New Beer Weekend #141

Yeah I agree , just got it and it may be my new favorite , Great to handle and pours a good beer

 

Machine House - Barrel-Aged Barleywine

500ml bottle served in a tiny stein. Bottled April 2022.

Pours slightly hazy reddish-amber with a smallish head. Smell is lightly oaky, toffee, nuts, but somewhat hampered by the current condition of my schnoz.

Taste is very woody. Fair amount of vanilla, maybe a bit of toffee and nuts. Somewhat oxidized, but comes across more as cask conditioning than a flaw.

Mouthfeel is surprisingly light and super dry. Overall, nice English barleywine.

 

Well, back for my final round in this NBW thread, and again it's one thanks to the kindness of @WunderLlama .

Citraquench'l - Heist Brewing - Charlotte, NC - NEIPA - 7.1%

My rating is quite below average for this beer, not because it was bad, but because I thought the aroma was way too light. The light aroma aside, the flavor more than makes up for it. Quite full of what I make out as tangerine in the flavor, and it keeps building as it lingers in my throat. Delicious as heck.

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4.03/5 rDev -10.4%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Juicy looking pour. The color seems a bit lighter golden. It really looks like a glass of pineapple juice, but with a very frothy and fluffy 2 finger white head. The beer has great head retention, and there's a good amount of lacing on the glass.
To be honest, I'm not getting much on the nose. It's a fairly faint citrus hop aroma.
Taste - There's a citrus flavor to this beer due to the hops, and I think it's tangerine that I'm getting from the hops. The flavor from the hops really keeps building in my throat, and on my taste buds. The flavor lingers in my throat, and I just keep tasting it.
The body is juicy and also has a crisp feeling. The hops linger in my throat, but they don't feel sticky, or like resin.
This is a delicious example of the style. The aroma was a bit of a let down, it is a bit over a month old, so maybe that plays a factor into it.


Well, I'd better stop with this one because I'd like to be functional tomorrow. There's a chance I may be called into work, so I will see you all down the road for the next New Beer Weekend.

 

New brew from Altamont Beer Works Livermore ,CA, They say Make beer clear again on the can. Its called Juice Above The Clouds, Its a 9% ABV WCIPA. Pours mostly clear golden color with a nice 1 finger head , Smell is grassy fruity with malt and pine. Taste follows the nose juicy with hops pine bitterness but soft caramel malts to balance ,I liked it a lot. Not overly bitter for the style but was present.

 

Likely my closer for the evening. For some reason I thought this was a 14% at first glance in the fridge. Nope, just a friendly 12.8%

Founders - Sweet Repute



Bottled on 11.20.22

Poured into a weizen glass at fridge temp

Pours a clear, almost true copper with a 1+ finger head that is fairly dense and creamy. 4

Aroma is sweet, strong with a heavy and boozy base. Some caramel comes to mind with perhaps a touch of fruit. 4.25

Sweet, caramel, maple and syrup. Finish is delightfully lingering with some alcohol heat and a touch of dryness. 4.5

Body is unassuming at first with very mild carbo, but gives way to a blossoming warmth and radiation as it goes down and settled. 4.5

Overall it's everything I was anticipating and nothing that I didn't want/expect. What a delight of a Wheatwine 4.25