Birdie Pilsner from Red Tape Brewery Poured a 355ml can into a pilsner glass. A good one finger fine white head on a hazy gold. The head diminishes to a layer. lots of fine lacing. Bready malts in the nose. Some hop spiciness. The taste follows the nose. Some citrus. A very mildly bitter finish. A light body and good carbonation. Overall a decent Czech pilsner. Clean and refreshing. 3.75/5 rDev -0.5% look: 3.75 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
Brasserie La Debauche (France) Oak Chronicles No. 4 / Amorena 2025 Calvados barrel aged Imperial Stout with blackberry, blueberry, pistachio, almond and Amorena cherry. 15.5% abv. 33 cl bottle poured into a brewery branded Teku glass. Purchased from the brewery. Nice fizz of bouncy foam mellows down quick onto a flat deep brown brew with brilliant ruby highlights. Nose is winey, woody, mildly roasty, light pipe tobacco, light roast coffee. Taste comes on with the Calvados (an apple Brandy from the Normandy region of France) barrel right up front. Once the stun subsides, the roll of flavors pop with tart (not sour.,) assorted vine fruits, oak barrel. Finish is a chocolate covered Amorena cherry kiss, and nicely muted heat. Pistachio and almond flavors are very nuanced and serve only as complements to the experience. IMO, this is a stylish hybrid beer / wine. Mouthfeel is smoove from the addition of oats and lactose. Medium in density and carbonation. Overall, a beautifully stylish and elegant taste sensation. 4.49 in the BA DB.
It has been a bit since I joined you all. Poured into a 16 oz Nordic pint glass canned on 4/20/26. 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, mandarin, mango, guava, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5 Taste follows peach, mandarin, guava, mango, passionfruit, and apricot. 4.5 Mouthfeel is above medium, soft gentle carbonation, not sticky or dry, and a 7.6% debatable if it should be called a NEDIPA or NEIPA, bigger flavor but easy going down. 4.5 Overall I am really enjoying this one. 4.5 Cheers all.
I have two beers to review for this weekend... First up, a stop over at Southern Yankee Crafthouse, former brewery taproom, but now just a regular old beer bar. Project Halo Brewing, Das Cool Dunkelweizen, 4.3% ABV Pours a dark brown color. With a tan head that forms, good retention and lace left behind. Aroma is light cereal grains and toasted malts up front. Some banana esters. Enjoyable, if a bit light. Taste wise, follows the nose, with light cereal grains and toasted malts/baked bread. The lightest amount of chocolate covered bananas. A light body with moderate carbonation. Finishing clean and dry. Which all leads to something that is overall easy and enjoyable to drink. I love that they are tackling a Dunkelweizen. A more session example of one to boot. I do enjoy this, but I think this is one of the few times I would like a bit more of an ABV bump. Which would give this just a slightly bigger and smoother body. Which is a very small gripe, and otherwise a very enjoyable and moreish example of the style. Overall score is 3.82, B+ https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/63714/802800/?ba=champ103#lists Next up, a visit to Eureka Heights Brewing. Eureka Heights Wunder Bock, 5.5 % ABV Pours a murky reddish/brown color. A small white head tries to form, but recedes to basically nothing after a moment. Aroma of bread and caramel malts. That is it, simple and straight forward. Taste wise, toasted bread, caramel malts, and sweetness. The sweetness does become a little candy like for me, with plenty of residual sugars. Though it just borders on being too cloying for me, without going completely over the top in that regard. A medium body with moderate carbonation. Its just kind of there...which isn't really a bad thing. Easy to drink if at the brewery, but I wouldn't seek it out otherwise. This is fairly one noted and overly simple. Its fine for something to drink at the brewery, but doesn't really stand out for me in any meaningful way. Just down the middle of the road, and that is not always an entirely bad thing. Just nothing I will probably get again. Overall score is 3.46, I guess in the B- range for me, but that is kind of a generous score as well. https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/46198/803107/?ba=champ103#lists Thats it for new beers for me this weekend, at least so far
Which is becoming a pattern lately, having some Bruery brews for my NBW. Started off with this good one: Society Cuvée | The Bruery | BeerAdvocate Lots of lime in this one, so it's a good thing I like limes! Kinda key-lime pie tasting, thought it was good overall. Found that Rock am Ring is having a live stream today so I'm watching some of the concerts now. I'll probably spend the rest of the day watching it: Rock am Ring 2026 I plan on having another Bruery stout next, cheers!
Industrial Arts Torque Hazy Double IPA 4.25/5 rDev +0.7% look: 4 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4 Look: golden with an orange hue, hazy, sudsy soapy head, left scattered lacing Smell: ripe tropical, resin, grassy Taste: tangerine, pineapple, resin, grapefruit, berries, apricot, pine, passionfruit, citrus pith, spicy note Feel: thick body, moderate carbo, prickly, dry Overall: 8.2% abv. Time to drink a beer, drink a New Beer! Very tropical on the nose. First sips were tangerine, pineapple and resin. Taking my time with the sips paid off. More tropical flavors came thru with citrus pith and a spicy note. I felt the Cryo Simcoe was too strong though. It created a concentrated citrus sweetness. So that took it down a bit for me, but this was still pretty good. I would have no problem drinking this brew again. One more thing you should know, let's go! I enjoyed this beer while listening to We Will Rock You by Queen.
