New Beer Weekend #189

Bonesaw silver queen. Have to agree with @jonphisher a very good golden ale

...semi clear bronzy,appearance
...body is a hair thin with medium carbonation.
...aroma is bread,grain, earthy hops, floral earthy honey.
...overall well done ale with a perfect amount of hops

 

3.92/5 rDev -1%

look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Poured from a 12 ounce can dated 1-9-24 into a teku glass at 50 degrees.

Look- Pale gold, moderately hazy, slightly off white creamy head, no visible particulate, average head retention and lacing.

Smell- Tangerine, peach, creamsicle, slight pineapple, medium strength of scent.

Taste- Tangerine, creamsicle, peach, pithy, medium strength of flavor.

Feel- Medium body, average carbonation, mildly astringent, low bitterness, moderately creamy.

Overall- Pale gold with moderate haze and average head retention and lacing. The bouquet was a pleasant mix of tangerine, peach and creamsicle. The flavor followed the nose, but had a bit too much pithiness for my palate. The body was thinner than desired and the slight astringency definitely detracted from my experience. Overall this beer provided a nice drinking experience. My father-in-law has celiac disease and he is able to drink Stone’s gluten reduced beers. These beers have provided him some solid craft beer options, so I always appreciate seeing the Delicious lineup being expanded!

 

It must have been Christmasy for you to bust out Uncle Eddy’s “RRRRRR-V”

 

Here's to @jschott75

Triptych Vanilla Bean Meme New England Style IPA, 5.2% ABV ; 3.57 overall



Pours a hazed gold with a finger of cream colored head (super tight ). Pretty good head retention & great lacing

S: Some citrus, some, orange notes, just hints of

T: Follows the nose. dryness & for sure vanilla, a little green melon up front. Orange peel & vanilla, plus dryness & some white grape skin once this beer warms up. Finishes with vanilla, dryness & some orange notes

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation

Not sure what the intent was here, didn't hit for me. I usually like beers of this ilk but usually a few ABV points higher

 

Good evening denizens of NBW! Back for my nightcap.

Another treat from the east, got one each from @Mikexw and @micada in trade.
It’s curiously still, as in no carbonation at all.
The taste is still good with coffee and chocolate and figs and a bit of cherries. Just seemed like it wasn’t as they intended it should be. Fortunately I have a second one that I can compare it with.
Either way, still good stuff and I am very happy to be able to have tried it.

 

Hey what's going on!?

Time to enjoy another new brew, diggin this one alot.



Poured from the can into a Spiegelau IPA glass. Canned Jan 31 2024.

Opaque bodied, with not too much turbid quality, hinting at a pale lemon and mostly green like hued body color. Head creation is nearly nitrous looking. Very fine bubbles with a super creamy topped white solid coating. Three fingers, slightly smaller than I anticipate, but the classic retention and lacing of a big bold IPA is present.

Creamy sensing aroma. Nice touches of soft icing sugar, with lower sensing sweetness. Hop herbal notes, tropical sensing fruits, kind of also hinting a real gooeey and mush like quality of papaya and mango character. Very nice and impressive.

The palate is real grand, controlled, balance, and just delicious. That creamy character luckily translates on the tongue real nicely too. Soft and lush, with a vanilla and ice cream feel, giving to sweet and bitter aromatics of tropical fruit hop, and citrus juicy qualities. Juiced tangerine, mixing in with lots of mango papaya and melon mush that comes off with a big juicy burst.

Just a big all around impressive IPA that hits the spot so wonderfully.

look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5 | 4.47/5

Cheers!

 

Wayfinder - Marzen

32oz crowler served in a snulip. Crowler filled yesterday at The Bine in Bothell.

Pours ruby/nut-brown, with an initial flash of head that fades to absolutely nothing. Gorgeous color and clarity...but no visible carbonation. Maybe a consequence of a day in a crowler, but doesn't seem right. Smell is nutty, toasty bread, light toffee, maybe a light hint of cocoa.

Taste is exactly in line with the aroma. Maybe a bit sweeter than I expected.

Mouthfeel is medium, but still. Overall, this is an excellent beer except that it needs a bit of carbonation. Whether that's a flaw of the beer or a flaw of the format, I'm not sure. If you have a chance to try it, I would recommend it, at least to get a sample and see if the carbonation is less disappointing for you.

 

Herse's to @jschott75

Revolution Lumber Struck Wine BA Barleywine; 13.2% ABV; 4.32 overall


Pours an effervescent & somewhat chill hazed mahogany with a sliver of tan head. Pretty good head retention & lacing.

S: Rich dark fruit, oakyness

T: Barrel burn, figs, caramel, molasses, barrel bite up front. Figs, raisins, barrel bite with vanilla on the backside as this beer warms up, Finishes with so much chewyness, dark fruit & barrel booze bite, Plenty of vanilla, treacle & oak

MF: Chewy, but lively carbonation, warming booze bite

Well worth a go, Not as put together as some of their others; but pretty good

 

Magnify San Francisco knights
...semi clear amber appearance with a lasting head
...medium bodied with the same for carbonation
...aroma is floral,bread, grain
...taste is more bitter than aroma suggests and it lingers.theres malty bread and grain

 

Porters are weird. The whole lot of them.

 

Snap, and at $0.80 a pop you couldn’t go wrong. Same as Angkor while in Cambodia.

 

Maybe if Thin Man focused on the BA Awesome Jenkins options instead of stupid shit like Minkey Boodle and Pils Mafia they wouldn’t have needed to be acquired by CBW.

 

Structures - Dream, BBA stout with banana, hazelnut, caramel, and sea salt.

750ml bottle with lavender wax served in a pair of small snifter/tulips. Don't see a date, 11.6% abv.

Pours dark, maybe black, small head, little retention, leaves a thick filmy lacing with sparse bubbles on the side of the glass. Clumps of sediment floating on the surface -- slimy, probably yeast. Smell chocolate first, a little fruity sweetness, if the guy at the store hadn't said banana, I might not have recognized it specifically.

Taste is boozy, heavy sweetness, chocolate and fruit (banana again, but now more because it tastes like banana than because my mind was seeded with the idea). Almost a coconut character to go along with it. Vanilla and bourbon.

Mouthfeel is thick, reeaaallllyyyyy thick. Bit of grittiness, probably from suspended sediment. Overall...nice, interesting, tasty. Lots going on, a little overwhelming.

 

I am home now after this fucked up day. I think I need something to try to calm me down, and I am hoping this helps.

King Louie - Wooden Hill Brewing - Edina, MN - American Blonde Ale???? - 5.3% ABV

Maybe it is a blonde? I guess it does have some elements of one, and is a lot thinner than a banana cream pie kettle sour would be. I am not a sweets person, but I do like banana cream pie, and this fits the bill - it does taste like one.

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3.98/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
From a 16 oz can. No date on the can.

This beer looks somewhat orange while pouring, though has more of a yellow hue in the glass. Very murky looking, and you can't see through it. There's a thick and frothy slightly off white head - 3 finger - that dissipates slowly. There's a bit of lacing on the glass.
I was getting a lot of banana aroma while pouring the beer. Up close I get the banana, and I get a lot of lactose and I also get a graham cracker aroma. It smells like a banana cream pie.
It also tastes like a banana cream pie. Lots of smooth banana flavor. Lactose and graham cracker back it up. There's also just a very faint hint of the hops that adds an interesting contrast to the sweet of the other flavors.
Smooth, and creamy. Maybe not as full as I'd expect from the name, but decent.
This beer does live up to its name - it is a banana cream pie in a can. Delicious.


Don't know if I'll be back tomorrow, my friend Tim really needs help and support now that he is a widower. Maybe much latter in the day. Cheers all, and make sure you tell your loved ones you care about them.

 

Really sorry to hear about the loss of your friend Tim's wife @Victory_Sabre1973 . My condolences to Tim, his family and his friends including great ones like you helping him through this incredibly difficult and life changing period.