New Beer Sunday (Week 699)

Good day, NBS brethren!

It is a lovely day here on the island and I'm looking forward to the kind of Sunday I haven't had in months. It is a nice temperature, there's world-class soccer on, weekend chores are accomplished, I have everything prepped to brew a beer later on (if I want to by then) and all that is because I am not working every Sunday any more. I can't really complain, as my weekend job is giving brewery tours and is basically a dream job, but all that interaction with the public leaves me burned out afterwards, and even though I don't drink very much while I'm there, I am usually kind of fatigued by the time I get home. I'll still be working Sundays on occasion but for this week at least, it is nice to be able to dedicate my energies to a new beer in my glass instead of a new beer in someone else's. Anyway....

I have a decent crop of new-to-me IPAs from Maine in my fridge. All care of an always-generous Canadian BA that just got back from vacation. I will be digging into those for the next few days probably and will be doing my best to remember the cook in me and practice FIFO as much as possible. Therefore I'm going to start off with this "Experimental IPA" from Battery Steele Brewing. It's hopped with Citra and Vic Secret. It is a little over three weeks old which (for me at least) is a real sweet spot with a lot of IPAs so we shall see if this one is any different.

It pours turgid as could be with a little ivory head that disappears pretty quickly. The aroma is present at arm's length outside upon opening to can. Ripe tropical fruit-citrus melange. The flavor is similar but with mainly citrus oil and hop sap flavors up front and the sweeter, tastier flavors behind.

I have never had or heard of this brewery before receiving this beer and now I am definitely curious to try more. This is a very tasty beer that I'd gladly sample again if I had the chance. Thanks, J Dilla!

Here's my full review for the curious.

À votre santé!

EDIT: LOL I just realized I wrote "turgid" instead of "turbid" and I'm leaving it.

 

It’s time for the World Cup final

Castle Island Parrot Trust

4.25/5 rDev +5.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Can poured into chalice

One finger white foam cap over a hazy orange NE ipa liquid

Aroma of tropical fruits, mango , papaya

Taste of tropical fruit hops

Low sudsing

Good beer

 

World cup final NBS beer #1



Double Dark Chocolate Biggie S'mores

Three Notch'd Brewing Company
American Double / Imperial Stout / 9.70% ABV

4.04/5 rDev -4% | Score: 4.21
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Bottled 06/07/18

L-The beer pours a dark brown to black with a 3 finger tan head. The head recedes t a thick film leaving spotty lacing in it's wake. A great pour right up until the bottle took a huge dump in my glass with what I have to hope is chocolate or residual marshmallow. The residual head looks like when you put powdered Quik in your milk and it clumps up on top. Pray for me...
S- The nose is up front with huge chocolate and sweet marshmallow. Behind all of that is a fairly strong alcohol presence.
T-As expected the taste follows the nose with big time chocolate which wavers between sweet milk and bitter dark chocolate. Overall it leans to the sweet side due to the marshmallow. This one is dessert stout without a doubt.
F-Mouthfeel is on the lighter side of medium and carbonation after the initial pour is very light.
O- The beer delivers on it's promise of huge chocolate. Unfortunately it suffers for this in the appearance which was decidedly off putting after the initial pour. Its not a bad beer if your can get past the appearance, but is decidedly too sweet to be anything but a nightcap dessert beer.

 

What a great beginning. You and @lordofthewiens always come up with a fresh and thoughtful start. Thanks.

 

Again, I just gotta say. I love reading your descriptions.
Cheers

 

Then I need to get you a Windowsill from the Bruery. Quite tasty.

 

Welcome back!

 

Happy New Against the Saugatuck Grain Beer Sunday (Week 699)!

Exercise?!? Not for me, thanks! I spent too many years whipping myself into shape in the Navy that I am paying for it now. That said, I do not drive, so I get plenty of walking in.

This week's endeavor is partially inspired by someone last Sunday who was drinking Saugatuck's Neapolitan & it got me to thinking. Never a good thing, but then my New New Holland Beer Sunday (Week 698) began to catch up to/with me & I had to curtail my activities. My first one is something rather light, from a CAN:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/11814/280224/?ba=woodychandler#review


The CAN reminds me of:

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=id%3D2041864359387437%3Btype%3Dvideo%3Buser%3DCryptMonsters

& we are going to try making one next weekend during the monthly Bottle/CAN share.

I may not be a part of next week as my friend wants to come to Lancaster for a visit after the get-together & we are going to be tooling around on Sunday.

 

A-Pours a yellow golden color with a slight head and lacing
A-Aroma has pleasant lemongrass hints
T-The taste follows the nose with pleasant a lemongrass flavor
M-A light bodied well carbonated beer
O-A nice summer sour beer

 

I’ve taken a 5 month break and a 2 month break in the last two years. It’s difficult but once I get used to it I see the rewards. I’m about to take another long break, so I won’t be around BA here in the near future.

 

Hardest part of the gym is getting there.I prefer to do it in the morning myself,way too much can happen that will prevent me from doing it later. Be already worked a few hours today as well as hot the gym so I'm ready for new beer Sunday

Cape may always ready
..cloudy orange/gold color
..slightly thin body, medium carbonation
..aroma is citrus,bitter grapefruit,
..taste grapefruit, lemon, citrus at first but quickly turns bitter. The sharp bitterness ends up dominating and heavily lingers.
...Overall, tasty,decent feel, but the sharp lingering bitterness ends up being the only thing I could taste after a while

 

Start of my family vacation, always schedule brewery stops for dad! I’ll make this short.
First stop is Old Nation

Today’s first new beer is Greenstone NEAPA

16 ounce on draft, directly from the Brewery. Poured into English pint. Pours a hazy, dull golden. Minimal head I observed. A small amount of lacing. Grapefruit, pine and grassy bitterness on the nose. Grapefruit, tropical fruit, floral notes, grass. End of the tastes are pine, pepper, and just a touch of dank. Tons of flavors. The body feels a touch thin but wel carbonated. Another winner from Old Nation.

Be back later!

 

New Beer Sunday: A Belgian Strong Pale Ale

Afternoon NBSers,

Thinking about this morning's opening and about hitting the gym in the morning (which I didn’t get to do today ), I’m a long time fan of doing the exercise before starting the working day. But the best, most productive routine for me that I ever found was when I was working in an office near a gym with a pool. In those days my routine was a nice early start at work with a focused and solid, almost uninterrupted, morning of work. Then it was off to the pool for a half hour or so (sometimes with a side visit to the Sauna thrown in). After that I’d have a light lunch from a favorite food truck and the go back to work for the afternoon. It helped that I had two different types of things that needed doing so I could concentrate on doing only one set of things in the morning and then focus on the other set in the afternoon.

Well that “Thunderstorm in the area” came right into this small neighborhood area and was dropping lots of liquid for a while. Fortunately the “heavy lifting” part of the morning was pretty much over so the thunder, lightening and rain became a good reason to stop for lunch (and another new beer ). This afternoon’s new beer is the Devil’s Reach from Cape May Brewing.

As usual, my review, subject to revision until the beer is finished, can be found here:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/25890/96564/?ba=drtth#review


The Aromas/Flavors of this beer fit nicely with my expectations for a BSPA, there’s some green orchard fruits, a bit of orange, some Belgian yeast and some nice earthy bitterness. The background has some spice and white pepper and the ABV is just high enough to be felt from its spreading warmth. A beer I’ve enjoyed, one I can recommend as being worth trying and one I’d like to have in a side-by-side with a comparably fresh Duvel, my gold standard BSPA. Once again Cape May Brewing has moved up a few notches on my list of breweries doing beers that are worth drinking and even buying “sight unseen.”

Cheers, all!

 

Lucky to be so close to HotD, yes, despite what my better half and wallet think. The thing about them which I love is that they are not a brewery for the masses, but have a small, die hard faithful following of supporters. Cheers!

 

Goose summer hours
..Clear amber color
..medium body with just below average carbonation
..aroma is slightly sour, cereal, malt and a bit of a floral smell
..taste is similar,not sweet but far from any hop bitterness
..Overall it isn't super complex but it works well for what it is..a decent summer beer thats perfect while grilling on the patio

 

Next time you're up here, give me a heads up. We'll "Walk The Dogs" together .

Wouldn't that be perfect... another Southern Californian BA that I'd finally meet up with in Oregon instead.