Ymm, Beer

[Tripping William]

Oh funny. I found a four pack of this on Ocracoke and tried it. Had one there and the rest yesterday back in. Asheville. I also found it unremarkable, but also inoffensive.

That’s a perfect description.

[Tripping William]

Fanboy strikes again! Mosaic and Amarillo hops for this one. Woooo-daddy, some citrus here. Lots of guava and mango to my palate. A beautiful hazy yellow pour. The back-end bite from the hops is really good. 8.3% ABV. Wish I had purchased more, but this single will have to do. NA is killin’ it right now with these IPAs.

[devildeac]

Mrs. Tripping grabbed a four-pack of this for me over the weekend, because she liked the package and thought I hadn't had the beer before. It had a little bit of "funk" in it. I wasn't expecting that. Of course, I haven't had a traditional "pale ale" of any kind in months. Decent beer, but not what I would call "outstanding."

Been a while since I had that one and barely remember it. I've heard rumors/speculations about someone's husband brewing a pale ale in recent days...

[devildeac]

Fanboy strikes again! Mosaic and Amarillo hops for this one. Woooo-daddy, some citrus here. Lots of guava and mango to my palate. A beautiful hazy yellow pour. The back-end bite from the hops is really good. 8.3% ABV. Wish I had purchased more, but this single will have to do. NA is killin’ it right now with these IPAs.

Not sure I've had this one but it sounds familiar.

[Tripping William]

Not sure I've had this one but it sounds familiar.

White & green can. If that helps.

[devildeac]

Fanboy strikes again! Mosaic and Amarillo hops for this one. Woooo-daddy, some citrus here. Lots of guava and mango to my palate. A beautiful hazy yellow pour. The back-end bite from the hops is really good. 8.3% ABV. Wish I had purchased more, but this single will have to do. NA is killin’ it right now with these IPAs.

Speaking of New Anthem and fanboys/girls

From Saturday night:

Simply Stares Upward-New Anthem Beer Project

Close enough for local

Credit-vacation VP beer
Style-IPA (or is it a hazy/NEIPA, or maybe a DIPA?)
Format-pint can
Stemware-Hardywood teku
Appearance-very hazy pineapple yellow. generous foamy head
Nose-pineapple, peach, mango
Mouthfeel-not *quite* a smoothie
Tastes-pineapple, mango, orange, peach, cantaloupe and a hit of honey (not added)
Hops-Citra, Simcoe and Galaxy
IBU-maybe mid 40s
ABV-7.9% (is that IPA or IIPA?)
Overall impression-wonderful tastes, texture and aromas
Ymm, Beer rating-low cat 3; would certainly drink this again and recommend any fan, boy or girl, find this brew

[devildeac]

White & green can. If that helps.

Lemme engage in some crazietalk for a bit...

[Tripping William]

Speaking of New Anthem and fanboys/girls

From Saturday night:

Simply Stares Upward-New Anthem Beer Project

Close enough for local

Credit-vacation VP beer
Style-IPA (or is it a hazy/NEIPA, or maybe a DIPA?)
Format-pint can
Stemware-Hardywood teku
Appearance-very hazy pineapple yellow. generous foamy head
Nose-pineapple, peach, mango
Mouthfeel-not *quite* a smoothie
Tastes-pineapple, mango, orange, peach, cantaloupe and a hit of honey (not added)
Hops-Citra, Simcoe and Galaxy
IBU-maybe mid 40s
ABV-7.9% (is that IPA or IIPA?)
Overall impression-wonderful tastes, texture and aromas
Ymm, Beer rating-low cat 3; would certainly drink this again and recommend any fan, boy or girl, find this brew

Hardly a surprise.

[devildeac]

Dancing on My Own-New Anthem Beer Project

Close enough to declare it local.

Credit-RJ199 and the beergoddess; thank you and thank you again!!
Style-DDH DIPA
Format-we took one step deeper into the aluminum shortage
Stemware-if it came from RJ199, it was consumed from a Stella snifter
Appearance-hazy pineapple guava juice
Nose-a tropical/citrus fruit salad blend
Mouthfeel-very juicy
Tastes-pineapple, grapefruit, guava, orange zest, pith
Hops-Mosaic, double dry hopped (DDH)
IBU-probably 60
ABV-8.3%
Overall impression-a terrifically concocted DIPA
Ymm, Beer rating-low to middle tier cat 3; I wish I had a 4 pack of this; New Anthem makes really, really fine beers, comparable to Burial, Veil and now Commonwealth

Fanboy strikes again! Mosaic and Amarillo hops for this one. Woooo-daddy, some citrus here. Lots of guava and mango to my palate. A beautiful hazy yellow pour. The back-end bite from the hops is really good. 8.3% ABV. Wish I had purchased more, but this single will have to do. NA is killin’ it right now with these IPAs.

I thought this sounded familiar.

[devildeac]

Hardly a surprise.

Yep. My selections for vacation VP were 4 New Anthem, 3 Wilmington Brewing and a Mad Mole from a new Wilmington brewery. I'll consume the DNP-CD from last week/weekend in the next few days while the transfer portal door is temporarily closed.

[Tripping William]

I thought this sounded familiar.

Bingo! Soooooo pho-king good!

[devildeac]

ATTN: OPK

Speaking of Virtual Pub, OPK has *almost* fulfilled his duties and now his only remaining task to volunteer, umm, nominate someone for March's event.

[devildeac]

Bingo! Soooooo pho-king good!

Interesting it was a summer, 2020 release and again this winter. They turnover their products fairly frequently and I didn't recall them re-brewing that many.

Speaking of turnovers...

[devildeac]

FWIW, Monday is dark/dry.

[Tripping William]

FWIW, Monday is dark/dry.

Duty calls.

[Nrrrrvous]

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[devildeac]

Duty calls.

There's always tomorrow (we all hope).

[devildeac]

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There's (almost) always room for pizza and beer.

[devildeac]

Somebody has to sip an orange-colored/flavored/themed beer tonight to toast Jimmy B.

[richardjackson199]

Are we rating solely on the beers?

Or on location, ambiance, associated food, waitstaff?

Let's just rate best brewery solely on the beer.

But def fine to give shoutouts to the rest.