What beer are you drinking now? #1072

Beer is good. It's a good thing. If you don't like beer, you don't like good things. It's been awhile since I've posted in an NBS or WBAYDN? thread, but here I am.

From the NBS thread...

I was going to go with a Prairie BOMB! before work at 2, but I thought that'd make me feel a little... rushed and drunk. So, I'm having a Spectra Trifecta.


Bottled 8/31 and poured 9/27. $2.29 for a single.

Appearance: Even with an aggressive pour, not much of a head to speak of at all -- what there was fizzled away within a few seconds. The color is golden yellow with some haze. No lacing, and only a really small ring of head around the glass. Nice color, but that's about it. (3.5/5)

Smell: Brewed with chamomile, ginger, and lemongrass, you say? Well, that's what it smells like. All three of those with a very slight biscuity malt aroma. The chamomile, ginger, and lemongrass together makes for a lavender-like aroma. Very nice, sweet, perfumey nose. (4.25/5)

Taste/feel: It hits all at once, but at the same time, each taste can be differentiated. I wanted to say the chamomile is the most prominent flavor, but then the other ingredients come in. Like the smell, a bit of lavender comes through in the taste out of nowhere. All of the flavors are quite strong, but at the same time, don't destroy the base beer in any way -- I think this is mostly because Founders seemingly gingerly used ginger in this beer: it's a strong flavor, and I don't think they brewed Spectra Trifecta with too much of it. The malt and yeast comes in on the finish and aftertaste, and is bready and cracker-like, like I would expect from the style. The mouthfeel is excellent for the style, with a moderately prickly carbonation, and a fairly light body. (4/5, 4/5)

This is a very, very refreshing beer, and would make for a perfect Spring or early Summer seasonal release from Founders. I hope to see it back sometime then.

(4/5)

(4.03/5 +4.1% rDev)

Cheers, BA!

 

Good morning everyone. Happy Sunday~!

 

Great Lakes Nosferatu

 

Flying Dog Counter Culture Red Ale

 

EvilTwin Ying & Yang

 

Taste excellent right out of the can.

 

Let's get this party started - geeks. GO PANTHERS!

 

This little glass of OJ pale ale from Fate (AZ). Nelson/Galaxy hops. Juicy indeed, including the accompanying astringency. Quite nice, but I can't help but wonder if clearing this up would reduce that astringency.

 

Sunday funday!!



Cheers all!!

 

Seems kinda quiet in here for a Sunday. Next I gotta check out New Beer Sunday.

 

Went to the beer store this morning and look what I found in six packs now!!!!!! Bottled 8 22 15

 

A second beer before work...

Bottled 9/8 and poured into a Sam Adams Perfect Pint on 9/27. $2.29 single.



Appearance: Hazy pale orange color with two fingers of head that stay for quite awhile. There's also a ton of thick lacing through most of the glass. This is a beautiful looking IPA. (4.25/5)

Smell: The very definition of "dank." Seriously... just resinous as all hell and basically just smells like pot infused with mangoes and some pineapple. The hops are very in-your-face, juicy and pure. There may be a malt aroma in there somewhere, but it's buried under layers and layers of hops. (4/5)

Taste/feel: First off, great body -- medium/full with a mid-level carbonation that works perfectly. The flavor of this beer, well, it reminds me of a Short's beer. This beer is smothered, layered, piled, and stuffed with hops. This labeled as a Pale Ale on this site, but the label says IPA -- and it definitely is the latter. This beer is borderline over-the-top with the hops. Actually, I shouldn't say that this beer has too many hops (HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE!?) as much as this beer doesn't have enough malt. ERMAGERDNESS has an intense blend of both resinous, piney hops (primarily those, I'd say), along with a mango, papaya, and slight pineapple taste. I'd constitute this as a light-ish IPA given its ABV, and it sort of tastes like most of those do: very hoppy with very little malt flavor. The reason why I don't mind it too much in this beer though is that ERMAGERDNESS has an awesome mouthfeel. (4/5, 4.25/5)

Good, not great -- once again, Short's, I think, misses out on balance. I absolutely love the hop flavors on this beer, but there's no malt characteristics to give it any sort of real balance, and that's ultimately why this beer falls short of being phenomenal to me, and also why I'm sticking it with a 3.75 overall rating.

(3.75/5)

4.01/5 (-1.5% rDev)

 

Ready for some football

 

I'm so behind on posting today.

I had this one after getting back from my run this morning before sun-up.



Next up was one of my three favorite beers, Ozark's BDCS.



I followed that with another Ozark beer, their Belgian Golden Ale.



After that came a Big Bear. I'm almost finished with it and am rummaging around trying to find the next.

 

Happy Sunday Kids , Cubs and Cowboys are on at the Same Time Today, Have to figure out how
to get 2 tv's hooked up at once in the Man Cave. .... This one's for all My Cowboys Hater's Ha Ha.
Dallas Gonna Get Spanked Bad Today... Have a Great Day Everyone. !

 

Good..morning? Beer time it is while pickling some sweet peppers

First time trying this and using a non-canning recipe, find out how they turn out tomorrow I guess, sipping on this Resin is making it easier!



Cheers!

 

Happy football Sunday ba. Easing back into it. One of the better black ale/ipa I've had in a bit. 3-0 coming right up,

 

Great picture!