Edmund’s Oast Brewing Sour Apricot Peach

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Sour beers, either you like them, or you don’t. Edmund’s Oast Brewing Sour Apricot Peach. This sour fruit ale is 5.5% ABV with apricots and peaches. I do like sour beers; they can be tart, fruity, and refreshing. This sour fruit beer pours deep yellow, almost orange, with a one-finger head. That head dissolved instantly. The aroma is tart and fruity. There are flavors of peaches and apricots. That flavor is tart and a bit sour. It was a refreshing flavor without being too tart. This beer has a lighter mouthfeel. Then you come to a tart and peachy/apricot finish. The tartness lingers in the aftertaste as the two fruits fade. This beer is good, not very tart or sour, but just enough. I give this Edmonds Oast Sour Apricot Peach a B+. Overall, neither the apricot nor the peach is more predominant. Those fruity flavors are well-balanced. I recommend this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Green’s Dry-Hopped Lager

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I have seen Green’s beers around from time to time, and have never actually bought any of them. This beer is Green’s Dry-Hopped Lager. This beer is 4.1%, and brewed in Lochristi, Belgium. Brewed by the De Proefbrouwerij. All of the beers are certified gluten-free because a British entrepreneur, Derek Green, created the beer brand after being diagnosed with Celiac disease. This lager pours gold with a one-finger, quickly fading white head. The aroma is dry, herbal, malted, and light. The flavor is clean, dry/dry-hopped, malted, and minty. The mint flavor is light and subtle, which is a little off-putting at first. This lager has a light mouthfeel. Then this beer has a clean minty/herbal finish. The aftertaste is faded mint. I think that the overall flavor of this beer is bitter mint. That is not what I was thinking this dry-hopped lager would taste like. I give Green’s Dry-Hopped Lager and low C-. I was able to finish a pint of this. I couldn’t have any more, nor would I recommend this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Legion Brewing Carolina Feather East Coast Lager

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I don’t drink a lot of lager beer. It’s not that I don’t like them, it’s that I don’t really come across many lager beers. I was recently in my local Harris Teeter grocery store and saw Legion Brewing Carolina Feather East Coast Lager. This rice lager beer is 4.4% ABV and has won a NC Brewers Cup gold medal. This lager beer uses North Carolina-grown malt and non-GMO grist. This lager pours a light, clear yellow with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The head fades quickly. The aroma is light, sweet, and lemony. The flavor is similar to its own aroma. It is sweet, lemony, clean, crisp, and light-bodied. This beer has a light mouthfeel.  The lager then finishes with a light lemon note, which is not that sweet. The aftertaste is crisp with light, sweet notes and a touch of lemon. That flavor doesn’t stay long. This is a good lager beer that I give an A-. It is better than all the macro lagers you find everywhere. This has slightly more lemon flavor than I would like, but that is all because its other delicious flavors make for a lager beer that you should be drinking. Please stay safe, be kind to one another, and remember to always enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Brasserie Chouffe La Chouffe Blonde

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I am quite fond of Belgian beer. I have enjoyed Belgian beers all over the world. This Belgian beer is Brasserie Chouffe La Chouffe Blonde. This beer is 8% ABV. I have reviewed other Brasserie Chouffe beers. You should read about them. This Blonde beer pours a light orange/blonde color with a two-finger head. The aroma is fruity with citrus notes, sweet, and strong. The flavor is citrusy, sweet, with light yeasted notes, smooth, strong, and light-bodied. La Chouffe has a light to medium mouthfeel. This beer has a fruity and strong finish that fades steadily. Then comes a citrusy aftertaste. La Chouffe is good, but I think Delirium Blonde is better. With that said, I’d say La Chouffe Blonde is an A-. La Chouffe Blonde is lighter-bodied than Delirium without the spiced note you get from Delirium Blonde. Both are worth drinking. I recommend this one and Delirium Blonde. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to always enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Stone Brewing Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager

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I had Stone Brewing Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager at Laguardia Airport. As I drank this lager, I thought to review it. This lager is 4.7% ABV, and they use Liberty hops, salt, and lime. This beer is a Mexican-style lager. This lager pours a clean gold with a one-finger, quickly fading white head. The aroma is salt and lime. The taste is light, biscuity, salty, and limey. This beer has a light mouthfeel. The finish is salted and limey. The aftertaste is light saltiness and lime. This beer is an easy drinker. I give Beunaveza an A+. This is a good warm-weather beer. It would go great with tacos or on its own. I highly recommend it. It is light enough to be sessionable or crushable. It doesn’t have too much sweetness like some lagers. This would be a beer I would keep in the refrigerator, and you should too. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

Southern Range Brewing Co. Energizer Blonde Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale

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I like a coffee blonde ale, and my favorite is Wooden Robot Brewery’s Good Morning Vietnam. I used that as a benchmark for other coffee blondes. This beer is Southern Range Brewing Co. Energizer Blonde Vanilla Coffee Blonde Ale. This ale is 5.4% ABV and brewed in Monroe, North Carolina, with coffee and vanilla. This ale pours blonde with a one and a half finger white sticky head. It leaves behind nice lacing in the glass. The aroma is light vanilla and mostly coffee notes. The flavor is coffee, faint vanilla, and light bitterness. This ale is not great in flavor. It clashes and has a light black pepper taste. This beer has a sweet and bitter finish with roasted coffee notes that all still come across as peppery. The aftertaste is fading coffee and vanilla. I would not have Energizer Blonde. I give it a D. It is like bad vanilla-flavored coffee. The bitterness doesn’t help either. I do not recommend this Southern Range Beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Town Brewing Co. Western Sky American Wheat Ale with Blood Orange

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Town Brewing Co. Western Sky is produced here in Charlotte, North Carolina. This 5.6% ABV beer is an American Wheat Ale with blood oranges. This is a spring wheat seasonal beer. This ale pours orange/yellow with a one-finger white head. That head does not stay long. The aroma is fruity with blood oranges, and it has a sweetness. The flavor is wheated, orange, sweet, and there is a light bitter note. This has a lighter mouthfeel. The finish is bittersweet oranges and a light tart flavor. There is a fruity aftertaste of blood orange that steadily fades with some light sweetness that ends with a tiny bitter note. Western Sky is a delicious wheat ale. I am a big fan of blood oranges. So this beer is an A. Great beer for spring and warmer weather. I really recommend Town Brewing Co. Western Sky. All of the flavors come together very nicely and ends up with a fabulous beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Legion Brewing Sunny Disposition West Coast IPA

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The store shelves are filled with IPAs. It seems like more than half of the beer on store shelves is an IPA of some sort. Sunny Disposition is a 7.2% ABV West Coast IPA from Legion Brewing here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Legion is one of my top breweries here. They make great-tasting beers. This IPA pours a deeper yellow with an almost two-finger white head. The aroma is slightly malty, with notes of onion, light grapefruit, and bitter notes. The flavor has notes of onion and a malty backbone. There is bitterness and grapefruit. This has a light mouthfeel. This IPA finishes with a bitter malt flavor and fruity bitterness. The aftertaste is light malt and onion flavor that fades rather quickly. The bitterness sticks around. This beer is okay, and I’ve had better versions of a West Coast IPA. Sunny Disposition is a C. It’s average, and I wouldn’t run out after this Legion Brewing beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Birdsong Brewing Co. Czech It Out, Czech-Style Dark Lager

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Birdsong Brewing Co.’s Czech It Out is the second Czech-style dark lager this week. This lager is 5.5% ABV with Bohemian Pilsner. Vienna Chocolate Malt Blackprinz malts. There are Galena and Sazz hops. This dark lager is only available mid January through February. This beer is still on store shelves. I purchased this at my local Total Wine. This dark lager pours black with a one-finger beige head that quickly fades. The aroma is dark, bready, and malty. The flavor is malty, breaded, and on the heavy side. This beer has a light roast and a light bitterness. This beer has a medium mouthfeel. Then this lager finishes with a bitter, bready note. The aftertaste is lightly roasted, with some malted flavors. Czech It Out is better than Burial Beer Co.’s Precious. This beer is a C-. The flavor was a little heavier. This beer had a little more roasted malt flavor. I don’t think I’d recommend it, or run back to this beer. I am not quite sure I like Czech dark lagers. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! cheers!

Burial Beer Co. Precious Czech-Style Amber

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Precious from Burial Beer Co. in Asheville, North Carolina, is a Czech-style amber lager. This lager is 4.9% ABV. This beer is hopped with Czech Saaz and Adeena hops. This lager pours a light brown/amber color with a one-finger off-white head. The aroma is malty and bread-like, with rye and a light sweetness. The flavor is breaded, malty, a rye flavor, light, and smooth. This has a light mouthfeel. Then this beer finishes with an off-flavor of malts. The aftertaste is rye bread and malts that linger. But as the aftertaste lingers. That is not great. I found this Precious to be interesting when I bought it, but after tasting it, it wasn’t so interesting. I give this amber lager a D+. I was able to finish a pint, but I didn’t like it as much. The flavors are not so good, but not the worst I’ve had. I don’t recommend this beer, nor will I rush back to have this one again. I usually like the beer that comes from Burial Beer Co. But this one was too rustic tasting for my liking. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!