New Beer Weekend #139

4.6/5 rDev +2.4%

look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.5

Poured from a 12 ounce bottle dated 1/20/22 into a snifter.

Look- Black, opaque, plentiful visible particulate at the edges, dark brown frothy head, zero head retention, below average lacing (but coats glass wall).

Smell- Cacao, coffee, chili pepper, vanilla, high strength of scent.

Taste- Cacao, coffee, chili pepper at finish, moderately bitter, high strength of flavor.

Feel- Between medium and full body, well below average carbonation, mildly spicy, moderately mouth warming, mildly mouth coating, moderately bitter, syrup like.

Overall- Black in color with visible particulate at the edges and zero head retention. Bouquet was high in strength with a great mix of cacao, coffee and chili pepper. Taste was also high in strength with the same wonderful flavor profile. Feel was between medium and full bodied with mild spiciness and moderate mouth warming ability. Overall this was a really great beer that provided an excellent drinking experience. The only critique I had was that the carbonation was noticeably weak, but that could have been a one-off.

 

Look's Beer No Bolshevik RIS, 11.1% ABV. The canned date and ABV were hand-written on the label. Pours thick and black, with a three-finger medium-brown head that left a cup of foamy lacing. Nose is malt and alcohol. Taste is roasty malt and bitter hops, faintly sweet, quite bitter as a RIS should be. Excellent mouthfeel, overall excellent. I'm not a huge fan of highly-bitter beers, but I can appreciate that this is true to style.

4.12/5 rDev +3.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4

Going to be a quiet night at home, settling in with a great RIS, ranch and cream cheese chicken in the crock, and then hours of OnPatrol: Live.

 

Smart to start nbw today, thanks @NorsemanOne

Magnify shamrock shake smoothie sour ale
...appearance..Holy crap
...light carbonation with a bit of a thin body
...aroma is a peppermint patty with vanilla
...taste is a mint,vanilla Creamsicle. Sweet ,almost candy like which lingers lo g in the mouth
...overall I cant fault execution, its a mint,vanilla smoothie for adults. Would I have another??maybe next st Patrick's day

 

Starting like that was prescient. Time at the Prime Meridian is always eager for the day to begin.

 

Bolero snort they Kilkenny irish ale
...cloudy murky dark brown/amber appearance
..medium carbonation that dissipates after awhile with a thin body
...aroma is malt, malty bread,earthy and buckwheat honey
..taste is mild sweetness, malt,dark honey, almost dry and earthy.
...Overall its different just a bit than expected but very good nonetheless

 

Since my fellow Norseman, @NorsemanOne, got us going on the most sacred day of an island we used to pillage, I will join in. This is The 51 Irish Red from Petskull Brewing in Manitowoc, WI. Down the street from where @scream lived. Vibrant dark copper color with a light off-white foam. The smell is roasted nuts, caramel, and brown bread. Quite pleasant. The taste is buttered white toast, toffee, and roasted grain, with light malty sweetness. The mouthfeel is dry, with medium body, and high carbonation. Overall, this is a solid beer. Which tastes better today than any other day of the year. When you visit me for a Green Bay Packers game, if I pick you up at General Mitchell International Airport in Milwaukee, WI, we will stop at Central Waters Brewing in Milwaukee first, then we will stop at 3 Sheeps Brewing in Sheboygan, then my house. Petskull Brewing is nice, but they need to step their game up for us to stop there after 3 Sheeps Brewing, since they are located 30 minutes between Sheboygan and my house in Green Bay. Once you get to my house, we will drink whales. On my roof.

 

Damn, I was so immersed in the March Beer Madness tournament, I didn't realize this was kicked off early this weekend, but there aren't many holidays that can top Saint Patrick's Day.

Haven't missed a NBW/NBS day in quite awhile, but may be trashed after two BA Imperial Stouts today to properly rate one of my new to me tournament beers I were hoping to advance to dual post over the weekend.

Will catch up on the thread and present at least 2 this weekend, perhaps sneak a third in before midnight if I can miraculously recover within 2 hours.

Cheers!