Ymm, Beer

[fuse]

Cigar City Good Gourd

8.8%

A murky copper pour.

Smells a bit like boozy maple syrup.

Thick, effervescent mouthfeel.

I’m strugging with the words for how Good Gourd tastes.

Maybe a very vanilla finish, seems to be orange juicy sweet. A mix of apple cider and pumpkin notes.

Leaves a “fall spice” aftertaste (not surprising given a mix of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg and vanilla listed on the label).

I wonder if I had blind tasted this beer if I would have been able to tell it was a pumpkin beer.

Really unusual. Glad I tried it.

[fuse]

Edumacation...
http://allaboutbeer.com/article/tasting-the-dark-side/

[devildeac]

Edumacation...
http://allaboutbeer.com/article/tasting-the-dark-side/

Always learning something about beer.

[fuse]

Didn’t buy any Weyerbacher or DFH punkin this year.

NoDa Gourdgeous more than makes up for it.

This is what a pumpkin beer should be.

Smells like freshly carved pumpkin.

Tastes like your mother’s best pumpkin pie- rich, creamy and with a spicy finish.

A hearty Halloween thanks to devildeac for finding and acquiring some, as well as a timely delivery.

Cheers!

[devildeac]

Didn’t buy any Weyerbacher or DFH punkin this year.

NoDa Gourdgeous more than makes up for it.

This is what a pumpkin beer should be.

Smells like freshly carved pumpkin.

Tastes like your mother’s best pumpkin pie- rich, creamy and with a spicy finish.

A hearty Halloween thanks to devildeac for finding and acquiring some, as well as a timely delivery.

Cheers!

You're most welcome. Pleasure is always mine.

[fuse]

Here’s a fun one:

http://socialvignerons.com/2017/10/3...-translations/

Bajabule!

[devildeac]

Didn’t buy any Weyerbacher or DFH punkin this year.

NoDa Gourdgeous more than makes up for it.

This is what a pumpkin beer should be.

Smells like freshly carved pumpkin.

Tastes like your mother’s best pumpkin pie- rich, creamy and with a spicy finish.

A hearty Halloween thanks to devildeac for finding and acquiring some, as well as a timely delivery.

Cheers!

Gordgeous-NoDa Brewing Company

I had to look at my pint can twice to be sure my spelling was correct and it is. However, fuse's spelling is much more appropriate and clever and what NoDa shoulda named their product .

Pour was an orange-amber with a pumpkin pie colored, creamy head. Cloves and ginger dominate the aromas with a hefty dose of pumpkin as fuse describes. They explicitly declare that no cinnamons or nutmegs were harmed/used in brewing this ale. They did however use brown sugar, clove, ginger, allspice and cardamom. Tastes were freshly baked pumpkin pie (allowed to chill to beer temperature) and the above spices, though I doubt I'd know a cardamom if one stared me in the face. I'll guess about 20 for the IBUs as I think the base beverage is an amber ale and hop presence is minimal. ABV printed on the can is 6.4%. I had this tonight with some ground beef tacos (the candy was before dinner ) and lots of toppings but this beer would be better with some chocolate chip/oatmeal/raisin cookies.

[devildeac]

Cigar City Good Gourd

8.8%

A murky copper pour.

Smells a bit like boozy maple syrup.

Thick, effervescent mouthfeel.

I’m strugging with the words for how Good Gourd tastes.

Maybe a very vanilla finish, seems to be orange juicy sweet. A mix of apple cider and pumpkin notes.

Leaves a “fall spice” aftertaste (not surprising given a mix of cinnamon, cloves, allspice, nutmeg and vanilla listed on the label).

I wonder if I had blind tasted this beer if I would have been able to tell it was a pumpkin beer.

Really unusual. Glad I tried it.

Good Gourd-Cigar City Brewing

Pretty darned good descriptions above. The orange and apples are excellent observations. Flavors and spices blend fairly well. I'll guess IBUs of about 20, thinking this is an amber ale for the base beer as it's not dark enough for a brown ale or porter and there are no nutty or chocolate flavors either. ABV is 8.8% so there's a bit of an alcohol burn, unlike Gordgeous and more on the order of Southern Tier's Pumking or Weyerbacher's Imperial Pumpkin. I'm quitting after half a bomber now and will sip the rest tomorrow evening.

[devildeac]

812 posts needed for milestone. 61 days. Perhaps a bit ambitious but I think we can accomplish this. Keep sipping.

[devildeac]

Still have until tomorrow to plan:

http://www.stoutday.com/

[mattman91]

Still have until tomorrow to plan:

http://www.stoutday.com/

I still have that funky Wheaton something or another stout from Stone in the fridge

[devildeac]

I still have that funky Wheaton something or another stout from Stone in the fridge

You must mean this:

http://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/sto...on-w00tstout-2

[mattman91]

You must mean this:

http://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/sto...on-w00tstout-2

Yeah!

I've had it for over a year.

[devildeac]

Yeah!

I've had it for over a year.

13% ABV, IIRC.

[mattman91]

13% ABV, IIRC.

Yep. Couldn't find a review using the search feature.

Was it good?

[devildeac]

Yep. Couldn't find a review using the search feature.

Was it good?

Quite good. Lemme look in my "archived" posts elsewhere and then I can find them here by date. Be back in about 15 minutes.

[devildeac]

From 8/13/16:

This week in beer:


Farking Wheaton w00tstout (draft)-Stone Brewing

The story-sort of:

http://www.stonebrewing.com/beer/sto...#ageGatePassed

The beer:


Style: flavored, bourbon barrel-aged Russian imperial stout
Appearance: almost pitch black
Pour: 10W30
Aroma: dark chocolate, dark caramel, espresso
Mouthfeel: 10W30-this stuff is viscous
Tastes: mirrored aromas with some licorice, black strap molasses and a bit of whiskey
IBU: 65
ABV: 13% (no typo)
Cost: $6 for a full pint-most places won't pour a full pint of this heavyweight

Idle chatter: After reading the description, I thought I might find nuances of orange flavors (from the wheat), a bit of nuttiness (D'oh!) from the pecans, some mustiness from the rye and a lot more bourbon. No disappointments, just the flavors didn't really match the labeling/my expectations, but I still found this to be an excellent sipper, especially the more it warmed during the 30-45 minutes I eventually decided not to buy any products from Crafty Beer Shop.

There are a couple $10 bombers waiting to be delivered by ricks68 on one of his football journeys and I've got one I purchased that is cellaring now so it'll be interesting to taste the bottle versions after several (many?) months of aging.

Tip of the snifter to ricks68 for notifying me of this beer's release last month and buying the couple mentioned above.

Yep. Couldn't find a review using the search feature.

Was it good?

[devildeac]

From 1/27/17:

From 8/13/16:



From Wednesday and Thursday nights:

Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (bomber dated 7/2/16)-Stone Brewing

Chilled briefly from our 60 degree garage temperature and poured into a Founder's tulip and allowed to reach near room temperature over 30-45 minutes each night. Different from the draft but only subtly so with a little nutty flavor, no musty rye presence and pleasant warming, boozy and whiskey notes to accompany the strong semi-sweet chocolate, dark caramel and espresso flavors. I think this was my bottle from last summer and ricks68 delivered 2 more this week so I'll age one for another 6-12 months and make the other available to fuse this weekend or next.

Yep. Couldn't find a review using the search feature.

Was it good?

[devildeac]

From 10/6/17:

From 1/27/17:



From last PM:

Stone Farking Wheaton w00tstout (bomber dated 7/2/16)-Stone Brewing

Bomber. Shared among three tasters, again and almost equally. Our daughter sips slowly .

I thought there was a bit of mustiness, minimal nuttiness and more booziness (ABV was 13%) but not really bourbon-y in the aromas and tastes after another nine months of "cellaring." Reminder: it's an imperial stout brewed with pecans, wheat, rye with 1/4 of it aged in bourbon barrels. This dark, dark beer paired well with the NCSU black uniforms during their big win over the cheatin' Cardinals from the Shoe-niversity of Loovill.

I'm not sure whether the shout out for this bottle goes to ricks68 for his delivery early this year or to me for finding it (after he alerted me it was being released) at Bottle Revolution, so, I'll applaud for both of us.

Yep. Couldn't find a review using the search feature.

Was it good?

[devildeac]

From 10/6/17:

^^^^

Hope those 3 reviews help. Enjoy!