Bell's Neptune

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  1. PapaGoose03

    PapaGoose03 Grand High Pooh-Bah (6,057) May 30, 2005 Michigan
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    The General Store has bottles. I just picked up a sixer. It was like $10.62 plus tax and deposit, so around $12 out the door. Presumably it is headed to normal distribution.

    I also had some on tap in the cafe, and it is quite tasty and interesting at the same time. Some smokiness, some roastiness, some dryness, some sweetness along with a light taste of molasses followed at the end by some black pepper after the beer has warmed. 9% ABV. Strangely enough, I couldn't taste the hickory bark. That seems to be a waste for an ingredient. :wink: (But I don't even know what hickory bark tastes like.)
     
    #1 PapaGoose03, Jul 13, 2015
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  2. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    For anyone looking to rate or review Neptune it's located in the archived beer section for some reason
     
    #2 hopnado, Jul 14, 2015
  3. BEERschlitz

    BEERschlitz Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2013 Michigan

    Snark attack!
     
    #3 BEERschlitz, Jul 14, 2015
  4. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    huh?
     
    #4 hopnado, Jul 14, 2015
  5. archiebunkerjr

    archiebunkerjr Pundit (910) Oct 25, 2010 Michigan
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    Maybe the hickory bark gave the beer its smokiness?
     
    #5 archiebunkerjr, Jul 14, 2015
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  6. BEERschlitz

    BEERschlitz Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2013 Michigan

    Ah just caught that you'd said ARCHIVED beer section. My bad, thought you were passive aggressively telling mother goose to not post about beer tasting notes here. I don't reed so good.
     
    #6 BEERschlitz, Jul 14, 2015
  7. hopnado

    hopnado Initiate (0) Aug 13, 2014 Michigan

    haha. I can kinda see the confusion. My comment was in no way aimed @Mothergoose03. I just thought it was strange that Neptune was moved to the archived beer section on or shortly before the release date. Neptune should be moved back to Bell's current beers section so we can rate it...tree bark and all :slight_smile:
     
    #7 hopnado, Jul 14, 2015
  8. BEERschlitz

    BEERschlitz Initiate (0) Oct 13, 2013 Michigan

    Agreed, it was probably added way too early, like when the planet series was announced. Now I'm ready for all that black peppery, mapley, spicey, hickory, molassesy, dandelion rooty, anisey, raisiny, datey goodness!!!
     
    #8 BEERschlitz, Jul 14, 2015
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  9. anth_oh_knee

    anth_oh_knee Initiate (0) Feb 14, 2015 Minnesota

    Any word on when this will hit SE Michigan? I'm assuming next week?
     
    #9 anth_oh_knee, Jul 14, 2015
  10. mich34

    mich34 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Michigan

    I like this one a lot
     
    #10 mich34, Jul 15, 2015
  11. MadLatvian

    MadLatvian Initiate (0) Feb 8, 2015 Michigan

    Not much out there on how this is tasting? Got 3 bottles but haven't had a chance to try it, and won't until the weekend. 3 six packs at one of my local stores but at $18 a pop. If it's that good I'll pick it up, would hate to spend that money on something average. What's the consensus?
     
    #11 MadLatvian, Jul 22, 2015
  12. AstraXtreme

    AstraXtreme Zealot (539) Mar 21, 2014 Wisconsin

    I'm probably in the minority, but I thought Neptune was the worst of the series. Borderline undrinkable. I split one bottle with a friend, and I don't think I could have drank any more than that.

    To me, it tasted like a burnt rubber tire coated with black pepper. Too many flavors in this that all mixed into something thick and gross.
     
    #12 AstraXtreme, Jul 22, 2015
  13. Blutz

    Blutz Crusader (414) Mar 25, 2014 Michigan
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    I'm still not seeing it in SE / Ann Arbor area. Did it come and go that quickly?
     
    #13 Blutz, Jul 22, 2015
  14. Billydoughnuts

    Billydoughnuts Pundit (771) Feb 22, 2015 Michigan

    Had my first of the six last night.

    Alas, it was after golf league so I'm not too sure what I think of it.

    I didn't drain pour it, I know that. The only brews I've failed to finish this year had habanero.
     
    #14 Billydoughnuts, Jul 22, 2015
  15. Billydoughnuts

    Billydoughnuts Pundit (771) Feb 22, 2015 Michigan

    From what I've been seeing you guys in A2 area are always the last to get everything.
     
    #15 Billydoughnuts, Jul 22, 2015
  16. westlaunboy

    westlaunboy Pundit (882) Mar 31, 2010 Washington
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    More or less.
     
    #16 westlaunboy, Jul 22, 2015
  17. ojgio

    ojgio Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Michigan

    So the 2 bottle limit at some Metro Detroit beer shops was perfect hah. Saved me from myself.
     
    #17 ojgio, Jul 22, 2015
  18. ojgio

    ojgio Initiate (0) Jan 23, 2014 Michigan

    I gotta say, this is really interesting in a very good way. Nice chewy sweetness initially turns into bitter chocolate and some of that cayenne character. I'll be seeking out more of this. I thought it'd be a muddled mess but it's all working pretty good other than I don't get a lot of the maple syrup.
     
    #18 ojgio, Jul 23, 2015
  19. mich34

    mich34 Initiate (0) Jan 5, 2015 Michigan

    I enjoy this one at room temp much more than out of the cooler
     
    #19 mich34, Jul 23, 2015
  20. justinp444

    justinp444 Initiate (0) Apr 9, 2015 Michigan

    If you haven't gotten it yet in the East Lansing/Lansing area you might want to hurry up, probably only a few places that don't have it yet.
     
    #20 justinp444, Jul 23, 2015
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