New Beer Sunday (week 591)

No doubt that even if they planned to, things could change (and maybe already have). I know Aslin up here has similar issues with capacity vs demand.

 

Howdy, NBSers!

Awesome lead leg by @utopiajane as always, and @JackHorzempa taking the baton and giving us the great Vienna lager-off is pretty cool ... I saw some other great posts as well but my poor old laptop is being old and poor, so let's do it quick:

another braggot for me, my second ... found this one at Whichcraft in Austin (braggot alert for @woemad ):






It's SUPER sweet with a roasted dark-malt presence, a cool floral note from the wildflowers that's a little bitter and a little ... well ... floral ... and the mouthfeel is insane. It's like putting a marshmellow in your mouth: very soft but still chewy.

The review:
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/38139/154891/?ba=Premo88#review
3.86 (-3% rDev)

Much different from Lone Pint's braggot, which I suspect is Lone Pinted up with some good hops. This one is not hopped up and much, much darker. Cool brew but only if you're in the mood to sip some sugar.

Love you boys and girls and happy Fathers' Day to all and sundry!

Cheers!

 

Hello New Beer Sunday!

Not only is this a new beer for me, it is also a new brewery also. Further, it is the 100th tick here. So a lot riding on this beer.

Puff from Sixpoint Brewing. Yes, I do like this. It is a delicious IPA. Got a nice hops nose, and taste. Good choice for a beautiful summer day.

 

Happy Father's Day!
Happy Kinda New Imperial Stout Sunday!

First off, this is not a new beer for me, but it has been many years since I've last had it, and for the most part I try to have a 750ml for NBS, kinda a tradition with me, for a while now, but shit happens. Anyway, did a nice little hike today, sunny, nice little breeze every so often, about 90. This brew is very tasty, and worth seeking out for sure, glad to see it around here.

Serpent's Stout | The Lost Abbey

4.75

Revisit: 19 Jun 16

750ml
Caged/Corked

Been A Long Time Coming!

Poured into a chalice a very nice black color, very nice carbonation, with a very nice thick/creamy one-finger tan color, which also leaves a very nice medium size oil slick and some sticky lacing behind. The nose is malty, with some very nice chocolate/toffee notes, vanilla, a very nice touch of figs/raisins/cherries/plums. The taste is very nice, malty, very nice sweetness, chocolate/toffee, with some very nice dark fruit notes. Full body, ABV hidden very well. Overall, this still is a pretty awesome brew. Highly Recommended! Glad to see it around here.

Thanks goes out to ampzilla for this brew.

750ml
Caged/Corked

This is my 1300th review, and many more to come.

Poured into a tulip a very nice dark black color, awesome carbonation, huge two-finger plus creamy dark tan head, which leaves tons of nice thick sticky lacing. The nose is malty, with some figs/raisins/plums, nice tones of toffee/chocolate, nice touch of caramel. The taste is awesome, slightly sweet, malty, nice touch of dark fruits, very nice tones of toffee/chocolate, with a nice added benefit of caramel. Full body, this brew is tasty to say the least, smooth, chewy/creamy, the alcohol is hidden very well. Very drinkable, and highly recommended. Thanks Andrew!

Cheers!

 

Happy Father's Day BAs, it's 90 plus degrees here and I'm drinking a RIS, why because I stumbled upon this one and could not pass it up and I'm getting burned out on IPAs lately. Ok that's bullshit, AC on max, Tiger game on and lunch with dad! What about that beer?

Jackie Os, Dark Apparition
10 % RIS
$5.99, 12.7 oz, cool, a little extra
Pours black as 10W40 with 10,000 miles, little head as hard as I tried, leaving small ring in my Kuhnhenn snifter, smells of coffee, chocolate and charred nuts, pretty sweet initially with some hop bitterness follow up. Pretty solid and going to nurse it and see how it warms up! Cheers

 

Happy Father's Day to all of the dads out there on this glorious lazy Sunday afternoon. I come to you with another outstanding Von Trapp beer-

Vienna Style Lager

It starts with a beautifully blended aroma of toasty malt and spicy/grassy hops. The palate adds a creamy richness as the toasty malt comes to the fore. Bitterness plays a moderate but crucial supporting role, as the creamy sweetness of the malt character finishes dry, with a lingering bread crust finish. Oh, man, this is just so squeaky clean, and those flavors just shine and pop as a result. These are familiar flavors to most of us, but it's rare that they get presented in such an impressive and elegant manner. I am left with the impression that a crisp minerally water profile and slight lactic acid fingerprint is giving just the right amount of structure and definition here. Whatever it is, I am left with the desire to take another sip just as my last one goes down . Drinkability is off the charts, and I'm gobsmacked with how damn near perfect this beer is. A+ (4.85) Time to open bottle #2...

 

It's the peak heat of the day and my kids desperately wanted to play outside in a sprinkler. Seemed like a good idea to me and now I can sit and enjoy another new brew. I have been unintentionally sitting on this beer for over a year now. Today was an excellent opportunity to enjoy it.

Yazoo Embrace the Funk Batch 1. Very dark garnet in color with a dirty 2 finger white head. Good retention and some blobs of lacing on my glass. Aroma is deep with malt, acidity, and some wine oak barrel notes. Flavor is intense with a bog punch of sour cherry, green plum, and some currants. There is a vinegar sourness but it is held in check from the malts and wine barrel it was aged in. It is a light body with a prickly sour finish. This was pretty deep in flavor and wasn't just a pure sour bomb. I enjoyed it far more than I thought I would.

 

@cjgiant This is one from TG that you would enjoy!

 

Hi everyone. Happy Father's Day to all the BA Dads. I hope you're having a nice day with your families and getting to sample some good beer. And welcome back Maria and thanks for today's intro. I've been looking forward to trying Mexican Cake since Westbrook began distributing in New Jersey. So far, I've enjoyed all of their offerings. This Imperial Stout really is delicious and fun to drink . . . even on a 90+ degree day! Here's my review:

4.46/5 rDev +2.1%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5

Poured from bottle into snifter. It pours a color between a dark mahogany and jet black with a think, mocha-colored head and lacing. Despite a hard pour, the head dissipates quickly. It smells of roasted malt, cocoa, vanilla, cinnamon, and the habanero peppers. It's an extremely fragrant stout. The first taste sensation is dark chocolate and burnt coffee, followed by vanilla, cinnamon, and the peppers. It finishes with a nice peppery heat. Despite its 10.5% ABV, it is not overly boozy; it lets the peppers provide both heat and flavor. It has a medium-chewy mouthfeel and is overall very pleasant to drink. Overall, Mexican Cake is delicious and fun to drink. It richly deserves its world-class rating. I'm really happy to have finally tried it.

 

Great pool day today, 84, sunny, no humidity. Pseudo Sue, a Todd, and finished with a Furious. A great line up of some of my favorite IPAs in the world outside NE and Fatheads. Nice buzz to grill by.

 

Greetings from Nashville, and happy Father's Day to all the dads out there. My new beer today is from a new brewery to us: Yee Haw Beer ifrom East Tennessee. They just started distributing here and I've heard good things, so I picked up a sixer yesterday.

Dunkel - Yee Haw Brewing Co, Johnson City, TN





A nice deep ruby brown color on the pour into the glass, settling into a clear, rich dark chestnut color. A thick light tan head persisted, finally settling into a thin cap that stayed on the beer. Very prominent dark bread on the nose, with some plum at the end. My high expectations were exceeded on the first sip: big flavors of bread, cocoa, roasted malt, plums, and a modest spicy bitterness on the finish. This is the tastiest beer that I have had in a while. The feel was full-bodied and creamy, not sweet at all, and very satisfying. This is a damn good beer. Cheers!
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

 

Thanks for the review. It seems that peach is hard to get right in beer. It often tastes artificial. It's also very subjective. I happen to like RJ Rocker's Son of a Peach but a lot of reviewers seem to hate it. I hope you found something else more to your liking!

 

Boy, no matter how long they've been gone you sure miss them, don't you? It's ironic that Father's Day sometimes makes you feel as much a child as it does a Dad.

 

Enjoying a fantastic third NB.

Carton 077-07006, dry hopped with Sorachi Ace



Murky orange with about a finger's worth of beige-ish head gives this I e a nice little appearance.

Nose pops a brilliant menagerie of earthiness (twang of funk), copper and wild flowers.

Taste pulls in with an earthy, gritty quality before big time dandelion follows up before a dash of heat.

Finish is dry, bitter and completely lacking sweetness despite a nice malt balancing act. Another great and complex beer for me today - yay me!

 

In New Jersey, there's nothing better for a hangover than a pork roll, egg, and cheese sandwich and a couple cups of regular coffee (not the one from Carton unless you really believe in the "hair of the dog"!).

 

@smakawhat, I hope that you quickly recover and so does Daisy! While I'm a dog guy, my Mom had cats that I swear were half human and wonderful companions. Feel better soon!

 

Truly sorry to hear that- ive got 2- Magic 15yrs and Lucy 13. Magic hasn't been too well lately so I can relate. I hope for the best - and great memories- GWS!

 

New American Imperial Stout Sunday (week 591)
Greetings fellow NBSers from on the ridge in Mid Hud Val, NY. Happy Fathers Day to all the dads out there! Of course today I am once again reminded how very much I miss my dad, gone these long years that never seem to offer a lessening of the empty and pain in my life that is him not being here. Oh that he was with me now sharing a beer.

Of course, Dad was mainly a Budweiser drinker, with an occasional foray into the darker and more flavorful imports. I credit him with bringing home cases of Lowenbrau back in the day that I would occasionally pilfer, and I credit him even more for never busting me for it, though he certainly must have noticed bottles missing. Those Lowenbrau back in the day launched my tastebuds on a search for better flavor that continues now. Thanks Dad!

Dad would not have liked this beer, though, I don't think. But I am loving it. Sorry to have had to open it, but the trouble that is happening with many Bourbon County beers of most recent vintage made me worry that keeping it until our Stout Night tasting in December was too much of a gamble. Happy to report that it is not at all showing infection, it is a marvelously delicious accomplishment of berry and cherry flavor in a beer that is just boozy enough, and has perfect amount of barrel and roast. The linger is exceptionally clean, which is rare for a big stout using cherries. Really loving it, even though it is anti intuitive to be drinking it on a day this hot.

Hope you also have a Great American Beer in your glass. Cheers!

http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/1146/184027/?ba=cavedave#review



The acoustic quartet for whom I provide hand percussion does this song that sums up today so well.

 

Seen that one around the internets here, but haven't laid eyes on it in real life yet. Definitely will snap it up now if I do see it!

 

Sunday Jun 19 Fathers Day
My Son gave me great present by learning to ride a bike today.
Over the last week, I reviewed 3 new Sierra Nevada Summer (mid) pack beers, and a Summer Solstice to skip from Anderson Valley

11.5 Plato | Sierra Nevada
3.82/5 rDev +1.6%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
No surprise Sierra does session IPA almost as well as Founders or Carton or Stone.
A: Pours a deep golden color with 2 fingers of head that slowly fades and leaves lots of streaky lacing.
S: Best part. Lots of citrus, floral, and fruity notes up front with a firm malt backbone and some spiciness.
T: Follows the smell. Starts with a abundant citrus, floral, and fruity notes that opens up to malt and a bready sweetness. Bitterness then prevails in clean finish with lingering citrus.
M: Light-thin bodied with moderate carbonation, but not watery.
O: A solid session IPA found in this year's (2016) summer pack. I would not seek it out especially otherwise.

Nooner Pilsner | Sierra Nevada
3.76/5 rDev -2.1%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
Sierra Nevada rarely goes wrong, and is typically best for the buck - witness Torpedo.
This is mid-pack pilsner - but I have a hard time and would need a blind tasting to tease pilsners apart.
A: Pours a crystal clear golden body with a frothy two fingers; only a bit of stickage or lace.
S: Floral and grassy, with a bordering on mass produced light grain and malt core.
T: Follows smell. Light, bright and biscuity, but what saves this one is the long clean grassy hops build with a slightly spicy character to the hops, leaning into the crisp, dry finish
F: Light to medium body with moderate carbonation, and exceptional, light, crisp, dry finish. Good food beer.
O: Sessionable and will go great with food

Hoppy Lager (2016) | Sierra Nevada
3.71/5 rDev -2.6%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
I find IPLs hard to discern, but this is one of the better ones along with Carton Sit Down Son and others.
A) Pours a clear golden color with a 1 finger white head with minimal retention and lacing.
S) Sweet malt, bridged by light bright hops, crisp and clean.
T) Much sweet malt with biscuit, with a leafy, grassy bitterness, and finishes crisp and clean, but perhaps boring.
M) Medium bodied and crisp
O) Drinks like a light beer, but packs a punch like an IPA.

Summer Solstice | Anderson Valley
2.96/5 rDev -19.6%
look: 2.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3 | feel: 2.75 | overall: 3
What beer drinker wants a root beer or a cream soda?!?!?
I dislike flavored, sweetened coffees as much as most flavored beers. If I want cola, root soda, or lemonade or any other kind of fruit essence or juice in my beer - why would I not add it myself?!?!?!
A) A cloudy red-orange amber with nearly no head or lacing.
S) Aroma is cream soda and ballantine with red grape.
T) Tastes treacly, toasty, toffee and sickly sweet caramel with few hints of fruit
F) Feels woody and clumsy/cloying with no hop bitterness. I dont get this for summer, it's sweet, thin, light winter brew.... Pass.
I enjoyed Vode's characterization though I don't dislike this as vehemently. Still, not a go-to brew.