New Beer Weekend #47

Greetings All from the Great Northwest where we are seasonable but still in severe drought. A little rain overnight but not near enough.

Today we have Lil' Squeezy Juicy Pale Ale.
https://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/63/420366/

A very drinkable pale ale. I think it's a lighter version of the Fresh Squeeze IPA.

Until next time

 

Apparently no longer retired, but personally, I think it should be.
Bottled 4/13/21, drank today.
Poured a hazy straw yellow with floaties. Sparse head and virtually no lacing.
The aroma was faint but I could smell banana, I think.
The taste was curious, just quite unexpected as I couldn’t taste banana, coconut or vanilla. What I did taste was beets. Now I enjoy a good borscht but beets and beer don’t mix well.
The feel was okay, I think the floaties affected this aspect.
OA- I am glad to have been able to try this and just as happy I only got one.
Cheers!

 

You write well. Maybe a history or story about your family business could provide you a creative option and open some doors. I'm certain that as things hopefully return to "normal" a memoir about this time as it relates to your family could be a solid entry into the new genre of Covid life? There are and will be many more personal tales about these times. It is like science fiction coming to life and visiting us. Anyway, I hope your family is well all the way around and that good fortune will find its way to your life. Cheers....

 

Good Evening Gents! Second post in NBW. First was of a beer that had just been disc.

Tonight I have enjoyed Grimm Brothers- 3 Golden Hairs. I have been exploring German Pilsners and Helles recently and this is a Pilsner that is Czech in style and one that is on the subtle hops and fuller malt side than some. Really likeable and I suppose crushable.

I scored it 4.04 overall which is on the higher side of the bell curve for me.

Grimm – 3 Golden Hairs

L- 95% transparent straw color with a nice white 2F head

N- Spicy hop notes and a yeasty sweet bread aroma.

T- Creamy yeasty malt that is not sweet but really tastes of freshly baked white sweet bread dough. Has a bit of lemony spice of some sort that hits the tip and sides of the tongue. Hops are a light version of the typical German spicy variants and do a great job in keeping this subtle and flavor nuanced. This beer has enough going on that you want to take another sip quickly.

M- Creamy medium bodied beer with very fine bubbles in good quantity. Finish is lightly dry with a bit of cloying malt at the back of the tongue and throat.

O- I was not expecting this beer to be as malty or as subtly hopped. This is another Pilsner that steps back a notch from the Germans and below the sweetness of a Helles. I like it and will seek out a 6er for further studies.

 

Great lakes mexican lager.
Clear light gold appearance
....around medium carbonation with a slightly thin body
....aroma is lime juice,lime peel,corn chips,malt,with a little cereal
. ..taste is lime,corn, corn chips,malt,yeast,some bitter lime zest on the finish.
..overall its not great but it was a decent beer that I enjoyed

 

Elk Valley Matching Mullets, an American Pale With Grapefruit, Blood Oranges & Habaneros, 5.8% ABV; 3.82 overall

Pours a hazed gold with a pinky of beige head. Zero head retention & lacing

S: Pink grapefruit

T: Pink grapefruit, a little bitterness from blood orange, some dryness up front, along with some pepper heat. A little leafy hops & dryness mixes in with chille heat & blood orange bitter as this warms> Finishes with plenty of grapefruit & chille heat, plus dryness

MF: Medium body, light carbonation, good balance

Pretty drinkable & interesting one off APA

 

Thank you! I enjoyed doing it.

 

Prairie Cherry Bomb!, 13% ABV; 3.98 Overall

Pours a chestnut-hued mahogany with a thumb+ of mocha colored head. No head retention or lacing

S: Chocolate, coffee

T: Follows the nose along with dryness, along with a little sweet & tart cherry, plus a little chille heat up front. A little dryness & coffee goes with a general Cherry Cordial flavor as this warms, a little pepper heat on the edges, along with a touch of smokeyness. Finishes a little dry with chocolate, cherry & a touch of chille

MF: Fairly chewy with low carbonation

A nice iteration of the series, well put together & drinkable

 

So long as it’s not a Chicago Sunroof

 

A few responses to posts from yesterday:

• Just wanted to thank @Shanex for his moderation and his great posts here and WBAYDN, and just being a nice and good person and welcoming to all you encounter!
• @champ103 not only pulls out great music on a daily (hourly) basis, but also really appreciate his sharing of books. I scarfed down Madison Smartt Bell's Waiting for the End of the World in just over a day, and I'm not a big fiction reader. Love his beer reviews as well.
• A few folks mentioned the NBW/NBS discussion thread. I've seen @Todd pop into WBAYDN a few times, but possibly haven't been on this thread long enough to catch him join in here. Perhaps he'll stop by and share a beer with us here soon.
• @FBarber - I hope your second go at Goldfinger Pils is better. You had some weird coloring and aroma when I checked out your review. I did like my beer, rated it above average (3.5), but I don't think folks looking for a traditional balanced Pils will like it.

More beers added to my "to find list than a typical Saturday, including:

• Immigrant by Hammerhead as reviewed by @Roy_Hobbs , by way of @Victory_Sabre1973 with @GreenBayBA 's testifying as to the greatness of this brewery.
• @Snowcrash000 's S. H. I. T. beer. Really glad brewers are returning to Black IPAs and that they executing the stout blend very well.
• Despite @TongoRad 's review, I want to track down the Dovetail Rauchweizen, primarily because of my love of their Grodziskie smoked beer.
• Hope to find a Malort 312 next March, looking forward to trying the Suffolk County I have soon.

Will return with a review of my first beer I plan on opening soon, but not before leaving with a song that popped in my head, and on my you tube inspired by @Snowcrash000 's selection: Special by Garbage (which nicely closes with an ode to The Pretenders, one of my all time favorites). I haven't thought of Garbage in forever, glad I did today!

 

It is @FBarber funny thing is know a lot of the towns close by but never had heard of Estelle manor itself.

Next time we’re gonna try and hit Estelle manor park. Old crumbing brick glassworks building, lots of trails and playgrounds.

I still haven’t tried a Hamms @MNAle I need to find some. Places I tend to frequent don’t have it but I think it is definitely around NJ.

 

Browar Witnica Black Boss Porter.



L: Pours mahogany with 1/2" tan head, which slowly fades. Moderate lacing. 4.25

S: Roasty, coffee, caramel. 4.5

T: Coffee, caramel, roast malt, toffee, Molasses, raisin, licorice. 4.5

F: Full bodied, moderate carbonation. Thick, semisweet finish. 4.25

OA: This is another outstanding Porter from Poland. 4.5

 

Welcome to New Beer Sunday #851! I've been keeping the count since the transition, but the NBS discussion thread and linked first NBW post made me realize the final NBS wasn't a stand alone thread, that NBW #1 was also NBS #805, so I've been off one this whole time. Therefore, this beer is for the NBS that never was recognized, NBS 850.

850 AD was the year coffee was discovered, so I had this beer to celebrate from a new to me brewery until recently. I really loved their Pilsner, Technical Ecstasy, one of my Top 10 new to me beers this year.

2nd Shift Liquid Spiritual Delight



Can Notes: 12 ounces canned 2/16/21, poured into a snifter glass. Brewed and Canned by Crider Brewing LLC. in Saint Louis, MO. (Apparently their legal name, with 2nd Shift Brewing their DBA name). 11.5% ABV. Imperial Stout with Blueprint Coffee and Vanilla. Liquid Spiritual Delight is our chewy, chocolatey imperial stout that we've artfully paired with Tahitian vanilla beans and blended with Blueprint Coffee Penrose.

Appearance: Very dark brown, rich tan head dissipates quickly leaving no trace. 3.75

Aroma: Strong, heavy on the natural smelling vanilla, the coffee comes through next. Smells good, but don't necessarily like the way it blends here. Let this warm for several more minutes and liked it better. A nice roast malt follows, chocolate and fudge. Still too much vanilla for my tastes, but overall pretty good. (about a 3.0 until it warmed) 4.0

Taste: Coffee leads well, dark roast bitter, pleasant. Nice sweet milk chocolate, chocolaty fudge and roast malt follows. Vanilla in a good spot here, complementing it all. Letting this warm enough brought out a very nice complexity. Roast malt base comes through as well, sounds very sweet, but this is not cloying and is a nice well executed blend. Definitely on point. 4.25

Mouthfeel: Full body, stickiest of stickies, very thick and creamy, decedent. No carbonation, sweet overall, drinks too easy for an 11.5% imperial stout, easy clean finish, super enjoyable. 4.75

Overall: This is an excellent coffee vanilla imperial stout. Smelled one dimensional until it was at proper temperature and then the complexity really burst. Very enjoyable from first to last sip, don't typically seek stouts beyond barrel or coffee, but picked this up based on my great experience with their Pilsner and am very glad I did. Need to visit this brewery and a few others in Saint Louis later this year. Another great 2nd Shift beer! 4.5

The accompanying review music is inspired by the beer name. See you back later with a light an easy beer to pair with lunch/dinner. Cheers!

 

Getting laid off from my dream job nearly 20 years ago ended up being the best thing that ever happened to me. Hoping you have a similar experience soon!

 

Good day BAs! Welcome to another edition of NBW, sub-section NBS. Today's New Breakfast Beer isn't New in the sense that I've never had it before - I sucked down a LOT of these in plastic glasses on my recent trip to TX - but it is new in the sense that I added it to the BA data base, uploaded the photo, and logged the first review.



BBFB (Bourbon Barrel Fracking Blackstrap Imperial Stout (2021 version)) from 5 Stones. At reefer temperature shelf at Five Stones Artisan Brewery, New Braunfels, TX. About $ 10 /16.9 oz bottle (about $ 0.592/oz). Stored at home at 42 degrees. Reviewed 13/6/21. Note that I use DD/MM/YY protocol.
Undated bottle other than “2021” on front label. Served at 52.3 degrees in a hand washed and dried Jester King snifter. Final temperature 59.1 degrees.
Appearance – 3.
First pour – Ruby Brown (SRM 24), clear.
Body – Black (SRM 40), opaque. When rear-lite, translucent ruby around the edge.
Head – Tiny (Maximum seven mm, aggressive center pour), fawn, low density froth before settling into a high density three mm crown, and a thin partial cap, both of which last.
Lacing – None.
Aroma – 4 – Weak molasses and weak roasted malt, no hops, no yeast, no bourbon, no barrel.
Flavor – 4.5 – Begins mildly sweet with a generic dark fruitiness, a hint of molasses, exceptionally smooth and non-threatening bourbon, no hops, no yeast, and no ethanol (? % ABV, NOT marked on container) taste or aroma. No dimethylsulfide or diacetyl. Neither vanillin nor tannin from the barrels is detected.
Palate – 4 – Medium, almost creamy, soft carbonation.
Final impression and summation: 4.5 The whole is greater than the sum (or average) of the parts. On my last trip to TX, we spent several afternoons at 5 Stones, eating and consuming (me, anyway) multiple plastic glasses of BBFB. This brew was sooooo good I should have bought a case! Unlike many BBA stouts, the bourbon smoothly fit in, while not being dominant or aggressive – there was/is no ethanol burn. I did ask and was told what bourbon barrels were used; unfortunately, I’ve since forgotten but I do remember being suitably impressed.
Rating 4.2, rDev 0% (First Review)