New Beer Weekend #139

Looks inviting

 

I love that beer, haven’t seen it around in a while and at its price it was a steal.

 

Penn Dark
5% Dunkel by Penn Brewing

Fewer notes than usual as I drank this Dunkel while playing board games. Poured from a twelve ounce bottle, the body was cola color with a small head. Slight lacing.

Aroma and flavor were toasty malt. Body also had a moderate bitterness with a hint of sweet malt. Light to medium body and okay mouthfeel. An easy drinking beer that was very enjoyable.

 

Got any left? I can be anywhere in RI pretty quick! Awesome looking plate.

 

Always welcome. Not much left though.

 

Well, back home after a fun fishing trip. We were thinking about staying one more night at the resort, but only catching 6 sunnies wasn't enough to justify staying.
Now to my next new beer:

Limited Batch 008: Scotch Ale - August Schell Brewing - New Ulm, MN - 7% ABV

My rating of it is over 2% lower than the average, but I did love this beer, and it went down stupid fast.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/417/632285/


4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
This beer pours a deep mahogany color. When held up to the light I get hints of amber in the color. The head is 2 finger and tan. Head retention is decent. There's a bit of lacing on the glass.
The aroma is a bit of caramel coming through. I also get some dark chocolate in the aroma.
Taste - is a pleasing mix of chocolate and caramel flavors. Caramel seems to be more up front and the chocolate hits more on the back and lingers. I get hints of raisin coming through in the flavor as well. This is a very malty beer.
Body is pretty solid and full feeling. Very smooth feeling.
Delicious beer and another solid beer from Schell's.


I think I've got another in me. Be back in a bit.

 

I think they have enough flavor & can be used as a nice neutral when trying to deliver other flavors. I certainly feel that way about Shrimp as well

 

Great read. I was enthralled when I learned of the various possible origins of our modern bagpipes. From ancient Egypt, to Turkey and northern Africa. Really interesting how much cultural exchange transpired throughout history, and the meandering paths our ancestors took with their beliefs, artifacts, etc...

 

4.32/5 rDev +2.9%

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

Poured from a 12 ounce can dated 1/3/23 into a tulip glass.

Look- Medium gold, moderately hazy, no visible particulate, frothy slightly off white head, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Tangerine, grapefruit, bubblegum, pine, medium strength of scent.

Taste- Tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple, slight pine, moderately bitter, medium strength of flavor.

Feel- Full body, highly creamy, average carbonation, moderately bitter, silky, mildly mouth coating, mildly dry finish.

Overall- Look was medium gold with moderate haze and average head retention and lacing. Bouquet was medium in strength and an appealing mix of citrus, pine and bubblegum. Taste was medium in strength with a great balance of tangerine, grapefruit, pineapple and pine. Feel was a wonderful full silky body with a high amount of creaminess and moderate bitterness. Overall this was a really good beer that had a uniqueness making it interesting in a good way!

 

Okay last new beer of the weekend. Coop Ale Works Id No. 18 Wet Hopped IPA, 6,5 ABV; 4.05 overall talk about exceeding expectations!

Wet hopped with Cascade & Kanook ( From Kansas ). Canned 9/22/22
Pours a hazed gold with one finger of eggshell colored head. Nice head retention & lacing

S: Pineyness, papaya, nectarine, all fade a little as this warms

T: Follows the nose, mango, pine, pineapple & green melon & a little sweet orange up front. Green Melon, mango & Nectarine as this beer warms up, a little dryness as well. Finishes with Nectarine, pineapple & dryness

MF: Medium body, creamy carbonation, great balance. Carbonation picks up a bit once warm

Would love to have tasted this 5 months ago; still holding up great. I know I never saw this on prior trips to Okie over the last 3 months, WTH?

 

Awesome! Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers!

 

That Woodford Reserve Barrel Aging was the thing that really made that stand out to me!

 

903 has been brewing so many different canned beers that sit on the shelves in Texas that I've lost count so long ago. I stopped buying their beers, because everything from them has been pretty garbage. Their latest offerings are high abv pastry stouts aged on "oak" or "whiskey soaked oak" in slim "think O.G. Redbull" cans for about $5 a can. Pure crap!

 

Greetings all from the great northwest where we are watching the Gonzaga Bulldogs close out the first weekend of the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament.

We have the double chocolate stout from Rogue.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/132/60694/

Very chocolate. Like an old fashioned chocolate soda, with 9% alcohol.

Until next time Go Zags!

 

Evening, all.

Hope y'all had a great holiday weekend for those that observe St. Patrick's Day.

Found a couple NBW candidates from @Roguer that were hiding in my fridge.

This one was dispatched on Friday.


https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28743/420834/?ba=woemad#lists
And this one was hit this afternoon.


https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/28743/608164/?ba=woemad#lists

Both had held up very well despite my getting to them shamefully later than when I should have.

These were the only green beers I drank during the course of this St. Patrick's.

 

Me too @NorsemanOne, that was a fun write up for me.

If I remember correctly quite a few regions in between. País Vasco is farther west and closer to where Spain connect to France.

Asturias is a really cool place to that borders Galicia to the west, huge mountains. Picos de Europa is a national park, or equivalent?, there that is very pretty.