New Beer Weekend #219

Tucher festbier
...clear medium amber appearance with pretty much no head
...medium light carbonation with a bit of a thin body
...malty,bread and I know I must be wrong but something that comes off like mint candy along with being mildly floral
...taste is somewhat sweet,almost candy like at certain moments. Aftertaste has this building burning bitterness.
There is malt,bread and a little grain as well
..overall its good but something is off so maybe its me. Not sure I would trust my review

 

Good evening NBW

Kloster Andechs Festbier

500mL bottle stamped L1834 poured into a mug at fridge temp 5.9% ABV. The beer pours bright, pale yellow with off white head. The head recedes to a thin ring and cap leaving a little lacing. The aroma is minimal with just a hint of sweet pils malt. The taste is semisweet pils malt with a mineral, mildly bitter floral hop finish. The feel is thin bodied with average carbonation and a mostly dry finish. Cleanly lagered. Overall, fine festbier. Very drinkable.

Cheers all!

 

Drekker Super Mega Lager, 4.5% ABV. Pours light gold with a two-finger white head that left no lacing. Aroma is sweet malt and bread. Taste follows, slightly sweet, slightly bitter. Crisp mouthfeel, and thin. Overall very good. Not a lager fan but this doesn't totally suck.

3.87/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75

 

Round #2
Spoiler alert: this is getting dumped...

Evil Twin TGI Oktober


16oz undated can poured into a mug at fridge temp 6% ABV per label. The beer pours unbright, light amber with very light khaki colored head. The head recedes to a thin ring single layer of bubbles. The aroma is mild with tart, sweet toasted malt. The taste is more tart malt. No real bitterness or hop influence. Thin bodied with high carbonation and a dry finish. Overall, gross. I am not a sour beer fan and it's certainly not what I expect in an oktoberfest.

Probably done trying new stuff tonight. Cheers all!

 

Another Hill Farmstead beer

In past NBW threads I discussed my summer vacation to Vermont. I purchased several four-packs of beers from The Alchemist brewery and Hill Farmstead brewery. Today I will discuss my last can of Hill Farmstead beer: Society & Solitude #4.

On the can there is a nice write-up:

“Since 2011, Society & Solitude has been our experimental imperial India Pale Ale series. Named to honor Ralph Waldo Emerson’s seminal work of the same name, we explore various hop and malt blends to present balanced, hop-forward representations of each combination.”

And from the BA description of this beer:

“Imperial IPA Brewed with Citra® and Galaxy Hops. The series of experimental imperial IPAs continues. Think Double Citra Meets Double Galaxy.”

I am a bit bummed that this will be the last of the Hill Farmstead beers from my recent purchase but I do look forward to drinking this beer.

Served in my Spiegelau IPA glass:

Appearance:

Light golden colored, hazy with a white head.

Aroma:

There is a complex hop aroma here. There is tropical fruit, some citrus and resin.

Taste:

The flavors follow the nose: a tasty combination of tropical fruit, citrus and resin. Just enough malt to provide some balance. This beer is moderately bitter.

Mouthfeel:

A light-medium body with moderate carbonation.

Overall:

I think this beer is very good. I found the complex combination of aromas/flavors to be enjoyable and intriguing. I also appreciated that for a DIPA is was not in the least cloying.

Cheers to Hill Farmstead – my favorite brewery!!!!!!!!!

@KOP_Beer_OUtlet @rotsaruch @RobH

P.S. Tomorrow (9/28) I will be attending the Belgium Comes to Cooperstown event at Ommegang Brewery with some buddies. It has been quite some time since I attended this event and I look forward to going once again!

 

Alternate ending hoser lager
...semi clear amber appearance
...medium carbonation with about the same for the body
...aroma is malt, dark bread, honey and slightly floral with something that comes off like dark fruit
..taste has some mild sweetness, malty,dark bread, grain and a mild dry earthiness
...overall its a really nice well done beer

 

Enjoy your adventure tomorrow @JackHorzempa, hopefully you can share some of your beers or pics here, sounds like it will be a fun time.

 

One I never saw over in Germany, but God that was 20 years ago

 

Thanks to @WunderLlama for getting us off to a roaring start!

Part of the Boulevard Fall mixed BA Beers 6 pack

Boulevard Brewing Barrel Aged ( Wine & Bourbon Barrels ) Baltic Porter, 11.5% ABV; 4.0 overall

Pours an effervescent chestnut with finger of tan head. minimal head retention & no lacing

S: Red wine, a touch of bourbon barrel & dark chocolate, hints of tobacco. Nose faded a bit once warm

T: Dark Chocolate & Red Wine, some dryness up front. Red grapes, dryness & more chocolate as this beer warms up, some hints of iron. Finishes a little dry, with sweet red grapes, dark chocolate, & some tannins & acidity

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, somewhat warming. Carbonation flattened out a little once warmed up

I am guessing if you are a big red wine fan, you'd love this, I merely liked this. Still very drinkable & worth a go

 

I also enjoyed that one about a week and a half ago. Very good stuff and the lack of heavy Munich malt made me quite happy, for some reason that flavor doesn't agree with my palate.


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Here's my first submission for this thread: Equilibrium Seven Izzup. I was expecting a really juicy NEIPA but it was a lime and citrus bomb that was pretty interesting and drank too easy. I think if it was more fresh it would've killed but it was a little less vibrant than I would've hoped.

 

Welcome to the best thread on the site!

 

What? Barleywine on a Friday? @Dimidiata would tell you that barleywine is for Sunday!
Or maybe not. Sounds really good though!

 

Breakside - Sublime Helles Lager. Needed a palate break from fresh hops, which I'll be back to in a moment.

16oz can served in a footed pilsner glass. Canned 04/23/24. Bought it about a week ago at Chuck's Hop Shop Seward Park.

Pours clear light yellow with a fairly large head, moderate carbonation sustaining it, settles slowly into a thick foamy cap that is much higher around the edges than in the middle. Smell is grains and flowers with a little bit of bread yeast in the background. Some lemon.

Taste is, surprisingly, a bit on the zesty side -- citrus, lime and lemon, but certainly not lacking in the grain department. Malty, bready all over the place, a little honeysuckle sweetness. Moderate earthy bitterness to balance out the floral and honey sweetness.

Mouthfeel is very light, very clean. Overall, this is a nice beer, quite enjoyable and quite light.

 

Thanks for joining the fun and welcome to NBW; it’s a fun place to talk beer

 

What is the canning date? These recently arrived locally canned Jan ‘2024!

 

Does it have a discernable date or do you need a secret decoder ring to tell like most German Brews?