New Beer Weekend #142

Had a couple new brews today, one big stout:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16866/626601/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



And one not so big stout:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31678/637219/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



Plan on having some more new brews tomorrow so I'll post them then. Cheers!

 

And the geography lesson of the day is apparently Cologne (Köln) is located in New Jersey!?!

Cheers!

@jonphisher

 

Bizarre - Teenage Jesus English-style oat bitter, on cask

 

Trying these this weekend!

 

Woo-Hoo!

It time to party!!

 

Happy Easter weekend, everyone. Everything about my beers today relate to NBS BIF’s.

The first beer and glassware are from my friend @FBarber , with a beer style we don’t see often in this thread (or in my glass) but one that, as the can says, should be more popular, IMHO.

And the glassware is f*cking sublime. IJS.





4.35/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a reddish-tinged brown color that’s clear and sports a tan colored head. Beautiful beer. The nose features roasty malts, some cocoa, and I swear I smell ripe cherries. Lovely.

The taste is led by the roasty malts and those cherries I referenced, with a bit of cocoa and caramel at the back of the palate. The flavors combined with the crisp mouthfeel makes this an absolute delight to drink.

I need more rotbiers in my beer nerd life.

 

#2, the beer is courtesy of my friend @Roy_Hobbs (who remembered my love for raspberry in beer) and the glassware is from my friend @BBThunderbolt .

I am a blessed beer nerd.





4.6/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Pours a beautiful ruby red color with a sudsy, sizzling off white head that is anxious to leave and let you admire the strikingly beautiful body. The nose is funky and features strawberries, raspberries, cherries, and blueberries, and a nice vanilla note.

I already know I’m gonna love this.

The taste perfectly mirrors the nose, with that vanilla flavor the perfect complement to all the tart, juicy fruit flavors. This is stupendous - it’s a tart juice box for beer nerds.

The mouthfeel is bright and effervescent. I could drink this by the gallon.

 

No.3 I do believe from a ninja shipment

Holy Mountain - Black Beer


No canning date, although the bottom of the can did say 'barleywine' with the breweries triangle dot logo

Poured into a nonic at fridge temp and let warm up a bit(due to feral Norsemen jr's)

Pours a muddier cola brown with an aggressive sandy tan head that nearly overflowed. 4

Subtle chocolate and just shy of seared or charred malts. Some sweetness as well. 4

Dark and malty, followed by some chocolate and roastiness. Something else going on, but I can't say what, other than it's good! 4

Very smooth for how continuous the carbo is rising in the body, lighter carbo that fades away on the tongue pretty quickly, slight dryness. 4

Overall a very good dark beer that I think pulled off porter textbook flavors better than most porters. 4.

Thanks @snaotheus!

 

Hello Saturday people of NBW!
First up for today is a Bohemian Pilsner from Medusa that @WunderLlama sent me during NBW BIF #16 and I just found it again.
Canned last April, so not sure how accurate this will be.
The pour was yellow amber with a 1 finger white head that left excellent lacing.
The aroma was lost on my Covid damaged nose.
The taste started like a great Pilsner with the floral hops and slight bitterness that gives it the edge. A touch of pepper found its way into the mix as well.
After a few minutes it transitioned into more of a sweet ale- the floral notes disappeared and malts pushed forward. Still tasty though not too Pilsner like.
The feel with the active carbonation was great, no issues there. Crisp and clean.
Thanks Maynard for sending this my way!

 

Time to grab another new beer as I get ready to watch the Bruins (on TV) trying to win game #62!

Ghost Orchid 6.3% IPA from Bellwoods Brewery. Also a new to me brewery.

Appearance is fairly cloudy, looks like dark grapefruit. About a 1 inch head that goes away quickly but keeps some nice lacing.
The aroma is very nice: sweet oranges/tangerines with notes of white grape juice.
Body is touch lower than medium that's nicely carbonated.
Taste is oranges and clementines upfront with notes of white grapes and a hint of pine at the back-end.
Finish is on the lighter side. Has some nice dry bitterness that unfortunately fads quickly.

Not a fan of beers that have Nelson Sauvin hops as the star. Fortunately for me the Mosaic and Simcoe hops really blend in nicely with the Nelson hops.

The more I work thru this beer the more I like it. Really nice blend of hops, only 6.3% ABV and some nice bitterness at the finish. Hope this beer continues to show up in my area and other offerings from Bellwoods.

 

Hustle
6% AIPA by Rheingeist

Previous beers with this name have been a rye ale and a red lager. This years it's an AIPA. They must really like the name and are likely fans of Cincinnati legend Pete Rose aka Charlie Hustle.

Poured from a twelve ounce can, the body is a very slightly hazy yellow. Good initial head was white and fluffy. Lacing was modest

Aroma offered notes of peach and mango.

Taste followed nose but the fruits were offset by a mild bitterness and a modest malt backbone. Balanced. Hop bill of Amarillo, Mosaic, and Idaho 7 created a flavorful taste with a light body.

Carbonation was strong and mouthfeel solid.

Another solid beer from the Cincinnati brewers.

 

Good evening NBW. Happy Easter tomorrow to those who celebrate. Missed last weekend - universe got a tad out of balance with some unexpected time commitments, but no one here is worse for wear.

So tonight we have something quite different:



The tiny print up top says Belleflower Brewing Company x Girl That Designs. The info part of the label says it is Manifesting, a double fruited sour with mango, peach, and vlementine, 5.5%. It goes on that it has Maine grown pilsner malt, flaked wheat, flaked oats, Hallertau Blanc hops, house ale yeast. I can't find much info on this one. I assume Girl That Designs did the label art which I think is very fun and quite Maine-ish.

It pours like an orange soda. It's kinda, well, Metamucil orange with some cloudiness. Quick blush of bubbles, and after that it looks still. Not a super auspicious start.

The smell is just about fantastic, so we're gaining ground rapidly on the pour. Fruit and fruit, then more fruit. It's hard to pick out the individual contributors, but they are all there. Mango, peach, orange all jump out of the glass. Fruit bomb? Well, I'd like to catch even the faintest whiff of those Maine grains listed on the can but it's simply overwhelmingly fruity.

The taste follows with the fruits taking turns in the lead. The orange is definitely clementine. There's just a bit of ripe peach sweetness and a little tiny bit of peach. I'd have to honestly say I don't find it sour at all.

Light, bright, super-fresh, and easy. A little chalky feel. Nice orange oil sensation provides a little tingle.

Ok...it's a great tasting, great smelling, refreshing and light beverage. I like it just fine. The problem is I can't find the beer. It's drinking more like a soda. On a hot summer day with meat on the fire, a cooler full of this stuff would be an absolute ice cold killer as an accompaniment. I can convince myself - probably because I want to believe - that I'm getting just a wee bit of Pilsner malt as my pallet clears but I think its wishful thinking. No idea how I will score this one.

 

IwanttoBU (2023) by Trillium



4.29/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25


Brewers Notes: For 2023, we resurrected and re-invigorated our 0 IBU recipe for IwanttoBU DIPA with the inclusion of Citra Cryo and Simcoe Cryo to the original hop bill of Citra, Simcoe, and El Dorado. The nose is greeted with notes of tropical fruit, citrus zest, and delicate pine. Flavors of mango juice and ripe pineapples spill onto the palate, complemented with a backsplash orange and grapefruit. The beer finishes delightfully smooth with medium body and low bitterness.

Can poured into a pretentious beer glass , looks like fresh squeezed orange juice, hazy , two finger d
Fizzy foam cap, sticky, spotty lacings

The aroma is orange citrus , tropical fruit and a faint whiff of pine

Taste is mango citrus orange,

Mouthfeel is medium, has a quick fizziness, smooth, low bitterness, no bitterness , that is this beers best feature

Good beer

my youngest grandson is such a happy fellow , we nicknamed him Happy . Unfortunately, he did NOT like his bunny ears. He did enjoy the Easter egg hunt. Happy Easter!

 

Classic!

 

Lost Forty Brewing Good Weather ( Cold IPA ), 5.2% ABV; 3.57 overall

Pours a bright & effervescent gold with one finger off eggshell colored head. Okay head retention & lacing

S: Bready, grassy, not much there

T: Follows the nose, pretty dry, some lime up front. More lime, breadyness, a little grainyness & mineral dryness as this beer warms up, Finishes with grassy bitterness, kind of dry & a little bit of soapy hops

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, decent balance

As a rule, I'm not about Cold IPAs, this is drinkable, enough, but not one I wish I purchased a sixer of, but I did

 

Equlibrium ∂C/∂t. According to the brewer, this is "...the most technologically advanced DIPA we’ve made to date. It utilizes new hardware in unique ways to bring you a beer that’s on the same level as SOTL and Adrestia. Introducing Mass Fluxes into a Control Volume leads to a change in concentration over a change in time or dC/dt, which allows for the construction of a predictive juice model."
OK, whatever. Let's pour the can (dated 3/21/23) into a pint glass and see what we think.
Pours a very hazy medium honey-gold color with a persistent off-white head. Great lacing! Initial impression is grapefruit, peach, mango, pear, and orange. Mouthfeel is very soft and juicy; finish fades to a lingering citrus sweetness.
I've always enjoyed Equlibrium's IPAs, and this is one of their best to date. And the can is pretty cool too.