!

 

Soul & Spirits Brewing ( Memphis ) Smoke Stack Smoked Dark Lager, 5.8% ABV; 4.01 overall

Pours a very effervescent hazel color with 4+ fingers of tan head ( guess a gentle pour was in order ). Above average head retention & slightly less better lacing

S: Smells like a classic Rausch Bier, a little butterscotch

T: Smokeyness, a little caramel & dryness up front, pretty roasty. Some sweet juicy fruit notes that I tend to pick up in a lot of smoked beers, roastyness & plenty of smoke as this beer warms. Finishes pretty dry, roasty & smokey with a slight treacle sweetness

MF: Medium body, gentle carbonation, Carbonation picks up as this warms

Pretty solid offering, the first can didn't strike me that way, maybe not cool enough

 

Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned sometime this week. Pours a very attractive hazy yellow with a half finger sticky white head that leaves plenty of thin streaks of lace, with nice retention. 4.75

Aroma is mandarin, cantaloupe, passionfruit, blueberry, and apricot. 4.5

Taste follows mandarin, passionfruit, cantaloupe, blueberry, and apricot. 4.5

Mouthfeel is above average, soft gentle creamy carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 8.4% ABV huge flavor and insanely drinkable. 5

Overall this is the first time TDH this gem and I hope it is not the last. Excellent stuff as I expect from this style and this brewery. 4.5 Cheers all.

 

Good day BAs! Back for the NBS part on NBW. Just gonna jump right in and get it over:



Cheat Day Cherry Cheesecake from Rusty Rail. Purchased at Franklin Beer, Franklin, PA, 03/10/22. $ 4.50 (Including tax)/16 oz can ($ 0.282/oz). In reefer at store, stored at 40 degrees at home. Reviewed 09/10/22. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated can. Served at 44.7 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King Snifter. Final temperature 49.6 degrees.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Amber Brown (SRM 18), opaque.
Body – Peach, opaque. Under direct light, same but the liquid appears filled with near-microscopic particles. When rear-lite, peach and translucent.
Head – Large (Maximum six cm, aggressive center pour), white with a touch of pink, high density, diminishing to a four mm crown with an occasional seven mm peak and a rocky partial cap.
Lacing – Poor. A few pieces of froth remain hanging on the glass as the level drops below half full.
Aroma – 3 – Virtually none. Distinctly no cherry, just a bit of weak generic stone fruit. No hops, no malt, no yeast.
Flavor – 3 – Follows nose. No malt, no yeast, no hops. No ethanol (5 % ABV as marked on label) aroma or taste. No gastric warming occurs. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl.
Palate – 3 – Medium, watery, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 2.75 (After deducting 0.25 point for undated can) If I really think about it, I can detect a bit of sourness, but contemplation fails to discover either cherry or cheesecake.

Rating 2.95, rDev 0% (First Review)

Now off to a better beer, ie any beer from Founders in my reefer!

 

Shiner Bock.



Light copper, 1/2" off white head, fades to a wisp. Light lacing. 4
Aroma is sweetish, toast, light caramel. 3.5
Taste is slightly sweet, malty, toasted caramel. 4
Thin to medium body, light carbonation. Semisweet finish. 3.75
This is a pretty good Bock. 3.75
3.81 rDev +18.7%

Surprised at the low rating of this beer.

 

Poured into a 16 Nordic pint glass I can’t figure out when it was actually canned. Pours a hazy yellow orange with a finger plus sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace with nice retention. 4.25

Aroma is tangerine, pineapple, apricot, papaya, and grapefruit rind. 3.75

Taste follows tangerine, pineapple, apricot, papaya, and grapefruit. 3.75

Mouthfeel is above average, soft carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 10% it has big flavor and easy enough drinking. 4

Overall this is pretty good. This brewery keeps doing collaborations and not often great ones. Still won’t have any trouble finishing the last can. 3.75

 

Welcome one and all to New Beer Sunday #921! As promised, the second of two Midwest Oktoberfest Marzens. This one from Michigan, I believe it was distributed to states receiving their classic M-43 NEIPA (my favorite of the style, though I haven't had most from the actual NE).

Old Nation Oktoberfest



Can Notes: $3.25 9/23 single 16 oz can purchase at store temperature from Beer on the Wall, refrigerated until this morning. 5.7% ABV, 18 IBU, best by date of 2/13/22. No canned date, guessing (hoping) 8/13/22. German Style Fest Lager. Brewed and canned by Old Nation Brewing Company, Williamston, Michigan.

Appearance: Multiple pours into a tall 0.5L mug. Long sustained head lingers for several minutes before leaving a creamy soapy white tan cover over the clear caramel base. Medium carbonation slows down after a minute. 4.25

Aroma: Caramel malt, light in strength, OK. 3.25

Taste: Taste a little stronger than the aroma, caramel malt, light bread. Good. 3.5

Mouthfeel: Light to medium body, negligible carbonation. Drinks at the abv, felt a third of the way in. Hops felt without a notable taste component, leaving the beer balanced more hoppy than a typical Marzen. Lightly dry, clean finish. 3.75

Overall: This is an OK Marzen, more "American" than German. Not getting much flavor or aroma, what I do get is fine. 3.5

Cheers!

 

Hey NBWs

Luscious from Alchemist
British style imperial stout. 9.3 abv



Poured from a can with a best by date of 5/24 into a tulip glass. Dark brown almost black color, thick tan foamy head that eventually dissipates to a tan cap and thin soapy lacing

Aroma of roasted coffee and malt, some vanilla and a hint of chocolate

Taste is roasted coffee beans forward, vanilla and chocolate, I got a little butterscotch on the back end

Mouthfeel is well layered, on the thick and creamy side. There is an acidic coffee bite, chocolate notes and a lingering vanilla sweetness. There is a definite separation of flavors.

Overall this is a well crafted representation of the style, very nicely layered flavors and well balanced. A great drinking stout.

4.50/ 4.25/ 4.75/ 4.75/ 4.5/. 4.57- rDev +3.2