NBS BIF #15 Hints and Hauls: Was it Over When the Canadians Bombed BIF #14? HELL NO!

This one gave all but his young life on this campaign!

 

Yikes! That one's pretty close! No leakage, though?

 

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Dry as a bone.

 

Quoting myself to expound on the photo.

What we have here is a stellar ‘Wild’ box from the man with the mucous covered home.

E9 Petite Belle Grisette, Last Truck to Clarksville, Endless Circle and Little Asterisks fruited wild ales.

Foreland Rain Harvester Farmhouse Ale.

Ale Apothecary Tumelo Kriek and Charles Espolito.

Great Notion Bicycle Day and RBG fruited sours.

Cascade. Renal Equinox BA fruited sour.

Thanks again @snaotheus . These all look great. Far too generous as a thank you for a little LIF win.

 

Varietal Beer Co. / Heater Allen / Wayfinder -- Barleywraith
Heller bock lager
ABV: 7.8%; pouring temperature: 48 °F; canning info: DON'T FEAR THE REAPER BEST BY 11/20/22
Source: @snaotheus (BIF #15)



4.04/5 rDev -2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Beautiful looking beer; clear, golden yellow body; scant slow-rising carbonation; thick, billowy head, white and semi-creamy. Soothing light caramel aroma with a suggestion of herbal notes in the background. Outstanding taste; malty with a honey-like sweetness; light bitterness; mild alcohol note. Medium-heavy body; smooth with a touch of velvet on the palate; nice soft residual sugars; slight alcohol dryness at the finish.

This collaborative bock is a pleasure to sip. Rich and complex with a very pleasing lager smoothness.

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...going to do a lot of smoking today, first up salmon to be followed with beer brats and then flank steak...this beer fits in nicely with the process...

 

...he's either the Devil or a BIF idiot savant...anyway, I like his style (and generosity)...

 

I feel the need to drive up to Toronto to swing by @Coronaeus 's house to steal some of the beer from that "Wild Box", then drive out to Colorado to pick through the remnants of what you made yesterday.

Not mutually exclusive....here's clearly both

 

Need a co pilot…..asking for a friend

 

E9 Petite Belle Grisette courtesy of @snaotheus .



Pours a light straw gold with a massive, out-of-control head that dissipates very slowly.

The aroma is yeasty, with some grassy and herbal notes. A little black pepper in the background.

Taste follows. Lovely yeasty/bready quality to the sip. Some of that peppery quality in the nose transfers to the mouth. The slightest hint of tartness.

Lighter body. Refreshing.

This is a solid Grisette. A great style I don’t get a chance to drink enough of. Thanks Ryan!!

 

Cloudburst Brewing -- Happy Little Clouds
Bastardized German-style pilsner
ABV: 5.3%; pouring temperature: 42 °F; canning info: n/a
Source: @snaotheus (LIF from BIF #15)



3.87/5 rDev -1.8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Clear, pale yellow body; fair carbonation; one-finger thick head, white with a sudsy texture, lasting. Gentle sweetness on the nose with hints of mild fruit and green grass. Very light malt flavor with a bold, peppery hop presence; strong hop bitterness. Medium body; fine coarseness on the palate; crisp and dry.

A decent pilsner delivering a mild malt base with a fairly intense spicy hop flavor and moderate hop bitterness.

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...a nice enough pilsner to start the day with...helped to wash down my lunch of home-smoked coho salmon, home-grown Thessaloniki tomato and some white cheddar cheese purchased at a local farmers' market...

 

E9 Endless Circle. Courtesy of @snaotheus . Many thanks. Review to follow shortly.

 

Well, life intervened and I didn’t get a chance to properly note down my impressions. I can say that it was very peach forward, fairly tart and very good. I’m happy that I have another couple of E9 fruited wild beers to try thanks to Ryan. Cheers!!

 

Pirate Noir from Prairie.
Their stout in rum barrels. Generously gifted by @jvgoor3786 back in BIF #12.
Glugged (is that a word?) into the snulip or whatever those are called in such a fashion that @Dimidiata and her decanter came to mind. But not to worry, it turned out just fine.
The aroma was roasted malts and what I am guessing is rum (seriously, never had the stuff. Not opposed to it or anything, just never came across it at a good time.)
The taste was really good, the base stout was not overwhelmed by the barrel aging at all, rather accented by it. I found myself just savoring every sip. (I wonder if that implies I would like rum?)
The feel was excellent, no decanter necessary. Pleasantly viscous yet very drinkable. Seriously good stout.

It’s the last Friday of the month and normally I would be at SAN but most of the group is on vacation on Beaver Island, so just the one tonight. But it was really good.
Cheers all! Onward to the weekend!

 

Last night I enjoyed Rain Harvester, a Farmhouse Ale from Foreland Beer courtesy of @snaotheus .



Pours a light gold with ample head that dissipates very slowly leaving a thick ring around the glass as the beer is enjoyed.

The nose is grassy/floral with a touch of a spicy note. Clean. It has what I’d call an aroma that reminds me of both a clean light lager and rustic saison.

Taste follows. Grassy hops and some spicy/peppery flavours greet the tongue. The slightest hint of banana sit in behind.

Light bodied and eminently drinkable.

This was a unique little saison. Thanks @snaotheus

 

Rum is highly underrated. Get yourself a good bottle and enjoy it straight or with an ice cube. I always keep a bottle in the house for when I want something a little sweeter than bourbon to sip on.

 

Totally agree, except I prefer mine neat.

Enjoy!

 

Old Stove Brewing Co. -- Solar Guillotine
Schwarzbier
ABV: 5.0%; pouring temperature: 44 °F; canning info: PROVOCATIVE PLEATHER SCHWARZ #613 (no date)
Source: @snaotheus (BIF #15 LIF)



4.08/5 rDev 0%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Clear, very dark beer, looks black in the glass; fairly thick head, dense and creamy; generous rings of foam line the glass. Pleasant aroma of mildly roasted grain and cocoa powder. Excellent flavor combination of light sweetness, mild dark chocolate with a slight grain char and hop bitterness. Medium-heavy mouthfeel; silky and smooth.

This fine schwarzbier is tasty and smooth, delivering some fantastic dark grain flavor.

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...this is a beautiful and satisfying beer from Seattle...limited release, but I'd certainly like to have this one on a regular basis...

 

Howdy Faithful Frolickers and Freaks for Fermentation!

Announcement will be coming....


Soon?

 

Oddly enough, I also had this beer on Saturday. I visited Foreland in Portland at their lovely little location that is in an old house. Fantastic lagers and traditional British ales (on cask!), and their ipas weren't too shabby either. I actually had this specific beer at a different taproom later that night, but wish we had more time at Foreland because their beer was excellent. I think we did manage to drink the whole board before last call.

 

Okay, it's time for another LIF.

As some of y'all may know, I am a Seattle Seahawks fan, which means I am expecting to be sitting through some thoroughly mediocre professional football this year.

Just how mediocre? Well, that remains to be seen. If you'd like to guess just how mediocre, tell us how many touchdowns AND turnovers you expect the Seahawks to have accrued after week two of the NFL season in the form of a single, combined number. For example, if you think they'll score two touchdowns and cough up the ball four times, you say "6."

Y'all will have between now and 1201AM PST on Monday, September 12. Once you have submitted your guess, that guess is final. Winner will be announced shortly after the game on Sunday, September 18, and will be sent a box of PNW canned options.

 

“7”
Did I do that right?

 

Just fine.
I'm not going to ask how many of that 7 was TDs and how many were turnovers. That could take us to a dark place.

 

So theoretically, there could be a negative number?

 

For you crazy F%CKS that run TOWARD the chaos.

 

I wouldn't rule it out.

 

I mean, the offense shouldn't be as bad as the one from the 1992 team, because that was the most irrelevant offense in NFL history, but that team also had a fantastic defense, with Cortez Kennedy in his prime, so who knows?

 

I’m shipping west..just saying…

 

13

 

Okay, here's what we have for my LIF so far.
Whyteboar - 7
Roguer - 10
WunderLlama - 13

Plenty of time left for more guesses.

 

Perhaps this will be the first BIF where someone is required to ship to the west coast via Europe and Asia.

 

Wait a second...this sounds like the end of the BIF #15 thread!