New Beer Sunday (week 374)

***New Belgian IPA!!!

G'day Matt and to the rest of the NBS-ites!

A predicted mid 70s today for Casper...yay!

Not exactly new to me but I just now put up a review:



http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/63/68942/?ba=Bitterbill

I guess I'm a bigger fan than most but that's not unusual.

 

Good day lords of the lambics!

Its actually like a spring day here in Central NC. chilly and 50 with lingering rain. Feels refreshing and nice. Since its so Midwest/Great Lakes weather outside, I found a Midwest coffee stout in the closet. Hinterland Luna Coffee Stout.

Quickly: upfront bitterness from the coffee and chocolate.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/4426/32763

 

Been wanting to find a single of this one to try, but doesn't seem to have reached the Colorado market yet.

 

**New (Imperial) Porter Sunday**

Was in the city yesterday, and picked up this little gem. http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/24300/71827/?ba=EgadBananas

Pricey, along the lines of Mikkeller, naturally, but it was delicious. Since I only had a single brew last night, I thought it would be appropriate to crack this once I woke up this morning, given the coffee aspect of this brew. Good call! Reminds me of Victory at Sea....again though, I wish it was priced like V@S!

Cheers!

 

***New American IPA!!!

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/35/76800/?ba=Bitterbill



A middle of the road brew of the style for me...

 

I hope you like it when it does show up. A delicious Wit/IPA "marriage" imho.

 

Czech Dark Lager

Not a style on Beer Advocate but leave it to August Schell in bringing another rare beer style to market. Not as special as I was hoping, but worth a try.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/417/80365/?ba=morimech

 

New Wild Ale / Belgian Pale Sunday (week 374)


Greetings from atop the ridge in chilly, rainy Mid Hud Val NY. Went to bottle our club's hefe today, found no one else had showed up!!! Also found that a late start to ferment had blown out the airlock all over the bucket and onto the fermenting room floor! Didn't bottle myself, but took a reading and cleaned up, Jerry Pantano, owner and sponsor, and I drank the flask and mmm mmm good, should be the NBS entry today ---- but we will stay with this other fantastic, but, what the hell style is this beer?! Finishing, and loving every one of these last sips of this beer I highly recommend and which I am leaning to wild ale. Cheers to all my fellow BA's.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/2743/76323/?ba=cavedave

 

It's the poor man's Orval.

 

I don't generally drink before noon (even on a day off), but since my chores are done and the weather is gorgeous here in Portland I decided to crack a De Dochter van de Korenaar Belle-Fleur IPA



I also try to avoid buying "American style" IPAs from Europe because they're usually no better than what I can get locally and cost twice as much, but I'm glad I broke my rule with this one. It's bright and citrusy on the nose, has some light mid-palate malt sweetness, and a long, dry, spicy finish. Seriously, I still feel like I'm chewing on a hop cone, and it's been 5 minutes since my last sip. I probably won't buy it again at $10/22oz, but I certainly don't feel as disappointed as I often do with a lot of the Danish IPAs that cost $5-7/12oz.

 

Russian Imperial Stout

Very nice sunny day, near 80. Always love to try brews from Clown Shoes. The grill is warming up.
http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/22951/73427/?ba=Wasatch

Cheers!

 

I'm having a beer I've never had before...

Aaaaah! There's nothing like a good coffee stout. I thought this one would be much more bitter than it is. It's super creamy and easy to drink.

 

Bill not in Minneapolis yet but really looking forward to this

 

New Session IPA

Clear skies and cooler temps in West Michigan, making for a good day to get the yard work done.

Short's new session IPA. Not a huge fan of the style. This falls in line with a lot of the other beers in this category. While I'm all for lower ABV, something about hoppier styles and low alcohol just doesn't mix.

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9629/72930/?ba=GRPunk

 

New Amer. IIPA Sunday (week 374)


Greetings from the presently wet not white ridge in Mid Hud Val NY. Hope you aren't getting the frozen variety either, if you are, def. have another beer. This latest glass fill was pretty dang good, but many better ones easy to find. How blessed are we?

http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/392/30288/?ba=cavedave

 

I would be more excited if Boulevard came out with this instead of Deschutes after the collaboration last year.

 

started off with a few Spatan Optimators.... then back to regular Spaten, then off to a huge can of paulaner octobrtfest, followed by an ayinger ur-weisse, back to 3 more optimators.... and now working on a c&c bottle of Chimay Grand Reserve (blue)......

 

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