New Beer Weekend #173

I have been wanting to try a Czech Tmavy lager for some time as no one brews them here locally in Knoxville. I got to try one thanks to my Canadian buddy @Coronaeus. This hit the spot and was what I wanted tonight.

The mouthfeel on this was thin and creamy at the same time and it had a nice crispness to it as well. The nose hinted to dark chocolate but with slight coffee roast was there too. The taste was just like the nose with a nice chocolate maltiness with a nice bitter roast backend. There was an ever so slight licorice taste which I enjoyed too.

 

I enjoyed that. C'mon man of course I'm gonna send you stuff I think you'd like! I did look at a couple of breakfast cereal stouts but I couldn't pull the trigger. I've been enjoying that stout for 15 years and it hasn't changed at all. Except for going from 750ml cork 'n' cage BS to 4 pack pounders for cheaper. Cheers brother!

 

Tired Hands Alien Church IPA, 7.0% ABV; 4.34 overall courtesy of @Bhubbard34

Pours a hazy gold with a thumb of cream-colored head. Sheets of lacing & good head retention

S: Tropical fruits, a touch of cattyness, cantaloupes; great nose

T: Grapefruit, pomelo, green melon, limes& a touch pineyness up front, lending some dryness. Some sweet orange sneaks around the grapefruit & pomelo, a little more pine & passion fruit along with dryness as this beer warms up, plus a little pineapple. Finishes a little dry with grapefruit, pine , green melon. passion fruit & a touch of dankness

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation, good balance

Super solid hazy offering, based on the nose I thought it might be sweeter? Still drank great

 

Mystery beer from @beergoot time! I love tasting beer blind, especially at 16% ABV.



Looking at this I'm calling stout. There is enough ruby tinted brown at the edges that there is a 5% chance this is a dark barleywine though.

The head fizzed out quickly but there are enough booze legs here to make this interesting to look at. Nose leans strongly stout too but this is neither the old school roasted char bomb or sugary chocolate cake batter variety. I get molasses (love that quality in a beer), brown sugar, bitter chocolate, mild vanilla, and brown liquor than leans whiskey but could be rum? Smells fantastic.

Taste mirrors the smell but I am leaning a bit more rum barrel now. I'm really like this, everything is coming together extremely well, time to find out what it is!



Welp, I called zero of 3 adjuncts and got the barrel type wrong Whatever, Amped Up from 3 Sheeps kicks ass and I'm really glad I got to try it!

It's so interesting how perceptions can change when I know what I'm drinking. This does come across as nutty now rather than rummy. The chocolate seems more pronounced now too.

Thanks for an awesome experience Dave! Our scores are .01 apart

 

Me too!!

 

Hello again, finally got to drink a beer today.
Cross posted with Stout and Barleywines BIF #1.
Poured coffee black with an enthusiastic head. Which almost rules out a high ABV BA beer.
Aroma lost on my Covid damaged nose.
Initial taste revealed a fruity flavor of some sort, raspberry maybe? Sweet though, quite sweet, almost certainly a pastry stout of some sort.
Back in a bit with the reveal.

 

Hop Butcher’s “Bughouse Square” DIPA with Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe & Nelson Sauvin:



Hazy deep gold/apricot juice color with some clarity under mixed bubbles white head; better than ok cap retention; solid ring; soapy lacing. Nose is orange, earthy Simcoe and grape must Nelson hops. Orange, pineapple, semi earthy white grape; firm malt base; no bitterness. Medium light body, moderate minus carbonation; no warmth from 7.5% abv; almost soft feel. Overall, a very drinkable HazyLite “DIPA”; plenty of citrus/tropical fruit flavors without being a sweet kid’s juice box, offset by more earthy/musty notes; enjoyable.

4.25 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5
Score: 4.43 rDev +2.1%

Sorry I waited all week to try this beer…the bar only got a case; I’ll go back tomorrow and buy more if any are left - Cheers!

 

Horse & Dragon - Sad Panda Coffee Stout. My brother brought it from Fort Collins down to Albuquerque, where we're visiting our mother for her 71st.

12oz can served in a little mug. Don't see a date on the can.

Pours dark brown with about a centimeter of head. Smell is rich, delicious coffee and chocolate.

Taste is similar, maybe not quite as rich, with a little bit of a creamer sweetness, and more of a nutty vibe.

Mouthfeel is on the thinner side. Overall, this is a pretty good coffee stout that smells great.

 

Ozarks Vanilla Cream Stout, ( with Madagascar Vanilla ) 5.3% ABV; 3.94 overall

Pours an effervescent chestnut with 2+ fingers of tan head. Good lacing & head retention

S: Cocoa, plenty of vanilla & a touch smokeyness once warm. Vanilla opens up once warm

T: Sweet cocoa, vanilla, dryness & a touch of roastyness up front, a little bit of coca cola flavor as well. more cocoa, vanilla & dryness as this beer warms up, plus woody hops. Finishes with a little roastyness, vanilla, dryness & a kiss of smoke & a little carob

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation. Becomes a bit prickly once warm

A solid take on the style, but the body needed a little more thickness for me, a touch over gassed. Flavors & nose great, the body needs some work, cuts down on the drinkability

 

We had a great time, and that was a great beer! Cheers brother!

 

The reveal. Peanut butter cup, or probably more specifically, Reeces Pieces stout.
Where I got raspberries is anybody’s guess, but this is a good pastry stout that I thoroughly enjoyed. Good with the strawberry rhubarb pie I had for dessert.
Thanks @Rug for a tasty mystery!

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip canned on 11/4/23. Pours an attractive slightly hazy orange with a finger sticky white head that leaves webs of lace all over the place. 4

Aroma is dank weed, orange, apricot, and some pine. 4.5

Taste is Mary Jane, orange, apricot, and some pine appears, for my palate anyway. 4.5

Mouthfeel is above average, gentle carbonation, maybe a tad dry, and at 8% it drinks very easy if those flavors are your thing. The gonja stands out most. 4.25

Overall as a guy that has enjoyed a puff or two over the years, This is diggity dog dank, Snoop would approve. 4.25

 

Awesome Dave! I'll PM you but would love to make a trade for some Russian River stuff to surprise my brother with at the TSO show in Tampa this December. Cheers and looking forward to Sheboygan in 2024!!!

 

4 Hands/Southern Grist Voltron Volume Two Fruited Hazy IPA, 7.0% ABV; 3.82 overall

Pours a very hazed & effervescent amber with some floaties & a pinky of beige head. Minimal head retention & lacing

S: A little guava, some passion fruit & green melon, fades a bit once warm

T: Follows the nose, a little dryness & tangerine as well up front. A little pineapple & grapefruit come through as this beer warms up, along with green melon. Finishes with sweet orange, pineapple & a kiss of green melon

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, that tapers off a bit as this beer warms up, balances out alright

Much juicyness, pretty drinkable, but not thinking I would do this as a repeat buy, but fun & worth a try. If everything was as good as the flavor, a much better beer