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Stone Brewing Enjoy By 10.31.24 Hazy IPA

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This Hazy IPA, Enjoy By 10.31.24, is part of Stone Brewing’s Enjoy By series of IPAs. They put the expiration date right in the name of the beer. This beer is 9.4% ABV with a heavy helping of Citra, Mosaic, and Nelson Sauvin hop. I have never had a Stone Enjoy By beer. This is my first, but I’ve had my fair share of Stone beers. This beer pours a hazy orange with a one-finger white head. The aroma is tropical, citrusy orange, hoppy and bitter. The flavor is smooth, light-bodied, tropical, citrusy, and hoppy. This has a light to medium mouthfeel. Then, this beer comes to a bitter citrus finish. The aftertaste is bitter citrus as well, but it does end smooth. I didn’t find this IPA to feel like it was 9.4% ABV. I give Stone Enjoy By 10.31.24 a B. Solid hazy IPA with good fruity flavor without being overly strong and aggressive. I recommend that you try this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

La Chouffe Houblon

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Houblon from La Chouffe, owned by Duvel Moortgat is a Belgian IPA at 9% ABV and has Tomahawk, Saaz, and Amarillo hops. This is the number-one-rated beer in this category. This beer pours a bright yellow with a three-finger white head. The aroma is bright, fruity, hoppy, and strong (alcoholic). It smells wonderful this beer. The flavor is fruity, strong, hoppy, and a bit sweet. This beer has a lighter feel in the mouth. The finish is fruity, strong (alcoholic) and hoppy. The aftertaste is light and fruity with hoppy notes. This beer is somehow light-bodied and full of flavor at the same time. This Houblon is an A+. This is one beer not to miss. I can see why it is number one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Thank 2024 India Pale Ale

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In Freeport, Maine the Maine Beer Company makes Thank You India Pale Ale each year, this is Thank You 2024. This beer is 6.2% with Idaho 7, Strata, Cascade, El Dorado, Warrior hops and also Mapleton Gold (Maine Malt House), 2-Row Brewers, Light Munich (Blue Ox), Red Wheat (Blue Ox), Heritage-Crystal malts. Yes, this beer is brewed with a different recipe each year. This IPA pours orange with a slightly off-white three-finger head. The head is slow to fade out, and it has a citrus (orange & grapefruit), biscuity, bitter pine, and hop aroma. The taste is orange and grapefruit, with pine bitterness, biscuity, and light body as is the mouthfeel. This beer has a bitter pine and orange finish, and a bitter aftertaste. This beer is quite good, and I give this IPA a B. The light body holds it back slightly, but I recommend Thank You 2024. Next year I’ll look out for the 2025 recipe. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! cheers!

The Bruery Desert Flora

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Desert Flora is a Belgian-style Table Beer with hibiscus and Prickly Pear. This beer is from The Bruery in Placentia, California and has a 3.5% ABV. Table beer is usually a lower-alcohol beer that Belgian monks drink with a meal or for any occasion. This beer pours orange with a two-finger billowing head. The aroma is light, fruity, and floral. The flavor is light, citrusy, orange, and with hibiscus. Being a low abv beer, it is crisp, but the overall flavor is very light, as is the feel in the mouth. You really have to pay attention to find all the flavors. I do think this is kind of like a sour beer. This beer doesn’t have a strong finish but has a floral flavor. The aftertaste is floral, fruity, but light. This is not bad, I give this an A-. I find that low-alcohol beer to not have as strong flavors. This had slightly more than I though. I do recommend this one and you can have a few due to it being 3.5% Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

12st Amendment Brewery Find Your Fortune

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I am assuming that by the fortune cookie on the can, this 21st Amendment Brewery beer, Find Your Fortune, is supposed to taste like a fortune cookie. Well, this beer from San Francisco, California, has sesame seeds, lactose, and vanilla. It is a 7.5% imperial golden toasted ale, according to the can. This ale pours a blonde/golden color with a one-and-a-half finger of quickly fading white head. The aroma is sweet with light vanilla, and some cookies. There is a sweetness too. But the other flavors aren’t as pronounced. There is light lactose and vanilla with faint cookie The sweetness is cloyingly sweet. This has a lighter mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a bad taste of sweetness and gone-off vanilla cookies. The aftertaste is like a bad cookie. I wouldn’t recommend this, and it’s a D-. It is just a bad kind of sweet and not much else. It does not feel or taste like an imperial-style beer. It feels not so strong in the alcohol department. Well, that may be the only positive thing about this beer. Don’t drink this beer! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brooklyn Brewery Stonewall Inn IPA Session IA

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The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, NYC is a gay bar where the Stonewall riots took place in 1969 and it is now a registered US National historic landmark. The is a Stonewall Inn IPA, a session IPA from Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York. This beer is 5% ABV. The Brooklyn Brewery partners with The Stonewall Gives Back Initiative. This is a year-round offering. This IPA pours a bright yellow with a big three-finger marshmallow head, that never seems to fade. The aroma is lemon, citrus, light/soft bitterness, and grapefruit. The flavor is also lemon, grapefruit, citrus peels, and light bitterness. This beer is light on the mouthfeel. The finish is citrus fruits and soft bitterness. Then follow an aftertaste of orange and grapefruit bitterness. This Stonewall Inn IPA is delicious and gets an A from me. The flavors are not too much or overpowering. It is something that you could drink a few of before it becomes too much on your palate. I highly recommend Stonewall Inn IPA. It’s a good drinking IPA. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Bock Party Spring Bock

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Bock Party from Olde Mecklenburg Brewery is a seasonal spring Bock beer you can still find during the summertime. The brewery probably produces a lot of this Bock beer. Bock Party is 6% ABV and uses noble Bavarian hops. This beer pours light orange with a one-finger white steady head. The aroma is sweet, malty, and fruity. The flavor is malty, sweet, bready, and smooth. This beer doesn’t feel or taste like it’s 6% ABV, it has a medium feel in the mouth. Then you come to a malty smooth yet sweet finish with a light malted aftertaste. I enjoy a delicious Bock beer, and Bock Party from Olde Mecklenburg Brewery is delicious. Well deserving of an A+. You don’t want to miss this Bock beer, I recommend it! It is well brewed for when the weather starts to warm and spring is near. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Cali King West Coast IPA

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I have been ‘exploring’ some of Royal Bliss Brewing Co. beer recently; this is the last of the four I bought a while ago. This is Cali King West Coast IPA. This IPA is 6.8% ABV from Denver, North Carolina (Lake Norman). Royal Bliss was Lake Norman’s best brewery last year and they are nominated again this year. So go to their website and vote for them. This IPA pours yellow with a two-finger somewhat steady fading white head. The aroma is piney, and bitter, with light fruit. The flavor is piney, bitter, hoppy, clean, and smooth. This has a coating mouthfeel. Then this IPA finishes with with bitter pine. This has a. pleasant bitter aftertaste that lingers right until you take another sip. This is a good example of a delicious West Coast IPA. Cali King gets an A. I don’t think Cali King should be missed. I really love Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Their beer is good. Royal Bliss is one of my top breweries. I am going to try more of their beer shortly. Please stay safe, be kind t each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sloop Brewing Co. Pink Flamingos Hazy IPA

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I have to say that Hazy IPA is probably my favorite IPA style. This is Pink Flamingos Hazy IPA from Sloop Brewing Company in Junction, New York. This beer is 6% ABV with flaked oats, malted oats, flaked wheat, HBC-620, and Mosiac Cryo hops. I don’t recall ever having a Sloop Brewing Co. beer. This might be my first. This IPA pours a hazy yellow with a three-finger white fluffy head. The head has a creamy look to it. The aroma is bittersweet, fruity, and hoppy. The flavor is melon, bittersweet, hoppy, and juicy. This has a full feel to the mouth. Then the fruity bitter finish comes in. This beer has a fruity aftertaste with some bitter hops. This beer is good but just that. I give Pink Flamingos a B-. The flavors are 75% there in strength and flavor quality. But I still recommend this Hazy IPA. I would go for it again. It’s just good and not the best one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Almanac Beer Co. Loud! Hazy DIPA

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This hazy DIPA (Double India Pale Ale) from Almanac Beer Co. in Almedia, California is Loud! This beer is dry-hopped with Mosaic and Denali hops. It also has Pilsner, wheat, Flaked Barley, and oats. I have only had one or two from Almanac. This IPA pours a hazy thick yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is orange, grapefruit, and grassy, bitter-sweet notes. The flavor is orange, and grapefruit, with bitter/sweet notes and grass. This has a fuller feel in the mouth. This beer finishes really bitter even more so as it warms. The aftertaste is real bitter citrus fruit. Not a good finish and aftertaste. This Loud! Hazy DIPA from Almanac Beer Co. is a D. It was too bitter for my liking. I would not go back to this beer. It was almost like the initial flavor was about to go off. The texture of this DIPA was okay. Its this beer finish and aftertaste that made me not enjoy it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!