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Victory Brewing Company Home Grown New American Lager

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Victory Brewing Company Home Grown New American Lager, 4.8% ABV came to me from a wonder Brewpublik delivery recently. Victory Brewing Company in Downingtown Pennsylvania brews Home Grown with American Whole Flower Hops. Home Grown pours a yellow/gold color with one finger quickly fading fizzy white head giving off floral aromas with slight yet faint hoppy juicy notes that give you floral flavors with some slight hoppy faint notes with tropical juiciness with a nice juicy slight topical finish that leads to an aftertaste of slight lemon with a medium almost full mouthfeel. This was certainly a different take on an American Lager. It’s good, I give Victory Brewing Company Home Grown New American Lager an A-. This is good but a little much on the floral side for a large. But overall was something that I will go back to and one I recommend that you should try. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!     

Throwback Thursday: Foothills Brewing People’s Poter

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This post was originally posted on November 10, 2014.

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As we get deep into the fall and closer to winter the store shelves are getting more and darker beer upon them. I do enjoy dark beers, which has a wide range of styles, dunkers, dunkelweizens, doppelbock, schwarzbier, porter, and stout. Here is a porter from Winston-Salem North Carolina, Foothills Brewing People’s Porter, 5.8% ABV. People’s Porter is an English-style porter. People’s Porter pours a dark rube to a black color with a three and a half finger brown thick head that slowly fades into wonderful foamy, creamy lacing. The aroma upon People’s Porter is chocolaty with light hints of some caramel. The taste is similar to its aroma with chocolate and caramel, also there are toffee notes with a slight herbal bitterness that follows that, but nothing overwhelming, People’s Porter has an IBU of 42.  This People’s Porter finishes nicely with a pleasant hint of espresso and faint chocolate but more of the espresso is present. The aftertaste is a nice lingering chocolaty espresso flavor that slowly fades into the next sip of this beer. I enjoyed Foothills Brewing People’s Porter and I would give this a B+. This is a solid English-style Porter, and it is not too heavy or bitter on your taste buds, nor is it too strong. I found People’s Porter to be on the easier side of drinkability throughout the entire pint. I really have grown to like what Foothills Brewing is putting out there. They are brewing great beers! I recommend trying Foothills Brewing People’s Porter, so go out and pick this People’s Porter up and try it. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Tarboro Brewing Company Seed Spitter

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This looks and probably sounds like a summer beer, and while it is who says you shouldn’t drink a summer beer in other seasons of the year. I say if its good and you like it drink it. Like this Tarboro Brewing Company Seed Spitter, 4.4% ABV which is a salted watermelon Gose from Tarboro North Carolina. Seed Spitter pours an orange-yellow color with a one and a half finger white head and with a big tart watermelon aroma with a faint, slightly sour note. This leads to a salted watermelon tartness with a bit of sourness toward the end with a tart salty watermelon finish and a refreshing watermelon tartness with a light mouthfeel. This is a good beer to have with bbq, hot dogs, fried chicken and.or hamburgers. I enjoyed this refreshing easy drinking beer. It’s an A here and something that is worth a try, it is smooth and refreshing with slight fruit. I highly recommend you pick up Tarboro Brewing Company Seed Spitter and try it for yourself. Cheers! please enjoy responsibly!      

The Beer News

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Here are the news and events in and around the Charlotte area.

  • October 18th Wednesday 7 pm-9 pm Birdsong Brewing Co. Cheers & Beer for Allegro. is hosting a Pint Night to benefit Allegro Foundation! They are generously donating $1 for every pint served. Birdsong Brewing Co. began right here in Charlotte! Their focus is not only on their delicious, craft beer but also on doing their part to protect the environment. In fact, 100% of their spent grains are used by a local cattle farm, and 80% of their production utilizes reusable packaging! Come join us on October 18th, from 7-9 (1016 N Davidson St. Charlotte, NC 28206), for Cheers & Beers in support of Allegro Foundation…a Champion for Children with Disabilities! 
  • October 18th Wednesday 4 pm-9 pm Triple C Brewing Co. Pilot Batch Release-Oktoberfest. Fall is finally here and we are celebrating with a keg of German Oktoberfest Lager! Bleu Barn Bistro has dinner covered!
  • October 20th Friday 4 pm-10 pm Triple C Brewing Company. Flat Brim Hazy IPA Release. Another beer from our new brewery in The Barrel Room at Triple C!!
    “Flat Brim Hazy IPA”: 5.2% ABV, Juicy IPA lovers will revel in the huge tropical fruit and citrus notes on this intensely hopped yet very low bitterness IPA. Stop by for a pint and a growler to go! We are open from 4-10 with Bleu Barn Bistro food truck and live music from the Staton Bush Project!
  • October 20th Friday 7 pm-8:30 pm GoodRoad CiderWorks Cookies, Ciders, and Mead Oh My! Tickets at Everbrite. Join us for a fun evening with Charlotte baking scientist A Smart Cookie LLC. Your ticket includes tastings of three ciders and one mead carefully paired with four delightfully complimentary desserts. Limited seating, so be sure to purchase your ticket in advance.
    • Newtown Pippin with a snickerdoodle cookie
    • For Peach Sake with a cider glazed sugar cookie
    • Blue Byway with a cheesecake cookie
    • Avogadro’s Trail mead with an oatmeal scotchie cookie
  • October 21st Saturday 2 pm-7 pm Legion Brewing  Friends and Beerfest: Harvest Edition. Join us for our 2nd Annual Friends and Beerfest: Harvest Edition! We will be joined by our friends from Great Wagon Road Distilling Company and Good Road Ciderworks for an afternoon of fun. We will be releasing two new brews- “Cinn City” a red farmhouse ale spiced with ginger, clove, and cinnamon, as well as “Late Tates With Nate”, a roasted butternut squash and sweet potato amber. There will be pumpkin painting, games for the kids, cotton candy and cornhole! We will also be collecting canned goods for Loaves and Fishes. The Waggle Company will be hosting a Pet Parade and Costume Contest at 3PM, so come out and show off your pup in their most original get up! All participants receive a $20 Waggle credit and a chance to win some awesome prizes!

Estrella Damm Inedit

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Estrella Damm Inedit, 4.8% ABV is a Spanish specialty beer that is a limited production and comes is a black box with a 750ml bottle and is a blend of Witt and Lager beer. This is brewed by Estrella of Barcelona Spain, and Estrella Damm Inedit pours a golden orange color with a two finger white head with decent retention and an aroma of some fruity notes with faint yeasted scents that lead you to a taste of fruits, bold yeast notes with a very faint sour note with a nice fruity finish and an aftertaste of slight witbier with touches of fruit with a light mouthfeel. This Estrella Damm Inedit was good, getting a B-. It was half witbier and lager so I would’ve like it to be more witbier than a lager. It was good none the less and if you come across Estrella Damm Inedit pick up and try it! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!  

Hi-Wire Brewing Tropical Sour Wiesse with Passion Fruit and Guava

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I picked up Hi-Wire Brewing Tropical Sour Weisse w/ Passion Fruit and Guava, 4.2% ABV from Good Bottle Co. here in Charlotte. Hi-Wire Brewing in Asheville Ferments this beer Stainless tanks, White Wine Barrels and then bottle conditions it with Saccharomyces, ten months with Brettanomyces & a bacteria culture and with Champagne yeast. Tropical Sour Weisse pours a bright yellow color with a three finger bright white head and with an aroma of sourness, passion fruit with guava with some wine yeast that takes you to the sour/tart flavor up front with passion and guava fruit in the middle with a big tart flavor on the end that flows in to a nice tart Weisse finish and tart fruity aftertaste that linger with a light mouthfeel. This beer wasn’t as good as I was hoping but still A B- beer and something I might come back too, as you should too. it does have a bit too much tartness on the end, more than I would like but not a bad beer. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Castelló Beer Factory Golden, American Blonde Ale

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Here is a beer, Castelló Beer Factory Golden, American Blonde Ale 5.5% ABV that was gifted to me from my Spanish exchange brother via a box from Spain. Castelló Beer Factory for Catellón Spain isn’t imported into the United States, nor in the rest of North America. Golden, American Blonde Ale pours a slightly hazy golden color with a two finger head that fades into a right around the glass at a steady yet slower pace and gives off a slightly fruity aroma with a very faint yeasty note. This Golden as a slight witbier aroma to it more than a Golden. Taste is slightly fruity at first then you get some slight bold yeast flavors with a very little sourness toward the end that fades out quickly with a somewhat smooth like finish of something similar to a witbier and a similar aftertaste with a tiny bit of a sour note on the tail end that is quickly gone with a light to somewhat medium mouthfeel. I didn’t find Golden, American Blonde Ale to be bad it wasn’t what I thought it to be for an American Golden Ale, more of a slight witbier. So I give this a C+. It was good for what it was not what it was supposed to be, Golden, American Blonde Ale. But It wasn’t really worth having more than one and a half, nor was it too memorable. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!    

Throwback Thursday: Fullsteam Brewery Coffee is for Closers Iced Coffee Porter

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This post is from May 11, 2015.

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I so do enjoy coffee beers. I love the roasted and malted flavors of them. I found Fullsteam Brewery Coffee is for Closers Iced Coffee Porter, 6.0% ABV and 36 IBUs (International Bittering Units). I have never seen an iced Coffee beer before so I had to try it. Coffee is for Closers pour a black color with a big four beige head that slowly fades into little amounts of lacing in the glass. I found no light nor did I see any carbonation bubbles. The aroma is much like a sweet sugary iced coffee. You get nice roasted notes with a few fresh coffee beans.  The aroma is quite pleasing on the nose. Coffee is for Closers is semi-sweet at first and does have nice malt and roasted flavor but none too intense or strong. There is a slight burnt note to it on the end. The mouth full is medium to semi-full with a richness to it. Coffee is for Closers finishes nicely with a bit of semi-sweet roasted flavors and leaves you with a true iced coffee aftertaste that isn’t too sweet. I’d give Fullsteam Breweries Coffee is for Closers an A. It was what the label said it was. It was an iced coffee porter and it tasted like one. It never overpowers you with one flavor. It is well balanced and should be tried. So go out and try Fullsteam Brewery Coffee is for Closers Iced Coffee Porter! I recommend you do! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Nebraska Brewing Company Cardinal Pale Ale

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I received this Nebraska Brewing Company Cardinal Pale Ale, 6.0% ABV from Brewpublik recently. This beer is interesting, well the can is because it has an unconventional way of opening. You open it like a canned food, the whole top opens and it becomes a glass. Cardinal Pale Ale from Nebraska Brewing Compay in La Vista Nebraska pours a deep golden orange with a one and a half finger white head that dissipates at a steady pace with aroma of oranges with some slight malty grapefruit and other citrus aromas that guides you to a slight malty orange, grapefruit, and citrus flavor with a slight bitter-sweetness that grows a bit stronger on the back of the mouth, with a nice citrus finish and a malty citrus and a slight yet faint bitter note all with a medium mouthfeel. Cardinal Pale Ale is surprisingly good beer and one that grows on you. I could see myself having a few of these. The flavor goes a long way on this beer. I give Nebraska Brewing Company Cardinal Pale Ale an A-. This beer is good from start to finish and is one I recommend trying. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly! 

The Beer News

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Here are the news and events happening in and around the Charlotte, NC area!

  • October 13th Friday 11 am-11 pm The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Rein Stein Keller Pils Release. Every year, OMB brews the winning recipe of the Rein Stein Homebrewing Competition. 2017’s champion is Trey Lovelace – a first-time winner since OMB has partnered with Carolina Brewmasters. We’re excited to present Keller Pils on Friday, Oct. 13 with Trey. This new, limited Brauhaus Reserve is a rare German-style brew. It is similar to Captain Jack, but it’s unfiltered — meaning there will be a yeasty haze to the brew. The sapphire hops give it a kick unlike Jack as well. This brew is only available on tap at OMB. Learn more about Carolina Brewmasters at their website: http://www.carolinabrewmasters.com/index.php
  • October 13th Friday 5 pm-10 pm Trackside Crafts Beer Release #1. oin us as we debut our very first beer, the Trackside Farmhouse Ale! Brewed in collaboration with Sugar Creek Brewing, we brewed a dry, phenolic saison then dry-hopped it with Citra hops. This 6.7% ABV farmhouse ale was a small batch beer so very limited bottles will be available, along with tapping a keg. It will ONLY be available at Sugar Creek & Trackside Crafts, so we look forward to getting your feedback on our first of many collab beers!
  • October 14th Saturday 11 am-11 pm Sugar Creek Brewing is three years old, and we’re celebrating with a 3 Year Anniversary Belgian Beer Fest on Saturday, October 14 from 11 AM to 11 PM! We’ll have a special anniversary flight of Belgian beers (more on that below); a “Kids Zone” with a giant bounce house, games, and face-painting; a special appearance by the Charlotte Hornets mascot,Topgolf, and CrossFit Mecklenburg; live music with The Accidentals and two other local bands; and the Ultimate Craft Beer Lovers’ Giveaway featuring a YETI cooler filled with all the Sugar Creek swag you could ever want! To enter to win this giveaway, you can purchase a $5 giveaway ticket in the taproom ($1 of which will be donated to Michelle’s Mighty Mission, a fundraiser for The Cholangiocarcinoma Foundation) anytime between now and our anniversary celebration. We’ll announce the winner at 2:25 PM on October 14! Must be present to win. To get everyone excited for the celebration, we’ll be releasing one Belgian beer every day until the anniversary party starting on Monday, October 9 – see the beer release schedule below:
    Monday 10/9: Brett Saison
    Tuesday 10/10: Biere de Garde
    Wednesday 10/11: Galaxy Dry-Hopped Brett Saison
    Thursday 10/12: Oud Bruin
    Friday 10/13: Citra Dry-Hopped Saison
    On the day of the 3 Year Anniversary Belgian Beer Fest, we’ll be serving special Anniversary Flights featuring four specially brewed Belgian beers:
    1) Belgian Singel – Father Franklin’s Patersbier
    2) Belgian Dubbel – Sugar Creek Dubbel
    3) Belgian Tripel – Atmosphera Tripel
    4) Belgian Quad – Sugar Creek XV
  • October 14th Saturday 12 pm-11 pm Sycamore Year Anniversary. cheers to 3 YEARS! Thank you, Charlotte for your support! To show you how much we appreciate you – we want to throw one hell of a party!
    Special beer releases, giveaways, 2 stages with live music, 5 food trucks! It’s going down!!Tag a friend for a chance to win a 3-year anniversary tee + koozie + a case of beer!!!
    Live music by:
    Simplified
    Porch 40
    Falconheart
    Swim In the Wild
    Late Night Special and more.     Food by:
    Papi Queso Food Truck
    TIN Kitchen
    Gyro Twins Truck
    OooWee BBQ