Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. And The House Is On Fire Smoked Doppelbock Lager

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This beer from Charleston, South Carolina, is a smoked doppelbock lager, . This lager beer is 7.5%. This beer is a strong version of a German Bock beer made by German monks. This beer pours a deep amber color with a two-finger off-white head. The aroma is smokey, dry, and malty. The flavor is dark, smokey, dry, and malty. This has a medium feeling in the mouth. This bock beer comes with a smokey and dry, malt finish. The aftertaste is dark and dry with some smokey notes. This beer is not a big smoke bomb, and it isn’t like inhaling a campfire. But you do get just enough smokey flavor. I give this beer a B. The smoke is light and the overall flavor is good but a bit one-sided. I don’t think this is a beer where you could drink all four in a pack. The smoke would get to be a bit overwhelming. I would recommend And The House Is On Fire. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Liefmans Craft Blenders Kriek Brut

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Liefmans Craft Blenders in Oudenaarde, Belgium brews this Kriek Brut. This beer is 6% ABV. A Kriek is a type of fruited sour fermented with cherries. Both the Flemish name, meaning cherry. This style comes from Belgium. Kriek is a type of Lambic, just with cherries. This beer pours a deep red color with a pink two-finger head. The aroma is tart, cherries, and some yeast esters. The flavor is on the light sour side, cherry, and there is tartness. This has a light feel on the mouth. This beer has a tart cherry finish. Light cherry flavors come in the aftertaste with a light tartness. This is very different from a typical beer. But it is enjoyable. I give Kriek Brut from Liefmans an A-. It’s just tart cherry all over this beer. That is why an A-. I really recommend this one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Peach Body Fruited Wheat

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Peach Body Fruited Wheat from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. is in Denver, North Carolina. This beer has been made to remove gluten. This wheat beer is 4.1% ABV. This beer pours a yellow color with a one-finger thin white head. It quickly dissolves into nothing. This beer has a peachy, wheat, and crispy aroma. The flavor is peach, wheat, light malts, and crisp. This is not a Hefeweizen type of wheat beer. This is more of a pale American wheat. This has a light feeling on the mouth. Then comes a semi-sweet peach finish. The aftertaste is lightly malted with a peach flavor. This is more peach flavor than anything else. I give Peach Body a C-. The peach flavor is good, but everything else about this beer is slightly below average. I don’t think this is a terrible beer. If the peach flavor wasn’t as dominant, then this would be worse. It would not be bad if you had this. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brasserie d’Orval Trappist Ale

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Orval Trappist Ale is a Belgian Pale Ale brewed near Florenville, Belgium in the Providence of Luxembourg. This Ale is 6.9% ABV. This ale pours a light brown color with a four-finger thick white slow and sticky head. The aroma is fruity, sour, and sweet. The flavor is fruity, dry, sour, sweet, and a light bitterness. This ale has a medium feel to the mouth. Orval finishes dry with a light bitter fruit flavor. The aftertaste is lightly fruity and somewhat dry. This beer started out good, and as I came to the end, it wasn’t as good. I give Orval Trappist Ale a C. I have mixed feelings about this. Some parts of this were okay, and some weren’t. But I think this wasn’t as good as I expected. The flavors didn’t quite come together. There are better examples of Belgian Pale Ale out there. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to be responsible! Cheers!

Burial Beer x Okay Beer Threads Modern Pilsner

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Threads Modern Pilsner is a collaboration between Burial Beer and Okay Beer. This Pilsner’s proceeds go to help the Leaf Feather Fun, which benefits global arts in New Orleans. This Pilsner is fermented with experiential Thiol-Maximizing yeast. It also hopped with Mittelfuh and Motueka hops. This beer is 4.9% ABV. This beer pours a lemon yellow with a three-finger bright white head. The head is slow to fade. The aroma is Lemon/berries, light hoppy notes, and malted. The flavor is light hoppiness, lemon, berries, malty, and semi-sweet. This has a light mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a little hoppy lemon flavor. The aftertaste is slight hops that don’t stick around. This was not what I was expecting from a Pilsner. That’s not such a bad thing. I give Threads Modern Pilsner a B-. It wasn’t as crisp as most pilsners. I would have this again, and is one I’d recommend. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Founders Brewing Co. Mortal Bloom Hazy IPA

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This Hazy IPA is Mortal Bloom from Founders Brewing Co. in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This beer is 6.2% ABV. This IPA has Citra, Mosaic, and cascade hops, It also has 2-row, wheat malt, and oats. This beer pours a bright yellow with a one-finger bright white quick head. The aroma is tropical fruits, citrus fruits, and light bitterness. The flavor is pineapple, mango, melon, grapefruit, orange, and juicy bitterness. The bitterness is light, as is the mouthfeel. This beer has a fruity, bitter finish. This has a juicy tropical fruit aftertaste. This is an easy-drinking beer for spring/summer. It is light on flavor but good. I give this a B+. The fact that it is easy to drink and 6.2% keeps it from being rated any higher. But I still recommend Motral Bloom Hazy IPA. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Harland Brewing Japanese Lager

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I purchased this Japanese Lager from Harland Brewing in Culver City, California. It came from a local Trader Joe’s. This beer is brewed in San Deigo with puffed Jasmine rice and toasted rice flakes. This beer is also fermented with Urkle (which allows for a nice balance between hops and malt) from Imperial Czech Yeast. This beer is 5% ABV. This Japanese Lager pours a golden color with a three-finger bright white head. The head does leave nice lacing behind as it dissipates. The aroma is semi-sweet, lightly bitter, clean, and crisp. The flavor is sweet, bready, light on bitterness, clean, and crips. This is a light-bodied beer. This Lager finishes clean and crips. The aftertaste has a light sweetness that doesn’t really linger. This Harland Brewing Japanese Lager is better than Japanese Lager from Japan. Those from Japan are good. This Japanese Lager is an A+. I recommend this beer to anyone who fancies a nice Lager. There is a perfect amount of sweetness, bitterness, and breaded notes to make this beer delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Mason Ale Works iPOP! Tart Tango Fruited Tart Ale

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This is the last beer I purchased from the Citizens Public Market in Culver City, Califonia. This beer is Mason Ale Works iPOP! Tart Tango Fruited Tart Ale. This Kettled Sour ale is 4.8% ABV. This beer is brewed in San Deigo, California. I have one more beer that I bought in Culver City. I purchased it from a local Trader Joe’s. That review will be soon. This sour ale pours a red color with a one-finger pink fizzy head. The head doesn’t stick around for long. The aroma is cherries, strawberries, and raspberries. There is some tartness on the nose as well. The flavor is tart with cherries, raspberries, and some strawberries. This ale had a bit of a cherry cola flavor. The sourness is not really existent here. This has a light feel to the mouth. Then it has a tart cherry finish. The aftertaste of cherries and raspberries lingers a bit. I don’t mind sour ale, but I wouldn’t say I love them. But This iPOP! Tart Tango was fabulous. I give this beer an A+. It wasn’t face puckering sour or tart. It had just the right amount. The fruity flavor really shined. Making this beer delicious. I highly recommend this Mason Ale Works beer! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Ommagang OMG Series Gnommegang Belgian-Style Blond Ale

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This is Brewery Ommegang OMG Series Gnommegange Belgian-Style Blond Ale This ale is 9.5% ABV. This beer was purchased in Culver City, California from Citizens Public Market. Ommegang is located in Cooperstown, New York. This particular Ommegang beer has yeast from a Belgian farmstead Brasserie d’Achouffe. This beer also has Styrian Goldings Hops, Pils, flaked oats, flaked red wheat, and Special B malts. The beer pours a hazy light orange and with a big white three-finger head. The aroma is sweet with banana and yeasty esters. The flavor is similar to the way it smells. There are banana sweet notes, very light hop notes, and spiciness. Gnommegang has a fuller feeling in the mouth. This beer finishes with sweet/spicy fruits. The aftertaste is a lingering of the same. This beer is really delicious, and deserving of a A+. The yeast that is used here really makes the beer great. I highly recommend Gnommegang! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Modern Times Beer Fruitlands Sangria Gose

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This beer is Fruitlands Sangria Gose from Modern Time Beer in San Deigo, California. This is a sour Gose-style beer that is 4.8% AB. I purchased this from The Citizens Public Market in Culver City. This Gose has Pilsner, malted wheat, and flaked wheat malts. This beer pours a magenta color with a one-finger slightly pink head. This Gose beer has a slightly sour, salty, and sweet aroma. The aroma is tropical fruit, like guava, melon, and passion fruit. The flavor is tart, sweet and sour. There is guava, melon, and passionfruit. This beer has a mild tartness with minimal sour notes. This beer is light on in the mouth. Then you get a tart but tropical finish. The aftertaste is of tart tropical fruits. I found this beer not so great at first. But after a few sips, this Gose started to get better. I would give this beer a C-. I think Westbrook Brewing Gose, in my opinion, is the best version. With the addition of fruit makes the not an even comparison but close. This Fruitlands Gose is not the worst, but I would rush back to try this. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!