New Beer Sunday (Week 765)

Thanks @cjgiant for the great start to NBS. Will be back later on with a new beer.

Cheers!

 

Should be a good World Series. I'll be rooting for those first-timers, the Nationals.
I picked up a six pack yesterday and saw that I had never reviewed this beer.
The beer is a clear gold color with a small, quickly disappearing white head.
Sweet malt aroma, outdoorsy.
Caramel taste up front, late grassy hops.
Sweet in the mouth, easy-drinking.

 

NBS for me. A Weldwerks/Trilha (Brazilian brewery) collaboration.
Points of Light Hazy IPA (7.1%) - Need a spoiler? If you like slightly creamy/sweet juicy IPAs, this is totally your bag.


A - The looks give it away, probably a little hidden lactose in this bad boy but an interesting hop mix here of Citra and some usuals, along with two experimental hops. Lacing, but not much head on this. Interesting.
Aroma - Great stuff in the nose; citric-tropical aromas, a little floral, and you can almost smell the creamy sweetness on this. Not sure it's my favorite from them, but leaves an impression.
T - Solid, full, creamy-juicy palate impression full of tangerines, grass, papaya, and some dank pineapple to boot. But not as layered as some of their Juicy Bits offerings. Almost TOO much going on here, but crammed full, rather than layered.
M - Great carbonation as usual, but finishes almost on the verge of being an imperial sweet hazy.
O - A great beer, and a great collaboration, that may not be for everyone but seek it out if you can.
Cheers!

 

Wye Hill flight l-r:
Oktoberfest, Gourd Grief, Social Assassin, Naught-Tea Ale and Sea Change IPA



Cheers!

ps-a good Oktoberfest, a good sour squash tasting beer, a decent wheat pale ale, a decent tart ale and a good West Coast ipa

 

I was just there yesterday. The Gourd Grief is ok. Hope your view of the city isn’t too cloudy.

 

Basic Betty Artisan Ales. Poured into a 16 oz stem less tulip glass not sure when it was bottled but I have others say September 5, whatever a BIG Pumpkin Stout that pours a midnight black on a cloudy evening. A big mocha head that settles rather quickly and leaves little lace, but leaves a thin mocha ring of bubbles around the sides of the glass. 4.5

Smell is pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, cinnamon, expresso, vanilla, and a little alcohol for sure, but not over the top. 4.5

Taste follows pumpkin is a big part of it, but nutmeg, clove, brown sugar, cinnamon, with some coffee, vanilla, and warming alcohol in the bold finish, holy cow it is excellent if you enjoy a bold stout this is one. 4.5

Mouthfeel is big but slightly watery because of the moderate carbonation, creamy but chewy also, and at 11% it drinks maybe even bigger in flavor for sure. 4.75

Overall this is an amazing stout and a first class Pumpkin Beer. Highly recommend. 4.5

 

I haven’t been over in this neck of the woods in awhile, but it’s good to be back. For your reading pleasure today I have this tree house offering from @brutalfarce that I am drinking to forget how badly my Braves played in game 5 vs the red birds.



in perpetuity

a side note before I begin, I really love the idea behind this as I believe it is a beer the head brewer at TH brewed to commemorate his first wedding anniversary. Bill also sent me beneficiaries of chance (to commemorate the wedding day) and brighter than starlight (for the 5th anniversary). Hopefully I’m right about all these things, if not I’m sure someone will correct me. Enough rambling, get to the beer dude.

appearance is pretty standard tree house haze with good carbonation. Aroma is citrus, and some dank ness. The taste is some orange, citrus zest, earthy hops, and a little Dankness rounding it out. Mouthfeel is also amazing, as per usual tree house. Creamy, slick, medium, but also a little light. Not thin, just very easy drinking with adequate carbonation. Overall this is very good, I’m in the 4.25 range

 

American Brown Ale on a hand pump at Trap Rock Brewery Restaurant in Berkley Heights NJ. Trap Rock is a white table cloth restaurant that brews it's own beer. The brewer does not try to brew the latest and the greatest. He brews traditional beer to style and they are all very good or excellent. They 8 taps and a hand pump. I've had this beer there in the past on tap but was the 1st time on the hand pump. This is not a cask conditioned ale but very different than the beer on tap. This ABA is a deep dark brown color with a thick tan long lasting head and is served slightly cool. Nice roasted malt aroma. The taste is also malt with traces of caramel with a small amount of hop bitterness. The mouthfeel is full but soft. The finish is off dry and slightly bitter. Excellent beer. I had a 2ond pint along with a 8 OZ glass from a tap. That is a fine brew also but side by side I'll take the hand pump.

 

So I asked the owner of our best local what is this and he said donno, just wanted to offer my customers a cream ale . . .




Clear rich copper gold color with good cap and lace.

Mild aroma of caramel with a touch of sweetness.

Taste is caramel malt with a twinge of roasted malt that gives it just a bit of an edge. Hop level is low to barely noticeable. The sweetness isn't much and does fade by mid palate while the whole finishes dry.

This was out of a nitro draught can and I don't know what the texture is supposed to be but it struck me as light to light medium with balancing carbonation.

Overall it's light and refreshing. More of a poolside or beach beer.

 

He’s never going to be a high BA guy, he strikes out too much, but the Phillies problems are pitching. Even Nola whos the best of the bunch might be a 2/3 on a team like Houston or the Nats. Pitching wins in the post season, Nats have a good shot with their pitching staff. I hope they win, nothing like a WS Champ in your division to ratchet up the pressure to accelerate.

 

Prairre Paradise
...solid black with minimal brown head
...light carbonation with an above average body. Has a bit of a slick oily/creamy feel
...aroma is coconut, roasted coconut, black coffee, roasted malt, vanilla
..taste is sweet but far from sugary disgusting sweet. The coconut and roasted coconut are very pronounced with coffee and cream showing up after that. Mocha, vanilla and espresso are also noticeable
...one of my favorites from prairie that I would look for again

 

My best wishes to the Nats and 'Strohs. It will be a fun World Series.
I didn't have a rating for Chimay Blue on BA until this morning, and I don't remember when I had it last, ergo New Beer!

I go years without picking up one of these, and, when I do, slap myself for neglecting it. This is an unmolested 2018 33cL bottle.
Tan head for days, reddish brown color. I could smell the stone fruit and caramel as soon as I popped the cap. So many stone fruit and spice flavors which continue to develop as the glass warms. Smooth coating feel with a little spicy kick in the finish. No alcohol heat.
4.61/5 rDev +6.5%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75

 

Happy Sunday, NBS crew! Drinking a new-to-me brewery today, provided by the always-generous @Joplamp . I love me some extreme sours, so this one appears to be right in my wheelhouse.

Dynamic Fermentum (Raspberry) - Ology
BA sour - 6% abv
Vintage: 2018 (Batch 1)
Score: 4.23 (+4.7% rDev)



Review:
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/51226/412625/?ba=CanConPhilly#review

Synopsis:
A super-jammy, super-sour beer. If the goal was to have this beer drink like liquified raspberry jam, it delivers. The beer has its faults, as the carb is barely there, and it drinks like a still beer. But the nose/taste is so good it doesn’t really bother me. Acidic and tart, just like I like em. I look forward to trying other Ology beers. Thanks again Jordan!

 

I have a conflicted feeling toward the Nationals. I was pulling for them in the NLCS because they have never been to the World Series, and because of the history of Washington in MLB related to the Minnesota Twins.

OTOH, I view them negatively because their front office squandered their first opportunity to reach the World Series with a completely stupid (IMO) decision to shut down Stephen Strasburg in his second season back from Tommy John when he was having a MLB-leading season in pitching measures, to "save" him, even including the playoffs, thinking they would have plenty of future opportunities. Such ignorance of how MLB works cannot be forgiven, IMO. Washington lost in the NLDS to the St. Louis Cardinals in 5 games.

Washington MLB franchises have an interesting history.

The original Washington Statesmen / Senators were contracted by the National League in 1899.

The next Washington Senators were established in 1901 with the American League. They moved to Minnesota in 1961 to become the Twins.

After that, a new Washington Senators expansion team was established in 1961 by the American league. They ended up moving to Texas to become the Texas Rangers in 1972.

The attempt to contract the Montreal Expos, now the Washington Nationals, also involved an attempt to contract the Minnesota Twins, an act which resulted in Carl Pohlad (Twins owner - who saw the scheme as a way to "sell" the team at a profit), and his co-conspirator, the Pretend Commissioner Bud Selig (who's motives were significantly in question at the time due to his ownership - carefully skirted technically - of the Milwaukee Brewers) being forever reviled in the minds of Minnesota baseball fans.

But, having the 3 Washington franchises involved in contraction, one actual completed contraction and as both teams in an attempted contraction, is certainly odd history.

Anyhow, good luck to the Nationals. But I'll be hoping the Astros win.

Back in a few with a beer.

 

Drekker Royal Bee Imperial IPA, 8% ABV. Pours pale cloudy yellow, with a four-finger white foamy head that dissipated slowly, leaving foamy lacing. Nose is honey, pine, and light citrus. Taste follows, slightly sweet, moderately bitter. Decent mouthfeel, overall very good.

4.04/5 rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4

Packers day at the bbtkd household. Have our son over for burgers and the game. We hauled another TV to the living room so we can watch the Vikings lose. Didn't want to lose a square inch of Packers screen space to PIP.

 

I liked it to begin with, but I like it even more after 4 more!

 

Good afternoon NBS, relaxing with a can of Drafting Table Render NEIPA. Thank you both @strohme2 and @superspak for this tasty and balanced NEIPA.

4.29/5 rDev +4.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

Thank you Superspak and strohme2
16 oz can poured into a teku

A- A hazy golden straw color with a two finger white head.

S- Melons, citrus, lime zest, touch of tropical fruit, some citrus rind.

T- Citrus, melons, slightly earthy, tropical fruits, nice balance.

M- Smooth, medium body.

O- A nicely balanced NEIPA, very enjoyable and easy to drink.

Cheers!

 

Maine beer co
..medium light carbonation with an above average body
...aroma is earthy ,peat, black coffee, dark chocolate. I swear it smells like cannabis, a lot like cannabis
... taste is an odd mix of dry and sweet, with coffee being the obvious flavor. But the cannabis in the aroma really shows up in the taste too. Very earthy taste which is probably why it comes off like pot to me. Or I'm just having some teenage flashback
..not a favorite, wouldn't look to repeat this one