New Beer Weekend #157

Good morning NBW
My purchase of this beer was a simple preemptive strike for a future date when the Kentucky Common is added to the database.

Dreaming Creek Kentucky Common Ale

16oz undated can poured into a mug at fridge temp 5.45% ABV 21 IBU per can. The beer pours opaque light brown with light brown colored head. The head recedes to a thin ring and island. Minimal lacing. The aroma is mild, slightly tart and vinous. The taste is tangy toasted malt with earthy notes and mild bitterness. The mouthfeel is thin to medium bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Overall, seems to meet the Kentucky Common profile.


Kentucky common beer is a once-popular style of ale from the area in and around Louisville, Kentucky from the 1850s until Prohibition. This style is rarely brewed commercially today. It was also locally known as dark cream common beer, cream beer or common beer. The beer was top-fermented and was krausened up to 10% making it quite highly carbonated. Like cream ale, it was consumed fresh, usually as draught beer. In 1913 it was estimated that 80% of the beer consumed in Louisville was of this type. Many local breweries made only this style of beer.

Characteristics
This kind of beer was usually made with 6 row barley, approximately 25 to 30 percent corn grits and 1 to 2 percent each caramel or caramel malts and black malt to counteract the high bicarbonate water. It had an original gravity of 1.040-1.050, an average bitterness of 27 IBU. The beer was typically kegged and served relatively young, with a short time of 6 to 8 days from mash in to keg. The beer is an easy-drinking, slightly sweet, dark amber to light brown ale.

Cheers all!

 

Back home from cleaning the fair booth, and time for a beer a friend picked up for me when he was in the UP of Michigan.

Peace Sign - Soo Brewing - Sault Ste Marie, MI - American IPA - 6.9%

I had to add this to the database. I am kinda down on the hazy IPAs lately, but my friend said they had an American IPA there for sale, and I was interested. Well, this is delicious as heck. Tons of pine hits me and hits in waves that wash over my taste buds. It seems the pine does change flavor through the waves, and a hint of pineapple does show up also. I am impressed, and would gladly drink again. Delicious.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27029/664635/

4.17/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
From a 16oz can purchased at the brewery dated 7-17-2023
The beer pours an amber hue from the can. Clear, not hazy. When I hold it to the light I see a few carbonation bubbles rising in the glass. The head that forms is 1 finger and is off white with a hint of amber in it. Looks very cloud like, with tiny bubbles. The head retention is pretty good overall. Beautiful sticky lacing on the glass as the head dissipates.
The nose isn't too strong, however, what I do get is a beautiful pine smell from the hops, with hints of tropical,
Taste - Pine, and layers of it. The pine flavors seem to change somehow between different kinds of pine. There's a faint hint of tropical, a bit of pineapple, but pine is the main flavor here. Lots of bitterness hits on the backside.
Sticky pine resin feeling from this beer. This beer just clings to my throat and doesn't let go at all.
Damn, do I miss this style, and it's amazing when done right. This is done right. I'm loving it.


All right, I'm going to keep enjoying this for a while, but I'll be back for another new beer later.

 

Good day BAs! Today’s new to me beer is Firestone Walker’s “Paraboloid” (2023), a Tavour purchase. Parabola aged 18 months in select 20 year old Elijah Craig barrels, then blended:



Poured at 51°. Black with ruby see through, very good clarity; fizzy tan head with a few rocks; poor cap retention; thin ring; minimal spots of lace; no legs. Bourbon, charred oak nose; boozy exhale. Oaky bourbon entry; bitter sweet dark chocolate; burnt coffee beans; a little vanilla as beer warmed; finish is oaky bourbon. Dry barrel tongue coating; alcohol bite on tip of tongue; mouth warmth from 13% abv; silky smooth feel; medium light body; drinks thin for abv. Overall, the barrel flavors and feel overpower the whole; long dry wooden bitter roast linger; did not enjoy as much as regular Parabola (2023) I drank two days ago.

4.0 | 4.25 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0
Score: 4.06 rDev -5.6%

Sometimes more is too much…

Cheers gang!

 

I can see why, I seriously had a hard time stopping long enough to take notes!

 

Good Noon-time my beer friends...was a little busy yesterday so here we are. It is beautiful sunny summer day here, the humidity has left for the weekeend.

I hadn't beer shopped in a long long time and when it rains it pours, found the SN Fan Favorite pack and some other fresh classics over the past week. Still at in laws for another 2 months or so and I'm loving our little basement home away from home. I'm down here sitting in utter peace and quiet sipping on this beauty. Yes I had this beer in a beer nerd's life a long long time ago...coming at it with a fresh perspective and reviewing for the first time.

Sierra Nevada - Nooner (German Pilsner 5.2%)


Pours a brilliantly bright dark gold, crystal clear, white bubbly head settles quickly but it leaves a nice thin film, there is some minor lacing.

Nose is quite hoppy, get some bright citrus, combine with some herbal qualities; leads me to want to say lemongrass like, malt is mostly cracker like with some light grain husk character.

The taste is also nicely hoppy, but too me it is not overdone...semi-sweet cracker like malt greets first, tastes sort of like a mix of water cracker and ritz to me, then come the hops; very grassy, hay like hops; after the sip goes down the herbal nature hits in the aftertaste.

Bigger side of light bodied; hops are tongue coating and then the bitterness hits moderately on the finish; this beer doesn't not finish the driest or crispiest but it still finishes quite clean for me; the drying sort of builds but it’s still has this minor lingering malt presence.

I'm so happy drinking an old Sierra Nevada beer right now, go by these up so we get more "fan favorites" from them. I can't wait to drink my next one from the pack later today; it is gonna be a hard decision and yes I plan to consider them all new given how long ago I had them all.

I hope everyone is having a wonderful lovely Sunday thus far.

 

Surviving the onslaught of kids and grandkids. The pool is a great distraction.
More of the same for today.
My new beer is New MexiKolsch from Boxing Bear in Albuquerque. My first beer from this brewery, and I enjoyed it.
A clear light yellow color with a small white head and a bit of lace.
Grainy aroma with a hint of lemon.
Taste of white bread, hint of lemon. Late hops.
Crisp and clean mouthfeel.



Have a great Sunday!

 

All right, back with another that I had to add to the database.


Family Harvest - Soo Brewing - Sault Ste. Marie, MI - Weizenbock - 9.2% ABV

I requested this from my friend when I saw it on their website. I am glad I did. There's so much going on here, but I can say that I love this beer. So delicious, and full of flavor.

Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/27029/664644/

4.19/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25From a 16oz can purchased at the brewery dated 7-17-2023

This beer is a very dark pouring beer. Dark amber in color. The amber is lighter at the bottom of the glass, but gets darker as it goes up. When I hold it up to the light, it's clear, and I don't see any carbonation rising in the glass. The head comes to one finger, and is tan colored. Frothy looking, but not long lasting. The head dissipates to a ring around the glass, with no lacing on the glass.
Aroma is malt dominant, and has a nutty aroma. Kind of getting a combination of peanuts and walnut. For sure there's a roasted hint in this beer. I also get a caramel note on the aroma.
This is a malty beer, and there's so much here, I'm sure I'll not get it all. I get a nutty flavor that hits right away. This continues throughout. I get a nice hint of caramel that hits next, roasted and toasted. Hints of toffee also show up. I get a bit of a sweet cherry flavor on the backside. There's also a slight buttery biscuit flavor that shows up in the mix.
This is a very smooth feeling beer. Very full bodied. There's a faint bubbly and crisp feeling to this.
Wow, what an amazing beer overall. I am really digging this.


I'll see if I have another in me after this.

 

The Rusty Nail

13.6% Stout by Fremont

Oatmeal stout brewed with licorice and cinnamon bark aged in bourbon barrels. Thanks to @snaotheus for this great beer.

Poured from a 2022 twenty two ounce bottle with neither head nor lacing, and little carbonation. Starless and Bible black.

The nose features the barrel and a wee bit of malty char. Pleasant but unremarkable.

The taste reveals the licorice and cinnamon bark. They pair nicely and do not dominate as I feared. I'm wary of cinnamon in beer, but the deft hand of the brewers keeps things in harmony.

Mouthfeel is luxurious and finish is barrel. Not too hot but the booze is felt. The absence of carbonation in even a delicious beer is a big negative for me. Luckily, there's enough carbonation to satisfy.

A big stout on a beautiful summer night is a treat and this beer delivers the goods.

 

That beer sounds delicious @Victory_Sabre1973 and your post may have helped me decide what beer I plan to open later on tonight

 

Good Afternoon, and welcome to New Beer Sunday #961! This is the second of two this weekend from @Ocalafox , and one I've been looking forward to trying after seeing hundreds of cans enjoyed over the years in the WBAYDN threads.

Lawson's Finest Liquids Sip of Sunshine



Can Notes: Received via package from a BA trade with @Ocalafox on 5/30/23, refrigerated until today. 16 oz canned 4/12/23 @18:51:36, 8% ABV, India Pale Ale. Sip of Sunshine IPA is brewed by Lawson's Finest Liquids at Two Roads Brewing in Stratford, Connecticut.

Our lupulin-laden India Pale Ale is packed with juic tropical fruit character, bright floral aromas, and delectable layers of hop flavor. Pour mindfully, inhale deeply, and enjoy a tropical vacation in a glass!

Lawson's Finest Liquids is a family owned, award winning brewery, taproom, and retail store located in the Mad River Valley of Vermont.

Appearance: Primary and later a secondary pour into a tall tulip glass. Tan bronze clear base, steady mild carbonation stream, generous bright white creamy head leaves a thick bubbly and creamy cover over the base well after pouring. Looks great, held up well. 4.75

Aroma: Wonderful medley of grapefruit, pine and citrus, smells sweet, strong and enjoyed from the crack of the can. 4.5

Taste: First sensation was the strong caramel malt presence, possibly the result of three plus months in the can. This brings sweetness, as does the fruit hop profile consistent with the aroma profile. Balanced well by a nice pine bitterness guarding excess sweetness like a dog herding sheep. 4.25

Mouthfeel: Dry, bitter balances out the sweetness. Medium bodied, negligible carbonation felt. Now at the halfway mark, drinking lighter and easier than the 8% ABV. Dry bitter pine strengthens as I continue, consistent with the finish. 4.75

Overall: I am really enjoying this beer, despite the heavier than personally preferred caramel malt presence interfering with my wonderful hops. I'm chalking this up to possibly not getting to this in a fresher state, and will revisit this review if I come across and enjoy a 1 ish month can. All that said, this is a wonderful beer and one I would buy when I come across in the future. Thanks! 4.5

 

Afternoon from NE where it's just a stellar day. Lawns done and some trees trimmed. Went for a swim and now it's time for a new beer.
Schilling Beer Jakobus German-Style Pilsner.
Pours a crystal clear golden color. With a bright white head, minimal lacing.
Bread dough, lemon, thyme and floral hops on the nose.
Lemony, grain, slightly sweet malts, some spice, a bit more bitter than I expected but it works.
Light, crisp and clean body on the drying bitter finish.
Holy smokes I need to buy more Schilling! Excellent beer. I could drink these all day.
They had their Landbier as well at the store but it was dated early March. Not quite sure how that would be.
Anyhow this could be a desert island beer for me. Really dug this one.
Cheers!

 

Worked all day on the porch painting project. Needed to start with this simple but excellent Mexican Lager. Wow it went down fast.

4.25/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Being a little lazy here, but this beer is exactly what I wanted right now. Hits all the style notes. Nice job.