Brouwerij Huyghe Delirium Nocturnum

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Brouwerij Huyghe is probably one of the best breweries. I think so. This particular Brouwerij Huyghe beer is Delirium Nocturnum, an 8.5% ABV Belgian dark strong ale. This ale hales from Malle, Belgium. This ale pours brown with red-hued edges and a two-finger beige head. The aroma is malty and sweet. It is a dark fruit (plum) kind of sweetness. The flavor is sweet and malty. I found it to have dark stone fruits(plum and prune). This ale has a full, rich mouthfeel. The finish is malty, less sweet than its first initial taste. There is a dark, fruity, and malty aftertaste that lingers. I have had this many times. It is good every time. I think everyone should try Delirium Nocturnum. I believe it’s an A+. Really, one of the best beers in the world. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Under the Fangs of a Feast of Possibilities West-Coast India Pale Ale

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One of my favorite breweries, Burial Beer, brews a beer called “Under the Fangs of a Feast of Possibilities.” This West Coast IPA is brewed in Asheville, North Carolina. It uses a simple grain mash, boiled, hopped, and whirlpooled with Amarillo, Strak Idaho 7, and Mosiac hops. This beer is double dry-hopped with Strata, Riwaka, and Amarillo Cryo hops. Burial usually uses a lot of hops in their IPAs. This IPA pours a clean, golden color with a two-finger, white head. The aroma is bitter, crisp, and hoppy. I found a faint strawberry scent. The flavor is bitter and crisp (sort of). This has a creamy feeling in the mouth. The finish is hoppy and has a strange crispness that isn’t that good. The aftertaste is less bitter than the initial flavors. This beer is okay at first, gets better, and ends not great. Under the Fangs of a Feast of Possibilities is overall anlokay beer that I give a high D+. I finished this thinking that I could be better. It changed too much as you took a sip of it (like a rollercoaster of good and not good flavors). The crisp flavor up front was a bit weird and didn’t really meld with the bitterness. I would try this one. It was just okay. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindeman’s PÊCHE Peach Lambic Beer

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Pêche is a Peach Lambic Beer from Lindeman’s mix four pack. It is a wild yeast. It is also a wild fermented beer with peaches from Vlezenbeek, Belgium. This beer is 2.5% ABV. Peach is my favorite fruit flavor. This beer is from 30% fresh peach juice. It has been around since 1987. This beer pours golden with no visible head. The aroma is sweet with fresh peaches and a bit of light sourness. The flavor is lightly sour and sweet, from the peach flavor. This lambic beer has a good amount of carbonation. The mouthfeel is light. This lambic finishes with a peach flavor that is sweeter and less sour. The aftertaste of this beer is of lingering peach. This beer is good, my favorite so far. I do have one left. This Pêche gets an A+. This beer has very delicately delicious flavors. If you haven’t had this, then you are missing out. I highly recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Avery Brewing Co. Ellie’s Brown American Brown Ale

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One of the first styles of beer I ever had was Brown Ale. I got into that style through Newcastle Brown Ale. That was over twenty years ago. Now I have Ellie’s Brown American Brown Ale. This beer is a 5.5% ABV ale from Avery Brewing, brewed with hops such as Sterling, Bullion, and Cascade. This brown ale also uses Munich, C-120, Honey Malt, Cara Pils, Chocolate, and 2-Row malts along with a House Ale Strain yeast. This ale pours deep brown with a one-finger light tan head. The aroma is light, with notes of chocolate, sweetness, and a hint of brown sugar. The flavor is mild and not much. There is chocolate, sweetness, and light hops. To me, this beer has mild and mellow flavors overall. The beer finishes with a light chocolate taste. The aftertaste is malty. Ellie’s Brown boring beer. Not terrible. I give this one a D+. I don’t think there is enough flavor on this. I don’t think I would purchase this beer again. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Woods & Waters India Pale Ale

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One of my favorite breweries, Maine Beer Company, in Freeport, Maine, brews some delicious beers. This beer is Woods & Waters India Pale Ale. This IPA has a 6.2% ABV. This IPA commemorates the establishment of Katahdin Woods & Water National Monument. This IPA is using Maine-grown barley and wheat. Woods & Waters IPA pours light yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is clean, oniony, piney, and hoppy. The flavor is of pink grapefruit, melon, and pineapple. The taste is also of pine, light grass, and garlic/onion. This beer has a light mouthfeel. This IPA finishes with garlic and citrus/tropical fruits. There is bitterness in the finish. The aftertaste is less of that initial garlic, but it lingers a bit with a touch of bitterness and hoppieness. I found Wood & Waters IPA to be slightly different from the IPAs I’ve had recently. The garlic and onion flavors really add a great dimension to the fruitiness of this IPA. Woods & Water IPA is an A+ beer. I highly recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

Lindemans Apple (POMME) Lambic Beer

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Here is another beer from Lindemans mixed four-pack, and it is Apple (POMME) Lambic Beer. This Beer is an 8-ounce, 3.5% ABV lambic with apple, and it is the youngest in the range (since 2005). This beer pours honey gold with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, apple, sour, and tart. The flavor is the same, and the aroma has sweetness, sour notes, apple, and tart flavors. This apple Lambic has a light feel in the mouth. The aftertaste is tart apple. The finish is sweet and sour apple flavor with tartness that lingers until the next sip. This beer is good, but lighter overall than the Kriek Cherry. This Apple Lambic is an A. This is more of a summer beer than the Cherry, but the Cherry is still a summer drinker. Both are good, and there are two left in the mixed pack. Once all have been reviewed, I will review the mixed pack overall and pick my favorite. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindmans Kriek Cherry Lambic Beer

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I found this little eight-ounce Lindemans Kriek in a mixed four-pack at my local Whole Foods. This beer is a 3.5% Kriek Cherry Lambic that goes through a secondary fermentation process in the bottle. This cheery beer is filtered and pasteurized before being bottled and made from a Lambic base. That is the difference between this beer and Oude Kriek Cuvée René. This beer is a maceration of 25% of fresh sour cherry juice, then it is filtered and pasteurised. This Kriek pours a cherry red with a one-finger thin pink head. The aroma is tart, sweet, and sour, with a hint of cherry. The flavor is tart, light, and sour, with a big cherry flavor and some sweetness. This Kriek has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is tart cherry and light sweetness. The aftertaste lingers with cherry tartness and sweet flavors. This is a delicious beer without an overly high ABV. Ledemins Kriek is an A. But I don’t think you can drink more than a 750ML bottle. The flavor gets too much, but it’s still delicious, and you should be drinking this beer! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Emerald IPA

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I have been looking for Dragon’s Milk Emerald IPA. This New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk IPA is an 11% ABV barrel-fermented IPA dry-hopped with Lotus hops and aged in Oak barrels. Dragon’s Milk is a division of New Holland Brewing that does all the barrel aging of their beer and makes bourbon as well (www.newhollandbrew.com)(dragonsmilk.com). This beer can be purchased at Total Wine (http://www.totalwine.com) or on the Dragon’s Milk website. This IPA pours deep orange with a one-finger white head. The aroma is hoppy, citrus, and vanilla. The flavor is a combination of orange and vanilla, and it is strong and bitter. This beer has a full mouthfeel. Then it comes to a vanilla boozy finish with small amounts of citrus flavor. This IPA has a boozy vanilla oak aftertaste that lingers just long enough. This IPA sounds interesting when I heard about it on social media, and it is. It does taste almost like an 11% ABV beer, but the hops help it not taste like 11%. It has good barrel flavors without being overly oaky. I think Dragon’s Milk Emerald is an A, and I recommend it! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Wiseman Brewing Angelo’s Pils Italian Style Pilsner

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I’ve had Angelo’s Pils twice now. I first had it on tap at Pasta and Provisions Park Road, here in Charlotte, NC, and I just picked up a four-pack at the Providence Road location. This Italian Style Pilsner is 5.2% ABV by Wiseman Brewing in Winston-Salem, NC. This Pilsner is a traditional Pilsner base, dry-hopped with Saphir and Spalter Select hops. The beer’s name is from the Angelo Family (from Como, Italy), who built the building long ago. They ran a Wholesale company out of that building for decades. Now it is the Wiseman Brewing Facility. This Pilsner pours light golden yellow with a two-finger white head. The head fades down to one finger and stays for a while. The aroma is light, sweet, fruity, and has light malt notes. The beer’s flavor is bittersweet and has a light apple flavor. The beer is also crisp with herbal flavors. This Pilsner finishes malty. That malt flavor then grows and lingers on the tongue. The aftertaste is malty. The finish and aftertaste really make this a delicious Italian-style Pilsner. I give Angelo’s Italian-style Pils a B+. I recommend you try this Pilsner. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

TRVE Brewing Co. Chapel of Ghouls Hazy IPA

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The label on Chapel of Ghouls reminds me of Dracula’s castle from the video game Castlevania. This hazy IPA from TRVE Brewing Co. in Asheville, NC, and near Denver, Colorado, is 6.5%. I wasn’t able to find any information on this can or any further information on their website. This brewer is no longer in operation. But my local Total Wine (totalwine.com) still has this beer and a few others for sale on their shelves. They have moved their production facility to New Image Brewing in Colorado. This beer pours a hazy light yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is bitter, grassy, and citrusy. The flavor is bitter, grassy, and grapefruit. This beer has a mild bitterness and a medium feel in the mouth. Then this IPA comes to a bitter grapefruit finish. The aftertaste is bitter, but that bitterness fades with a light grapefruit flavor. This IPA is a good beer, an A, and I have a slight hesitation in recommending it since this brewery has closed. But if you do see it, grab it. It’s good and refreshing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!