Local Montenegrin Beers:

Nikšićko Svijetlo (Točeno):

Smells nice, lagery, decent drink. A fizzy start but not a fizzy finish and it has a nice head. It’s refreshing but a bit bloaty. A good lager, fine for holiday for sure. I can and will drink it.

Nikšićko Nefiltrirano (Točeno):

Nice head. It’s pretty opaque. It looks nice. It smells a bit smoky maybe? Nice, smooth drink and it’s less fizzy than Svijetlo. It’s got a good, rounded taste and hits the palette right. It’s got a good body. A pretty simple beer and it’s refreshing. My favourite version of Nikšićko by far.

Nikšićko Tamno 6.2% (Bottle):

Smells dark, chocolatey. Despite being a darker beer, it’s still fizzy. Taste almost like it’s gone off a bit? I am not a fan of this beer. A burnt aftertaste. Naaaaa.

— Sidenote: I’m not a huge fan of darker beers normally anyway but I always try, you never know!

Fabrika Craft Brewery El Hefe – American Wheat – 4.7% (Bottle):

Very mangoey hue. Fully opaque. It smells fruity but not bad. It’s thick. Honestly, it’s much better than expected. If it is fruity, it’s subtly so. There’s a slow aftertaste but it’s not overpowering. An overall pleasant surprise. Halfway in, there are fruity notes for sure.

Mala Novska Pivara – Blonda (Točeno):

Smells like heavy, watery lager. Very refreshing after climbing stairs in 31ºC. It’s not too fizzy, and what I consider ‘easy drinking’. It’s simple and good. Brewed in this municipality (Herceg Novi). Lovely to try. It’s very drinkable.

World Beers:

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Nectar – 5% (Bottle, Bosnia Herzegovina):

It’s a standard, fizzy lager. It’s a bit shitter than the Nikšićko: thinner but refreshing.

Lav – 4.5% (Bottle, Serbia):

Standard lager. It’s kind of heavy going down. It smells alright. It’s drinkable but I’m not loving it. Quite fizzy and a bit cheap tasting. Meh.

Jelen – 4.6% (Can, Serbia):

Simple lager. It’s like a Tennants (Scottish lager) but not as bitter. Quite soft and more rounded aftertaste. Easy drinking and relaxing, although it may be a bit bloaty.

Ozujsko – 5% (Bottle, Croatia).

Nice bottle design. It’s alright tasting. It would be nice in hot weather. It’s fairly thin but refreshing. It would be good by/in the pool. It’s holiday beer. I wouldn’t say, however, it was a good quality beer to be honest.

— Sidenote: I actually had this in the airport in Croatia on the way back home!

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For more information on the Montenegro beers I tried, check out my blog post at: https://beersandbonvoyage.com/mountainous-montenegro-volume-beer/#htoc-t1

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Check-In Brewery: Tighthead Brewing Company (Mundelein, IL) Beer: Chilly Water Style: American Pale Ale ABV: 4.8% IBU: 40

Appearance: Medium Amber, large pink foam head. Aroma: Biscuity, slightly burnt toast. Taste: Light-medium body. Enjoyable as one. Suggested to be "sessionable" but feels unfiltered and yeast-carb'ed, almost like a beginner's home brew.

Overall Rating: 3.25/5

Glad to finally have a good place to post some tasting notes, and this one really blew me away so I figured it'd make a great first post.

About the Beer:

From SingleCut Beersmiths out of Astoria, NY

Regular vanilla and cacao soaked Heavy Boots of Lead, aged in the whiskey barrels for two months, blended with a touch of young beer.

Appearance - 4.5/5

Pours dark brown to black with a thick brown head. Some legs on the glass with minimal lacing as it settles

Aroma - 4.5/5

Heavy vanilla, dark chocolate, and rye whiskey notes. All blend together so as to not overpower with the sweeter or whiskey aromas

Taste - 5/5

At first, you get a punch of rye whiskey with some roasted malt and vanilla sweetness. After a few sips and as it warms, sweet chocolate and cacao really push forward and more sweetness emerges

Mouthfeel - 5/5

Thick, syrupy goodness without being too heavy - a hallmark of a good imperial stout

Overall - 19/20

Really delicious barrel-aged stout that gives the heavy hitters in the category a run for their money. Great balance and melding of flavors, with a perfect (but not overly) thick body. If you get the chance to try it, I highly recommend it (even the non-barrel-aged Heavy Boots is delicious).

Cheers, everyone!

About the brewery:

From their Facebook page:

"A mom and pop production brewery specializing in ales of mixed fermentation and unfiltered lagers. Brewer owned and operated."

Dan Suarez used to be a brewer @ Hill Farmstead. Based outside of Hudson, NY.

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About the beer:

"100 Feet North is our signature country beer, brewed with a generous portion of raw grain sourced from our neighbors. Fermented with a mixed culture and briefly ripened in oak casks to yield a dry, golden offering."

ABV: 4.3%

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Review:

I believe this is blend two. The first time I tried it I had it out of the bottle (blend 1).

• Appearance (4.5/5): Suarez cares a lot about appearance/serving a beer. Once they take your draft order, you wait while the bartender pours your beer in the back and later pick it up when it's ready and "settled." Pours golden yellow with a slight orange tint, this batch seemed to have a nicer color than the bottle version. White foamy head that settled down after a few sips, helped with aroma. Slight haze to it.

• Aroma (4/5): Funky and tart with some grassy/citrus elements. Not overpowering.

• Flavor (4.5/5): Light funk, a lot of citrus (rind) notes (mostly lemony) and some lactic qualities. Slight oaky barrel presence, crisp and refreshing. Dry and clean. Very soft

• Mouthfeel (4/5): Light with moderate carb.

Overall 17/20 : Lovely country beer, everything Suarez is doing has me excited. I dream of having more of this in the summer on a warm, sunny day while sitting on a porch somewhere.

Beer porn here.

Hazey Jane II is a nice and Hazey Double IPA. Brewed with malted oats, raw white wheat, and lactose sugar. Hopped intensely with Mosaic and Galaxy. Bright melon, blueberry, and resinous grapefruit. Let’s sing a song for Hazey Jane. 8.6%abv. 

Tasting Notes

Canned today. 4-April-17.

Aroma is like a large glass of milk with piney hops and fruity pebbles added. Flavor follows the aroma, for the most part. Fruity pebble milk with a moderate hop bitterness that sneaks in afterwards. Creamy mouthfeel. Moderately high sweetness. If the sweetness was dialed back slightly this would be phenomenal. Still very good and quite unique.

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Description: Berliner Weisse brewed with Guava, Mango, and Passionfruit. 3.6% ABV.

Tasting notes:

Pour straw yellow with little head. Aroma is a punch to the nose of tropical fruit, tad bit of citrus. Taste is an absolute guava bomb, little to no passionfruit bitterness, and a touch of mango but it's not as present as the guava (best mango beer I've ever had was The Rare Barrel More Mango which I compared to this for mango notes). Balanced tartness, not overly sour, not sweet but fruity, not watery like many sours. Lives up to the hype, one of the best fruited sours/overall berliner weisses I've ever had.

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100% Nelson Sauvin hopped Double IPA. Brewed with a nice portion of red wheat malt. Hopped singularly and intensely with hyper-pungent Nelson Sauvin from New Zealand. Exceedingly dense, sticky and drippy/sappy tropical. Find a scythe and slice open a pineapple. That's what this beer is like.

Tasting notes

Very fruity nose. Taste is like candied Mandarin oranges and pineapple juice. Moderate to moderately low bitterness. Very full mouthfeel. Finish is candied fruit and moderate bitterness. Alcohol is completely hidden behind the juice. 8% ABV.

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