New Beer Weekend #300

The Goat

Today’s new beer is a Maibock from King’s Road brewery. With the unique aspect is was served from a cask via gravity pour.

Here is how King’s Road describes this beer on their website:

“The Goat Maibock

7.3% ABV 30 IBU

Meet The Goat, our 7.3% Maibock that’s here to prove it’s not just a goat, it’s the GOAT. Brewed in the traditional German style, this lager is smooth, golden, and deceptively drinkable, with a rich malt backbone and just enough hop balance to keep things in line. At 7.3% ABV, it’s got a little extra kick. So, while it may go down easy, it’s definitely not kidding around. Malty, crisp, and quietly powerful… kind of like a goat plotting its next move. Drink wisely. It climbs.”

Appearance:

Golden yellow with a white head.

Aroma:

There is notable rich malty aroma to this beer with a hint of toastiness.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with prominent flavors of rich malt, and yes some accompanying toastiness as well. There is also a hint of herbal/spicy hop flavor to provide a sense of balance to the beer. A moderate bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with an off-dry finish.

Overall:

For my palate this is an excellent Maibock with the rich maltiness being front and center but properly accompanied by some hop flavor and moderate hop bitterness. Perfectly balanced for a Maibock IMO.

Cheers!

@KOP_Beer_OUtlet @rotsaruch @RobH @Giovannilucano

 

Thanks for kicking things off, @Beersnake. And happy NBW all! Well I decided to open this one today as the strongest remaining beer in my beer fridge. Black Tuesday: Blender’s Choice. Turns out it’s pretty awesome. Preliminary review (subject to further revision as I slowly sip this over the next few hours) below. Cheers!
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4.59/5 rDev +0.4%

look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

750mL (2024) into a tulip. Pours an opaque oily black with a decent-sized head for a 20%+ imperial stout. Settles quickly to nearly still, and looks like 10W-40 in my glass.

Aroma is rich and complex: dark roasty bitter malt, vanilla, caramel, dark chocolate, oaky char.

Taste is likewise dense, rich, and complex. Tons going on here. Bittersweet dark chocolate malt, vanilla, caramel, toffee, bourbon, port wine, sticky dried stone fruits.

Mouthfeel is chewy and sticky with a body reminiscent of molten lead.

Overall, as one might expect from a beer with this lineage, Black Tuesday Blender’s Choice leaves little to be desired. Excellent stuff. And dangerous.

 

My dear departed aunt, who along with my uncle - lived in Maine a very long time - she sent me a t-shirt from Barreled Souls, as apparantly one of my cousins (my aunt and uncles kids) has a son that works (or worked) there....have heard good things! Cheers! Enjoy your time there!

 

I have indeed had this one but I do not have any notes when I had this. Thank you for sharing and if I do get to Haddonfield, I will have to enjoy this one again if available!

Cheers!

 

Gorgeous day in Central NH and drinking this insane sauce from Tree House. Thanks for opening up #300 @Beersnake.

Poured into a 13 oz Teku glass canned on 3/18/26. Pours a gorgeous hazy milky yellow with a solid finger sticky white head that leaves tons of sticky lace, with insane retention. 5

Aroma is peach, tangerine, mango, passionfruit, papaya, and apricot, yikes. 5

Taste follows peach, tangerine, mango, passionfruit, papaya, and apricot, so balanced and amazing. 5

Mouthfeel is Yogi “ Bigger than your average BeerAdvocate beer. Soft gentle almost creamy carbonation, not sticky or dry, and 8.4% massive flavor, but maximum drinkability. 5

Overall I don’t hand out perfect scores often, but sometimes you wouldn’t change a single thing and that happened just now. Treehouse Brewery another masterpiece. 5

That is what is in my glass to start the weekend, what are others enjoying on this Friday? Cheers all.

 

What a beautiful opening to read @Beersnake I cannot believe it has been that long! I’m may take some liberty with what was my jam back when and throw it back even farther cause I have the perfect beer for it.

I cannot wait to join the party tomorrow!

 

Good to see your experience with Kings Road was a good one. I have minimal experience with them but the experience I did have was positive as well, their perfect to style cream ale.

I’m hoping as summer comes I’ll have more time to get out and explore a little more.

 

Thank you @Beersnake for the invitation to #300. I didn’t join BA till 2021 but covid times I enjoyed getting beer at the Southtown beverage where you literally drove into the building and loaded up. My beer by the cases was Landshark , which I’ll always be fond of.
BA corrupted me, but that’s a story for my therapist @HoppingMadMonk .

Phase Three Sweet Appalachia

Gifted by that midwestern cowboy @Danmullens1


Reviewed by TCgenny from New York

4.02/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
One month in the can pours dramatically in my fish bowl ipa goblet: I swished it around like a pro and almost dunk my nose into it to sense pineapple, white grape , guava aroma. AThe swirled head was a beautiful egg shell froth, which still retains a swoosh of lace descending down the side of my flower vase. Taste follows the nose, it is mildly sweet, low smacky num num but it is there. Medium mouth, soft, very satisfying flavor and feel. Sales from this ipa support the good people affected by hurricane helene , in Asheville , NC. I’ll always drink for charity!

 

Cheers to @Beersnake for starting # 300. I will do some research on 2020. All I remember is working at the hospital during Covid & it just being a circus/grind; times really haven't changed...

Lindemans Framboise, 2.5% ABV; 4.06 overall


Pours an effervescent chestnut/purple with one finger of purple/pink head. Below average head retention & lacing

S: Raspberries in spades

T: Follows the nose, a little dryness, more sweet than tart, but some tartness up front. Some acid & tartness attempts to fight through sweet raspberry as this beer warms up. Finishes sweet, slightly tart with trace amounts of woody bitterness & red grapes

MF: Light/medium body, restrained carbonation, slight acidity

Easy to drink, not something to session on but a great Aperitif or Dessert Beer

 

Cheers @Beersnake and well met!
About that first one you posted from Barreled Souls - I think it was more likely the vanilla giving you the bitter taste and not the maple syrup. I get bitter from vanilla all the time, but never from the syrup.
Of course, we all taste things differently, so what do I know?
Regardless, thanks for kicking us off!

 

Jacks abby fest of both worlds collab with warsteiner
...super clear light amber appearance with a lasting fluffy light head.
...medium carbonation with about a medium body
....aroma is a strong hit of yeast, yeasty crusty bread, grain, malt, and a bit floral
...taste has some very mild sweetness, grain, cereal, earthy floral hops.
...my description isn't probably doing it justice as its really well done

 

I’m back with my one offering for tonight, and it has no vanilla or maple syrup. It does, however, have peanut butter. In spades.
This is the last of the 4 pack that I picked up last week and the first barrel aged stouts from Trail Point Brewery that I have ever seen.
They were all tasty, so that is something. Unfortunately they let the additives overwhelm the stouts. Whether they need a more potent stout or a lighter touch with the additives I can’t say. (But I would definitely prefer the more potent stout)
Added all 4 to the database so hopefully others will try them and report back.
So without further ado, the 4th and final stout from the 4 pack -

The pour is mild coffee brown that appears stout black in the glass. The manilla colored head reaches almost an inch in height but leaves sparse lacing.
The taste leaves no doubt about what additive is in this - peanut butter. It comes close to being overwhelming. The stout manages to make an appearance but not without the peanut butter.
The feel, like the rest of the series, is thinner than I think a barrel aged stout should be, but that is just my opinion.
OA, if you came looking for a barrel aged stout with peanut butter, this one would probably make you happy. For me it is too much peanut butter and not enough stout.

Tomorrow I hope to have two new to me beers, time will tell.

Cheers!

 

River City Brewing 2022 Rob's Peanut Buster Parfait ( aged in Basil Hayden Barrels ) Dessert/Pastry Imp Stout; 4.15 overall

Pours an effervescent mahogany/ebony with one pinky of mocha colored head. Minimal head retention & lacing

S: Peanut butter & boozy barrel

T: Follows the nose, rich dark chocolate, a little caramel up front. Barrel smooths out as this beer warms up, plenty of dark chocolate & some peanut butter & vanilla. Finishes raw barrel, Dark chocolate sweetness, vanilla & peanuts

MF: Very chewy, slight carbonation, warming, enough carbonation to drive the flavors

Drinks great for the heft, nice flavor combination

 

Wow. I hope they still have this available when we visit next week. I've git a pretty good haul of membership beers waiting for me but I love me some hot peppers!

How did you talk Chloe into the tour? We planned on going to the society member welcome shindig this year but ran into the "unavoidable committment" thing. I'd love to see that facility!

 

That is such a tricky combo for me. Way more misses than hits