New Beer Weekend #148

Three Seashells from Equal Parts Brewing, in Houston, TX. Just a Pale Ale, 6.3% ABV



Pours a slightly hazed orange color. A one finger white head forms with good retention and lace.
A simple hoppy aroma. Citrus, lemon, lime. Light peppery spice and herbal character.
Taste wise, Like the nose, citrus, lemon and light peppery herbal flavors. This becomes noticeably sweet and bready. A light lingering bitterness is nice.
A medium body and moderate carbonation. There is a bit of oily/slickness here, and wish it was drier. Though a nice pale ale that I can come back to with ease.

A solid pale ale, and another offering from Equal Parts I enjoy. I can't say its the best of the style I have had, let alone from this brewery. Though still good and enjoyable for what it is. I'd recommend it.

Overall score is 3.8, B+
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Wishing her a quick and complete recovery.
Cheers

 

Central Waters Brewing Fantasma Cosmico Chocolate Stout. Aged in rum barrels, with cocoa nibs, cinnamon sticks, vanilla, and ancho and guajillo peppers. I reviewed the pilot version. I really liked that beer. This version is pitch black, with no foam, and no apparent carbonation. The smell is strong with rum. Pepper spice, green pepper, cinnamon, chocolate, and vanilla round out the aroma. The taste is rum and cola, chocolate, vanilla, cinnamon, and spicy peppers. It blends well, but ultimately, the flavor does not pop in any way. The mouthfeel is smooth, but very thin. There is almost no carbonation. Overall, this is a good beer, but I liked the pilot version better. When I talked with the bartender at Central Waters Brewing, he said they were trying to dial it in just right. I think for a beer of this style, it may be best to go all in for either being super spicy, or very rum-focused. This beer won't offend anyone, but it also probably will not have a huge following.

 

I shoveled 8 yd of mulch after coaching an early morning soccer game. I think I earned some quiet time in the tub.



Beer for Commoners from Off Color Brewing courtesy of @FBarber

This is made from the second runnings of Beer for Kings, a wheatwine that I intend to open later tonight. This is labeled as a light locker here and a small beer on the can, not really sure how to classify this.



Whatever the style, it is really hitting the spot right now. Light and clean with faint, bready sweetness and hints of berry, banana, and lemongrass. Really well done, can't wait to try its Royal predecessor.

 

It was like having six Santa Clauses handing out gifts without name tags to each other.

 

I had a 70K New Beer Weekend so far with a few Against The Grain 70K variants:

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The caramel apple version was my favorite of these. I should have another few brews on here tomorrow too, cheers everyone!

 

I wasn't sure if it was alcohol or a bump on the head that caused me to sleep on the floor between two beds in my motel room.

 

Under Cover of the Night
A Barleywine collaboration between Abomination Brewing and Barreled Souls Brewery. Brewed with pie crust, pecans and vanilla.
Poured a strong iced tea color with just a little more carbonation. But 12.5% ABV generally doesn’t allow much excess carbonation.
The taste gave me a definite impression of pecan pie for the first couple swallows and then just barleywine and vanilla were left. No idea how that worked. Fortunately the barleywine aspect was pretty darn good.
The feel was fairly flat but not unpleasant, it kinda went with the style. Viscous and smooth I think I would call it.
OA, I might be tempted to try it again just to see if I can get the pecan pie flavor to last longer than the couple sips, but who knows, there are a lot more beers I need to try!
Cheers all.

 

I should hit that one this weekend also. @FBarber hit me with that one as well!

 

Ran out of ink, improvising

 

Edel-Pils by Enegren
It's a warm day. I accidentally opened this one. (Was intending to send it to @Ozzylizard )
But it's pretty good so I'll see if I can grab another.

16 0z can. Dated 02/02/2023
Glassy, golden straw in color. Fluffy white head, 2+ fingers in height. Slight lacing, solid retention.
Floral, grassy, mildly herbal with hints of biscuity malts.
Slightly sweet grain starts off, but definitely balanced out by that classic Noble hops blend of lively grass and floral citrus hints with a kiss of herbal notes.
Mouthfeel is crisp, almost dry on the back end. Good carbonation level.
Solid.
3.98/5 rDev -4.6%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4