New Beer Weekend #177

Thus concludes the Rhode Island Portion of the Beer Weekend. Mahalo to @tasterschoice62 for all the awesome beers!

Proclamation Ale Company Sitka West Coast Style IPA, 7.0% ABV; 4.42 overall


Pours an effervescent amber with one finger of cream colored head. Average-ish head retention & better lacing

S: Plenty of pine, cakeyness, starts to skew more malty as this warms, a touch of citrus as well

T: Follows the nose, plenty dry, some grapefruit & tangerine, & a little toffee up front. More dryness & pine , plus cakeyness as this beer warms up, a little grapefruit. Finishes dry, piney, a little cakey

MF: Medium body, somewhat firm carbonation, skews hoppy, duh

Classic West Coast IPA here, plenty drinkable. A full-on hop assault

 

oof. Truth be told, I had a couple amber-y beers recently…for science…I was forced…I was confused by my advanced age… I draw the line at those super sunny yellow ones. You can’t trust them. Nothing or nobody is that GD happy looking.

To counter the cosmic energy distortion of the heathen yellow devil water, I offer this 2023 WeldWerks Medianoche. More dark beer and barrel mixes than Satan can douse with his hell piss.

No head. Black as an ace of spades. Oil level viscosity. Loads of wet wood character, something I sense more of in these 24+ month aged beers. First sip is a bit underwhelming, in that it’s arguably TOO complicated. Fortunately, typing this buys me time for the beer to warm more. Time starts to do wonders on the profile, with more complexity from the blends instead of the singularity from the cooler temperature. $37/500 ml. Another store charging $43, which is even more egregious.

Balance has been restored to the world.

 

I saved this for my weekend which begins on Sunday night.

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This is the most recent 1 Pint .9 FL. OZ. bottle release from the Fayston Series.

Moderate pour yields a one inch tan head over a pitch black body with lacing.

Nose of coffee, maple, caramel, vanilla, fudge, and whiskey.
Wow!

Taste is as good as the nose with loads of coffee and maple, with caramel and chocolate in a supporting role. Whiskey flavors become more apparent upon warming. Finish is mostly maple and whiskey barrel.

Very nice, near velvet, mouthfeel with medium carbonation.

Overall, being a coffee lover, this is a superb offering from Sean L. and probably my favorite in the Fayston series. Please do yourself a favor and make the trek to wherever this is available and purchase a few!!

Cheers!!!

 

2021 Goose Island, Bourbon County Brand Cherry Wood Stout
I decide to drink this one since a BCBS is the beer to drink around here this week.
Paid $14 for a bottle a few nights ago at a grocery store in WI.

Looks good, 1 inch head with a aggressive pour. The head hung for a while leaving a some lacing as I drank it.
Taste is a little of several things, balanced. Chocolate, dark fruit, oak, wood, hints of cherry and vanilla. It does have a different type of wood flavor. Mild barrel flavor. Just slightly sweet overall. Very smooth, mellow and silky. Easy drinking. Not boozy until it got rather warm.
Nice mouth feel, I didn't find it to be thin all.
I would but this in the 4.2 to 4.35/5 range. It's biggest positive is drinkablity.

Note I usually do not rate/review bigger barrel aged stouts. It's not my favorite style of beer. I prefer a big non-barrel aged stout or a barleywine instead.

 

I suggest giving it time to aerate and warm a bit. It’s a hefty one.

 

Notgoing turn my nose up on any beer @Roguer rates a 4.41. But that was bloody pricey. So I certainly get that. Going to do Black Friday thing was fun this year, but not sure I would burn the $ or time off to do again

 

Not in Bier Himmel here so, it was easier to do. My kid can always get the Arkansas National Guard to pay for some school

 

He’d be able to buy his old man bourbon at the nice price

 

I’m still waiting to see Angel’s Envy variant reviews.

 

On Sunday’s we drink barleywine…
Or so I’m told.
@FBarber sent me Off Color before we had it distributed here and I enjoyed it so much that I always look for what they are doing. So a barleywine? Duh.
Poured the color of raw honey with a nice manilla colored head that took its time to dissipate.
The flavor started with bread, not plain white bread, but gingerbread and a few spices danced into the party, hints of orange peel and clove and, curiously, black pepper. It all came together nicely and was way too easy to drink.
The feel is thinner than I expected, but then English Barleywines are not something I am well versed in so it may be the norm.
According to the can, they are now 10 years old and this was their first barleywine.
I think they have a good idea on how to brew tasty beer.
Cheers all, one and done for me today.

 

Okay Cowboys, save some for the run. Our schedule sux the next few weekends. The chickens will not drop many games unless they just implode.



Time a slop beer

Schlafly Tasmanian IPA, used to be great about 7 years ago. Even disappoints in cans

 

whoops posted the wring thread. Absolute shite though. Still supposed to be in its BBD window

 

Greetings, fellow NBWers,
Got up to the mid-30s today in Spokanistan. The three or so inches of snow that fell last night was partly washed away by today's rain. It's a soupy, slushy mess outside.
Today, while torturing myself with the Seahawks game, I hit this wild ale that was a collaboration between Culmination and Ale Apothecary that was bottled in 2017.

The three kinds of tree boughs and honey used as adjuncts were long gone, but the barrel aging was still very much present. Vinous and tart stuff.