New Beer Weekend #164

Thanks @Roy_Hobbs for opening us up early. Tree House being 15 from my final stop on Thursday afternoon might be dangerous.

Poured into a 13 oz glass canned on 9/1/23. Pours a very hazy yellow orange with a finger sticky white head that leaves massive rings of lace with impressive retention. 4.75

Aroma is tangerine, passionfruit, mango, pineapple, peach, and apricot. 4.75

Taste follows tangerine, passionfruit, pineapple, mango, peach, and apricot. 4.75

Mouthfeel is big, soft creamy carbonation like they do best, not sticky or dry, and at 9% it goes insanely easy with 0 alcohol present. 5

Overall this one is killer and if you get a chance you must get this sauce. Huge wow factor, even in the Tree House world. 4.75 Cheers all.

 

A beautiful start to your day it seems, and to our thread. I’ll join you later today with a beer I’m really looking forward to drinking.

 

Thanks for getting us started. I haven't decided if I'll crack open anything new this weekend or work on clearing out some older stuff, but am looking forward to reading about everyone's new brews.

 

Another Festbier – a Festivus for the rest of us!

Within the last month I discussed two Pale Oktoberfest/Festbier beers. I have another one for today: Fat Heads Oktoberfest – Bavarian Style Festbier.

"MALT: pale 2-row, light munich, dark munich

YEAST: House Lager

BEGINNING GRAVITY: 13.0 Plato

ENDING GRAVITY: 2.6 Plato

COLOR: Deep Gold

5% ABV

26 IBU”

https://fatheads.com/g-suffa.html

Some of the technical details in the above appear inconsistent to me. The ABV is listed as being 5% but using a calculator the difference in gravity between 13 degrees Plato and 2.6 degrees Plato yields an ABV of 5.6% which is consistent with the Oktoberfest/Festbier beer style.

What the heck, let’s see how this beer tastes.

Served in my Sly Fox Bock Fest Willi Becher glass:

Appearance:

Golden colored with a BIG white head.

Aroma:

A bready aroma with a subtle hint of sweetness.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with a pleasing bready flavor and just a tiny hint of sweetness. There is a low/moderate bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with a medium carbonation level. There is a dry finish.

Overall:

I enjoyed drinking this beer, it is very good! This beer had a pleasing & balanced flavor profile with an aspect of great drinkability.

Cheers!

@KOP_Beer_OUtlet @rotsaruch @RobH

 

Howdy y’all! This morning’s new to me breakfast beer hails from Threes Brewing, Brooklyn NY - “Voluntary Exile” a Baltic Porter:



Canned 1/10/23. Poured at 54°. Dark brown/coppery hue with clarity under fizzy light tan head that disappeared quickly leaving a thin, incomplete ring; no cap retention, no lace. Sweet caramel malt nose. Roasty bitter almost burnt malt entry, followed by sweet caramel and toffee flavors; dry finish. Medium body, light carbonation; no warmth from 9.2% abv. Overall, drinks light for abv; long bitter roast linger; not as complex/layered as other Baltic Porters I’ve had, still enjoyable nonetheless.

3.75 | 4.0 | 4.25 |3.75 | 4.0
Score: 4.06 rDev - 0.7%

Flavorful and roasty. I’d drink again but would not go out of my way to purchase. Cheers!

 

Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass not sure when it was canned. Pours an attractive hazy orange yellow with a finger plus sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace, with excellent retention. 4.5

Aroma is cantaloupe, passionfruit, kiwi, peach, and apricot. 4

Taste cantaloupe, passionfruit, peach, kiwi, and apricot well balanced. 4

Mouthfeel is above average, soft carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 8% easy going down. 4

Overall this is rock solid, but I trust they will get even better. They are only 7 months old. Nice brew. 4

 

Ever since people have been posting this beer I’d hope for a reason to end up in PA. No luck yet but fall ain’t over yet heck it hasn’t even begun.

 

Well, today I have an excuse to just sit around the house, watching football and probably drinking a few beers. I wasn't paying close attention as I walked to my car yesterday, and only caught the inside third of my right foot on the edge of the curb of the ramp leading to the sidewalk from the parking lot. Historically, I have found that I can generally shake of any rolling of my ankle without any injury, but I knew as I almost tumbled this time was an anomaly.

Luckily, after an evening of ice, I am fairly mobile and am expecting a speedy enough recovery in the next few days or so. That said, there's no reason to chance undoing any healing by being too active. Pouring myself a collaborative Festbier isn't too risky or strenuous, so here is Stowe-style Festbier from von Trapp and Narragansett.


The dimpled mug isn't the best for judging clarity, especially with the humidity condensing on it, but with a small effort of wiping, the beer seems to be very clear, if not completely so. The foamy white head that has eyes on being fluffy falls to provide sudsy remains at the top of the glass.

The bottom of the can indicates this is a "hoppy Wiesn lager," but I am getting more sweet malt and fruit notes on the nose. Granted, the fruits could be coming from dry-hopping (von Trapp's website didn't have this beer listed for any details), but it doesn't "feel like it" to me. Part of me thinks there's a bit of a corn-y smell as well at first, but it gets a little more of a sweet crusty bread vibe as I type this up.

If I felt doubt on how hoppy this beer might be from the nose, the first sip eliminated the doubt. I got an unexpected playful slap of grass, husky grains, and grape leaves bitterness in my first sip. My follow up sip confirmed this, this time with a slight metallic tinge to it. I was less surprised by the hops than I was that the sweeter malt notes decided not join in the game.

So I decide to go looking for them...

I get a little distracted by some lemon peel, but I do think I find them in the taller grasses, though they seem content wandering around in the field so I let them be until they decide to come out on their own. About halfway through the mug, they become more social, turning on some honey-sweet charm, though the "green bitter" notes are still the center of attention at this party.

In the end, though, this doesn't present itself to me as a malt-driven festival lager. It's almost more like a German Pilsner to me. I think I have a few side-by-sides I could do with the remaining cans - against SN's Oktoberfest and/or some German[-stlye] Pilsners.

 

Another exBEERiment you could try is drinking this beer from differing glassware.

In a thread about glassware I discussed how this year’s Sierra Nevada Festbier tasted noticeably different from drinking from a mug vs. my Polish Pilsner glass. A dimpled mug has more of a traditional presentation to it but for my palate the Polish Pilsner glass was the better choice for the Sierra Nevada Festbier.

https://www.beeradvocate.com/commun...the-type-of-beer-glasses.673886/#post-7821224

And perhaps another exBEERiment is conduct a side-by-side of the Von Trapp Festbier using two different glasses?

Cheers!

P.S. I wish you a speedy recovery from your injury. I think I read an article that both elevating the ankle in a comfy reclining chair while drinking beer is the best cure!

 

I did a slight elevation most of the evening yesterday, I think it probably helped.

I finished my review above with about a quarter beer left and got drawn away. Coming back, the beer was on the warmer side, and continued its journey towards being more balanced but it also added a hint of spice.

Maybe I’ll do an Oktoberfest comparison in non-traditional glasses and see if I note differences from my initial reviews on top of differences between the brews.

 

Yeah, I skipped the compression last night, but did sip a slightly different American spirit “B” after settling in at home to compensate

 

From one of my favorite movies of all time, Randall "pink" Floyd once said..."...it won't be anything a few beers can't take care of."

 

Thanks for kicking off the weekend @Roy_Hobbs ! Glad the Cafe de Olla is holding up well as I still have a few in my cellar. Sorry about your ankle @cjgiant , hope you heal soon.

The theme for me this weekend is two from Roaring Table, one of my favorite suburban brewers (perhaps my favorite). These were purchased before knowing I'd be deluged with beers in Wisconsin, so hopefully these beers held up well. Starting with a porter collaboration with Transient Artisan Ales in Michigan.

Roaring Table / Transient Artisan Ales Pot of Black



Can Notes: Purchased 4/15 at Beer on the Wall at store temperature for $3.75 with tax. 16 oz canned 4/4/23. 5.0% ABV English-Style Porter. Brewed and canned by Roaring Table Brewing 739 W. State Route 22, Lake Zurich, Illinois, in collaboration with Transient Artisan Ales.

Appearance: Poured 2/3 of the can slowly into a nonic pint glass, the rest after digging in. Creamy bubbly creamy tan head covers the pitch black base, chestnut brown black when held to light but impenetrable none the less. Takes about five minutes for the head to settle into a creamy full layer over the top and clingy soapy lacing in its wake. 4.5

Aroma: Bursts with flavor from the can open, strong roast malt leads, dark roast chocolate follows. Drawing me in. 4.25

Taste: Consistent with the aroma, roast malt leads and is pleasant to good, chocolate takes a bit of lighter approach here. Not a lot of complexity here, age may have subdued, but liking what's in the glass. 4.25

Mouthfeel: Roast malt flavors holding excess sweetness, but still slightly sweet to sweet overall. Drinks at to a bit higher than the ABV, medium body, persistent body adds to it. Slightly chalky, could be due to age, nice dark roast malt lingers on the finish joyously. 4.5

Overall: This is a solid offering, will definitely want to revisit fresher and or on draft. Hit to exceeded high expectations with these two breweries. Liked this one and recommend for those who look for a traditional pour. Definitely glad I picked this up and finally cracked open, hopefully this is re-released in the future. 4.5

Have a Zwickle planned for tomorrow, and three remaining in the cellar so the stakes are higher as usual for Prime Time New Beer Sunday.

 

Beer is the answer

 

Did a run to the recycling center this morning to unload a bunch of cardboard. It was hot, tiring work, so when I got home I wanted something to quench my thirst. I settled on Sunset Shandy Lemonade from Five Boroughs Brewing.
A pretty clear gold color with a persistent white head.
Faint aroma off lemon.
Lemon taste, like a powdered lemonade mix.
A metallic aftertaste.
Not for me.

 

What was the question?