New Beer Weekend #6

Wife took the kids out for a play date with friends naturally I took advantage...



Aroma is awesome, lightly toasted bread and just a tad of something sweet in there too. Head dissipated but there’s a lingering frothy creamy head that stays, makes for a very appetizing look. What caught me off guard is how opaque this one is. It may be chill haze cause it’s clearing a little as I drink it but it is still staying a little hazy. I feel like most imports seem to be crystal clear so for me that’s different here.

Very good taste much like aroma taste is darker wheat bread maybe even pretzel like and very full. Still very clean and easy to drinking though. Carbonation is perfect almost has a draft like mouthfeel smooth and creamy.

Overall you very good full flavored marzen that goes down nice and easy. Really glad I grabbed a few bottles. Very enjoyable stuff.

@FBarber

 

Good afternoon, New Beer Weekend comrades...today's new beer is a surprising new beer to me, because I would have guessed that I had tried it before (actually, I may have tried it, but I don't remember and I didn't review it).

Ignore the bourbon for now. I'll get to that in another thread.

330ml bottle served in a tulip. "Enjoy Best Before" 02.21.

Pours a rich amber-copper color with a big head that fades in a few minutes to a small head. Medium carbonation. Smell is rich toffee and barley, a whiff of grass.

Taste is similar -- not as sweet as I was expecting from the smell, I get almost a roast bitterness, I definitely get a lot of toffee. Not 100% sure how to describe the bitterness I get from this, but I'm enjoying it. Maybe a burnt toffee.

Mouthfeel is medium, not heavy, definitely not light. Overall, very nice beer.

Definitely better than the Spaten Oktoberfestbier Ur-Märzen I had out camping earlier this week.

 

Just finished packing up several boxes to ship out to NBS BIF #12 participants, now it's on to my next beer.....Little Sip from Lawson's Finest Liquids. I came in well under rDev on this, which is pretty consistent for me when it comes to IPAs. I enjoy them, just not as much as most BAs. This was fairly crushable & I'd definitely drink it again.

3.83/5 rDev -10.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.75

Canned 7/31/20 and poured into a tulip. Pour resulted in two fingers of fluffy head that eventually left behind moderate amounts of lacing. Color is fairly light, and fairly clear. Smell is sweet & floral. Doesn't waft out of the glass, but when up close, it smells quite nice. Taste has very faint notes of grapefruit, but overall almost tastes like a session beer with a lightly piney finish. This is a clean and crisp beer that goes down very easily.

 

Mikkeller Nelson Sauvin Brut 2020


Pours a slightly clouded amber color with a bigger, stable head.


Smells of intense blue cheese, leather and flowery herbs among caramel and lighter oak. Got a juicy white wine grape hoppiness to it, blending into old apples and lime zest.


Its mouthfeel is light and refreshing with a well developed, sparkly effervescense.


Tastes of dry, bitter hops whichs apperance get enhanced by an equally dry wood quality, entangled into tart funk and floral white wine grapes. The acidity in this gets more pronounced, pretty much filtering everything out from the palate with the exeption of dry hops and sweet caramel malts. Finishes even sweeter, heavier on the malts, with some balancing dry hops, light leather and an ongoing tartness.


Solid, with a peaking, unpleasantly unbalanced sweetness, numbing down pretty much anything else, apart from the prominent dry- and tartness in this.

 

Buffalo Ridge Court Jester Quad, 9.7% ABV. Pours dark reddish brown with a half finger beige head. Nose is malty and sweet, taste follows, slightly sweet slightly bitter. Not a strong or particularly great flavor, though not horrible either. Decent mouthfeel, overall very good.

3.68/5 rDev +46%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5

I don't rate many beers under 4, but this wasn't the best quad I've had. Not a drain pour, but wouldn't have it again. The Cajun fries that I had with it were outstanding though, and the beertendress gave me a number of samples of her favorites.

 

Interesting, I had that beer with some age on it, and I thought it was sweet because it was old, but your review shows it is sweet even when fresh. Good to know. Interesting beer and style nonetheless. Cheers!

Actually looks like I had the Nelson Sauvin Brut Dry Hopped, and the Nelson Sauvin Brut Chardonnay Barrel with oranges and passion fruit. Still, similar beers.

 

New beer #3 today is also style tic #105...I’ve had Imperial Reds in the past, just never reviewed any here...Bell’s “This One Goes To 11”...let’s go!



Opaque deep amber/reddish pour; off white head; poor cap retention leaves a small island of micro dots, thin ring and spotty lacing; thin legs on swirl. Nose is sweet cherries, pine and honey. Bitter orange, pine and booze; sweet malty base; boozy cough syrup finish. Medium body, sticky resin feel, moderate carbonation; warmth in mouth from 11% abv; no astringency; dry woody finish. Overall, the alcohol, sweet and bitter go back and forth (similar to how sweet and sour pork dishes do so), an interesting juxtaposition of countervailing flavors; and it reminds me of how much I like the boozy bite of aged DFH 120, yet dangerously easy easy drinking; a rare, for me, sum of the parts triumphs score-wise; I like!

4.25 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.25
Score: 4.07 rDev - 2.2%

 

Good evening, New Beer Weekend!

I was pleasantly surprised see this beer on the shelf. As with other fruited lambics from Tilquin this bottle was $14.99.

Oude Myrtille Sauvage Tilquin (2018 - 2019)



Look: Murky and almost opaque. Crimson liquid (in the sunlight) with light pink foam that settles to a thin ring around the edge of the glass. Away from the sunlight the color is a darker purple like grape juice. Some visible carbonation. No lacing. This beer is attractive.

Smell: The nose on this beer is incredible. A melange of sweet, jammy and tart blueberry, lemon, orange, floral, powdery, (more than I recall getting in Tilquin) barnyard funk (manure), peppery, sweet spiciness, herbal bay leaf, grassy.

Taste: The tip of the tongue is sweet blueberry. Mid palate it goes slightly sour and bitter. A soft lemon juice acidity with tart blueberry, blueberry skin and raspberry. Peanut and peanut skin. The finish is dry, woody, and leaves a pleasant, crackery wheat finish.

Feel: Semi-dry and well carbonated.

Overall: The is one of the more expressive Tilquin beers I’ve had. The nose is highly complex, and the flavor is wonderful with a nice tart blueberry profile.

4.39/5 rDev +5.3%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25

Back of the bottle detail as I approach the final swig. Cheers!



@JamFuel

 

Second and probably last new beer of the day (but not the weekend), Levante's Strataphonic.


16oz can served in a Flat Stick Pub can shaped glass. Dated 07/13/20. Bought it on Tavour.

Pours a hazy pale yellow with a medium-large head and medium-high carbonation. Smell is super juicy, very bright citrus. Lots of lemon.

Taste is juicy and bitter, a little bit of a creaminess to it, bitterness I think comes across as lemon rind or pith, maybe some pine.

Mouthfeel is light, almost fluffy. Overall, really nice beer.

 

That Widow Jane is supposedly brewed with cave water from a mine cave quite near to here. Pretty sure I visited it back in the day when I got my nickname, and before it was used for the whiskey.

Nice description of that beer, one I love and can't wait to taste! Cheers!

 

ramstein ink black lager
...cola black/brown
..medium carbonation with a just below average body
. ..aroma is malt,toast,licorice caramel, dark honey.
..taste is mildly sweet with an even lighter hop bite. A malty,honey, licorice candy taste coats the mouth and lingers.
...maybe its just my mood but this is phenomenal, a really nice surprise. Sorry I just picked up a six pack.

 

First rating on Beeradvocate of JD (Juice Diet) from Project Craft Brewing.

4.38/5 rDev 0%
look: 5 | smell: 4.5 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25

Poured from a 16 ounce can into a IPA glass.

Look- Dark straw, frothy white head, hazy, average head retention, above average lacing.

Smell- Tangerine, pineapple, melon, grapefruit.

Taste- Ripe melon, herbal, grapefruit, tangerine, slightly sharp citrusy finish.

Feel- Between medium and full body, low bitterness, soft, average carbonation, lingering astringent finish.

 

We needed this beer in our last NBS BIF #11 (Nigel Tufnel's Wet Dream)

 

ramstein imperial pilsner
..clear light amber
..body and carbonation are just a hair below average
....aroma is sugary malt, bread and toast, slightly floral and a little sweet citrus peel and fruit
...taste doesn't stray too far from the aroma and reminds me of everything I love about pilsners. Slight mix of mild bitter hops and sweetness linger in the aftertaste.
..again I'm fortunate to be pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed thispic uploader

 

Happy Saturday afternoon/evening BA’s. I had plenty of beer in the fridge already but saw the sixers of Oktoberfest just arrived at the local supermarket when I went to pick up a few things so why not?!

It’s not their best but it’s an easy drinker with nothing offensive or off putting, and the price is always right. I know 2015 is the one everyone speaks of in hushed tones and it was great, but I really liked their first one that was released in sixers and mixed packs. It was also the hoppiest version, IMO, and that fall mixed pack was great with the Vienna and Kolsch I believe but know for sure it had Vienna. Everybody have a good one, cheers!

3.96/5 rDev +4.8%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4

Pours dark gold, very clear with a little head and wispy lace. Not much on the aroma, a little bready malt and dark fruit. The taste is bready, malty, the aforementioned dark fruits and subtle german hops. It’s also pretty clean, crisp, and dry for what I think is supposed to be a Marzen but this hybrid drinks well in the hot weather. It’s not their best, but still good and very drinkable with a price point that won’t kick you in the ass, cheers!


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