New Beer Weekend #304

Cold School Death Metal from Texas!

 

Not on Working Man's Dead, but playing it right now...

grateful dead 100 000 tons of steel

 

Muck Raker
9% imperial stout
Minocqua Brewing Company

Thanks to @LesDewitt4beer for this beer. Cheers Andy.



Poured from pint can, the body is a deep brown with light tan head. Solid lacing.

Aroma is a light sweet malt with vague notes of coffee. . Taste follows nose and added is a burly char, deep malt with bitterness. Flavors of roasted coffee in the background. ABV is well masked but for a bit at swallow. Just a bit of booze then it’s gone.

Mouthfeel is medium with good carbonation.

Easy drinking big stout.

 

Closing out the wknd, and squeezing one more new one into NBW!
A gift from a friend back from NC.
Well-crafted brew, with notes of cedar, pineapple, and mango, but, overall, just too tame for me.
I like my IPAs big, bold, and bitter!
Cheers, BA

 

Foam Brewers - The World At Large
This is an 8% ABV Hazy Imperial IPA and a collaboration between Foam Brewers and Bissell Brothers. It's very tasty - one thing that I enjoy about this is that it's both juicy and has a bitter, dry finish.

Cross-posted in WBAYDN #4958 and What New England beer are you drinking now? (2026)

 

Love this!^^^

 

"Some IPAs taste like you're running through a field of hops naked, covered in glue."

Here in the PNW, we call that Tuesday.

Give me rude, naked, proudly bitter IPAs.

 

A couple of new beers to post, don't shut this down yet...

 

Coop Ale Works Brewer's Choice Pale Ale, 5.2% ABV; 4.15 overall

Pours an effervescent & bright gold/honey color with 2 fingers of rocky pearl covered head. Above average head retention & lacing

S: Bready with orchard fruits & honeysuckle, wish some hops showed up in the nose

T: Follows the nose with flinty dryness & woody hops up front. Pear & peach, plus breadyness once this beer is warmer along with piney & herbal hops. Finishes dry with woody & herbal hops, plus white grapes & gooseberry

MF: Medium body & restrained carbonation, nice balance

Drinks easy; well-crafted APA