New Beer Sunday (week 514)

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  1. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    Wow Maria...Beautifully written. Your descriptive prose are evocative.
     
    #121 2beerdogs, Dec 29, 2014
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  2. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    Well @Ri0 I was already interested in this one, but now I'm fixated.
     
    #122 2beerdogs, Dec 29, 2014
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  3. Tylertut

    Tylertut Initiate (0) Oct 20, 2014 Ohio

    This is my first NBS post so bear with me.

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    This is my first beer from The Bruery and decided to pick a beer that I'm sure I would like, a Belgian style pale ale. I might have been wrong. This beer feels heavy but taste light, has a welcomed hop aroma and slight hop taste at the end but seems a bit lacking to me. Hopefully the sours in my fridge will out perform this one.
     
    #123 Tylertut, Dec 29, 2014
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  4. LittleDog

    LittleDog Initiate (0) Dec 19, 2014 Texas

    Tylertut. I love your bottle opener. My dad had one just like it. Brings back good memories.
     
    #124 LittleDog, Dec 29, 2014
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  5. woemad

    woemad Grand Pooh-Bah (5,601) Jun 8, 2003 Washington
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    Yesterday I drove down to my hometown to do a late Christmas weekend with my parents.

    No new beer this weekend in Washington wine country, so I'm cheating with this beer drank Christmas night after I got home from work.

    Bourbon-Barrel Aged Abominable (AKA B-Bomb:
    http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/20680/55401/?ba=woemad
    If I hadn't just recently had Spice Wars, this might have been rated higher. It's still very good, just not quite as amazing.
     
    #125 woemad, Dec 29, 2014
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  6. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Welcome to NBS. Please visit us again, and next time please tell us about the beer you are drinking. We discuss the beers we drink here in this virtual tasting group, and leave it to WBAYDN thread for pics without description of the beer. Doesn't have to be a full review, though we strongly encourage reviewing every new beer you try, but a nice description that tells a story will get you membership every Sunday. Cheers!
     
    #126 cavedave, Dec 29, 2014
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  7. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    #127 cavedave, Dec 29, 2014
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  8. 5EKF

    5EKF Pooh-Bah (2,792) Dec 8, 2014 Illinois
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    Thanks for the welcome and the info. I certainly will include a review from now on. :slight_smile:
     
    #128 5EKF, Dec 29, 2014
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  9. Tylertut

    Tylertut Initiate (0) Oct 20, 2014 Ohio

    Thanks @LittleDog, it was actually my father's and he gave it to me. I love it because it doesn't dent caps at all so I can keep them.
     
    #129 Tylertut, Dec 29, 2014
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  10. embass

    embass Initiate (0) Sep 19, 2014 Virginia

    Apologies here...updating my post via a reply. Appreciated the nice notes to include more detail, especially since I failed to read the expectations (really mean that and not being sarcastic).

    I work in IT and one of my buddies had asked me to fix his laptop. Only took me a few hours of tinkering to address said issue. Ultimately I refused payment and thought it ended there. It did not, as he brought back a pack of Heady's for me that he picked up along the road back from New York. Definitely was not going to refuse those...

    Still a little new in uderstanding the complexities of taste and smell, but Heady definitley made those complexities abundantly clear for me in a DIPA for the first time (I'm usually much better picking them out in stouts).

    There was/is a nice balance of hoppy, citrus, tropical fruit and sweetness that gave way to some bitterness over (drinking) time.

    Really enjoyed my first one and look forward to trying one in a glass.
     
    #130 embass, Dec 29, 2014
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  11. KMitch

    KMitch Initiate (0) Aug 29, 2012 Alabama

    Had this new one yesterday along with some others that I had already had before. I loved this beer. Great hop flavor and a good dry finish. I've had Second Fiddle by them as well and I believe I liked this one more.

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    #131 KMitch, Dec 29, 2014
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  12. cavedave

    cavedave Grand Pooh-Bah (4,157) Mar 12, 2009 New York
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    Funny I got a 4pak of those as a Christmas gift from a customer at work! Not first time trying it for me though :slight_smile: One of my favorite beers. I love that it retains a hint of sweet more than some other IIPA, even though it actually is fermented out more than most/all of the rest of them. It's the yeast that does it for me, it really shows off the complex recipe of hops used. Pine, citrus, grapefruit pith, peach, floral, even hints of herbal bitter are all aromas and flavors I get from it. So very refreshing and drinkable.

    Hope to see you next Sunday and we can share thoughts on other new beers. Cheers!
     
    #132 cavedave, Dec 29, 2014
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  13. 2beerdogs

    2beerdogs Grand Pooh-Bah (5,682) Jan 31, 2005 California
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    This one has been parked on my WANTS list for a while now. Thanks for writing it up.
     
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  14. LakerLeith

    LakerLeith Initiate (0) Aug 11, 2013 California

    Hey folks, so I didn't know we were supposed to leave a review, so here it is!

    The Bells Mars was sent to me as an extra from @NJB145 as part of the 12 days of Xmas BIF.
    It was an interesting beer to me, because being 11% ABV and classified as a DIPA, it was like a barleywine almost.
    All I got was heat from the alcohol and a sweetness at the end of every sip.
    Glad I got to try it, and also glad I wasn't stuck with a 6 pack of these!

    Onto the Ommegang Rare Vos (actually, I had this much earlier in the day)..
    This was day 4 of the 12 days of XMAS BIF, sent to me by @NJB145 as well
    I can't really say much about this beer other than its a true belgian-style Amber/pale and its pretty spiced up. lot of yeast on the bottom of the bottle. A big bottle to drink all by yourself
     
    #134 LakerLeith, Dec 30, 2014
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