New Beer Weekend #150

Thanks for the weather report, your neck of the woods is where my mother lives and rain is something she always wants more of. Glad you guys are getting some!

 

Loved that beer

 

Curiosity 29 by Tree House


4.29/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Brewers Notes: Our curiosity continues with an intensely kettle and dry hopped Double IPA featuring a combination of Simcoe & Amarillo! The base of Twenty Nine is straightforward to allow the unique and intriguing characteristics of our house yeast to play with a big punch of Simcoe & Amarillo. We experience flavors and aromas of apricot, peach, grapefruit, and a very distinctive note of juicy tangerine. This beer is a beautiful example that given a similar set of ingredients, process and yeast vastly influence the character and presentation of a finished beer. Despite its focused and intense flavors, this Curiosity is supremely pillowy. A delectable treat, indeed


Canned 4/14, opened 6/3

“Stay curious”

Chilled 16oz can poured into a Willi Becher glass. Looks like an Arnold Palmer, iced tea and lemonade. Creamy off white one finger foam crown . Good lacings

Aroma is citrus, orange, tangerine, apricot

Taste is citrus, orange, tangerine, peach , apricot

Soft , smooth mouthfeel , hop nibble on the finish

Good beer

 

Good afternoon NBW
Long time want here purchased at Jungle Jim's in Cincinnati a few weeks ago.

Alaskan Smoked Porter
22oz bottle vintage 2022 poured into a perfect pint glass at fridge temp 6.5% ABV. The beer pours opaque medium brown in color with light brown head. The head recedes to a thin cap and leaves a little lacing. The aroma is moderate in strength featuring meaty, campfire smoke. The taste is strong smoke up front with lesser notes of dark chocolate and ashy roast in the background. Moderate bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, straightforward and delicious.

Cheers all!

 

Kettlehouse - Hellgate


Canned 5.5.23

Poured at fridge temp into a willi glass

Pours a golden pale straw with a aggressive and dense white head. Some loose lines of thick lace left behind. 4

Sweet honey foremost, and a touch of hops. It's really faint. 3.5

Light, bright and soft honey with even softer hops and malt. Touch of bready grains. 3.75

Moderate and creamy body, fair to mild carbo and smooth. 3.75

Overall a nice hef that is very refreshing. 3.75

 

Good afternoon, New Beer folks! I spent the morning with the Timbers Army painting huge banners to display in the North End before an upcoming Portland Timbers match. And now I'm keeping an eye on their match against our archrivals, the seattle sounders.

I had the chance to check out a New Beer before the match started:



(No rating yet, still working on the numbers.)

Living Häus Carl West Coast IPA
16-ounce can purchased with lunch at John's Marketplace in Beaverton, OR. Enjoyed in one of their bulbous branded pint glasses. Date stamp reads "DEVIN IS OUR HOMEBOY! 05/30/23 BATCH #132"

This beer is a collaboration with Ruse Brewing of Portland, OR.

Look:
The body is bright gold and crystal clear. The head is snowy white and sturdy. It lingers for a few minutes before collapsing to an enduring collar that leaves impressive lacing.

Smell:
Citrus and strawberries. The citrus layer includes lemon zest, grapefruit peel, and a splash of tangerine juice. Zesty! Underneath are notes of pine and mango.

Taste:
Citrus and sweet mango lead the way, supported by a base of clean, slightly grainy malt. There's a tasty floral/peppery note in the middle and a kiss of mint. The floral character leads to a moderately bitter finish with pine and strawberries harmonizing in the aftertaste. As the beer warms, an interesting herbal note (tarragon? celery seed?) makes a brief appearance on the breath at the very end.

Feel:
Light-medium body with lively carbonation. Each sip starts crisp and each swallow ends drying and moreish. Mild alcohol warmth.

Overall:
Like their recent collab with North Park Beer Co. of San Diego, CA, this is another top-notch Living Häus IPA collab which amply displays the skills of both breweries. I think a bit more bitterness would really push this to the next level, but I'm kinda old-school that way. Highly recommended.

 

Happy NBW everyone, had a few new to me imperial stouts today:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/7730/600034/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/59430/657702/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1141/334596/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



All were good but my favorite was the Péché Latte. Should have another new beer review or 2 tomorrow, have a great Saturday!

 

Have a great Saturday. Worked 4 9s this week and read a bunch of Stephen King books that I loved. Got a lot of work done. I have my dream job and girl to marry. I still keep replaying my weekend with @GreenBayBA we are doing that shit again super soon.


My dad drove home from Myrtle Beach to ohio today, so we came to mcouls pub for lunch.

I got a Founders London porter. This was world class English porter! Aromas and flavors of big dark chocolate, cocoa, coffee, roasted nuts, toast, dark bread/crust, wood, peppercorn, pine, herbal, floral, grass; light molasses, toffee, caramel, dark fruit, yeast earth. Medium pine/woody bitter finish. Medium carb and medium full body. Creamy silky malts and balanced sticky hops. Lingering resin drying with min astringent. Amazing for the English style. Super rich malts and balanced earthy hops. 4.35




Ps we watched the movie Christine last night but I feel asleep at the end. 10/10 book adaptation


Cheers

 

Lupulin Cinnamon Coffee Shop Assault Vehicle Imperial Pastry Stout, 9% ABV. Pours black with a one-finger light-brown head that left some lacing. Aroma is coffee, chocolate, vanilla, and strong cinnamon. Taste follows, with cinnamon and coffee in the front, other flavors more subtle, quite sweet, slight coffee bitterness. Excellent mouthfeel, overall outstanding to world-class adjacent. Slightly better than the base beer.

4.52/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

 

Just a single for me today whilst enjoying a beautiful day at the lake, I first had The King in August of 2016 when we were living in Mankato and I drove two hours to the brewery to pick up two cases of King Sue bombers that I sent all OVER the place, including one in an NBS BIF (#4 maybe?).

That beer is in my Top 10 and was definitely not a hazy. Let’s see where this version takes us.





4.34/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Pours a very hazy pineapple color with a sudsy off white head that literally provides no lacing. None. That surprised me, but the voluminous mango, ripe tangerine, and pineapple notes on the nose did not. Solidly on point.

The taste is also exquisitely placed, with loads of mango leading the juicy flavor extravaganza, joined by ripe tangerine and a lot of pineapple as well and a nice sweet oat note at the back of the palate. No sign at all of the 9.8% ABV this NETIPA (first time I’ve ever typed that) is packing.

The mouthfeel is very full and substantial, with a nice pillowy character expected for the style. This is very well executed as expected by TH, but I’d love to see them give a nod to the OG King Sue, which was decidedly NOT a hazy, and brew this in that style.

Maybe someday.

 

Good evening NBW denizens! I finally got to join in the conversation. Well, with an actual contribution.

Gifted to me by @Ozzylizard recently and it may be my second of the style. Oddly enough, I enjoy the style more than I would think based on the descriptions. But that’s why we try new beers!
The pour was nearly transparent straw color with a bone white head that tried and failed to amount to much. But it left good lacing.
The aroma was lost on my Covid affected nose.
The taste was smoky and malty, the light grassy flavor I normally get from Noble hops is sort of there but it is toasted. Actually one of the best features IMO.
The feel is good, maybe even very good, but the light thinness seems to not go with the flavor.
OA, very good beer. I could drink a few of these in short order.
Thanks @Ozzylizard!

 

Worker drone twin elephant brewery
....cloudy orange appearance
....medium bodied with just below average carbonation.
...aroma is malt,light caramel, grain,cereal with a little bread.
...taste has a very mild sweetness with no real strong hop bite at all. Malty,honey, cereal with an almost vanilla cream like taste.
..overall its flavorful,different, and goes done nicely

 

A lovely New Beer Weekend thus far, late to the party as always; another packed Saturday, first chance to open and enjoy a beer is now. Much like you @Whyteboar I finally get to do more than click that thumbs up button, which is fun, but uh...sharing a beer with you all is fun and a pleasure as always. Just a random thanks for the past few years, I never thought I'd be comfortable sharing and posting beer reviews like this, until I "met" you all that is, OK enough sappiness. @FBarber sent me some beers that were lost in the mail but then showed up weeks later, the last victim of that box is this beer. A Bohemian Pilsner from Goldfinger...

Goldinger - Bohemian-Style Pilsner



Pale with deep hints of gold, mostly clear, big bubbles make up a white head, collapses quickly leaving a soapy few dots.

Nose is an instant hit of herbal and spicy saaz, there is some doughy white bread hiding underneath but this one is all about the saaz.

The taste has more of a pale malt presence; less doughy than the nose implied more of a hearty and well made light bread, some crust character. Hops lend a pleasant bit of black pepper like spice balanced with some earthiness and grass; hops linger and bite.

Light to medium body, the carb is mildly vigorous but has a gentle bite to it; resiny hops on the tongue with nice bitterness, mostly dry but the hops linger for a while on the tongue.

Thanks for sharing another tasty beer Frank!

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I cannot wait to watch some hockey tonight, those pesky Stars prolonged our wait time. I really hope the Panthers keep up their magic, just incredible hockey to watch; you can do this!!!

Probably my only offering of the night, I'm way to full, just celebrated my nephews fourth birthday over at my brothers and ate too much pizza; then cake, yea cut me a piece why not...barely any room for this beer right now.

 

Eternal fugitive rye lager wild air beerworks
...dark amber appearance, no head,full of lively carbonation.
....despite the appearance the carbonation is medium light with a body thats around medium, maybe a little thin.
...aroma does present some rye grain although not overwhelming.malt, dark honey, with fresh rye bread and cereal.
....taste doesn't stray too far from the aroma with rye grain and bread out front. Has a bit of a dry bitter bite that isn't strong but seriously builds up in the aftertaste.
....this was a really nice beer from a new to me,local brewery which I am always happy to support.