New Beer Weekend #153

3.66/5 rDev -10.1%

look: 4.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5

Poured from a 16 ounce can into a Teku glass.

Look- Straw, very hazy, plentiful visible large particulate, white frothy head, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Clementine, apricot, floral, medium strength of scent.

Taste- Weak clementine and strawberry, overwhelming astringent, highly herbaceous, weak strength of flavor.

Feel- Medium body, highly astringent, average carbonation, mildly mouth coating, high bitterness.

Overall- Great straw color with so many particulate it looks like a snow globe. Very pleasant bouquet of clementine, apricot and floral notes with medium strength. Flavors were very weak and overwhelmed by astringent herbal character. This beer had medium body, but it’s feel again was marred by extreme astringency. Overall the look and smell of this beer were great, but unfortunately the flavors and feel left much to be desired.

 

Congratulations! That’s quite an accomplishment.

 

Dfpf by j. Wakefield


4.21/5 rDev -6.7%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Brewers Notes: Berliner Weisse brewed with dragon fruit and passion fruit

Saw the #1 rated Berliner Weiss at Empire Liquors! Hello? Yes please !!

Chilled clear bomber bottle to show off the big pink liquid. Ruby red liquid capped by a pink fizzy foam cap that quickly fades when poured into a schilling stemmed glass

Aroma is passion fruit ,and, I guess dragon fruit

Taste is passion fruit, tart , not too sweet , and, I guess again dragon fruit

Fizzy , sudsy mouthfeel that settles to a tart tanginess , clean,crisp, tangy

Good beer

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

Well, I had an amazing time in Annandale with @LesDewitt4beer , @Mdog , @cheeseheadinMinneapolis , and @GreenBayBA tonight. Great meeting all of you (in the case of GreenBayBA, once again), and it was just a blast. I hope to meet up with you all again sometime. Now, I'm back home, and it's time for a new beer.

This isn't my first new beer of the night, but it's the first I'm going to post here tonight.

cheeseheadinMinneapolis so kindly gave me this beer

Bock - Bull Falls Brewing - Wausau, WI - 7.2% ABV

I am really digging this beer tonight. The feeling of it is just wonderful, as is the flavor. I am quite happy and impressed with it, and so thankful it was given to me.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16271/41963/

3.76/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 3.75
From a can

This beer pours dark brown in color. When I hold it up to the light it looks like more of an amber color. Since it is darker, I can't really see through it, but, it does look somewhat clear. The head comes out to 2 finger, and somewhat tan in color. Frothy looking and decent retention. At the end, there's just 2 arcs of lacing on my glass.
The aroma is somewhat light. Some cola notes to it. Malty, biscuit hints as well.
Taste - Fairly mellow right away. The flavor in this beer builds somewhat. I get some notes of cola, and caramel. There's a faint nutty flavor that comes into play in this beer as well.
I am liking this body. Nice and smooth, like silk. yet full feeling at the same time.
I am really enjoying this beer. Quite tasty tonight.


All right, see you all tomorrow. Cheers all!

 

it was fun, I made it home, 35 to 45 MPH on I94 for about 25 miles, heavy rain and wind

 

As a beer nerd who lives less than 10 miles from the old Hair of the Dog location, and used to think it would outlive me in some way, I concur.

 

Geez, that may just be the ugliest beer I've ever seen. You are a brave soul for giving it a run.

 

Brauerei Schloss Eggenburg Maibock , a convivial collaboration with Schilling


4.34/5 rDev +5.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Brewers Notes: Brewed in collaboration with our friends at Schilling Beer Co., a European inspired craft brewery in New Hampshire's White Mountains. This special Maibock is a tribute to the changing of the seasons.

Purchased at Empire

Bottle poured into a stemmed schilling glsss

Clear golden liquid, numerous active carbonation streams, frothy white one finger foam cap, reduces to a think layer , spotty lacings

Aroma is malty and grassy

Taste is malty , grassy , hop nibble on the finish , hoppier than the traditional style but I liked it

Really good beer, recommended

 

Good day BAs! Well, I'm back again after sucking down another from @2beerdogs and NBW BIF 17:



It's always difficult for me to post comments about beers that seem 'way below average, particularly when they've been received in something like NBW BIF ###! Usually I just post the review and don't comment elsewhere. However, some of this weekends earlier reviews have given me courage, so here goes:

Dead Man’s Game from The Lost Abbey. 12.7 fl oz bottle from @2beerdogs in NBW BIF #17. Reviewed 25/06/23 (Review 3129). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated bottle. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 51 degrees F (Label suggests 50 – 55 F) in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 56.3 degrees F.
Appearance – 3.5
First pour – Deep Amber (SRM 15), hazy.
Body – Chocolate Brown (SRM 20), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear lite, light penetrates at the edges only – ruby at the bottom and gold at the top. Moderate amount of sediment remains in the bottle and a ring occurs at the top edge of the liquid.
Head: None. Eventually a partial bubble ring evolves.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4.5 – When the cork is “Popped,” concord grapes rule. After a while, caramel takes over. No yeast, no hops. No ethanol (14% ABV, according to the label).
Flavor – 4 – Begins sweet and caramel-ly. Perhaps a little dark fruit. No yeast, no hops. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. No ethanol flavor but mild gastric warming happens. No trace of tannic acid or vanillin. Ends with a touch of dry malt flavor.
Palate – 3 – Medium; tending to syrupy; nearly flat.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 (After deducting 0.25 point for an undated personal container) the initial grape odor makes me think of Pseudomonas aeruginosa contamination – particularly since it rapidly dispenses and is replaced. Maybe that aroma is one of the goals – along with the low carbonation – Dead Man indeed!
Rating 3.89, rDev -10.4%

To me, this seems like a failed batch that was sort of drinkable, so they bottled it anyway. Or this was just a bad bottle. Sorry Derek - I wanted to give this a good review.

 

Welcome to New Beer Sunday #957! Today is part two of my weekend exploration of two new beers from a great Chicago brewery, this one provided via trade by a great Wisconsin Beer Advocate, @Danmullens1

Hop Butcher For The World Live From Chicago



Can Notes: Obtained via trade with BA @Danmullens1 in mid-May, refrigerated upon returning home until today. 16 oz canned 4/18/23 10:13:22 AM with can stamp note "Now In Stereo". 6.75% ABV, Simcoe, Citra, Galaxy & Talus-Hopped India Pale Ale. Brewed and Canned By Hop Butcher For The World in Chicago, Illinois and Bedford Park, Illinois. Tasting Notes: Fruit Cocktail, Pleasant Pine, Sweet Grapefruit.

Appearance: About a 12 oz primary pour into a teku glass. Golden peach murky pour, creamy rich bright white head lingers for a few minutes before leaving clumpy lacing. 4.25

Aroma: Peach, grapefruit, citrus, pine. Bright, sweet, bold in strength, definitely drawing me in. 4.25

Taste: Pine steps on the metal bringing a pleasant to me bitterness, citrus bringing bursts of sweetness in between the pine assertiveness, but cannot displace. Grapefruit lingering in the back smoking a cigarette. Nice. 4.25

Mouthfeel: Dry and bitter, hits me stronger than the ABV but that could be my declining tolerance over the last few years. Bitter over sweet, though both work well and like the alternating experience of bitter pine interrupted by bursts of of citrus, like biting into an orange tic tac in between sips. Gentle carbonation, medium creamy body. Dry pine citrus finish extending the enjoyment. 4.5

Overall: This is an excellent offering, hits my preferred flavor and bitter profiles. With each new Hop Butcher I come across, I appreciate their brewery more and more. Really appreciative of this beer provided by Dan, and will be seeking future releases of this one for my refrigerator. 4.25

Looking forward to catching up on previous week threads and enjoying a return to nice temps here (70s to low 80s). Cheers!

 

I think this is the first new one for me this weekend, late to the party for sure!

Courtesy of @Whyteboar for another Founders Treat

Founders - KBS Chocolate Cherry



Bottled 12.6.22

Poured at fridge temp into a tulip glass

Pours that deep brown I've come to know for KBS with a fluffy tan head that settled into a .5F ring and loose cap. 4

Aroma is largely coffee paired with milk baking chocolate, fairly recognizable KBS. Perhaps the cherry comes out more as it warms up, but I didn't notice it from fridge temp to about 40°. 4

Striking but brief cherry sweetness, chocolate, touch of lightly bitter coffee and a hint of lingering dark overripe cherry. 4.25

Body is warming from the first sip, pleasantly full, I'd say just having crossed the line from medium to thick, which is a great place for my personal tastes. Only light carbo and lingering cherry cordial candy taste. 4.5

Overall I think after all the cellar gold of Founders sent to me by @Whyteboar, fresh (or nearly fresh) can be as good as aged! I think the cherry was correctly advertised as far as being able to taste it, only thing was I couldn't quite pick it up on the nose, but this was a great breakfast replacement (it's coffee, right?) and I'd certainly have it again. 4.25

 

Man that is ugly, but coconut matcha I'd absolutely give a try!

 

Attended a great get-together yesterday with @GreenBayBA , @LesDewitt4beer , @Victory_Sabre1973 , and @cheeseheadinMinneapolis --see yesterdays WBAYDN? thread for the shenanigans.

Received this beer from @GreenBayBA , Central Waters Passion for Pineapple:

Appearance: Yellow sludge with an ok head.

Smell: Sweet pineapple puree.

Taste: Big pineapple taste upfront and throughout, moderate bitterness comes in halfway through, then finishes with a blend of pineapple and bitterness. Hugely fruity and pretty heavy feeling.

Overall: Got this from @GreenBayBA, thanks! Really intense pineapple experience with this beer, I guess I'm getting my recommended daily allowance of fruit! Pretty heavy feeling beer for an IPA.

 

Thirsty Dog Black Cherry Shandy
5.5% fruit beer



Poured from tap at Winking Lizard, the body is a yellow-orange with large white head. Nice lacing throughout the drinking. Good looking beer in the glass.

A simple beer with wafts of black cherry. I waited for the fake cherry taste, but it never came. Just a nice muted but present cherry flavor. Delicious.

Good carbonation and an unexpected very smooth finish. Good mouthfeel.

Very much a pleasant surprise that was easy drinking and refreshing. I’ll have to try it from bottle or can to see if it matches tap poured.

 

I'm not a big fan of coconut, but if I was I might would give it a shot...might.

 

Thanks, definitely had some help from several BAs.

 

Good afternoon NBW
My 21 year old is home from college working this summer and things like this just wind up in my fridge.

Busch Light Peach
12oz can stamped 22NOV23 SJ1636 poured into a vintage footed bar glass at fridge temp 4.1% ABV. The beer pours very bright light yellow with nearly white head. The head recedes to a pencil thin ring and scattered bubbles. Minimal lacing. The aroma is moderately strong peach (ripe, sweet, mildly artificial). The taste is more of the same with heavy peach flavor, sweetness tapering off into mild diacetyl with no appreciable bitterness. Mouthfeel is thin bodied with above average carbonation and a semi dry finish. Overall, truth in advertising.

Cheers all!