New Beer Weekend #204

Port city pizza night. Thought I had this one before but no review
...dark amber appearance with a thin white head
. Both body and carbonation register as about medium
..aroma is malt, grain,cereal, with a toasted bread/grain as well.
..taste has some mild sweetness but theres some earthy almost dry like bitterness that adds to the flavor as well as keeping the sweetness in check.
...as advertised it does go well with pizza but would work well in several situations

 

I might be making minor amendments to my review but here are my first impressions of Bois, the Bruery’s anniversary old ale from 2013. Cheers!

4.34/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 3.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.5
750mL into a tulip. Pours a nearly carbonation-free deep mahogany with zero head.

Aroma is big and sticky-sweet. Caramel, toffee, brown sugar, booze. Vanilla and subtle spice. Rum-soaked black cherries, figs, dates.

Taste is likewise sweet and complex. Molasses, rum, caramel, vanilla, dark sticky stone fruits. Brown sugar, vanilla.

Mouthfeel is heavy and chewy, coating. Lingering aftertaste, warming as it goes down.

Overall a very tasty, complex dessert beer. About what I expected, and similar to other Bruery anniversary old ales. Delicious.

 

Hell yes!

Today’s beer is not only a new beer for me but is also a ‘new’ beer for America: Augustiner Lagerbier Hell.

The US importer for Augustiner beers is Global Village Imports and this company rents office space from my local Retail Beer Distributor (which is less than a mile from my house). For the longest time they only imported two beer brands from Augustiner: Edelstoff (an Export version of a Helles) and Maximator (Doppelbock). But sometime recently they now import the Augustiner Helles which is labeled as Lagerbier Hell.

The ’good news’ for me is that I am able to purchase Augustiner beers, including this ‘new’ brand, at fairly reasonable prices. I paid $10.99 for this six-pack. From reading BA threads it appears that Augustiner beers can be quite pricey elsewhere. Maybe I can get it cheaper since my Retail Beer Distributor get it ‘directly’ vs. going through a Wholesale Distributor?

I am quite excited to try this new beer so enough jibber-jabber.

Served in my Spiegelau Lager beer glass:

Appearance:

Light golden colored with a white head which dissipated fairly quickly.

Aroma:

The aroma is mostly a sweet-ish Pilsner malt.

Taste:

The flavor follows the nose with a sweet-ish Pilsner Malt flavor. There is a low bitterness.

Mouthfeel:

Medium bodied with a dry finish.

Overall:

I enjoyed drinking this beer, it is very good. It is malt forward with the quality that German’s describe as süffig (has great drinkability).

Cheers!

@KOP_Beer_OUtlet @rotsaruch @RobH @speakorspasm @ATL6245

 

I have a similar perspective here but depending on the level of intensity and the other flavors in the beer I can enjoy it.

Cheers!

 

Holy smokes that's excellent! Northeast Sales here in Atlanta is their distributor. Maybe some of that will make it's way over here. Thanks for the heads up!

 

Thanks for the opening @Victory_Sabre1973 your post motivated me to open a new one. I say this cause I too still have a few more beers from @snaotheus, let’s just see how many beers from him we can all fit in this weekend? Here is my addition…

Machine House - Black Lager



Pours dark cola brown, nice clarity; white head with light shades of brown; spongy looking, collapses to leave some clumps here and there.

Nose is milk chocolate, light bready malt, faint toast; earthy hop character.

Taste is milk dud chocolate like; some light toast, light English hop character, brown leafy; little roast presents itself upon warming, mostly on the finish.

Light to medium body; very soft, lightly carbonated, silky, some light-moderate bitterness on the finish, clean with some light linger sweetness.

Cool little beer thanks for sharing @snaotheus has lager character as well as English beer character, mostly in mouthfeel, carbonation and softness.

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I hope to be back tomorrow with another new one. In the meantime share something new in your glass tonight.

 

I would recommend you contact them now and ask about this beer/drop. My beer was bottled in April and for the Helles beer style the fresher the better.

Cheers!

 

Will do!

 

Super excited this week since my favorite brewery is back in business! It's been 2 years and a few months since the last new beer from these guys, and it's been about 1 year since I last had one of their beers (while sharing with @Victory_Sabre1973 @GreenBayBA @LesDewitt4beer @cheeseheadinMinneapolis )

Hammerheart Nordland

Appearance: Clear yellow gold, good head.

Smell: Light smoke, mild grass.

Taste: Light sweetness, followed by bread, then finishes with light smoke and bread in the finish. Extremely drinkable.

Overall: Welcome back Hammerheart! This is a subtly smoked kveik pseudo lager that reminds me of Schlenkerla Helles. The smoke is there, but in the background. A great beer for summer!

 

That's absolutely fantastic news brother! Fantastic!! I'll be hunting for their beers now for sure and hopefully they'll get some distribution within MN. Cheers!!

 

This is really neat, I used to love reading reviews about these guys from @MNAle back before they closed. Always seemed like some interesting and very unique beers that they brewed.

 

Hoppin' Frogs BA D.O.R.I.S. the Destroyer
I purchased this for RIS thread a few weeks ago, finally got around to it. It is Xcellent.

4.49/5 rDev +3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Think, black, oily looking pour, one finger brown head, some spotty lacing and film. Booze is forefront on the nose, vanilla, cacao, molasses, some char. Flavors are similar, alot going on, all of good. Thick body provides a creamy mouthfeel.

 

Excellent beers. Deep flavors. Happy that they're brewing again! Thanks @Mdog for the update.

 

You're getting a very good deal on that beer. I shelled out $18.97 for my 6 pk. It better be good!!

 

It is indeed a good beer. I’ll be honest with you, I personally would not pay that amount.

Please let me know your thoughts here.

Cheers!

 

I nearly filled my pants doin' the Safety Dance when I saw the price. And at this price I'll only ever buy it once here and have only seen it at one store thus far. I enjoy this style of beer quite a bit and it's new-to-me so I was willing to bite the bullet. **I always remember that I get free beers if I want them at my drumming events. Things even out.