So this has turned out to be the "summer that wasn't", in terms of feeling like it's actually summer. Yeah, we've had some warm weather and all, but between home projects and research at work, I don't feel like I've had much downtime (including updating this blog!). But I shall attempt to get caught up in the coming few weeks before the Fall semester starts in 3 weeks.
#123/365: Sixpoint 3Beans:
From can. Chocolate malted nose, sweet with brown sugar and molasses.
Tootsie Roll. Dark black opaque with foamy-rocky light tan lacing head.
Medium chewy body with medium-light carbonation. Carbonic tang and light
alcoholic warming. Starts sweet and malty with lots of chocolate, some
coffee, and a barley wine-like sweet malt flavor. Coffee and light
vanilla. Finish is sweet with a good hit of astringent bitterness.
Fairly smooth after with lingering bitter. Imperial/Strong Porter 80/100
#124/365: Leinenkugel's Canoe Paddler:
On tap at Twisted Jimmy’s. Very mild aroma - a bit of beany hops and
mild pale malt sweetness. Light golden blond clear with thin white head.
Light body with medium-high carbonation. Starts with light carbonic
acidity, mild pale malt sweetness ,and light beany hop flavor. Mild
flavors overall, with some carbonic bite to it. Some honey and dusky
grain. Watery finish, clean after. Nothing really wrong with it, but not
a good kölsch example. Kolsch 42/100
On May 18, several fellow homebrew club members & beer lovers rented the
Coney van to travel to the
Altoona Curve ballpark for the annual
Pints for Pets beer festival. I have gone every year since this started - except for last year because IUP's graduation conflicted. Well, this year, graduation also conflicted, but I decided to go drink beer instead (sorry grads, but no regrets here!). We attended the 1-4pm session, followed by dinner (and more beer) at the
Knickerbocker.
#125/365: Old Forge Hopsmith India Pale Ale:
Nice beany hop aroma, crisp noble hop note. Pale golden clear with white
lacing head. Medium body with medium-high carbonation. Starts dry with
crisp hop profile and mild pale malt sweetness. Finishes bitter but nice
smooth after. Crisp and refreshing. Premium Lager 72/100
#126/365: Rock Bottom (Pittsburgh) Surely You Zest:
Nice spicy nose with lime, lemongrass, and herbal notes. Spicy hops and
aromatic. Pale golden clear with thin white head. Medium body with
medium carbonation. Starts zesty and citric with lime and lemongrass.
Nice sweetness to it. Finish is herbal and bitter with a tang of citrus. Wheat Ale 66/100
#127/365: Victory Swing Session Saison:
Light hoppy aroma, spicy with notes of citrus, sulfur, and fruity
esters. Yeasty. Nice saison aroma profile. Pale straw clear with thin
head. Medium body with vigorous carbonation. Starts with wheat and
pilsener malt notes, light sulfur, citrus and herbs. Tasty saison that’s
not too overwhelming. Not quite crisp but enjoyable. Done well for the
style, with mild chalky bitter after. Saison 74/100
#128/365: Riepstine's Timbertown Scotch:
Buckwheat honey and sweet tang, light oak. Sweet and musky, very nice
aroma. Medium brown amber clear with light haze. Thin white head. medium
body and carbonation. Starts sweet with molasses and buckwheat honey,
rich malt. nice oak flavor on this one. Finish sweet and smooth - a nice
Scottish ale. Scottish Ale 80/100
#129/365: Uinta Dubhe Imperial Black IPA:
Rich roast, rubbery, light chocolate and coffee, lots of hops. Dark
brown clear with thin tan head. Medium body with medium carbonation.
Roasted notes, chocolate and coffee. Big hop flavor with molasses.
Finish is medium bitter but not harsh. Black IPA 78/100
#130/365: Voodoo Delicate Like A Flower:
Light hop nose, subtle. Hazy amber with thin white lacing head. Medium
body with heavy carbonation. Starts medium sweet with light pale malt
and wheat character. Subtle but delicious hop flavors and an underlying
herbal quality. Smooth finish with light floral orange blossom. Belgian Ale 74/100
#131/365: Blue Canoe Cream of Hop Soup:
Wonderful hop nose, floral and aromatic, grassy. Pale golden amber hazy
with thin white head. Medium body and medium carbonation. Starts medium
sweet with tons of hop character. Beany, rubbery, grassy, and resinous.
Delicious stuff. A nice IPA with smooth bitter finish and after. India Pale Ale 84/100
#132/365: Straub Maibock:
Double decoction German bock aroma. Sweet and malty with light herbal
hops. Medium amber golden clear with thin white head. Medium body with
light carbonation. Starts and stays sweet with rich malt flavor. Nice
hop finish, and sweet lingering after. Very nice! Heller Bock 74/100
#133/365: Thirsty Dog Citra Dog:
Really nice hoppy aroma on this. Grassy and resinous. Light golden clear
with white lacing head. Medium body with medium carbonation. Nice hop
flavor throughout, medium sweetness and light carbonic tang. Nice IPA,
finishes smooth and well balanced with lingering hop bitterness. India Pale Ale 78/100
#134/365: Elysian Idiot Sauvin IPA:
Hoppy nose with notes of pear and apricot. Sweet notes. Medium amber,
hazy with thin white lacing head. Medium body with medium-light
carbonation. Starts sweet with fruity esters. Fairly bitter finish with
sweet eatery after. Very nice IPA with big hop profile but not a harsh
bitterness in the finish or after. India Pale Ale 76/100
All in all, a good festival (as usual) and they once again raised a lot of money for the Central PA Humane Society. I can't remember the rest of May, really, other than getting ready for our vacation. I did have one new beer before that ...
#135/365: Maine Beer Mean Old Tom:
Nice rich malty aroma, smoke, charred coffee, light vanilla. A bit of
tang and earth, lactose. Dark black opaque with thin cocoa-brown lacing
head. Medium bodied with medium carbonation. Starts dry with lots of
roasted character, mild coffee and char. Some light carbonic acidity
with medium bitterness. Finish is light sweet with medium bitterness.
Can just taste the vanilla here but it’s subtle. Charred bittersweet
after. Stout 80/100
Coming up ... a beach trip.
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