New Beer Weekend #141

Sixpoint Stooper Hazy IPA - It was a beautiful day today but unfortunately bad storms now with crazy hail in my area and tornadoes touched down south of us in Delaware. If this spring is any indication, summer is going to be very active across the country and for us it may be 2021 all over again (parts of the Philly metro are still recovering from those record breaking tornadoes that summer).

I'm picky with my IPAs these days due to so much trial and error but I do enjoy the hazy style and most are hits vs misses with me. I saw that this didn't have Mosaic in it so I am giving it a go. Pours from a can (BB June 29 or 23, hard to tell, '23) a hazy darker yellow with a thick head. Smell is inviting and there is a semisweet tropical candied fruit thing going on along with some yeast maybe. Taste is excellent, soft and light but flavorful and fruit forward and ends with the perfect amount of bitterness for my palate. The 6.4% is well-hidden and drinks lighter than that. I would definitely drink this one again and I'm a fan. Budmo!

 

Alvarium is great, especially if you like dogs as much as my wife. And they always seem to have a great food truck.

 

This is a special @FBarber 10th anniversary celebration review! Congratulations! I would have celebrated my 10-year wedding anniversary last fall, if I did not fall about 75 yards short of a marriage-saving field goal. Trillium Brewing Eliot Tower NEIIPA. Quite fresh. The look is patented Trillium Brewing gorgeous orange juice, with a beautiful 3-finger white foam. The smell is very fresh orange juice, mango, pineapple, and orange pushup. The flavor is orange, pineapple, peach, and apricot fruit juice, with orange dream popsicle. Very well-blended fruit juice. The mouthfeel is pillowy soft, juicy, light, and smooth, with lighter carbonation. Overall, this is another triumph from Trillium Brewing. It is exactly the experience I hoped for, and the one they have always delivered for me.

 

KBS Hazelnut growler into pint glass. Pours an oily black with a nice tan head. Initial impression is coffee, chocolate, and hazelnut. Alcohol (12%) is extraordinarily well hidden. Mouthfeel is smooth and fairly thick. Finish fades to mildly sweet chocolate. Overall, an excellent and enjoyable Imperial Stout.
Watching the Orioles blow a 6 run lead and lose the game thanks to an error on a routine fly ball to left field. Might need to have a couple more of these......

 

Good evening denizens of NBW and a big thanks to @AzfromOz for another excellent kickoff.

With so many people posting about this I had to give it a shot.
Poured transparent amber with a tall yellow head that dissipated slowly and left regular lacing.
The aroma was lost on my Covid damaged nose.
The taste was all Citra, with generic citrus flavors and gentle malt sweetness. The bitterness was good for the style, nice and straightforward IPA.
The feel was great, no quaffing problems at all.
Nice double IPA, but probably not a daily drinking beer.
Cheers all!

 

Should've posted here first, but I got carried away on wbaydn

Thanks again to @snaotheus for an excellent Pils

Cloudburst - Happy Little Clouds



Canned 3/2/23

Poured at fridge temp into a imperial nonic glass.

Pours a bright and shiny clear gold with a two finger tight white head. Lots of visible carbo rising for the whole time I was drinking jt. Left some loose white lacing on the glass. 4

Hoppy and sweet aroma. Hop spice starts to peek out as it warms up. 4

Hoppy, clean, fresh, some moderate but easy maltiness. Hops are smooth and balanced spice and sharpness, but not overbearing at all. 4.25

Mouthful of carbo, lingering hoppiness and quicky dry finish. 4

Overall an excellent pilsner that really knocked the hop notes out of the park. It was very difficult not to crush this one, but I'm glad I let it linger and warm up a touch. 4

 

Bentonville Brewing MTB 479 IPA, 4.79% ABV; 3.68 overall

Pours bright, gold & effervescent with one finger of pearl colored head. Average head retention & good lacing

S: Bready, some citrus

T: Follows the nose, some lime & green melon, plus dryness up front. Lime, dryness & a little bready sweetness as this beer warms up. Finishes with limes, breadyness, plus dryness

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation, pretty good balance

Nice easy drinking IPA for a cause. I like my IPAs with a little more horsepower, but this would work on a hot day

 

Sounds interesting and quite good to me. Smoky + plums

 

Ommegqng gnommegang
....cloudy amber appearance
...medium effervescent carbonation with a medium body. Has a bit of a heavy grain feel.
...aroma is banana, spice,, bubblegum, malty and honey.
...taste is mildly sweet with an earthy,very mild bitterness that lingers .spice, grain qnd cereal.
...not completely like some Belgians but very well made,flavorful and was very enjoyable

 

This one is from @hopley Allagash From Main With Love #24, a Belgian-style Dark Ale, 5.7% ABV; 4.0 overall

Pours an effervescent chestnut with a pinky of tan head. Okay head retention & lacing

S: Some juicy fruit, pears, cocoa, fades a bit down the stretch

T: Follows the nose, very dry, with a mushroom meatyness to it up front, a touch of woody hops, plus some brown sugar. Picking up some coffee as this beer warms up, a little cocoa, more juicy fruit, some toffee & a general woody/dry flavor. Finishes dry with woody/mushroomy notes, plums & toffee sweetness

MF: Medium body, slight carbonation

Rock solid take on the style, pretty complex for the ABV & style

 

Time for a new to me local via a crowler

Strap Tank - Red Devil
Irish red ale


Canned on 3.31.23

Poured into a nonic at fridge temp

Pours ruddy almost dark copper with an eggshell tan head. Miller high life level visible bubbles rising the whole time. 4

Aroma is sweet with a touch of maltiness. Mostly candy like caramel with some bready malts. 4

Some buttery cracker follows the biscuit and caramel on the tongue, accompanied by some toffee and caramel that aren't overly sweet. Well balanced comes to mind but on the sweeter and tastier/treat side. 4

Effervescent but not necessarily biting which I found very pleasant. Light body and satisfying rounded mouthfeel. 4

Overall a nice Irish red that was easy drinking, not complex and just enjoyable. 4

 

Toppling Goliath Electric Dino Boggie DIPA, 7.8% ABV; 4.3 overall

Pours a hazed honey color with a thumb of whippy eggshell colored head. Great lacing & above average head retention

S: Pineapple, oranges, mangoes, a little cattyness once warm

T: Sweet oranges, mangos, grapefruit, dryness & pineapple up front. Sweet oranges, peaches, kiwi fruit & lime as this beer warms up, plus some dryness & a little dankness. Finishes a little dry with sweet oranges, guava & grapefruit

MF: Medium body, creamy carbonation, lovely balance

A really nice DIPA, one of the better beers of this ilk I have had from TG in a long time, great drinkability

 

Nice review Russ, drank a triple last night out of the same glass but have yet to try that Allagash. Looking forward to it, they are usually pretty on point. Cheers!

 

Thanks for that extra. The last time I could get Allagash is when I lived in Colorado, over a decade ago

 

Good day troops! Back with another breakfast Beer.




Brenda’s Wicked-Good Schwarzbier from Hoppin’ Frog, 16 oz can. Picked up at brewery 22/03/23. Reviewed 02/04/23 (Review 3062). Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Stamped on can bottom “BEST BY DEC 19 2025”. Stored at 42 degrees at home. Served at 50.1 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. The final temperature was 55.2 degrees.
Appearance – 4.
First pour – Medium Amber (SRM 12), clear.
Body – Amber Brown (SRM 18), opaque. Under direct light, same. When rear lite, a beautiful translucent ruby shows in the thinner volumes, with the thickest part still opaque.
Head – Average (Maximum 4 cm, aggressive center pour), buff, high density, quickly receding to a three cm crown and thin partial cap.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4.25 – Smells distinctly like toasted malt. No yeast, no hops. No ethanol (5.8 % ABV as marked on can) aroma.
Flavor – 4.5 – Begins lightly sweet and malty. No hops, no yeast. No gastric warming. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Ends with a light hop bitterness.
Palate – 4 – Medium; approaching creamy; soft but lively carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.25 A well-balanced delightful schwarzbier, very tasty and drinkable.