What Beer Are You Drinking Now? #3115

@mschrei, I will drink some cake for your celebration!

 

Good morning BAs! Thank @mschrei for unlocking the doors this morning. Chores done...coffee time - FBS:



Bottled 3/11/21. Poured at 53°. Delish.

The dog walk earlier was pleasant enough, but now it’s just hot and sultry, so I’m enjoying my break indoors. Our monthly bottle share is this afternoon, and I have errands to run beforehand. I hope to rejoin y’all then, but I’ve found it difficult to post in real time given the liveliness of the moment... Cheers and have a great Saturday!

 

Good day BAS! Off to a sunny start today after the rain and wind of the last two days - was on the road for an unplanned run to Dulles and Alexandria then back up to Elkton and Lancaster. Got home late enough last night to miss round 1 of the IPA cyberfest, so I'm starting a bit late.



OK, I guess, but a distance below SoS - rating 3.74, rDev -10.7%.

 

Dortmunder from Lupulin Brewing.

Very solid.

 

Red Imperial Ales Race for Leadership (drinking Chaz 1 now)

Chaz 1 | Carton | 6% | Atlantic Highlands, NJ
4.5/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.5 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.5
1st Review. 4-28-21. At brewer. Outstanding, and as intense as a strong bronze ale like Bastard or a chewy cabernet wine.
a) Darkened end of the red brown burnt umber spectrum with a dense lasting ringing cloud cover khaki head.
s) Malt, cedar, wood shavings, skin, tannins.
t) All the above rolled up into a big reefer adding wood-smoke, medicine cabinet, pine, spruce, juniper, black bread.
f) Chewy without being sweet, finale peppers and smokes nicely.
o) Sits up on the podium of Carton collaborative creations. “I know that.”

Nugget Nectar | Troegs | 7.5% | PA
4.4
This may be best-in-USA Imperial IPA. 7.5% but calm, mellow, warming. Let this beer warm to open up. I needed to go back and taste against other favorites like Stone and the very different unfiltered seaside Ipswich.
12 oz poured into a .5 L cylinder.
A: Clear, copper, amber with nice 2 finger white head with great lacing and lots of lasting retention.
S: Great nose. … fruity, piney, cedary, grapefruit, cigar box… . fresh. Powerful. let it warm.
T: Almost a 5! Nice balance of sweet, toasty malt and fresh, oily hops that explode with flavor. Bitter, piney, fruity, dry. Nugget Nector is apt name.
M: Good weight and body. bitter and dry. Smooth and clean. Well carbonated, clean. Class IPA feel.
O: Agree with others this beer is World-class. Hop presence is strong. A benchmark beer.

G’Knight | Oskar Blues | 8.7% | NC/CO
4.3
Try 24! Upped G when I return to rate it.
One of my favorites, as no one seems to get the round body as right as either Oskar, Stone, or Green Flash.
A: Poured from a 16 oz can into a Leffe chalice. Great off-white head that retains and laces nicely. Pours clear, deep , original amber color with a finger of white head. A looker
S: First, earthy hops, next grapefruit and pine. Kind of like an uber Dales Pale Ale with malty sweetness finish. The hop first, citrus second, malt sweetness third. Nice. As sure as a traffic light.
T: Lovely alternation of sweet malts and piney hops. Complex, but not messy. Original and novel, a big beer. The alcohol nicely masked, even tho doubles are not my thing. Pine hop, citrus, malt sweet. Green, Yellow, Red.
M: The body is full, syrupy, weighty. A great food or after dinner beer, great end of evening beer, not an appetizer. great with sauces, meats, cheeses, even dessert. Nice finish without being cloying.
D: A great DIPA. It’s malty and sweet, bordering on Scottish. Well done.

Honorable Mention: Lagunitas Lucky 13 Mondo Large Red Ale, Great Lakes Nosfertu, Green Flash Hop Head Red.

 

Spring time and beer, and maybe a julep later.

 

Second maple smoked beer in as many weeks and both have been great. Love the combo as the smoke tempers the maple beautifully

 

1,666? Hmmm....
Morning-appropriate coffee stout with some morning-appropriate metal? 'k

 

Breakfast beer and second cuppa joe.....after an earlier hike with Emma, cleaning the house, laundry washed and hanging up in the sun to dry.....ahhh, nice! Some boating in order this afternoon and perhaps splashing the Hobie cat for the season!



breakfast with baby!!


crank that shit up....

 

Cheers!

 

Today's weather in Titletown, USA, is supposed to be amazing!

 

Good morning BA's! At Highgrain Brewing Co. drinking an Aurora Norwegian Table Ale...


Cheers!

 

Let's hope some of that weather comes this way. I'm 2 hours to the South of you. Cloudy, windy and 50. I did a 20/20/40 bike ride today. It was 20 miles, in 20 MPH winds and 42 degrees. Going to hit 30MPH winds this afternoon.

Burned off enough calories to have a fun BA night tonight.

 

Fully vaccinated and back at the bar...my friend Jeff’s very nice Belgian Pale Ale: Pale New Day.

 

Highgrain Brewing Co. Brook... A Robust Porter.


Cheers!