New Beer Weekend #157

Great Divide Laws Whiskey House Barrel Aged Yeti Imp Stout.



Ebony with a 1" creamy, tan head which lasts to the end. Heavy lacing. 4
Aroma of chocolate, vanilla, coffee, wood, roasty. 4.25
Tastes of cocoa, coffee, oak, vanilla, roast malt, bourbon. 4.25
Has a warming, full body with light carbonation. A dry, astringent finish. 4
Overall this is a very good entry in the Yeti series. 4.25

 

Semi-impromptu light beer showdown! I have some Natty Light on hand due to some sort of nostalgia of seeing the old label design cans (even though I never drank it!), and ended up having a local light beer due to a rainstorm keeping me from leaving the brewery on my bike.

Natty Light:

Appearance: Clear pale yellow, ok head at first, fades out quickly.

Smell: Vague hay/grass first, then vague sweet fruitiness?

Taste: Remains vague, following the smell, kind of light cracker taste I suppose. Very light bodied, it's light beer!

Overall: Had to pick up a 12 of the retro label to review. Natty light is infamous where I went to college (Iowa State) due to the basketball coach (Larry Eustachy) being pictured among co-eds from the U of Missouri drinking said beverage. Natty is slightly better than Bud Light, but has very little flavor, so I'll continue to pick up Miller Lite or Coors Light when I want a light beer.

Barrel Theory BT Lite

Appearance: Very slightly hazy pale yellow, lots of carbonation, good head.

Smell: Maybe some slight hay?

Taste: Mild sweetness, then mostly a floral flavor, light and mildly sweet.

Overall: A rain shower came through while I was at Barrel Theory so I had another beer to avoid riding in the rain. BT Lite is a perfectly fine light lager, a little more floral than grain-forward. Light and refreshing.

 

Central Waters Brewing Twenty Five. Gold label. Aged 52 months in 15-year Pappy Van Winkle bourbon barrels. The look is pitch black with a touch of light brown foam. The smell is pure fudge brownie. There is an incredible bourbon scent. The taste is fudge brownie, vanilla, hazelnut, caramel, and it finishes with most most unique bourbon flavor I have ever experienced. The mouthfeel is thick, silky, and smooth, with light carbonation. Overall, this beer is the best version of this year's anniversary beer. Absolutely amazing.

 

Lupulin Sticky Puddles Piña Colada Imperial Fruited sour, 9% ABV. Pours golden with a five-finger off-white head that left real nice lacing. Nose is pineapple and coconut. Taste follows, with pineapple taking the lead, quite sweet, slightly tart. Excellent mouthfeel, overall near-world-class. If you like piña coladas, you'll like this.

4.53/5 rDev +3.9%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.75

They should have called it "Sticky Poodles" just for the hell of it.

 

Drekker Midwest Sunrise BRAAAAAAAAins Double Fruit Smoothie Sour, 6% ABV. Pours opaque dark orange with a one-finger pink head that left puree residue. Nose is vanilla and an indistinguishable fruit mashup. Taste is vanilla and pineappleorangeraspeberrygoldenberry, quite sweet, faintly tart, salt on the close. Decent smooth mouthfeel, overall excellent. Would have been better to amp up pineapple and back off on the others.

4.12/5 rDev +3%
look: 3.5 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25

 

Following @SawDog505 opening, I am starting with a kettle head beer too. Picked this up at the craft beer cellar in Plymouth, mass


3.92/5 rDev -5.3%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pouring like liquid gold, bright notes of fresh pressed oranges and tangy grapefruit pith grace the palate as a balanced finish follows.⁣

Can poured into stemmed pilsener glass

Hazy orange liquid , frothy two finger white foam cap , good lacings

Aroma is grapefruit, orange citrus

Taste is grapefruit, grapefruit pith , orange citrus

Smooth , soft, good sudsing

Good beer

practicing up on my German for a proposed meeting with a grand high poo bah for this forum and his fray this September in Vienna.

@snaotheus

Was fur ein herrliches Wetter ist heute!!!

prosit!

 

Thank you for kicking off the weekend @SawDog505 ! After watching you and others enjoy many great beers and breweries from New Hampshire including Kettlehead, I get my first crack at a New Hampshire beer courtesy of @Ocalafox , one of two I have for the weekend via his generosity.

I am now down to 7 states to go (Alabama, Arkansas, Idaho, Mississippi, North Dakota, New Jersey and South Dakota) plus two I have in my possession (New Mexico and Rhode Island).

Kettlehead Pulpy



Can Notes: 16 oz, no can date but I noted a 4/10/23 social media release date. Received 5/30 via package from @Ocalafox from BA, refrigerated upon receipt until this afternoon.

7.0% ABV, India Pale Ale. Brewed and packaged at Kettlehead Brewing Company LLC, Franklin, New Hampshire.

Meet Pulpy, he's a friend of ours and he loves juicy IPAs. This one happens to be his favorite. Triple Dry Hopped with a combination of Mosaic, Citra and El Dorado hops. And no there is no pulp in this beer. Drink fresh and enjoy cold.

Appearance: Initial pour about half the can into a shaker pint glass. Murky orange base, creamy bright white head leaves soapy lacing and a full creamy cover over the base. 4.25

Aroma: Sharp citrus notes, backed by grapefruit and pineapple. Strong and enticing. 4.5

Taste: Consistent with aroma, strong citrus really nice, took several gulps and didn't want to stop. Grapefruit and pineapple also prominent, a very nice juice medley. Already midway through, really enjoying and trying my best to finish the review before this beer. 4.5

Mouthfeel: Drinks light and easy, seemingly under the 7% ABV. A bit dry, with bitterness which counters but does not necessarily balance out the sweetness, though definitely brewed within NEIPA style / as advertised. Mild sweet / dry finish. 4.75

Overall: I usually don't reach for this style, but this beer is an excellent representation and one of the best I have. I really like the three hops and Kettlehead blends them excellently for this offering. The beer held up well over a long journey and over 3 months since canning. Perhaps it was more sweet fresher, but the beer at this stage is excellent. Expected a lot, got more. Excellent offering. 4.5

Thanks so much Vann, really looking forward to my famous Vermont offering planned for tomorrow.

 

We have a house full of kids and grandkids, things are a little crazy here. A good crazy. I drank my new beer several hours ago, now just getting around to writing this.
The beer is Azulito, a blue corn Mexican lager from La Cumbre.
Clear pale yellow color, modest white head that dissipates quickly.
Aroma of grain and corn, faint herb.
Grainy taste, faint corn and herbs.
Great summer beer, but nothing special.

 

Hello folks. A very fine collab brew here:
Modist/Burial/TRVE illbrewminati Oak-Aged Crimson Helles Lager 4.8% ABV
4.18/5 rDev -2.3%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
16 oz can canned 4/21/23 into a tall Lager glass.
L: Pours murky burnished red with a 2" khaki creamy head that has VG retention, lots of fine carbo bubbles, broken medium lacing.
S: Malty, a hint of sour green oak, light brown bread, raisins, cereal grains, honey, caramel.
T: Sweet caramel malts, moderately tart & juicy citrus, melon, toasted brown bread, cereal grains. The oak taste surrounding the beer has a distant vinegar note and distant smoke. It has a resinous linger that is kind of sour. Bold tastes overall.
F: Smooth, lightly juicy, creamy medium-bodied with a medium long smooth & drying finish.
O: It's a Rotbier! Sometimes oak can be nutty tasting or green. This example is green. I enjoy this beer at medium temperature, so I believe serving temp is critical as the malts are less muted by the wood this way. Great tasting and smoove. It is outstanding in its style.

CHEERS!!

 

Raising the bar to 5.4% for "Session IPAs" are they? Well, okay.

 

Happy NBW everyone! Enjoyed some imperial coffee stouts earlier:

https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/30356/648941/?ba=bluejacket74#lists



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I liked both but the Prairie one stood out to me. Should be back here tomorrow with more new brews, cheers!

 

The Chosen One from Tilted Barn, from @Roguer in NBS BIF #17

16oz can served in a big snifter. Can is dated 06/13/23.

Pours a murky orange-amber. Smallish dense head, moderate ongoing very fine carbonation. Smell is tropical juice, orange pith, earthy bitterness.

Taste is along similar lines, tropical fruit turns a little in the overripe direction, booziness is noticeable but not overwhelming. Bitterness takes on a brighter character, more pine and grapefruit zest.

Mouthfeel is medium, a little bit of dry chalky texture. Overall, very nice.

 

Klinkii
Cold IPA from Outer Light Brewing Company.
Sent to me by @Roguer who has absolutely no regard for other people’s front porch.
Poured more unfiltered than hazy with very active carbonation feeding the tall nearly white head. The foam took so long to dissipate that I started drinking from the can.
The taste was so appealing after the day I’ve had (transplanting 6 small trees, chopped some firewood, lawn mowing) that I quaffed half of it without thinking.
Eventually it occurred to me that I needed to describe the beer. Right, well, we covered the appearance, and a quick sniff told me my sniffer was still not working so on to the taste!
This was more soft than sharp, some honey, some grapefruit, some peaches and cream, a little more citrus and it all came together beautifully.
Maybe it was just the perfect situation for this one, not sure, but darn I think I could drink a lot of this.
Cheers all!