New Beer Sunday (Week 659)

Ok, time for my opportunity to look stupid...

Written on the tape is "? OLD SCHOOL NO THRILLS... NO GIMMICKS. CHEERS!"


I'm not sure if this is going to be helpful or if I'm being intentionally misled...

Pours very dark, big bubbles in the head that dissipate fairly quickly. Immediately get big roasty notes and a bit of coffee. It's a bit chewy, but not viscous. Medium body and a nice finish.



I'm thinking porter here. Big roasty notes, coffee notes, and less heavy in the mouth than a typical stout.

Actually, I'll go further... this reminds me a lot of a beer that I had back in May. Given that @MacMalt is from Jersey, and that he sent a bunch of Carton brews, and the hint on the can... I'm guessing No Adjuncts from Carton.



Holy shit! I screwed up the name of the beer, and it's a stout, but I'm putting this in the win column.

Awesome brew Rob!

 

"Devoid of flavor" is pretty much all you have to write for an accurate review. This was one that was an April Fools joke at one point that they ended up making because so many people wanted it to be real. My brother and I grabbed this one figuring it would at least be a one time novelty (pretty much like if I decided to have an actual creamsicle) but I don't know that I have had such a flavorless beer. Next time I will make sure to try my new beers before taking up precious cargo space.

 

So behind today, but I started off Sunday WAY ahead ... like about 1 a.m. Sunday morning ahead when I popped a half growler of New Jolly Pumpkin Beer Sunday:

Jolly Pumpkin Cucurbitophobia, a farmhouse ale

And a farmhouse ale that's likely been sitting in its keg at Gogh Gogh Coffee in College Station for over a year. But good news: beer wasn't bad at all. A little flat, but I think Jolly Pumpkin's beers often are a little on the softer side.

The review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9897/242606/?ba=Premo88#review
3.82 (-6.1% rDev)

The highlights include good tart lemon/lemon peel and a fantastic grain note in the flavor; the peppercorns are long gone, but the salt still gives it a slight gose taste. The nose *is* the highlight, for it starts off with some of that classic JP fingernail polish/remover, very sharp and acidic, but as it warms it gets sweeter and sweeter and runs through a gamut that includes citrus fruit peels, peach, apricot, watermelon and finally tart cherry cheesecake. Very wild ride.

How's your weather? Ours is hotter than it needs to be (92 heat index right now), and Midnight the Cat says its stupid and should go away — he's already begging for winter to hit, so his bougainvillea buddies can come play with him in the house:


Cheers, NBSers!

 

My mystery beer from @Ozzylizard . Pours a very light straw color, really nice head, nose is a bit of funk. Not really framiliar with this style but there's also some light funk on the tastebuds. I'm guessing it's a Saison of some type. Really nice it's holding its head and it's releasing the funk as you sip. I'm not much of a ratings guy, but I like it . Still don't know what is, but I'll pop the tape in a few minutes.

 

Ever-Tuffs are the industry standard for a reason.

 

Bootleggers Knuckle Sandwich DIPA

Eagles are doing well, so it's time for the next BIF beer from @2beerdogs. Time for something hoppy.

Knuckle Sandwich pours a really dark orange-amber color with three fingers of sandy, tan head. Long-lasting with decent lacing.

Orange, caramel and pine in the nose.

Piney bitterness with orange, caramel sweetness, a little peppery note, and nice smack of alcohol.

Medium bodied, slightly syrupy, with modest carbonation.

Classic, old school DIPA that matches the name. My type of beer. 9/5/17 canned on date. Thanks, Derek!

 

Well good afternoon from a wet central NH. I'm trying to get a start on the beers that came in my NBS BIF#6 box from @y2kawakami. My first beer for today is Cucumber Crush from 10 Barrel Brewing Co.

This beer poured a light golden color into my tulip glass. Nose of this beer is soft with just a hint of cucumber. The taste is actually better than I imagined with the cucumber being soft with a little salty overtone from the gose style beer. The mouthfeel was soft perhaps a little lacking in carbonation for this style beer. All in all not a bad beer but not something I would drink everyday.
3.71/5 rDev -6.8% | Score: 3.98
look: 4 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75
And beer #2 brings us too Raspberry Crush also from 10 Barrel Brewing

This beer poured a pinkish orangey color into my tulip glass. The nose runs true to the name with a pleasant aroma of raspberries. The taste follows the nose with a nice tart raspberry taste. The carbonation is much better in this beer than in the Cucumber Crush. In my opinion this is a pleasant drinking Raspberry Sour beer and I would drink this again.
3.89/5 rDev -4.7% | Score: 4.08
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I'll be back a little later with my blind tasting beer.

 

I'm not too familiar with the area, but this is the shop I like going to:
https://www.beermenus.com/places/33784-clayton-liquors

The Growler/Crowler station features a lot of very nice NJ beers, and he also carries cans of Carton. Whether it's worth the trip, I couldn't say, though- you'll have to check the map. I get off the NJ Turnpike at Exit 3 coming from the north; it might be different coming from the south.

Hope that helps.

 

And it really is. A Vivant Farmhouse IPA. I approve, delicious.

 

Third new beer of the day. Picked this up based on the discussion going on in the SEPA regional releases thread. Although they are a PA brewery, this particular can is contract-brewed in Chicago. Weird, right?

@larryi86 , I'm saving a can of this for you.

Funk Brewing - Silent Disco
IPA - 6.8% abv
Canned 9/13/17 (25 days ago)
Score: 3.94 (-5.3% rDev)

L - 2-finger foamy head collapses from the center, leaving a small amount of lacing. Body is bright orange.

S - orange candy. Some booze on the nose as well.

T - Sweet oranges. Alcohol hits midway through. Hops are very present and balance the sweetness nicely.

F - medium body, medium carb.

O - This brew is sweeter than I prefer, but still very drinkable. Almost like an orange milkshake, without the lactose.

 

Happy Sunday NBS players. Temperatures have warmed greatly here on the island but today it is just wet, grey, and dreary. Spending my day watching mindless football of course and very thankful for the three day weekend. The Jets are off to a slow start but dare I say they have a good chance to end the day with their third straight victory. I usually wait till after the game but

I've got so many new beers in my fridge, thanks to the NBS bif #6,that it's just crazy and since I can sleep in tomorrow there really is no reason not to get into it.

My first new beer today is Baby Legs, a session ipa, from one of my locals Moustache brewing. The brew checks in at a mere 3.6% abv, a 10/2 canning, and features Mosaic hops and Ekuanot lupulin powder.

The pour yields a frothy yellowish color with a big fluffy white head. Hazy clarity and a good amount of carbonation. The nose is really impressive. Dank, fruity, and very floral. I can't stop smelling it. The drinking starts with tangy hops upfront but not nearly as pungent as the nose. A very pleasant fruity and smooth flow that finishes ever so slightly bitter. Lots of fruit notes with grapefruit, mango, melon, and berry. The mouth feel is light with a sort of soapy/frothy feel to it. I was afraid of it being watery but it really holds up and delivers rather impressively.

Overall, this is really pretty good. Very flavorful especially for the really low abv. My only complaint would be that perhaps its a bit too low? I feel nothing when drinking it. I'm in the low 4's here.

 

A-A hazy amber color with a slight head and some lacing.
S-Nice hints of peach and citrus.
T-a solid tartyness balanced by the peachness and citrus.
M-Nice tartness with peach accents, light, refreshing and well carbonated.
O-Overall a very nice light peach sour brown ale, well balanced with a nice subtle character.

 

Good morning NBSers! As you've undoubtedly noticed, it's NBS BIF #6: Roadrunner vs Coyote day here on NBS, and I'll be jumping in as soon as I'm fully awake.

To answer the question posed in the OP, I've been fortunate to meet a bunch of fellow BAs, mostly from the NW forum. I have an open invitation for anybody to message me when they come through my town, and I'll show 'em around. We've also had several meet-ups at releases and bottle shares, in fact, we're having a NW forum bottleshare in about a month, here in Bellingham this time. if you'll be in the Seattle area in mid-November, message me, and I'll share the details.

Back soon with BIF shenannigans!

 

Awesome, thanks!

 

New Sour Ale Sunday

I figured for my 2nd new brew today I'd stay in state and in the same town as my last new beer (Athens, Ohio). I really liked Little Fish Brewing Natural Twenty wine barrel aged sour ale with montmorency and balaton cherries!

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/41563/290130/?ba=bluejacket74#review






I think Little Fish does a great job with their sours and saisons, they seem to be under the radar here which is fine with me. I think I still might have another new beer or 2 in the pipeline today. Cheers everyone!

 

Hola BA buddies! My new Sunday submission is from a local brewery here in the Costa del Sol beach region of southern Spain - Gran de Select (Brewery), Manilva, Spain - "Selection Pilsner" a/k/a Select Yellow Pils:







Pours a deep gold to pale amber with huge tight white head; spotty lacing after fairly quick cap; slightly opaque. 3.75



Spicy and floral hops nose with a slightly sweet malt aroma right behind. 3.75

Flavors of lite honey, spicy medium lite bitter hops, semi sweet malt...and fruit...specifically banana. 4.0

Crisp, clean and slightly dry; moderate + + carbonation. 4.0

Overall, I enjoyed this beer. Good flavors, no doubt. It had a lite bitter/semi sweet malt aftertaste, but more spicy than bitter; but the colour and clarity is off, and this Pils swings more sweet malt than bitter dry hop...and what's with the banana? I'm taking my last sip as I finish writing - I enjoyed drinking this beer, it was flavorful, but given that this beer was held out to me a a high end craft (read expensive) Pils beer, it drinks more like a spicy, dry, weak Hefe. 3.75

Drink on Sunday BAs, and Cheers!

 

Start drinking. I am excited to see what you think on your beer.

 

I love that movie!!! Thanks for the energetic start. Good vibrations all around. Maybe it'll provide the juju we need to move out of this last week. A lotta good folks here.
I will be back later, I'm off to a local Oktoberfest celebration. I'm taking kids, so I hope it'll be mellow on the earlier side when we get there.
Talk to y'all soon.

 

Rahr & Sons Pumpkin
7.8% ABV
Brown ale brewed with spices


Poured into the Devil.

Looks like liquid cinnamon with a cream colored head that recedes to a thin film, nice collar around the glass, minimal spotty lacing.

Smells bad?! Like vinegar with cinnamon and allspice.

The taste is excellent -- the cinnamon wins out with other pumpkin spices of course and there is a bit of a spicy yet bitter finish.

Feels amazing. Smooth yet dry.

Overall, doesn't smell great but the whole is better than all it's parts. It's very drinkable I just don't know where that vinegary smell comes from. Bonus points for the artwork. I love Halloween and pumpkins and all that it entails.