It's been a strange week for sure. That darker dimension has defiantly crept into our lives. I've found not only new beers but new breweries to our market - many are courtesy of SLC's Beer Bar. Strap in there's a lot to talk about. Enjoy your New Beer Friday!
Remember, Liquor Stores are closed today for Veterans Day.
Shades of Pale Hog's Head Reserve #3 - The bourbon and rye flavors are still quite prominent and these flavors do work rather well with the sweet Tripel Ale base. Look for notes of honey and raisins and a bit of sweet pineapple. On the back end, you have a skosh of butterscotch sweetness with light vanilla from the wood. Nicely complex. The ABV is 11%.
Melvin Brewing Killer Bees This one is very reminiscent of breakfast cereal to me The nose is grainy and grassy with a dry, vague, toasty Honeycombs cereal taste. Not Melvin's flashiest beer but it's pretty drinkable. 5.0% ABV @Beerhive, Beer Bar, Slackwater
Ex Novo Dynamic Duo - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having big hop aroma of pine, grapefruit, and pineapple with a very light
body. Extremely drinkable and aggressively hopped with Citra and Chinook
for a clean, bitter finish. 8.0% ABV @Beer Bar
Ex Novo Eliot IPA - The nose has citrus zest, pith and tangerine aromas.
The taste is much the same with citrus zest, tangerine juice, and tropical
fruit flavors in the finish. The bitterness is moderate to high. This is a great IPA, drink 'em up while their fresh! 6.6% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ex Novo The Most Interesting Lager in the World - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as being mildly hoppy and earthy with a little lemon. Some doughy,
grainy malt, mildly cereal and straw like. These notes are replicated on
the palate, an inoffensive, light bodied, cleanly fermented lager with a
mild fruitiness from the yeast, a little bit of hop flavor(lemon,
grass) and some grain. 5.0% ABV @Beer Bar
Ex Novo Liquid Sweater Winter Warmer - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having an aroma and taste of molasses spice, toffee and dark fruits. Malty taste but with a nice
bitter hoppiness. Light boozy finish. 7.0% ABV @ Beer Bar
Oakshire Gose to 11 - The nose has tart lemony citrus, coriander and salt. The taste starts with wheaty with tart lemon flavors that finish dry with subtle salt and barely perceivable coriander. Some lingering acidity on the tongue. Nice gose. 4.0% ABV @ Beer Bar
Oakshire Hellshire VI - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having a nose of chocolate, some vanilla some oak. Look for caramel and chocolate in the taste, with notes of bourbon and some coconut in the finish. 12.0% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic Spica Pilsner - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as being brewed in the Un-filtered Keller bier style. Pale malt is
used exclusively to give the beer a nice malt body and light golden
color. Sterling hops add a rich herbal character. The yeast left in the
beer works with the hops to add a nice spicy flavor. 5.5% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic Orbiter IPA - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having Chinook and Columbus to create a formidable IPA. Bright and citrusy
hop flavors shine in a medium body with caramel malt character. Dry
hopped to amplify the hop aroma and flavor 7.4% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic Carina Peach Sour - The flavors here are mostly unripened peach. Some hops are detectable on the back end but for the most part this beer is peach and lemon driven. Nice beer. 5.5% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic Filament Winter IPA - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having nice caramel up front with a citrus end and subtle hop bite. Fairly light mouth feel.7.2% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic Third Orbit Anniversary Ale Imperial Porter with Cherries - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having an aroma of dark toasted malt with mild char, cocoa and a hint of cherry.
Flavor is dark toasted malt with a little smoke, almost a hint of peat;
milk chocolate and a touch of cherry. Finishes with some char and
residual chocolate. Nice medium creamy body. A rich, very well
integrated porter, bordering on stout territory but smoother and better
balanced 9.0% ABV @ Beer Bar
Ecliptic/Fort George Collaboration JH² (JH Squared) IPA - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as having a nose of massive citrus fruit and hints of wine they meld nicely!
Palate...brisk, bright and bitter with hop resin and grapefruit pith and
skin. The mid palate is quite dry and smacky and the finish is sharp
with citrus and very long and oaky. 7.2% ABV @ Beer Bar
Magic Hat Circus Boy - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as unfiltered and unfettered, Circus Boy is a unique and refreshing
American-style Hefeweizen. Is he a who? Or a what? Or perhaps some of
both? Be amazed by the flavorful haze of this wonderful wheat beer. 4.5% ABV @ DABC
Magic Hat #9 - I haven't had this one yet. It's described as being a beer cloaked in secrecy. An ale whose mysterious and unusual palate
will swirl across your tongue and ask more questions than it answers. A
sort of dry, crisp, refreshing, not-quite pale ale. #9 is really
impossible to describe because there's never been anything else quite
like it. 5.1% ABV @DABC
RedRock's Secale returns today at all RedRock locations - however, for take home you'll have to wait til tomorrow morning (11/12) at 11am. This beer is a bock at it's base, but has the addition of rye malt and
is aged in High West Rye Whiskey barrels.
Secale pours a dark ruby color
with a moderate two fingers of off-white head. The nose has a dry
roasted malt aroma along with a light rye spiciness. It's rounded out
with a mild caramel malt and vanilla aroma. The taste starts with
Caramel malts and toffee. Chocolate covered raisins come next come next
with a dry rye spiciness. Hints of vanilla and whiskey come next in the
end, as well as a subdued hop bitterness that balances the malty
sweetness in the finish. The body is full and the whiskey notes become a
bit more pronounced as it warms. The 8.5% abv is well hidden but sneaks
up you quickly.
We'll discuss these beers further later today with Mick and Allen at 3:30pm on KBER 101
Cheers!
