New Beer Weekend #165

Thanks @Roy_Hobbs for opening, I hate typing on my phone!

 

Haha! Is this the don't type the name of the beer version of NBW?

 

If you're talking to me...it was Kaiser Wiesn

I forgot to include the first word in my written notes

 

Thanks, I thought I was losing my marbles for a minute.

 

Thanks @Roy_Hobbs for the start.

Today's starting beer for me is a nice light lager from a local Minneapolis brewery, Pryes.

Pryes Pragmatic Pils

Appearance: Clear yellow gold, big head.

Smell: Light sweetness, light bread

Taste: Mild sweetness, with a breadiness that follows through the middle and the finish. Light citrus touch at the end. Light bodied and easy drinking.

Overall: I had no idea this was a 4.2% beer, good flavor for a lower abv beer! I'm tempted to bring this to football tailgating a time or two this fall. Great light lager!

 

Estrella Galicia 0
. .medium carbonation with a close to medium body which adds up to a decent feel for this type of beer
.. very clear light amber appearance with an almost non existent head.
....aroma is malt,cereal and that dry dusty aroma that comes off of grain. Almost,just almost I can sense the beginning of some skunkiness
...taste is very similar to aroma with the malt being very out front but that dry,semi bitter grain building and lingering in the aftertaste.
...judging it within in its own category its pretty good,goes well with food

 

A ‘Standard’ beer?

Today’s beer is interesting in several ways. First it is a collaboratively brewed beer between William Reed (owner of Standard Tap and International Bar in Philly) and Mainstay Brewing. Below is an extract from the Standard Tap online beer menu:

“INTL Pils [LUKR]

Mainstay collaboration brew with William Reed and the International Bar. This Pilsner is inspired by the terroir of classic Saaz hops used in the first Bohemian Pilsners and the drinkability of a lighter international Pils style. Golden straw in color with a light but firm body, this beer has a balanced, dry herbal finish. Brewed with German Pils malt and 100% Czech Saaz hops. 4.9% ABV.”

As mentioned above, this beer was poured using a LUKR side-pull faucet.

Served in a Pilsner glass with the logo of INTL:

Appearance:

Straw yellow with a firm white head. It is a beauty in this fancy glass!

Aroma:

Bready Pilsner malt aroma accompanied with a herbal/spicy hop aroma.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with a combination of bready Pilsner malt flavor plus herbal/spicy hop flavors. A firm bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with a dry finish.

Overall:

This beer is very good! It is pleasantly balanced with bready Pilsner malt and herbal/spicy hop flavors.

I am a big fan of the fancy Pilsner glass. Not only nice to look at but it accentuates the characteristics of this beer.

Cheers!

 

I hope that you and your wife have a great vacation. I traveled frequently to the UK for business but that was a long time ago so I have no contemporary tips for you. I started homebrewing back in the 90's so I could drink a beer like the cask ales I enjoyed drinking in England; my first batch of homebrew was a Muntons kit branded as "Traditional Bitter Ale". I would love to hear about the beers you enjoy during your travels if you are willing to provide some quick write ups (maybe post them in NBW threads?).

Cheers!

 

Good day BAs! Well, let's see if BA lets me post here - no luck on WBAYDN.

Today's New Breakfast Beer:



The Headless Gourdsman – from Founders. Four pack of 12 oz bottles. On room temperature shelf at Riverside Liquors, Grand Rapids, MI. Acquired 13/09/23, $ 18.00 (Including tax), $ 0.375/fl oz. Reviewed 16/09/23 (Review 3150). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Bottle stamped “Bottled On: 06.29.23 1042 6”. Stored at 34 degrees at home. Served at 64.9 degrees F in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 68.0 degrees F.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear. Under direct light and when rear-lite, same.
Head: Average (Maximum 4 cm, aggressive center pour), beige, high density. Quickly reducing to a 0.35 cm regular crown and a thin complete cap.
Lacing – Poor. A single irregular wave of small to medium bubbles remains.
Aroma – 3.5 – Initially very weak generic spiciness. No yeast, no malt, no hops, no barrels. No ethanol (13.5 % ABV according to the label).
Flavor – 3.5 – Begins slightly sweet with a weak maple overtone and some slight generic spiciness. No Pumpkin. No yeast, no malt, no hops. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Slight gastric warming, very smooth. Alcohol is well hidden.
Palate – 3.5 – Medium; creamy; soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 3.5 Basically an alcohol delivery system, easy to pound and probably not offensive to anyone.
Rating 3.47, rDev -14.1%

Which brings up the question "Should beers with no pumpkin be classified as "Pumpkin Beers"?" if they only contain a quantity of traditional pumpkin spices but are pumpkin-free? I vote NO! They should be classified under "Herb and Spice Beers.

 

I agree. If it has no pumpkin, a beer should not be a pumpkin beer and belongs in the other category. Not exactly sure why a pumpkin beer isn't a fruit and field beer to begin with other than the yearly proliferation.

 

Do you think the amber color is an artifact of the glass you chose?

It has been a couple of years since I drank a Hofbräu Oktoberfestbier beer but my recollection is that it was golden colored like this:


Prost!

 

Other Half Triple Citra Daydream, 10.5% - my first Milkshake IPA! Cheers!



-Look: Beautiful deep-yellow haze with a thick clumpy head.
-Aroma: Wow, ripe orange and pineapple, soft citrus and grapefruit.
-Taste: OMG, better than the aroma, bursting with creamy soft citrus!
-Feel: Soft and round, tight but slippery. Soft oat and hop milkshake.
-Overall: Phenomenal, never had such a burst of creamy citrus hops before!

 

Just one new beer for me today:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16866/670971/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



Plan on having one or 2 more new ones tomorrow, cheers!

 

Oskar blues mas lime
...around medium carbonation with the body being a bit thin.
...decent aroma with the usual mix of corn,lime peel and juice with a bit of other grain and cereal.
...taste was pleasant enough with it staying true to the aroma
...if you have nothing nice to say say nothing....I dont have either good or bad as it was a little forgettable