The Kick Box - On Hip!

This beer literally just hit the shelves within the last day, so I picked up a six-pack and decided to have a couple before hitting the sack for the day. This is Stone's Enjoy by 10.31.16 Tangerine IPA, a double IPA brewed with tangerines from their "Enjoy By" series, which is released a few times each year and is a little different with each release. It is meant to be consumed fresh, within 37 days of bottling. This one was bottled on 9-25-16, which is just 12 days ago. This is their THIRD "Enjoy By" release to be brewed with tangerines. Stone's "Enjoy By" is one of the best IPAs on the market which is relatively easy to find. While, like I said previously, each release is a bit different from the one before, it is almost always outstanding.

9.4% ABV.

I poured this into my tulip glass. The beer pours with a nice golden-orange color that is slightly hazy but predominately clear. There was about one to one and a half fingers of head upon the initial pour, with some lasting retention.

Aroma is NICE! Lots of juicy, tropical citrus both from the hops and the added tangerines. I am detecting a lot of tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit, apricot, mango and peach aromas, as well as a fair amount of dank and resinous pine needle. There is also some honey, some earthy, herbal notes, and some faint, biscuity malts as well.

Flavor is tropical and juicy. I detect mainly grapefruit and tangerine, along with some dank pine resin. There is a big hop and tangerine bite up front, with the more juicy characteristics coming through in the finish, along with a rather sweet malt backbone which is both caramel and bready.

Mouthfeel is medium, somewhat slick, and also a tad creamy. Overall it is quite smooth with a good amount of crispness, too. The hop finish is dry, but there is some residual juicy sweetness from the tangerines.

Overall this was pretty damn good.

Overall rating: A

 

Not too long away this time
Just posting the review of my first beer of the night before I catch up with the thread from the past week...


(Alc. 8.7%)

Smellin like: Sweet grapefruit and sharp peach with an earthy backbone. Perhaps the slightest whiff of pine.

Tastin like: Bitter hops, faintly edged with sharp peach. Grapefruit dipped pine starts on the outskirts, but folds to the forefront by the time the back end kicks in.

Overall, better than I expected a double-IPA to taste, seeing as how I'm not a fan of strong hops. There's a thickness to the mouthfeel providing a roundness along with the malt that provides a nice balance. Well done, Beach Haus... well done.


And hey, I'll post a somewhat, vaguely related pic as well this time!



O.O

 

I haven't even started reading up on this thread yet and I'm already on beer #2!


(Alc. 6.5%)

Smell: Sweet rye and peppery notes.

Taste: Sweet malt, pepper notes. All riding on a mellow rye.

Overall, a tasty beer, although after that last hoppy experience, this one tastes pretty damn sweet. A nice brew, somewhat understated so that the sweetness doesn't get to be too much.


And another related pic

 

Come on with the shitty picture...what is it?

I'm drinking my first pumpkin of the year which is dogfish heads.
Smells as good as any, taste is good but with an annoying sourness that I can't place.

It gets harder and harder to defend against the people that say dfh are overpriced and overhyped past their prime brewers. They are still good but not as good as they think they are.

 

kenzolantern. philly made pumpkin ale..

 

paulaner oktoberfest. I liked this over the pumpkin ale.. honey and caramel flavor I noted most.. the more i drink it the more i like it,, not a good idea on work night, but only have two left,. shouldnt be that bad, still kinda early and im not really drunk much but feeling nice..

 

Yup, their beers just don't stand up to some of these newer breweries that are emerging. They were good back in the heyday of craft beer, but now nothing they make is really that great compared to much of what's out there. Their 60 and 90 Minute IPA's were once considered some of the best IPA's in the country, but now there are so many more which are so much better. Most of their experimental beers are complete failures yet sold at the same price or higher than unique beers which are well-crafted by emerging brewers.

 

I'm boozin on some bud light

 

just noticed PR has a paulaner coaster...

 

I am now drinking the 2016 Le Terroir by New Belgium, from their 'Lips of Faith' series. It is a wood-aged, dry-hopped sour ale clocking in at 7.5% ABV.

Pours a cloudy, literally opaque when held up to light orange color with about 1/2 finger of head that gradually vanishes. Looks almost like orange or mango juice.

In the nose there is a lot of tart lemon and orange zest, some green apple, white grape, floral hops, and also some oak-like wood aromas.

Upfront in the flavor there is just this incredibly juicy, extremely puckery tart punch. This is probably one of the more sour sours I have tasted to date. Lots of peach and mango noted towards the middle, along with some lemon, orange, herbal hops, white grape, sour apple, and some woody oak.

Mouthfeel is medium-light and somewhat creamy, with an assertive level of carbonation and a rather clean, crisp finish which is only slightly dry.

Overall this is an absolutely incredible sour, and I would have to say this now ranks among my five favorite sours.

Incredibly refreshing and crushable for 7.5% ABV, which is higher than most sours, but the alcohol is virtually undetectable.

Overall rating: A+

INCREDIBLE BEER!!

 

I am now drinking a beer from the Maui Brewing Company from the island of Maui in Hawaii. This is their Coconut Hiwa Porter. On the can it states it is "a robust dark ale with hand-toasted coconut & hints of mocha."

6% ABV.

It pours with an opaque pitch black color but is really a dark brown/maroon color. There is initially a two-finger, tan-colored head which fades to leave a fine layer of foam which coats the glass with a small amount of lacing.

Aroma is of sweet, roasted caramel malts, coconut, mocha, cocoa powder, espresso, and roasted almonds.

Flavor is of sweet caramel malts, roasted malts, semisweet dark chocolate, mocha, coffee, brown sugar, toasted coconut, and some vanilla.

Mouthfeel is light-medium, smooth, creamy, with a light carbonation and a fairly lingering finish.

Overall a very nice porter.

Overall rating: A-

 

Where do you go to find these exotic ales and beers? I have often wondered that, while looking at this thread.

 

Beer stores mostly. There are also online beer retailers. Even a lot of the more upscale grocery stores are beginning to carry top-notch craft brews.

These last two beers I reviewed were purchased from Wegmans, which is a Northeast grocery store chain that originated here in Rochester.

 

I've got myself a can of Woodstock & Cola.

 

Ok, thank you for answering....There are a few upscale grocery stores here...but no Wegmans....I have never seen a beer store here, but then I was not looking for one....

 

Not sure if the coconut hiwa porter is the same as the coconut porter. Maybe they just changed the label.
Anyway that one is easily in my top 5 best tasting beers I ever had. Price leaves a bit to be desired and made my stomach do flips but taste alone it's an A minimum for me.

 

I just realized I'm 34 and not 35.

 

Abita Wrought Iron IPA.. its meh'... Id buy it again but not first choice if I had too..

 

Was down in VA beach and figured I would fill up a growler while there.
Stop at the closest place to the bridge. Pull in the lot and there was mandatory valet. Fuck that. I told her "I made a wrong turn" and left. No random woman is driving my car when all I want to do is park in an empty spot that I can see 20 feet away. When all I want to do is run in and fill up a growler...taking a max of what? 10 minutes?

 

Duh.........



Cheers Glen.