New Beer Weekend #240

Campanology Brewing's Barrel Aged Stout, 11.0% ABV; 3.69 overall

Pours an effervescent ebony with 2 fingers of mocha colored head. Stays effervescent throughout the pour, below average head retention & better lacing

S: Vanilla in spades, some dark fruit notes, Bourbon notes once warmed up

T: Vanila, a little Bourbon & cocoa along with dryness up front, hints of carob as well. Some roasty & smokey notes, some oaky notes, & vanilla once warmed up. Finishes with some toffee notes, oaky dryness, more vanilla & dryness

MF: Medium body, fairly firm carbonation

Drinks fairly easy, a little vanilla heavy for my liking, but outstanding value for money, think this 22 oz bottle was $ 7.00 at Trader Joes

 

Cowboy coffee porter
...solid black appearance
...just below average carbonation with a close to average body
...aroma is fresh roasted coffee beans along with just ground beans. Malt and black coffee are in the background.
....taste is everything coffee in the most positive way.
...overall this has really perfected infusing coffee into a porter, a memorable beer

 

Dessert looks delish & not terribly unhealthy

 

Hello All.
A Ton of Honey


Pours the deepest, darkest burnt walnut and is capped by a firm mocha colored head. Great head, nice retention and elegant, layered lacing.
The nose is decadent. Meaty dates, chewy figs, some seep fruity notes, and a comforting honey sweetness.
The flavor is definitely a warm, sweet and lush dessert but yet it still allows for some hints of roasted barrel and earthy notes. But the sweet notes were deep, at times blending together, while at other times separating enough to really shine solo. Dates, caramel, figs, honey, and some floral brandy notes.
Mouthfeel is slightly chewy and gently warm.
3.98/5 rDev -1%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

 

Get start J! And we appreciate you delving back into our history and keeping track thereafter.

 

Love the Label/Art

 

Hop Nuts TenFold Triple IPA 10.5% for their 10 year Anniversary. Downtown Las Vegas Arts District. Cheers

 

Not trying to be that guy, but we also are looking for you to drop some of your thoughts about said beer as well.

 

Looks and sounds great...ISO

 

Excellent!

 

Not sure if it's worth mentioning @Todd but just wanted to bring to attention since its kind of a celebratory NBW this weekend but it looks like, at least on iPhone, the images after post #86 do not appear, including avatar pics.

 

Wizard Of Gose - Lemon & Lime from Bandit Brewery

Poured a 473ml can into a pilsner glass. A three finger bubbly white head on a cloudy dirty yellow. The head soon dissipates.

A pretty subdued smell. A strong lemon lime taste up front, somewhat overpowering any malt flavours. Salt is there but masked by citrus. A long, lightly tart finish.

A light body and good carbonation. Overall a light, refreshing Gose, maybe a bit heavy on the citrus.

look: 3.75 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

 

Goood morning all you dreamers, streamers, pourers, explorers, enjoyers, deployers, sippers, quippers, drippers, judgers, chuggers, drinkers, thinkers, empowerers, and devourers of Great American Beer, and everyone else, and welcome to the 20th anniversary of my favorite thread, New Beer Sunday/W/E!

Big shoutout to malty for starting this thread, whatever true date it was, and for mattcrill carrying on in malty's footsteps. The rest is all recent enough history not to need further mention. Worth noting, however, how things here have stayed to theme these twenty years, and also how different it now is. When this thread started folks would copy and paste New Beer Sunday at the beginning of their post, and then substitute in the style of beer so their posts would begin New IPA Sunday, for instance, or New Imperial Stout Sunday. Then we would see if the style of beer we were to post had been named already, and if it had all subsequent posts would be replies to that original style post. At that time all replies appeared directly under the post replied to, so that by the end of Sunday each posted style would have a bunch of replies descending beneath it. Sooo much better today with music and pictures possible, and much better forum to post in.

Very satisfying and reassuring to see this thread each Sunday, now weekend, and see new faces when I check in to enjoy vicariously what Doc won't let me drink actually. One more time--- Thanks for keeping NBS/W fresh, fun, and informative. Here's to Great American Beer! Cheers y'all!

 

Nice touch everyone. 20 years ago there was a visceral and vibrant energy within the emerging beer scene. It was exciting, fun, and always damned funny. Cheers old and new friends......

 

Poured into a 16 oz Snulip glass canned on 2/20/25. Pours a very attractive hazy yellow orange with a 2 finger sticky white head that leaves thick streaks of lace with excellent retention. 4.5

Aroma is peach, passionfruit, mango, mandarin, and apricot. 4.25

Taste peach, passionfruit, mango, mandarin, and apricot. 4.25

Mouthfeel is about average, maybe a little dry, soft carbonation, and at 7.4% it goes rather easy with bigger flavor. 4.25

Overall this is another good one from one of the best. 4.25 Cheers all.

 

Good Sunday morning NBS/nbw, Thank you @ChicagoJ for hosting and the thoughtful words about this gem of a thread. This is a weekly must for me, I am thankful for all the contributors, commentators, and of course the creators and hosts.
In keeping with the Anniversary I felt that a proper Hommage would do.
So without further delay
Cheers all

Hommage

Fruit Lambic | 6.3% ABV
Brouwerij 3 Fonteinen in Beersel, Belgium

Reviewed by SABERG from Massachusetts

4.4/5 rDev -2.2% | Average: 4.5
look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
Poured from the 375 ml bottle, Blend # 75, season 17/18, dated 13/09/18
A - Garnet red, a bit of haze, gentle carbonation assembles into the faintest ring of evidence.
S - Rapsberry, a bit of oak, some dark cherry skin, some vinegar, with some warming the oak and tannins are more pronounced.
T - Cherry, oak, a bit of hibiscus, young claret, up front, then the rapsberry plows through, surprising how the flavor "moves". Tannins are next, with that woody element stopping in.
M - Medium in body, sharp on the palate, tension like Sharks and Jets street dancing in there. A fantastic Cherry/Rapsberry finish. Stunning how expressive the fruit exit is. Then a lighly acidic, mineral chalky finish
O - A fantastic offering, depth and range are delightful, from the obvious fruit elements to the oaky, chalky element. Tart while leaving all your enamel in place. I am struck at how rich the flavors are
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