New Beer Weekend #144

Wow, excellent opening, especially as you make me feel tons less regretful for any over-generosity of excessive verbosity in which I indulged as the once fearless if feckless leader here lol. But if one can't wax poetic about our favorite beverage on NBW/S, where can one?

It is my time of the month. and I am down to one new beer in the cellar. As none/some/most/all here know this old fuck is allowed one beer a month, a cellar beer, and I am in a contest to see which of us survives the other, me or cellar. Under 7 years in the cellar so... Down to my last new beer, and I greatly look forward to sharing it with you all later today as my beloved Rangers make ready to take on the NJ upstarts. I actually hope they give us some kind of a better game, even if they win.

See y'all later.

 

What an opening @AzfromOz!! After reading that I am kinda embarrassed by my simplistic reviews. I know everybody has their own style of writing a review but what really makes this forum so great is that everyone's style of reviewing is accepted and appreciated! I really enjoy reading what people think of the beers they drink, whether its your epic story writing that makes it seem as though I'm drinking the beer with you or my simple straight forward style.

 

Can’t wait for you to enjoy one with us, is it weird I’m excited for you to be able to have a beer this weekend?

As far as this time of year, I think I’m the only one who might enjoy the regular season more. The stress of every game gets me so amped up, it is so exciting but gosh is it exhausting, and god do I love it. Already anxious about tonight’s game in Tampa, I can’t relive last year again

 

A new beer weekend that starts like that and may include the last new beer post of @cavedave (if I read into your post correctly) seems a special one. I’m glad I ran into a potentially special beer for the occasion.

Oh, and did I read something along the lines that the thread’s latest BIF reveal might be starting this weekend? If so, all the better.

 

Tremendous opening page here. Looking forward to @cavedave chiming in and generally just fantastic to see his avatar pop up.

I cheated and had this beer on Wednesday. We spent a couple days up in Ogunquit, ME, so the obligatory stop at Tully's yielded some new brews. This one didn't make it home:



Allagash Wildlife Report which I don't think will be making it out of Maine in distro, a Biere de Garde. I won't talk much since its a cheat, but it's very good and I grabbed two four packs. Review here: Allagash Wildlife Report. (At least I think it's the review).

Hopefully back later with another new Maine beer.

 

Great start to NBW by @AzfromOz !

Today I'm going with Founders Sweet Repute:


Appearance: Clear dark gold, but full of chunky particles, good head.

Smell: Sweet, rum, wood, vanilla.

Taste: Sweet, candy caramels, rum, barrel wood. Slick feel, almost tastes/feels like a soft drink.

Overall: I like to try wheat wines, but still haven't quite found one that knocks my socks off. Sweet Repute takes a big swing, with 12+% abv and barrel aging, but it has a pretty bad appearance and the feel/body of the beer isn't quite there. A little too much on the sweet side, but worth a try.

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Thanks to @AzfromOz for starting us off, and good to see @cavedave able to pop in sometime this weekend.

I am earlier than normal only because I am having this today:

Weihenstephaner Hefeweissbier Alkoholfrei- Low Alcohol beer

Since I do have to work later today, this seemed like a logical choice. I am very impressed with the flavor. Tons of biscuit, honey and lemon. It is a bit light bodied, but not watery at all. One heck of a treat, and another amazing brew from them. I am impressed.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/252/12600/

3.82/5 rDev +17.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a bottle:
A bit of smoke upon opening the bottle. This is a very clear pouring beer, clear golden color. The head is quite thick - 3 finger, and white. The head looks quite fluffy and frothy. The head retention is decent and there's some lacing on the glass. As I hold this beer up to the light, I see a ton of carbonation bubbles rising in the glass.
The aroma is very grainy, I also get a pleasing hint of lemon.
Taste - This is a very malty beer, well, N/A beer. I get tons of grain flavors - biscuit, wafer. I get a bit of lemon that shines through. I also get some honey on the backside.
The body is very light, though, somewhat expected. Not really watery.
Delicious and refreshing. Highly recommended NA beer.


I'll be back tomorrow night for another beer, and not a NA. Cheers!

 

New Glarus Brewing 30th Anniversary Quadruple. This is an important beer. A milestone. From a brewery that is known for quality. The color is dark caramel brown, with a two-finger light brown foamy top. The smell is sour apple, vanilla, caramel, apricot, raisin, raspberry, and brown sugar. The taste is sour, but sweet, raisin, vanilla, clove, dark chocolate, raspberry, and cinnamon, with a sour apple finish. Delightful. The mouthfeel is rich, thick, and syrupy, with medium carbonation. Overall, this is an excellent Quadruple. At a price of about $3 per can. With a distinctive Wisconsin feel. I love this beer. It is worth taking a drive to Wisconsin to pick up a couple cases of it.

 

Dude, I look *forward* to your intro reviews. Er, stories. Until you bring oysters into the tale. IJS.

 

My man, @cavedave, I know you only by your reputation and what others have stated about you, and to a man (and woman), they all think highly of you. So it will be an honor to share a beer with you today, and hopefully once a month for the next 7 years.
Cheers, I look forward to seeing your choice.

 

Thanks for the amazing story of an opener (and serious beer fomo) @AzfromOz!

I greedily tore into a surprise ninja box from @WunderLlama with not one, but two Treehouse beers nestled inside, and now my wish is fulfilled as I've tried the celebrated brewery, their flagship IPA nonetheless.

Tree House - Julius



Canned 4.3.23

Poured at about 40° into a weizen glass

First impression of all the categories put together was a flat out 'wow'

Pours pure gorgeous juice with a nice off white pillowy head. 4.25

Mango and peach forward aroma with some nice hoppy herbals. 4.25

Bright, tropical juicy sweetness and low bitterness full hop backbone. This seriously blew me away, and I enjoy IPAs, but I love this .4.5

Very soft body with low carbo, almost a touch of juicy puckering but the aftertaste was sublime. 4.5

Overall to date the best IPA I've ever had, and I don't think I have given it enough praise, but my words unlike @AzfromOz aren't up to par to do it justice, so a solid 4.5 will have to do!

 

Old Nation Brewing Low Orbit. A session NEIPA. It has the pedigree to be a special beer. Yellow-orange thick orange juice color, with a thick off-white foamy ceiling. The smell is strong with pineapple. Guava, cantaloupe, and lime are also present, but it smells like pineapple juice. The taste is primarily pineapple juice. Lemon makes an appearance, but pineapple dominates the flavor. The mouthfeel is pillowy soft, smooth, clean, and light, with medium carbonation. Overall, this is an excellent session NEIPA. A tremendous value. If you like pineapple, this beer is exceptional. For Detroit Lions at Green Bay Packers games going forward, I expect to see a lot of these beers being shotgunned.

 

Am I the first person in NBW BIF #17 to review my mystery beer? That’s wild!

So @NorsemanOne was/is my sender (that’s right, the insanity continues!)
Poured golden amber and very nearly transparent. The head is very dense and quite slow to dissipate.
Sadly my nose is still MIA, stupid Covid.
The taste is crisp and clean and very full of noble hops. Okay, maybe European? There is virtually no hops bitterness, but some biscuit like flavors that I assume are malt driven. No pepper or banana. Some sweetness that dominates the biscuit flavors.
Lager, pretty sure.

I don’t know that I can tell lagers apart unless they are side by side, but @NorsemanOne has done his research and knew that I liked a good Pilsner, so I’m guessing it’s in that category. Regardless, it is very tasty.
Reveal in a few.

 

Oooh, I'm excited!