Berliner Bash !
----the Line Up----
Cigar City 5 Beer Year Florida Weisse (w/ Tangerine & Orange)
Cigar City 5 Beer Year Margarita Gose
Stillwater Gose Gone Wild
Westbrook Gose
Smuttynose Strawberry Short Weisse
Smuttynose Straw-Barb Weisse
Ful Sail Berliner Weisse
White Birch Berliner Weisse
New Belgium Yuzu Berliner
Dogfishhead Festina Peche
New Glarus Berliner Weisse
Firestone Walker Bretta Rose
Bahnhof Berliner Weisse
Blue Lobster Piscataquaweisse
Blue Lobster Hamptonweisse
----Highlights----
Firestone Walker Bretta Rose
(Wow, this bordered on a great framboise with lots of funky unripe raspberry, old wet oak funk and some earthy stems and dusty basement musk.)
Cigar City Florida Weisse
(This was probably the best true to style berliner of the night with gorgeous juicy tangerine fruit that balanced perfectly with tart lacto qualities and a nice shredded wheat backbone. Crushable !)
Blue Lobster Piscataquaweisse
(Still drinking beautifully with a ligth refreshing carbonation and great harmony between the pluot skin, tight blueberry fog and light handed tart lacto quality)
Bahnhof Berliner Weisse
(Got to give a nod to the classic, round cheerio malts, lemony tang and dialed in carbonation)
Stillwater Gose Gone Wild
(As you know I reviewed this a few days ago and this bottle was a very similar experience of being punched in the face from the first sip only to fall into the juicy complexities as your palate slowly adjusts and the nuances become more apparent)
----Honorable Mentions----
Blue Lobster Hamptonweisse
(Still a pretty crushable beer but some of the apricot complexity has fallen off a bit at least in this bottle... which is rare as this beer was never "officially" bottled but thats a perk to sipping berliners with Sleepy Dave :)
Cigar City Margarita Gose
(Nothing spectacular about this offering but I found it very crushable and pretty dialed in for the style. Not as much flavor punch as I hoped after drinking the Florida Weisse version but would gladly crush another bottle on a warm summer day !)
New Glarus Berliner Weisse
(Bright crisp champagne like body with subtle riesling grape and wet oak complexities. I remember liking this more in the past, still and easy drinker just a bit more watery than I expected.)
Westbrook Gose
(This was the first time I drank this beer and was not 100% impressed. I still stand by it being an amazing beer don't get me wrong this one just seemed a bit subdued and lacking the fruity pebbles character and focus that Im use to. Granted the can may have 6+ months on it ? )
----Drainpours----
Im not gonna get long winded here and just give a couple words of descriptions as to why these beers made more fodder for the drain than to our stomachs...
Smuttynose Straw-Barb Weisse
(Acetone, Acetone and more acetone)
New Belgium Yuzu Berliner
(Minty herbal mouthwash)
Smuttynose Strawberry Short Weisse
(Strawberry notes have become somewhat artificial, no carbonation and a bit off)
Dogfishead Festina Peche 2010
(Buttery diacetyl and stale peach juice)
White Birch Berliner Weisse
(I actually enjoyed this beer many times in 2012 but the 2013 release was just weird and off the mark.. it hasn't changed)
Full Sail Berliner Weisse
(This offering wasn't bad but tasted more of cheap brut or seltzer water than anything else, in fact I added a shot a Corsair Gin and found it to be a delicious mixer... even better with a dash of cranberry liquor, Mmmm !)
Overall a great tasting with Sleepy Dave in his new spot in Newmarket !
Cheers.
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