New Beer Weekend #227

Abomination - Forbidden Pumpkin
Pumpkin spice milkshake IPA

 

Cheers to @muchloveforhops3 for this Imagine Mation Wolf Hearted IPA, 6.4% ABV; 4.24 overall

Each Barrel gets 5lbs ( each I presume ) of Idaho 7, Motueka, Citra, Cryo I believe & Nelson Hops

Canned 10-02-24

Pours a hazed gold with 2 fingers of beige colored head. Nice head retention & lacing

S: Juicyness, hints of green melon, peach once warm

T: Follows the nose, pretty dry, a little lime as well, passion fruit up front. Hints of peach, white grape & plenty of pomelo on this beer is warm, more dryness, a little pineapple too. Finishes dry with citrus, pineapple, white grapes, green melon & nectarine

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation, nice balance

Plenty juicy, easy to drink

 

That would do it. I reported it to the police, re-aimed our camera, and have the blinds wide open. Trying to make sure we spot it if it comes back. Thought about jamming the drone then knocking it down.

 

Yup that's what the cop thought too. I'd love to knock it down and let the kids explain to their parents where it went.

 

I also like that as long as you are FCC compliant

 

As you may have gathered from my post I did both in that after drinking the four pours at Natchez Brewing I followed up with two pints of the beers from the flight.

Not a case of either/or here.

Cheers!

 

I'm licensed, but will use an itinerant frequency

 

Nice. I believe my License is expired for Ham Radio, but do know thing our 3 about jamming stuff RF-wise

 

Much needed rain around here yesterday and today. Hopefully helps with the wildfires, but probably won't affect the idiots who set several of them. Went through the beer inventory...we have lots o' beer...got a plan for Cellaruary in place!

Tonight's victim is a totally random buy and I have no expectations.


This is Fat Orange Cat's Jalapeño Jack - No Heat, a 5.9% chili beer the brewery calls a cream ale. Supposed to have Jalapeño flavor and no heat...hmmm...

Pours a very slightly clouded orangey gold color with a half inch of tight white foam. Head persists for a good long while, thick ring at the glass and nearly covering the full surface with residual soapy bubbles.

The first thing to hit the nose is fresh jalapeño - bright and earthy green, like right out of the garden. There's also a touch of lemon and a good helping of crackery malt.

The taste is quite balanced - the jalapeño is omnipresent but doesn't dominate and doest really build up. It gets displaced mid-sip by crackery malts and a slight sweetness as the cream ale base comes to play. Very light kiss of lemon and maybe a touch of corn. Then the pepper reasserts itself - still not with any particular heat. It reminds me of jalapeño cream cheese in a way where the pepper flavor is clear but the hear is damped by the cream cheese. The pepper flavor lingers long with a little lemony taste.

Feel is medium bodied and creamy. It's fairly well carbonated. No particular bitterness, but some astringency.

This was a pleasant surprise. I'm really enjoying the balance achieved while managing to feature the Jalapeño - it's certainly present enough to notice but really doesn't dominate. The freshness is also impressive. Quite drinkable and fun to drink. I'm thinking right around the 4.0 mark.

 

Always my plan, enjoy the winners or some not miss beers

 

Typing & proof Reading skills gone, AI also blows Imagine Nation

 

Silva Brewing Ouroboros
10.2% stout
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Poured from a pint can, the body is jet black with a big light mocha colored head. Good lacing.

Aroma was a nice coffee. Taste followed nose and there was a malty char, substantial and bitter. Background sweetness of caramel and chocolate. Finish has a nice fading bitterness. No sign of the ABV.

Mouthfeel is good though not heavy. Strong carbonation.

Very good easy drinking no nonsense stout.

 

Freaking awesome to see you here again! Hope all is well with you and yours.

 

Finally getting to post my beer for today, and it’s not what I expected it would be. You see, my wife and I went to the Christkindl market downtown and I was planning on having a beer there, a dunkel from Brewery Vivant. But though they had two or three places that you could get said beer (or mulled wine) each line was about 30 minutes long. Nope, not going to happen. I’ll go to the brewery and have it on tap.
So we had fish and chips from Fish Lads, rather amazing stuff. And then we went home.
So I pulled out one from the cellar that I had last seen several years ago and never got it, but my last trip to TW I scored not only this one but Willitized, which I completely missed last year.
Without further ado, my nightcap was The Nightman Leaveth from Oddsides-

The pour was stout black with a medium brown head that almost reached the lofty heights of 5 mm. Fairly typical for a BA stout, so not knocking it.
The flavor is vanilla coffee with cream- I kid not, I could swear that I tasted milk in this. The rye barrel does provide some nice contrast with that lovely rye flavor that I like so, but maybe I drank it too fresh. Milk??? (Yes, I know “milk” stouts simply have lactose as a sugar component and not actual milk)
OA, hadn’t seen this in a while and after trying Revolution’s Dark Mode from the Extreme Stouts box, I keep hoping to find a local equivalent. Still looking.

 

4.4/5 rDev -5.8%
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
500mL bottle (2022, best by 9/26/2024) into a tulip. Pours an opaque black with minimal head.

Aroma is rich and dense—dark chocolate, coffee, bitter roasted malt, bourbon, vanilla, toasted coconut.

Taste is likewise complex and dessert-like. Bitter cocoa, caramel, vanilla, black coffee, booze.

Mouthfeel is slick and chewy, costs the palate, lingering aftertaste.

Overall a solid coffee twist on the classic BCBS.

 

I had this as nightcap after a long afternoon chasing kids around at the amusement park and then promptly dozed off!

This is. Bellwoods x True History A Truly Historic Beer We Made with True History. It’s a pre-prohibition style lager brewed with local corn. True History is a new-ish brewery in Toronto that focuses on lager styles and does a great job with them.



This pours a bright bright gold with a decent foamy head that sticks around a long while.

The aroma is sweet, green apple with a melange of grass, herbal and weedy notes.

The sweetness detected on the nose is present on the sip as well. The grassy/herbal notes are hard to describe in more detail, because of the green apple notes.

Crisp, light, but the sweetness. Affects the drinkability a little for me.

Not a style I like all that much, but it was fun to try. True History also made a corn lager but in a Mexican style as part of this collaboration. I hope to grab a can this week.

Cheers!