New Beer Weekend #155

Good day BAs! Thanks @Victory_Sabre1973 for starting this weekend's thread! Yesterday was nice albeit cool and today is starting off with a little rain. Mixed news for the garden.
Today's New Breakfast Beer:




Toxic Earth from Abomination Brewing, Company, North Haven, CT. 16 fl oz can from a trade with @woodchipper. Reviewed 09/07/23 (Review 3136). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on can bottom in tiny font “04/03/23”. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 53.4 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 64.2 degrees F. The can was rolled several times before opening since matcha is to be consumed.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Bud Green (Hex #7BB661), opaque.
Body – Same. Under direct light, same but with precipitate. When rear lite, same.
Head: Large (Maximum 4.5 cm, aggressive center pour), wheat, high density, quickly diminishing to a broken bubble ring and a thin, partial cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 –Weak honey and some hops. No yeast, no malt. No ethanol (9.3 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 4 – Slightly sweet from the honey and a bit of tea flavor with a little hoppiness. Unfortunately no coconut flavor. No yeast, no malt flavor. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Slight gastric burning.
Palate – 4 – Medium; slightly creamy; soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4 Decent DIPA, although I would prefer a brighter shade of green. The honey balances the extra hops ameliorating the bitterness and the coconut, while contributing little if anything to the flavor, helps the honey smooth out the edges. The matcha, while it’s there, contributes little but the color. Overall, a bit of a novelty beer but one that’s enjoyable in itself.
Rating 4 rDev +11.7%

Thanks Peter! I enjoyed this brew! Think I'll have another before Noir Alley begins!

 

Agreed. I had it years ago and liked it…I can’t/don’t want to drink it now. Still love SOS…two completely different beers, imo. Cheers!

 

Drinking a new to me beer on a Sunday…sound familiar @ChicagoJ ?…Bottle Logic Brewing, Anaheim, CA’s “Electric Eden” a BBA “Imperial Autumn Stout” (whoops, I jumped the gun) “with apple pie, caramel and hazel nuts”. Sounds interesting, let’s go:



Bottled 2021. Poured at 57°. Black with thin ruby edges; partial tan rocky cap with no retention; no ring nor lace; thin legs at best. Apple nose immediately; the aroma is baked apple pie with just a hit of bourbon. Sweet caramel candy, caramelized brown sugar; spiced apples with cinnamon; bourbon an afterthought; no hazelnuts. Smooth viscous feel; medium body; surprisingly low mouth warmth from 14.7% abv. Overall, good but kind of gimmicky; yes, it tastes like a sugary apple pie, the but caramel sweetness dominates the whole; very little barrel notes. One and done.

3.75 | 4.25 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0
Score: 4.05 rDev - 5.8%


Nothing bad here…I should have waited ‘till Thanksgiving; a beer perhaps better suited to the winter holidays. Cheers y’all!

 

I've 9 beers that need reviews. Would like to do 3 today. All with the exception of the Weissbier are strong. The 2 DBocks I've enjoyed for many years and have only rated them. The other 7 are all new. I would like you folks to help me decide which brews to have today for NBW! Which ones today?? Cheers!
>Ayinger Celebrator DBock
>Paulaner Salvator DBock
>Modicum Apis Honey Ale
>Lagunitas Waldos Special Ale
>Whole Hog Oatmeal Cream Pie Imp Stout
>Hoppebrau Weissbier
>St Bernardus Prior 8 Dubbel
>St Bernardus Triple
>St Bernardus Abt 12 Quad

 

This is my favorite line of the thread so far:
“Final impression and summation: 4 Decent DIPA, although I would prefer a brighter shade of green.”

To each their own, no?

 

Personally, I’d hit the lighter beer first and save the “big” beers for another day as they will sit more gracefully.
But that’s just me. Drink what appeals!

 

That is by far the funkiest beer I've ever seen! Cheers!

 

How about working your way up through the St. Bernardus's?

 

My instinct is to not do the Dubbel and Quad back to back. I already had the Wit that also was in the 4pk. That could've been a nice transition brew...I do have a bottle of Hoegaarden...hmmm. The plot thickens

 

Welcome one and all to New Beer Sunday #959. Pulled out the second of two planned collaboration beers, this one between one of my favorite breweries and favorite beer stores/bars.

Beachwood Brewing & The Beer Temple Collaboration Outnumbered by Animals



Can Notes: $17.63 four pack after tax purchased at The Beer Temple refrigerated on 5/9, refrigerated thereafter until opening this morning. 16 oz canned 4/27/23, 7.1% ABV, 60% IBUs. Canadian Pilsner malt, Nelson Sauvin, HBC-586 Hops. Brewed and canned by Beachwood Brewing, Huntington Beach, California.

This hugely aromatic IPA showcases one of our favorite hops from New Zealand, Nelson Sauvin. Sprinklings of experimental HBC-586 from Yakima, Washington add further tropical accents.

Appearance: Primary 3/4 pour to start into a nucleated Beachwood tulip pint glass. Clear golden base, light steady carbonation, bright white head lingers shortly before receding to a thin cover over the base. 4.25

Aroma: Tropical fruit, tangerine, orange, pineapple. Lighter in strength than expected based on can notes, though pleasant. 3.75

Taste: Taste much stronger, consistent with the aroma with a strong pineapple, mango, citrus flavor, white wine backing. Flavors blend well, light offset by a a bitter dry offset, but definitely a sweet experience. 4.0

Mouthfeel: Consistent prodding prickly carbonation. Drinks at or a bit stronger than the 7.1% ABV. Sweet but not cloying, tropical fruits the star of the show linger in the finish. 4.25

Overall: This is a solid offering, hop profile consistent with flavors. Overall a solid beer, glad I have three more. Thank you Beachwood and The Beer Temple for your great beers over the years! 4.0

 

I am quite happy to have had these beers (and also happy I have another Fuzzy Baby Ducks in my fridge)

 

Hop Horizon
6.5% AIPA by Tröegs Brewing Company




Pound from a twelve ounce can, the body is a lightly cloudy yellow. Good initial head that quickly receded. Decent lacing during the tasting.

The nose is a delightful tropical aroma: Pineapple, peach, melon, and bubble gum.

The taste follows nose albeit in diminished notes. Too one note (sweet) to be an IPA that I'd buy again. No bitterness seems odd to me given it’s not juicy like a New England. If they were shooting for beer candy, then it’s on point.

Carbonation is medium and mouthfeel heavy and creamy thanks to the grain bill and oats. Slightly syrupy.

Overall a beer that would be improved for my tastes with an addition of bitterness. Their Lollipop has a bit more going on including a light bitterness, despite its similar sweetness, and would be a better choice if I wanted this type of IPA (sweet and smooth).

 

I'd go with the Paulaner Salvator - one of my favorites in the US. I vaguely remember drinking multiple liters at a Starkbierfest celebration last spring in Munich and falling down stairs on my way back to the hotel - good times!


(Early photo, before it got crazy)

 

I would drink the Apis crowler first or soon. it is the most fragile of the bunch being pulled out of a tap. The whole hog bottle is 9 or 10 months old and already well past it's peak freshness but still might be ok.

 

Lazy Sunday. Doing some household chores and having dinner with our daughter and grandsons tonight.
My new beer for today is Mango Rays from Southern Tier.
Clear gold color, small white head, some lace..
Aroma of mango and grain.
Taste of mango and wheat.
Neutral mouthfeel.
Not terrible, not great. Adequate comes to mind.

 

Thanks for the tip...and brews brother! I believe I'll start with that Apis. That puts me in the middle. Cheers!

 

Brewery Nonic is located in Menomonie, WI in the old train depot building, in the mid late 80's it was a farm seed/supply store
https://www.brewerynonic.com/