What beer are you drinking now? #2003

NBS X-Post #2:

Never even heard of this brewery, but got from @The-Adjunct-Hippie. From Chicago. Delicious APA. Fantastic head retention and thick soapy lacing on the glass. Flavors of big grapefruit, tangerine, lemon, peach, pear, pineapple, ginger, mango, melon, citrus peel/rind, pepper, and pine hops; with moderate caramel, toasted biscuit, light nutty malt balance; and herbal, floral, grassy hop/spice earthiness. Similar/muted aromas. Light-moderate pine, citrus peel/rind, herbal, grassy bitterness; and galangal spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; balanced creamy/bready malts and sticky hops/spice in the mouthfeel. Slight resins/rinds, increasing dryness, no hop/spice astringency. Mildly increasing spice heat after the finish. Extremely easy drinking, 5.9%. So apparently galangal is like ginger. Not overwhelming on the beer profile. Has Chinook, Simcoe, Ahtanum, Amarillo, and Citra hops. Well balanced juicy/dank hop complexity, with a nice bready Munich/Victory malt backbone. Not overly sweet, spot on stuff for the style. 3.91


Italian Belgian pale ale. Apparently designed by Garrett Oliver. Excellent! Fantastic head retention/thick lacing on the glass. Aromas and flavors of big lemon, orange, peach, pear, red apple, melon, peppercorn, clove, and light banana yeast; with balanced honey, white bread dough, biscuity malts; herbal, floral, grassy hops; and yeast earthiness. Light-moderate herbal/grassy bitterness and peppery yeast spiciness on the finish. Medium-high carbonation, medium body, and moderately crisp/clean finishing. Balanced creamy/bready malts and sticky hops in the mouthfeel. Light-moderate increasing bitter/spicy/carbonated dryness. Very flavorful/refreshing, 6%. Absolutely nails the style. Very impressed. Perfectly balanced yeast, malts, and honey flavors; with solid earthy hop presence. The yeast character reminds me a lot of Brooklyn Sorachi Ace, so I am not surprised; seeing as Garret helped them make this beer. Probably gave them the strain he uses. Similar to Tank 7/Hennepin too. Definitely a saison yeast. 4.08


Flanders red from @MacMalt. I get to be the second review on both sites! Very nice stuff. Great head retention/lacing for the style. Flavors of big lightly tart cherry, cranberry, raspberry, strawberry, raisin, plum, lemon, orange, peach, pear, apricot, melon, red/green apple, red grape/wine, hay, straw, grass, and toasted oak; with moderate caramel, brown sugar, bready malt balance; light leather, vanilla, musty funk, red wine vinegar, pepper, and yeast earthiness. Similar/muted aromas. Very mild lactic tartness and yeast/wine/oak tannin spiciness on the finish. Medium carbonation/body; creamy/bready malts; light lactic acidity and oak tannins in the mouthfeel. Lightly increasing acidic/tannic dryness. No pucker. Very easy drinking, 7.8%. Well rounded Brett/Lacto complexity, balanced malts, and great wine barrel presence after 19 months of sitting around. Spot on style example, but not as impressive as I hoped for. 3.88


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