NBS BIF: Decagonal Malignant Yard Sale

Another nice visit down memory lane (sort of).

NBS beer #1 on the day, courtesy of @2beerdogs . Thanks again Derek!

 

Brea, and the restaurant is topnotch.

 

OK, I thought i narrowed my sender down to a few people, but now I'm lost. Hints?

 

Hmm... I can only think of one left. Sorry. Two.

 

Next NBS beer (in a matter of minutes. Fine tuning review). Thanks again to @thebeers ! Arthur, this is very enjoyable. I believe I'll be sipping on it for some time. Cheers!

Tired Hands
Quaggy

 

We're good. There's been communication. I'll be sure to post when I can. He's hit me hard in a prior NBS BIF, so although a bit delayed, I'm sure some MI and upper Midwest goodness will be gracing these pages very soon.

 

I’ve been hit, Ninja style .....



@2beerdogs with the howitzer of magnificent beer, left to right:

- Barley Forge The Patsy Nitro coconut rye stout
- Bootlegger’s Far Out IPA
- Bootlegger’s Knuckle Sandwich DIPA
- La Cumbre Elevated IPA
- Taps Irish Red
- Bottle Logic Arcane Rituals BA barleywine!!!
- Chapman Old Town Fest Marzen
- Stereo Brewing Friends IPA
- Bottle Logic Cantrip kolsch
- Bottle Logic It Was The Fest Of Times festbier
- Bosque Brewing Scotia scotch ale

The FedEx driver his this bounty behind a bush yesterday, otherwise I would’ve reported sooner. Derek, you are an amazing beer nerd.

Now excuse me, I need to shop for another fridge.

 

FINALLY got the second box shipped - food, swag, and a couple more beers (should be hitting Wens) - now that we've had two days above freezing. I also mowed my yard today for the last time this year - tomorrow I'll clean the mower and move my snowblower from the shed to the garage, as well as prep it (snowblower) for winter.

 

A couple from that beer shipping wizard @larryi86, this is a milkshake IPA of the highest order .....





The following is a description of the beer I found out on the interwebz:

The latest heavily amplified psychedelic riff on THE boundary-pushing Culinary IPA series. Brewed with gobs of oats and lactose sugar. Conditioned atop luscious Madagascar vanilla beans, blood orange, strawberry and banana purée. Intensely hopped and then dry hopped with Mosaic and Citra. Huge notes of mimosa, fruit leather, dehydrated mango, rainbow sorbet.

All of that. In a beer. GTFOOH.

And yet ..... it’s pretty accurate. It does have huge mimosa notes, and I get the rainbow sorbet (palate cleanser!), and I even get some banana. All the flavors are bright and hide any hint of alcohol (no small feat in a 7.2% ABV beer), and I have this beer firmly in the 4.35 area.

BUT WHAT IN THE FLIGGITY FLOCK IS “FRUIT LEATHER”???!!!!!???

 

Very nice Festbier thanks to @2beerdogs , lovely and appropriate mug from @thebeers . Thanks again Derek and Arthur!

Chapman Crafted
Old Towne Fest





Light coppery orange, very nice clarity, quickly dissipating lightly tanned foam with little retention and lacing

Toasty bread, light caramel perhaps even more like honey, and a light grassy aromas.

Flavor mirrors the aroma. Less caramel sweetness than anticipated, bigger grassy finish as well.

Nicely balanced beer with moderate carbonation, however, has a bit thin of an overall feel to it.

Overall, a nice Maerzen style Festbier that could benefit with some body and sweetness.

Prost!

 

Fruit Leather! C'mon man... Fruit Roll Ups!

 

#2, words evade me. Love this.





4.49/5 rDev +5.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5

There are two foods in all of the foods in the world I don’t like: green peas and coconut. But I like green peas in stuff like beef stew or tuna casserole and I absolutely LOVE coconut in beer.

This milkshake IPA is no exception . From the milkshake hazy golden colored body to the foamy white head to the veritable plethora of passion fruit, vanilla, and coconut aromas that translate perfectly to the taste, to the mouthfeel that somehow manages to be firm and supple concurrently, this beer is truly a treat.

Absolutely love it. Tired Hands is the really real deal.

 

Still waiting on confirmation from my target my boxes were received intact, I do have FX confirmation of receipt.

 

Glad to finally try this one courtesy of @r0rschach.

The bottle opened with a big fittzy burst, but thankfully there was no overflow. It poured a garnet-tinted black with a fat finger of dark khaki head that lasted a decent while for the ABV and left sheets of lacing.

Definite pepper and cinnamon stood out in the nose, with lighter chocolate, coffee and vanilla notes behind.

The taste followed closely. Pepper, cinnamon, chocolate, vanilla. The barrel contribution is mild, but present. Nice hint of dark fruit and touch of coffee bitterness in the finish. Some light pepper heat lingers in the aftertaste.

It has an oily, smooth mouthfeel with some moderate heft to the body and appropriate carbonation.

The pepper, and perhaps the coffee, are a little green, but it’s still got a great combo of flavors. The chocolate and vanilla play off one another perfectly, and it has a nice level of heat. This is a pleasure to try. Thanks, John.

 

Yet another fine brew provided by @2beerdogs . A very grassy smelling Kölsch with a nice balance of grain and a hint of lemon of the flavor. The deep straw yellow body has good clarity and a rocky, sticky bone white foam. Good carbonation, light and spritzy feel with great balance leading into a mildy bitter finish. Prost!

Bottle Logic
Cantrip Kölsch

 

A couple tonight, courtesy of our beer nerd friend @2beerdogs. #1 is a long-time “Want.”





4.42/5 rDev +1.8%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Crystal clear copper color with a tan head, this is a drop-dead gorgeous old school looking IPA. Ripe citrus aromas on the nose - and is that caramalt?

Yes indeed it is, as the taste confirms, the perfect backbone to the ripe tangerine and peach flavors from the hops.

This is the very definition of an “old school” IPA. A long-time want, it exceeded my expectations.

 

#2, Marzen time. Sign me the flock up.





3.99/5 rDev -0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Beautiful crystal clear copper color with a very light tan head. Wow. Grassy aromas from I’m assuming noble hops up front on the nose, and a nice caramel note as well.

The caramel flavor is more prominent on the taste, and the grassy notes are present as well. The can mentions “floral,” and that is accurate. The mouthfeel is a smidge thin, but overall this is a Marzen I’d eagerly revisit.