Burial Beer Co. & Trillium Brewing Some Kind of Spectacle Unbeknownst to You West Coast IPA

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From Bruail Beer Co. Some Kind of Spectacle Unbeknownst to You is a collaboration with Trillium Brewing and is a 6.8% ABV West Coast IPA double dry hopped with Mosaic Hyperboost, Mosiac T90, Simcoe, and Zumo hops. This beer pours yellow with a tow finger-white head. It has a bitter, hoppy, piney, and sweet aroma. The flavor resembles the hoppy, bitter, pine, and sweet smell. This has a medium and somewhat creamy mouthfeel. Then, it has a sweet pine and bitter finish that leads to a hoppy aftertaste. Burial Beer has done it again, this is good because the last beer I reviewed from them was not so good. This one was not overly bitter and hoppy, with good flavors. This IPA is an A+. I highly recommend this IPA. So go try it and other Burial Beers. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Left Hand Brewing Co. Coconut Milk Stout

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It has been a while since I have had a beer from Left Hand Brewing Co. in Longmont, Colorado. Which is famous for Nitro Milk Stout. This is Coconut Milk Stout, a seasonal beer available in winter. This beer is 6% ABV with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, lactose (milk sugars) flaked oats, toasted coconut, yeast, and natural flavors, which I could not found what those natural flavors are. This stout pours black with a one-and-a-half finger beige head. It has a nice aroma of sweetness, malts, roasted/toasted coconut, and chocolate. The flavor is good/smooth, and the coconut is toasted with sweetness. Roasted malts and chocolate and it has creamy textures. This has a full feel in the mouth. Then it has a creamy, smooth, sweeter finish, with a nice toasted malted coconut aftertaste. This is a good beer and not overly heavy like some stouts. I give Coconut Milk Stout from Left Hand Brewing Co. an A. It is worth trying if you haven’t already. It has good coconut notes with just the right amount of malt and sweetness. It’s delicious! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Hopfly Brewing Company Barbaric Yawp Black IPA

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Black IPA isn’t a style of beer you see too often. I saw Barbaric Yawp earlier this week and thought it would make for an interesting review. This black IPA is 6.4% ABV, double dry-hopped with Simcoe, Chinook, and Centennial hops brewed locally in Charlotte, North Carolina. This beer pours black with a two-finger slow-fading beige head. The aroma is charred, hoppy, with light fruit aromas. The taste is hoppy, charred, bitter, nutty, and has citrus flavors. This is a medium mouthfeel beer. The finish is charred with some citrus bitterness. The aftertaste is bitterness and charred notes with a light citrus note. The fruity flavors with the char make this not so great. I give Barbaric Yawp a D. I didn’t like this very much and wouldn’t recommend it. I do like black IPA, not this one. It is too bitter and charred for my liking. But I still think Hopfly Brewing Company is a good brewery. I guess you can’t win them all. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Highland Brewing Company Seasonal Cerveza Lime Lager

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From Highland Brewing Company in Asheville, North Carolina, Seasonal Cerveza Lime Lager is only available February through June. This beer is 5% ABV with Mt. Hood, Hallertau, Mittenfruh, and Perle hops. There is Vianna, Pilsner, and Dark Munich malts as well as Lime in this Lager. This lager pours a gold color with a one finger white head that fizzes away quickly. The aroma is zesty with lime and crisp on the nose. The flavor is tangy, lime, malty, and crisp with a light body. This has a light feeling in the mouth. This lager has a fruity lime finish and aftertaste of the same lime zest. This is a good crushable beer that is an A. If you like Mexican style beers, then look no further. This beer is good without trying too hard and it’s refreshing. The lime flavor does not overpower the beer in any way. It complements the overall flavors of this lager. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Reserve Bourbon Barrel-Age Coffee Chocolate Stout

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Dragon’s Milk started as its own beer, then became the name of New Holland Brewing’s reserve series of stouts. This is Bourbon Barrel-Age Coffee Chocolate Stout. This stout is 11% ABV with Madcap Bolt Coffee. Bolt is the type of strong roast from Madcap Coffee, Grand Rapids, Michigan, not far from Holland, Michigan, where New Holland Brewing is located. This stout pours thick black with a two-finger milk chocolate colored head. The aroma is roasted coffee, chocolate, bitterness, and light bourbon. The flavor is roasted strong coffee, dark chocolate, bourbon, vanilla, and boozy. This has a full feeling in the mouth. The stout has a bourbon and chocolate coffee finish with a slight bitter dark chocolate boozy aftertaste. This is an okay bourbon barrel-aged stout. I would give the lowest C-. It is just too much strong coffee with not enough chocolate. But I have had much worse. Would I recommend this? I would halfway, but you have to like big coffee, chocolate, bourbon barrel-aged stouts. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Hitachino Nest Red Rice Ale

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Produced by Kiuchi Brewery under Hitachino Nest is Red Rice Ale. This beer is 7% ABV with Lager malts, Chinook hops, and adjuncts such as red rice and flaked barley. This beer is made in Naka-shi Ibaraki, Japan. I don’t think I’ve ever had or seen a red rice ale. This beer pours a smoky pink color with no head. The head disappears as soon as the beer is poured. The aroma is fruity, malty, with some light sweetness. The flavor is fruity with strawberry sweetness, malt flavors, and light bitterness. The mouthfeel is smooth and light. This beer has some resemblance to a sour, but it is lighter. This ale finishes semi-sweet with bits of fruity flavors. The aftertaste is bitter-sweet. I didn’t find Red Rice Ale from Hitachino Nest to be good. I give this beer a D+. Not something I would recommend. The malts and the fruity flavors clashed, giving this an off taste. I like some other beers Hitachino Nest produces, like the white ale. Please stay safe, be kind to each other and remember to enjoy responsibility! Cheers!

Wooden Robot Brewery Overachiever Pale Ale

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Overachiever is a Pale Ale from Wooden Robot Brewery in Charlotte, North Carolina. This 5.3% ABV beer is only sold in twelve-ounce six-packs at their Brewery. Overachiever has local Epiphany craft malts, Simcoe, Centennial, and Strata hops. Wooden Robot Brewery doesn’t really distribute their beer into the Charlotte area, so finding this or any of their beer is a bit difficult unless you go to the source, which Wooden Robot Brewery is a cool place to go. This Pale Ale pours light orange with barely a one finger head of fizzy clear bubbles. The aroma is bitter and fruity with sweetness. The flavor of Overachiever is tropical fruits, citrus, bitterness, sweetness, light pine notes, and it is smooth with a light body. Overachiever is light to almost a medium feel in the mouth. This has a smooth bitter fruit finish and a fruity and bitter aftertaste. Wooden Robot Brewery Overachiever Pale was good, and a B. It was more like a mild fruity IPA than a traditional Pale Ale. But that was good in my opinion, and I found this beer not to be overly hoppy and bitter. I’d recommend Overachiever Pale Ale. It has good fruit and bitter flavors. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Unibroue La Fin Du Monde

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This beer is a Belgian-style Triple called La Fin Du Monde, or The End of The World. This Triple is by Brewery Unibroue in Chambly, Québec, Canada. This beer is named after what the French explorers called Québec. They thought they were at the end of the world. I have had this beer before and thought it was time to review it. I thought, why haven’t I reviewed this? This beer is 9% ABV. I have found most beer of this style roughly the same ABV percentage. This Triple beer pours a golden, cloudy color with a bright white two and a half finger head. The aroma is fruity with some banana and a little spice on the nose. This beer is sweet as well, but not too sweet smelling. The flavor has banana, sweetness, and a light spice note. This triple ale has a strong flavor from the alcohol but also light-bodied. This beer is fuller on feeling in the mouth. Then it has a fruity, sweet, and spiced finish. The aftertaste is lightly fruity and sweet but has a bit of the strength from the 9% alcohol. La Fin Du Mound is so delicious and well deserving of an A+. If you haven’t had this beer, then you should go immediately and get this. It’s one of my top favorite triples. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Toasted Knight Coconut Porter

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Brewed in Denver, North Carolina, by Royal Bliss Brewing Co., Toasted Knight is a 5.3% ABV coconut Porter. This porter has heavily toasted bittersweet coconut spreads. Toasted Knight pours black with an almost two-finger beige head. The head is semi-sticky as it fades into itself. The aroma is of roasted coffee, bitterness, and coconut. The taste is chocolate, with roasted notes and bittersweet coconut, which is smooth. This beer has a fuller mouthfeel. Then, this beer has a bittersweet finish. The finish is smooth. The aftertaste is of roasted noted and bittersweetness. I found Toasted Knight good and would give this a B-. The coconut really adds good flavor to the beer. I would recommend this beer. But I think this isn’t the best coconut porter, but it’s worth drinking. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sapporo Premium Black Beer

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We’re back after a dry January, and it’s nice to be back. This is Sapporo Premium Black Beer, a dark lager. This beer is 5% ABV. According to Sapporo, the passion for the craftsmanship of this beer has gone back one hundred and forty years. This beer has dark roast malts, select barley, and hops and is brewed in several places in Japan, Canada, and Vietnam. This black lager pours a light black with a sticky three-finger beige head. The aroma is malted, light coffee roast, and dark. The flavor is dark, roasted, light coffee, malty, smooth, and light bodies. I found this beer slightly watery in the back of the mouth. This has a medium feel in the mouth. Then, the beer comes to a slightly roasted malt finish. Then comes a lightly malted aftertaste that fades really quick. I think this beer is fine, but there are better dark lagers out there. Sapporo Premium Black Beer is a C-. It is okay, but nothing really memorable. It wouldn’t be a bad choice to try if you wanted. I just don’t find it to be perfect. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!