What are you drinking?

[Kealia]

I hit this again last night because it is so damn good.

For those that haven't had it, this beer is actually crystal clear. It's the lighting that makes this look like a NEIPA.

[Kealia]

Yum.

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[swenocha]

Warming things up for you all in Nashville. Trying a new place out... it's actually over by the house you all rented last time. Dickel barrel aged Navel Gazer imperial stout at New Heights brewery...

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[Inkleg]

Armung things up for you all in Nashville. Trying a new place out... it's actually over by the house you all rented last time. Dickel barrel aged Navel Gazer imperial stout at New Heights brewery...

Hope you're not suffering too much doing all this "research".

[RandyG]

Hey all, 1st pour of my last 2 B/D past good date batches. The IPA and the WCPA. Both had some steeping grains and Saf-05 yeast. Both were ok,nuttin special,but for about $10 a case,ya just can't beat it. Gonna try and brew 2 SMASH batches before the end of the year. Cheers.

[Inkleg]

I've brewed quite a few ok, nuttin special beers myself. Like yours they drank just fine.

[Kealia]

Yesterday I came across this in my local Nob Hill and it caught my attention. It is a single-hop pale ale using Nelson Sauvin and it's from a New Zeland brewery! This was me -->



I poured it into the stemware shown and quickly took a whiff. Nada. Ok, I can live with that since it's a pale ale and not an IPA. I took a sip and......malty. And not a malt I like, either. At first I couldn't put a finger on what I didn't like and I thought it might be "too English" for my liking, but then I went to the brewery's site and poked around a bit. I think it is Vienna that I don't like. It dominated the flavor and the hops didn't come through at all. I've always found NS to be subtle and I think they just got overpowered in this beer.

I tried to like it. Really, I did. But I just couldn't. Some people don't like Citra, some are sensitive to other ingredients and I've discovered that I don't like Vienna in large quantities. Obviously, I don't know how much they used, but it was too much for me. Maybe somebody else that likes Vienna could have picked out the NS, but not for me. I pawned it off on my in-laws and made them swear to return the bottle to me because I really dig the bottles. They have dragon scales on them (and a ridge up one side) so I will re-use them for something soon. I think I may make an amber using Red-X malt (thanks for the reminder about this malt, Beer-lord) and some NS hops and call it Dragon's Blood - just so I can use these bottles for some of it.

Nob Hill had two other beers from them in stock, too. Their other APA and their Pilsner - which typically isn't my favorite style but it sounds tasty.

I just sent the brewery a note to ask them about how to read the bottling dates on the bottles so I can check and see how fresh they are before I make a decision.

[swenocha]

I have a lot of Christmas/Winter beers queued up. This one is always a good one. Gouden Carolus Noël from Brouwerij Het Anker

A few other Christmas/Winter beers had recently...



All of this, and the beer advent still remaining. I better get drinking...

[mashani]

I'm drinking the English ESB/IPA like beer that I used American IPA levels of Strata hops in.

Aroma is dank and tropical. Flavor is potent, and it tastes like someone took a giant reefer (Cheech and Chong variety) dipped it in grapefruit juice, and stuffed that in a papaya, and somehow managed to smoke that whole package.

I like it. This is a good stand alone hop, if you like dank dopey mixed with tropical hops.

No dope for you? Run away.

Me, I'll buy more of this stuff.

[Beer-lord]

Have never read a description like that before but I can taste it. You should write a beer book!

[swenocha]

More Nashville IPA research... for science... Bearded Iris Mood Ring and Yazoo Hopry. Both quite good...

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[swenocha]

Blackstone Hopjack IPA and Pieology for the win...


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[TonyKZ1]

Wow, Beer and Pizza. It doesn't get much better than that!

[BlackDuck]

Wow, Beer and Pizza. It doesn't get much better than that!

Especially for lunch...during the week!!!

[TonyKZ1]

My daughter is home for Christmas and brought me a 6pk of these Incarnation IPA from 4 hands brewery in St. Louis. Tastes pretty good. From their website "Rise up and tantalize your taste buds with the Mosaic hopped IPA! Incarnation pours amber in color with a firm off white head. Look for loads of tropical flavors in this medium bodied IPA. Aromas of passion fruit, pineapple and candied fruit dominate."