What beer are you drinking now? #2161

Brekeriet Saison Noble

 

Another version of the Ranger . . .



Sparkling light gold color with a modest white cap and good lacing.

Aroma is a generous melding of hops flowing with the strength of a good sized trout stream. It doesn't hit you with sharpness or darkness, rather a full rounded scent neatly layered atop a solid malt base.

Taste is outstanding. Rich malt and citrus, piney hops presenting together from the beginning and flowing in concert to the finish. There is a lushness about this malt/hop combination. The Brewer uses descriptors such as pine, grapefruit, orange, tropical fruit and toasted bread malt. I got all that except the orange but that doesn't mean it's isn't in there. Nothing untoward in the aftertaste, which brings the same pleasing flavors then exit as quickly as a conductor bringing down his baton.

Medium body that has all it needs to fully display the flavors.

I wasn't halfway through this review when I noticed my glass was 3/4ths empty and I wasn't particularly thirsty. It drinks that well but not with the casualness of tossing down a Bud Light, rather it simply tastes that good. Very, very good combination of hops with the right amount of supporting malt. Apparently not designed as a please all approach, the IBU level is more than my BL friends want yet not high enough for the hopheads of my acquaintance, it's as if New Belgium decided to see what could be done with this set of ingredients and pulled of a show stopping performance. Just a beautifully balanced rich rounded brew. Versatile as well, I can see pairing this with things diverse as Asian stir fry to bacon cheeseburgers.

 

Beer # 2 and a snack





Cheers again

 

Just finished off a Fresh Haze IPA while messing around outside.

 

Poured into a 13 oz Alchemy Teku glass canned on 9/10. Pours a slightly cloudy orange amber with a 2 finger sticky off white head that leaves big chunks of lace behind as it slowly settles. 4

Smell is biscuit, tangerine, pine resin, apricot, and some grapefruit rind and maybe some toffee. 3.5

Taste follows but actually some pine and grapefruit bitterness to go along with the tangerine, toffee, and apricot. 3.75

Mouthfeel is big, plenty of life, a tad dry, and drinks easy enough at 7%. 4

Overall this is more old school and that isn’t terrible I just have been hooked on NEIPAs as many and not what I was expecting. 3.75

 

uh-oh @woodychandler

 

One of the Iron and Glass owners is celebrating his birthday by sharing American Solara's Party Stout, a barrel aged stout with cherry bitters. Other one is Hop Butcher's Chillin' Out Maxin.

 

South Plains Holy Molé Porter

Crap beer...

 

Chilling with some fresh SOS now.

 

Brewdog Indie Pale Ale.
Cheers!

 

Starting the day off with something a little more refreshing, which I picked up yesterday .
CAPE MAY BREWING NJ
COASTAL EVACUATION
West Coast style DIPA 8 abv

Pretty damn tasty for sure .
CHEERS !!




Haha- great video

 

Anchor Steam Beer

 

Back behind the bar for the first time this week which means a bunch of new beers I haven't tried. We've had this one on before but it's just a good go-to beer.

Extra Special Bitter from Danish BeerHere, a 6.5% ABV bitter. Malty and drinkable and really hard to pour without a lot of foam. Sorry about that. But cheers!

 

Since I have nowhere to be today, I brought a Genealogy from Hill Farmstead to share, and also having another Chillin' so they can kick the keg and put something new on.

 

Going big this afternoon. Cheers!