New Beer Weekend #126

Cheers to @ovaltine for this Hop Butcher for the World Corn Cob Towers DIPA, 8% ABV; 3.98 overall

Pours a very hazed gold/orange with a thumb of cream colored head. Nice lacing & above average head retention

S: Plenty of citrus, some tropical fruit, fades a bit as this warms

T: Sweet oranges, limes, powdery dryness up front. More dryness, bitter orange & lime, some green melon & grapefruit as this beer warms, just a little pineapple sweetness as well. Finishes dry with grapefruit, lime & bitter orange

MF: Medium body, creamy carbonation, good balance

Drinks easy enough, but I do prefer these a bit sweeter

 

Christmas cantata sung twice today, so a brief break from musical responsibilities.

Oh...look...another holiday beer...



Anchor doesn't make too many appearances around here these days, and I have had a prior iteration years ago. How muchbit changes year to year, I'm not sure.

It pours kinda root beer color, pretty clear. With a fluffy light tan head. The foam hangs for quite a while and is still sitting at a solid 1/8 inch cap at the half glass mark.

Malty on the smell. Gingerbread, caramel sweet, and resinous pine in the background, but not terribly shy.

Definitely sweet on the taste. The flavors are more assertive than the aroma suggested. Rich malt, gingerbread, caramel, maybe a bit fruity, some molasses in the aftertaste. Then there's this resinous component - almost old school IPA-like - that keeps the bigger flavors in check and tames the sweetness. This is quite pleasant.

The feel is creamy and very smooth. Deceptively gulpable at the ABV.

This is a nice winter warmer. The flavors are nicely rounded, well integrated, and what I presume are the hops brings a nice twist. Easy 4.0 - 4.25 for me. Glad I grabbed a six.

 

I've been doing the woods decorating since the lad could walk in the woods, so three years now. He is six, knows our six acres as well as I do. Oh and he found where the deer bunked during the recent rain storm, too. I cherish every walk and exploration - I know it won't last forever! If he's still walking with PaPa when he's a teen and I'm 75, I'll be a happy man.

The beer was a minor surprise - sometimes I have good luck with Proclamation, sometimes not so much. But when they are good, usually they are very good.

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Quick one and done here.


Dosvidanya Rye Barrel - Destihl Brewing - RIS - 12.5% ABV

This is awesome!

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/36757/200729/

4.54/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
This is the 2019 release, consumed on 12-18-2022

Pitch black pour. The head is dark brown. It looked almost nitro like when pouring from the can. 3 finger head. The retention is crazy long for a 12.5% beer. Almost no lacing on the glass.
Strong barrel notes in this beer. I get notes of oak, chocolate, caramel, toffee and vanilla in the aroma.
This beer starts out slightly bitter, probably from the rye barrels used. This beer hen it mellows and smooths out fast. The chocolate comes on strong and lingers. I get lots of coffee flavors, along with caramel, toffee, and vanilla. Lots of barrel in this beer.
The body is thick, full and smooth. This beer does also let you know right off that it's a big boy with a bit of an alcohol burn, this doesn't linger.
This is a very well made BA RIS, and I'm so happy I bought it.

Be back next weekend!!!

 

Founders Sweet Repute Wheat Wine, 12.6% ABV; 4.19 overall

Pours an effervescent amber with slight hazing & a sliver of eggshell colored head. Average-ish head retention & lacing

S: Bourbon, dark fruit, maple syrup

T; Follows the nose, dryness, treacle sweetness, maple candy & a trace of vanilla & a little bit of leafy hops up front. More Maple sweetness, boozeyness & leafy hops, plus barrel dryness as this beer warms up. Finishes with woody bitterness, Maple sweetness. a touch of Bourbon & dryness

MF: Fairly chewy body, low carbonation, very warming

This is a sipper & a bruiser

 

Didn’t peruse the whole pile of vinyl but The Rolling Stones album in between the Carpenters and some soundtrack just made me question your dedication to organizing.

Really enjoyed all the posts this weekend, and I hope to be joining in again next week.
My assorted illnesses have finally been defeated. I pray anyway, what a month it has been.
Cheers all!

 

Hope you're ready to rejoin us next week as well!
And, yeah, that was the other thing I realized once I'd posted the picture... the collection is embarrassingly disorganized at the moment. We've tried a couple of different approaches (I favour organizing alphabetically and/or by genre... or maybe even get crazy and do it all chronologically, while my wife is more interested in organizing based on the colour of the spine), but the ultimate death knell is that we're not great at putting them BACK where they were after listening to them.

 

Sounds like our year; kids have had some sort of something pretty much since October, with a few weeks not mixed in.

I had to take my first true “sick” day in forever a few weeks ago; but worst part was I didn’t have a beer all week that week

Keep on keepin’ on; soon it’ll be spring and and it’ll all be in the review mirror I hope…