New Beer Weekend #303

A Weihenstephaner 1516 inspired beer

Today’s new beer is from Sly Fox which has an interesting name:

“Don't Go In the Keller

Pilsner - American

• 5.3% ABV • N/A IBU •

Brewed in collaboration with the local Pink Boots Society chapter, this unfiltered kellerbier was inspired by the classic Weihenstephaner 1516, and then “Americanized” with the addition of the 9th annual Pink Boots hop blend. Light bready, toasted malt flavor is balanced by a floral hop profile, with notes of stone fruit and papaya.”

For folks unfamiliar with the Pink Boots Society:

“The Pink Boots Society (PBS) is an international nonprofit organization founded in 2007 by Teri Fahrendorf to support, inspire, and encourage women and non-binary individuals in the fermented and alcoholic beverage industry. It provides educational opportunities, scholarships, and professional development to help members advance their careers, boasting over 2,000 members globally.”

This year’s blend has an interesting mix of hops:

The 9th Annual Blend includes:

• Centennial
• Mosaic®
• Ekuanot®
• HBC 638

And below is hop sensory graphic for this blend courtesy of Yakima Chief Hops. It sure looks like an intriguing and tasty hop blend.



https://www.yakimachief.com/commercial/hop-wire/9th-annual-pink-boots-blend

Served in a Sly Fox Bockfest & Goat Race glass at the Pottstown taproom:

Appearance:

Straw yellow with a BIG fluffy white head.

Aroma:

Wow! An enticing combination of herbal, fruity, citrus, etc. hop aromas accompanied by softly bready malt aroma.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with herbal, fruity, citrus, etc. hop flavors and soft bready malt flavor. There is a notable bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with a dry finish.

Overall:

I really enjoyed drinking this beer, it is very good – excellent!

Cheers!

 

@jonphisher - I would go with ya, but me, the old lady and my sister in law are here:



Kimberly Akimbo - no clue what it's about but we will find out in an hour or so... Rai peeps may recognize Providence Oerforming Arts Center.

 

Here we are, NBW folks. Another weekend. I happened to look back at very old posts thanks to WBAYDN, and found that my apparent first New Beer Sunday post was in 2014. And now, almost 12 years later, I am getting to try a beer I have wasn't sure I'd get to try for even quite a while more. But this top 5 BA beer from the Beers of Fame list that I teased a couple weeks ago fell into my clutches.

Now, we got to try some Cantillon at Monk's Cafe on a trip there many years ago. I did not review it, because I was just enjoying it. So this will be my first reviewed Cantillon beer, Fou' Foune.

I will be sharing it with our neighbors, one of whom likes fruited sours, but the modern day kind - not sure how she'll take to a wild aged sour. And, as is obvious because I am posting in this thread, I don't know enough about the beer to have a guess (and I m avoiding looking at other reviews for this go).

Anyhow, onto the review (which might be a bit piecemeal as I interact with our guests)...

Poured as of the time they were scheduled to come so I can get in a quick look - actually kind of peach colored. Maybe a tad bruised. An orange-heavy amber, let’s go with. A little bit of head, but a solid collar of white - which isn’t bad for spurs in general, per my experience.


My neighbor jumped right in and mentioned pineapple (and that it was interesting). I do get the typical wild-aged funk in the nose, but also quite fruity. I get both peach and the pineapple my neighbor mentioned in the nose, with the sour notes being a rich fruit vinegar and some lime.

On the palate, there is a gentle but obvious carbonation. The sour bite brings as much feel initially. The ending is a bit more raw and dirty dry.

All of us agree that the peach isn’t dead obvious in this beer. I think the sour mix of lemon, lime, and white grapefruit interfere a bit. The peach hits middle-taste to me (the neighbor is still getting pineapple but also peach), along with the funkiness that I think leads to that bit of dirty dryness mentioned in the feel. I think there are vague recollections to Orval in that specific note.

Everyone likes this here. I think it is very well put together and mixes the sour and fruit so well. It isn’t overly peachy… and least not mid-summer peach from the southeast. I am very glad I got to buy it and bring it home to share.

Big edit:
ROFL - I just realized that, in talking with the neighbors that I mistook that the fruit used in this is apricot, not peach. I had mixed up my knowledge in the conversing and we all just went with it. When I noted the correct fruit... everyone went, "That makes more sense." It also gets into how psychosomatic taste can be... we wanted to find peach but we were all like, "sorta?" -- but found it.

Cheers, all!

 

This work week went better than it had any business doing.

Fort George + Georgetown - Vorcille, a WC IPA collaboration that probably in some way is related to mixing the ideas behind the two breweries flagship WC IPAs, Vortex and Lucille respectively.

16oz can served in a curvy Monhegan pint glass. Can is dated 04/07/26. Bought it last weekend at Chuck's Seward.
Pours mostly clear pale gold with a fairly large fairly dense head, lots of active carbonation. Smell is dank, dense old wet pine needles. Lemon, whiff of lime.

Taste is similar, dives more deeply into earthy bitterness, almost a bark character, but it's definitely pine bark. Dankness seemed more subdued at first, but after a couple sips I've changed my mind. More resin bitterness than I expected from the nose, also citrus fruit is a not as assertive.

Mouthfeel is very dry, medium bodied. Overall, very nice, very solid WC IPA.

 

Thanks to @jonphisher for kicking off NBW!

Jefferson Beer Supply Banana Split Imperial Pastry Stout, 10.5% ABV. Pours thick and 'gloppy' with a muddy brown head of chocolate that left puree residue. Aroma is chocolate, banana, vanilla, and lactose. Taste is primarily strong chocolate, plus banana, quite sweet, slightly bitter, strawberry in the aftertaste. Thick and creamy mouthfeel, leaving sticky lips. Overall excellent.

4.4/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

First week of construction on our project to turn our seldom-used covered deck into a four-season porch. My wife said she wanted a lot of window. They had to replace four rotted deck/roof supports first. We've wanted to do this since we built in 1997.

 

Hello New Beer Weekend!!!

I sat out last weekend, I just wasn't feeling any beer reviews. Well, today I am back, and here's my first new beer in this virtual bar.

In The Pines - Klockow Brewing - Grand Rapids, MN - American Pale Ale - 5.9%

I'm totally digging the flavor here. Nice malty flavor. Nice backside bitterness. There's juniper berries in it. The only knock is there's very little aroma.

Review:
3.84/5 rDev +1.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
From a 16oz can. No date on the can.

This beer has a nice amber color to it, and it is pretty clear looking. There's a nice steady stream of carbonation bubbles that are rising in the glass to the top. There's a 2 1/2 finger off white head. The head is fluffy looking and long lasting. There's some good looking lacing on the glass.
The aroma is pretty light, but I do get some grain/malt notes on it. There's a faint scent of hops, very faint.
The flavor has the juniper berry flavor up front. This flavor does fade a bit and then goes full on rye bread flavor. The finish goes to the hops and has a nice bitterness with it.
The body has a nice clingy feeling to it. It is sticky feeling. The body feels full. There's a nice feeling from the bitterness on the finish.
This is a tasty beer overall. A very tasty beer. The only downside is the faint aroma.


This will likely be my only new beer tonight. I'll be back tomorrow with more new beers. Cheers.

 

you're my favorite jon

 

Cheers to @jonphisher of course I'll go er have a beer. Was the grammatical error a goof? If not, you sign only gets an A....

Lindeman's Kriek Indulgent Cherry Lambic, 3.5% ABV; 4.04 overall

Pours an effervescent ruby/Burgundy with 2 fingers of purple/pink head. Lovely head retention, better head retention

S: Cherries, sweet mostly, some tart

T: Sweet cherries lead the way, a little dryness, just a little black currant as well up front, dryness too. Some leafy hops as this beer warms up, plenty of mostly sweet cherry, a little tartness. Finishes a bit acidic & tart but mostly sweet with pronounced dryness

MF: Light /medium body with lively carbonation, somewhat sticky on the teeth with a little acidity

Very easy to drink, this works well as a pre-dinner or dessert beer to me

 

400 from Flux Brewing Company

From a 473ml can packaged on 20 09 2025. poured into a pilsner glass. A three finger fine tan head on a hazy dark copper. Excellent head retention. Lots of rocky lacing.

Smells of dark bread with lighter notes of nuts and coffee. The taste follows the nose. As it warms toffee and a little bit of chocolate. Finishes dry with mildly bitter hops.

Smooth and well balanced. Medium body and good carbonation. Overall an excellent Munich Dunkel. Well made and true to the style. Well worth a try.

4.13/5 rDev 0%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 4.25

 

Mad Rooster Beer Co. Pale Rooster APA, 6.0% ABV; 3.82 ABV

Pours a chill-hazed gold with a thumb+ of cream-colored head. Above average head retention & better lacing, drops bright

S: Some bready notes, toffee, some pine late

T: Biscuitty malt, dryness, pine & a little caramel up front. More of the same as this warms up, some toffee & a little citrus too. Finishes dry with caramel sweetness, biscuitty malt & pine

MF: Medium body, moderate carbonation, nice balance of sweetness & woody bitterness

A serviceable APA from the 90s, drinks easy enough