New Beer Weekend #211

Long Trail Maple & Whiskey Barrel Aged Stout.



Serving temp: 45.4* to 54.3*F

Ebony pour with a 1/4" tan head, fades to a wisp. Light lacing. A nice aroma of maple, caramel, toffee, coffee & chocolate. Taste pretty much follows nose with vanilla. Bourbon comes through as it warms. Has a full body, light carbonation & a dry, astringent finish. This is a very good barrel aged stout.

L: 4 / S: 4.5 / T: 4.5 / F: 4 / OA: 4.25

4.37% rDev +3.85

 

A nice summer day. We had one of those pop-up thunderstorms yesterday with wind, thunder and lightning, and heavy rain. For about five minutes, then the sun's back out.
My new beer for today is Saturnalia, a Quad from OEC Brewing.
The beer is a medium brown color with some red highlights. Tiny tan head, no lace.
Aroma of caramel and dark fruit.
Taste of caramel, toffee, raisin. Late earthy hops.
Medium-bodied, alcohol not at all noticeable.
Enjoyed it a lot.

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned on 7/17/24. Pours an attractive hazy yellow orange with a 2 plus finger sticky white head that leaves thin streaks of lace with nice retention. 4.25

Aroma is pineapple, mango, tangerine, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.25

Taste pineapple, mango, tangerine, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.25

Mouthfeel is about average for the style, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and at 7% big flavor and goes down easy enough. 4.25

Overall this is good. Nothing special, but a nice NEIPA. 4.25

 

Today back with the second of three planned IPAs, this one part of a mega trade with Dave @Blogjackets that I really enjoyed, including a few BA beers I'll save to the cooler weather in the fall.

Fat Head's Hop Juju

3.85/5 rDev -13.5%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75



Full review linked above. Beer really looks great, and is an intense experience. I would have enjoyed a bit more with the IBUs and bitterness dialed back a bit, but rated for what this beer is sold as including the 90 IBU, and it's an overall enjoyable experience. Thank you so much for this one and the Head Hunters, which I will enjoy throughout the month.

Back tomorrow with a beer widely praised on the Great Lakes board that I haven't had a chance to enjoy.

Cheers!

 

Cerveza Cancun - Playa Pale Ale

12oz can served in a footed pilsner glass. @WunderLlama sent it to me during NBS BIF #18. "CONS.PREF.31MAY2024"

Pours mostly clear, light amber, small fine head, light carbonation. Smell is light unripe peach and some pear (interesting), a little breadiness, maybe a little old hay.

Taste is pretty similar to the aroma, more of a bready sweetness is clear, old hay mostly is gone and replaced with an earthy bitterness.

Mouthfeel is on the light side of medium, nicely prickly despite appearance to the contrary. Overall, I suspect this is months past the manufacturer's "best by" date (guessing "cons.pref." means something similar to "consume before"), but this is still a serviceable pale ale. In its current state, I wouldn't go out of my way to get more, but would definitely consider it an acceptable option. If I had a chance to try it knowing it was fresh, I would go out of my way to do so.

 

Happy NBW everyone! Just a couple new stouturday brews for me today:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/16866/696357/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/31850/550973/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



Both were good, but the 903 Brewers Sasquatch Reserve was my favorite out of the 2 today. Might have a couple new brews tomorrow but we'll see. Cheers!

 

Revolution - Cuvee de Grace (2023)

12oz can served in a little Hoppin' Frog snulip. Dated 07-07-2023. @ovaltine sent it to me in NBS BIF #18.

Pours dark brown, almost black, impressive initial head production and near zero head retention. My glass has a thin ring around the rim and I'm watching the last island shrink from a cm diameter to nothing. Looks like there's a tiny bit of carbonation nucleating up underneath it to keep it barely alive. Smell is BOOZY. Barrel char, oak, rye spice, toffee, coffee, burnt caramel. Something nutty and bitter.

Taste is rich and sweet, lots of vanilla, butterscotch, some of the rye spice is there, sweetened coffee with creamer, char bitterness, milk chocolate and semi-sweet chocolate, and yes, the booze is there, but not nearly as dominant as in the aroma. Maybe some candied dates.

Mouthfeel is thick and still. Overall, very nice.

 

Cheers to @snaotheus for this Reuben's PNW Crush Hazy IPA, 7.0% ABV; 4.46 overall

Pours a hazed gold with 2+ fingers of eggshell colored head, pretty wild, the bubbles seem stuck to this glass. I hand washed all these glasses myself.. The weird bubble thing went away, stays effervescent throughout. Great head retention & lacing

S: Loads of citrus, some mango & guava notes.

T: A little dryness, pine, tangerine, a hint of cattyness & green melon up front. Pomelo, grapefruit, a little pine & dryness as this beer warms up. Finishes dry with grapefruit, woody hops & some white grapeskin

MF: Medium body, dialed back carbonation, good balance

Easy to drink, good flavor

 

Yeah buddy, I liked that one

 

Good evening NBW
My avatar hasn't changed in 10 years and I bought a 12 pack of this year's collaboration without a second thought.

SN Oktoberfest 2024 collaboration with Gutmann

12oz canned 07/02/24 poured into a mug at fridge temp 6% ABV. The beer pours bright golden amber with off white head. The head recedes to a thin ring and scattered bubbles. Minimal lacing. The aroma is mild with pale malt and a bit of woodsy hops. The taste is semisweet pale and mildly toasted malt with herbal / woodsy hop notes and a medium bitterness. The feel is thin bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Cleanly lagered. Overall, excellent beer. A tweener in my opinion that is too heavily toasted and hopped to be a fest, and to light in nature to fit in as a Marzen.

Cheers all!

 

Trying to cool off, and I figured this might help!

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/47666/711233/



500 ml. bottle.

Moderate pour yields a 1/2 inch very light pink head over a reddish pink, slightly hazy body with some lacing. Head is a ring after a bit that sticks around for even longer.

Nose of raspberries and blackberrries with a little funk.

Taste is all the fruit while slightly puckering and an earthy finish of berry bitterness.

Feel is as advertised with less than medium carbonation, but definitely not flat.
Not as full of a mouthfeel as previous WB offerings as a result, but no biggie.

Overall, a beer that can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere!
Delicious!!
Cheers!!!

 

The veil feel feelings..I dont name these beers,just drink them
...clear light amber appearance
...medium to medium light carbonation with a close to average body.
...aroma is classic lager with grain,cereal out front with yeast,malt crusty bread and a little floral earthiness.
...taste is very similar to aroma,slight sweetness with a dry hop finish that lingers a long time.
..overall it is an excellent beer,I think most breweries increase the hop bite to appeal to most beer drinkers.i prefer it without the hop bite but it was still really nice

 

Just got better as it warmed up

 

Cheers to @Whyteboar for this NBS BIF#18 LIF brew Odd Side XIV Anniversary Imperial Strawberries & Cream Stout, 11.8% ABV; 4.19 overall

Pours an effervescent mahogany/ebony with one finger of tan head. Some head retention & lacing, very viscous

S: Strawberries as soon as the can is cracked, some dark fruit as well, a little vanilla once warm, fades a little down the stretch

T: Strawberry & dark chocolate up front, a woody hops, & barrel notes up front. Vanilla, strawberries ( sweet ) & chocolate as this beer warms up, just a kiss of barrel. Finishes with a little dryness, chocolate, vanilla, strawberry & a kiss of Whisky

MF: Medium body, restrained carbonation

Liked this way more than I thought I would, like a boozy cream chocolate

 

Another new-to-me that hits the spot!

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/46275/711732/



16 ounce can, couple weeks old.

Moderate pour yields a 1.5 inch white head over a hazy golden body with lacing.

Nose of peaches foremost with slight earthy funk from the yeast as it warms.

Peaches rule with a bit of citrus in there as well.

Very good mouthfeel with a little more than medium carbonation.

Overall, a real nice stab at a fruited farmhouse ale from the boys of Tunbridge, VT!
Perfectly refreshing for this heat wave we're having in northern Vermont!!

Cheers!!!