New Beer Weekend #291

My nightcap…Revolution’s Apple Brandy Barrel Ryeway:



Canned 11/5/25. Poured at 51°. Fast fizzy light tan head; ok cap Retention; small island of micro dots; solid ring; spotty lace, and thin legs on swirl. Brandy, caramel nose; boozy retronasal. Sweet spirits, apple pie spice; caramel candy. Dry barrel feel; dry rye; silky, smooth; light carbonation; medium warmth from ABV. Overall, just the right amount of sweetness; base and barrel well balanced; just a pleasure to sip; big boozy apple pie delicious.

4.25 | 4.25 | 4.5 | 4.25 | 4.75
Score: 4.45 rDev +0.5

One of those rare beers for me where the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. I wish I had bought more…savoring every sip.

 

When done right those Apple Brandy ones are stellar

 

Greenhouse Aleworks ( Rogers, AR ) Cyclamen Triple Hazy IPA w/Enigma, Superdelic, & Strata Hops and Galaxy Spectrum, 10% ABV; 4.24 overall

Pours a super-hazed, almost turbid gold/honey with one finger of eggshell colored head. Average head retention & above average lacing

S: Catty, guava, white grapes. Pineapple orange juice once warmed up, plus passion fruit

T: Follows the nose, a touch of onion, peach & tangerine up front. Pineapple, limes, green melon & faint onion notes once warm, pine as well. Finishes with a little bit of pineapple orange juice with a kiss of booze & plenty of woody hops, pine is the star

MF: Medium body, creamy carbonation, acidity. stellar balance

Major juice bomb, even the onion thing works for me, the heft is present though

 

That sounds like a great beervent

 

Or triple the problem

 

Well f&%ck done ruined their chances today. Could've been worse one of the 2X IPAs I swore I never had

 

Enjoyed a nice old school, circa 2010, DIPA, from a new to me brewery.
Autoshop
On tap at Barrel & Stave/Jaxons in Fullerton, CA.
Pour is a beautiful golden to amber in color. Looks like honey in a glass. Slight off-white head asserts about an inch in height before dropping down to a thin scattered, almost creamy head. Decent head retention with scattered lithe lacing.
This is old school, 15 years ago, double IPA. Nose brings hints of pine resin, a little bit of orange rind, and a solid malt backbone.
Flavor is a little more varied than the nose. Definitely have the orange rind and pine resin. But there’s a little hint of a tropical note as well along the lines of mango, grass, and a little of melon. The malt base presents like an overall wet grain with a hint of rye.
Mouth feel, again kind of old school, has a little bit of heft with low carbonation and a smooth, bitter finish.
3.85/5 rDev +0.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

 

Not gonna lie: actual LOL.

 

Heading into Monday, here is the current scoreboard:

Team Pilsner

1. Carlsberg Danish Style Pilsner @Premo88
2. Lawsons Scrag, Mountain @HoppingMadMonk
   
3. Human Robot Hallertau Pils @JackHorzempa
   
4. Sierra Nevada Pils @Premo88
5. Sierra Nevada Springfest IPA * @ChicagoJ
6. Fort George Brewing Co. -- Pilsner @beergoot
   
7. Good Word Brewing - Die Todd Die @jonphisher
   
8. Jester King The Satyr @Premo88
   
9. Mighty Squirrel Roma! @HoppingMadMonk
10. Werk Force Brewing Company Lift Ticket @ChicagoJ
    
11. Luce Line Euro Step @LesDewitt4beer
12. Grupo Modelo S.A. de C.V. Modelo Especial full-flavored Pilsner-style Lager @KP7
13. Zillicoah Pre-Pro Pilsner @CarolinaCardinals

Team India Pale Ale

1. Columbus Devil's Kush IPA @superspak
   
2. Masthead The Cleveland Experiment #7 IPA @cjgiant
   
3. Ex Novo Brewing Co. -- Threat Level @beergoot
   
4. Surly Abrasive @Premo88
   
5. Boulevard Space Camper Mother Omega Clusterfuzz IPA @russpowell
   
6. Sierra Nevada Cosmic Little Things IPA @argock
   
7. Breakside Safe Word Triple IPA @vurt
   
8. Anchorage Brewing Gemini @mactrail
   
9. Long Live Beerworks The All Seeing Eye
   
10. Jackie O’s RSVP @Blogjackets
    
11. Blackstack/Barrel Theory Local Drops @Mdog
    
12. Other Half Doug Black IPA @beerdedking
13. Troegs - Daylight Chaser @jonphisher
    
14. Boulevard Space Camper Betty Bot, Bubbly IPA @russpowell
    
15. Dust Bowl Brewing Company Tank You Very Much @BillAfromSoCal
    
16. Frost Town Brewery Super Bloom @champ103
    
17. Kettlehead’s Pulpy’s Family Reunion @DoctorZombies
    
18. Greenhouse Aleworks Cyclamen Triple Hazy IPA @russpowell
    
19. Gilman Brewing Company Autoshop @2beerdogs
    
20. Mother Road Brewing Tower Station IPA @mactrail

Note *: I’m declaring Springfest a Pilsner based on my actual experience, as well as the Pilsner malt used. This was for all intents and purposes a Pilsner, though I did not submit a formal style request to Beer Advocate.

1239402[/URL]]@Amendm - Duchesse de Bourgogne by Brouwerij Verhaeghe is one of my favorite beers of all time. Sound like you enjoyed many aspects and the overall experience.

@mactrail - I enjoyed the standard version of Mother Road Tower Station IPA during my lone visit to the brewery.

The lead is likely too far gone for Team Pilsner at this point, even with Chicago-style vote tabulation shenanigans. I’m trying to go back to bed so I can get to Dovetail Brewery with zero IPAs this decade (they do have five India Pale Lagers; the lone IPA was the fundraising SN Resilience IPA to help with the California fires in 2019). They have one Pilsner I haven’t tried and perhaps 1-2 more new to me beers before my palate is shot for beer rating.

I do like the return to a theme weekend tasting. Perhaps we can land on a style or concept today to implement in our Anniversary weekend next week, or one within a few weeks, to give folks time to plan and shop.

Cheers!

 

Deer fascinate me @LeRose, given your experience and large chunk of woods have you ever had success with finding sheds?

It is something I keep meaning to do each year with the oldest. Not really with any expectations of finding any, just the hunt and adventure piece. We’ve found some cool stuff in our woods adventures but sheds have evaded us thus far.

 

Yes, I did send it to you. Glad you enjoyed it.

Since this is going into OT, I'll pop something open after work.

 

Our yard borders a state park, and while it's cool when the deer sleep in the yard, before we mow we have to use a shovel to pick up what they shed.

 

THANK YOU @Todd!!!! As Arnie once said: "I'll be back" (Or "Ahl be bachk")

 

Us too but we keep looking. If anybody is going to find them it'll be the rug rat. I gave up hunting years ago, but a hunter friend told me they are suprisingly hard to spot. He said the way to train your eye to find them is to take antlers and toss them into the woods to see then in place. Of course, you have to have an antler to do that with... We've had deer on the concrete patio ten feet from the house. Wary of humans but not entirely terrified anymore.

There's a dump on the property buried under a rock pile. We've found a few gems - a red wine with cocaine bottle from the 1800's is the best one. The land was cleared at some point in history (well before my grandfather owned it) and used for sheep. Still find the occasional livestock bone.

 

Had this on Saturday. To say that it was fantastic is the understatement of the year.

 

It just popped in my head randomly now but your preference to rice in adjunct lager bodes well for a future year round Von Trapp beer.

I noticed they'd been posting their light lager more and more lately as available at the brewery so I got curious and emailed.

I got a response as always with them, that Von Trapp Light Lager will eventually be available year round in distribution, that is the hope, patiently waiting for it to show up/be announced:

 

Very nice assessment.. Cheers Dave!!