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Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Denver’s First Pilsner

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This Pilsner from Royal Bliss Brewing Co., Denver’s First is 5.4% ABV from Denver, North Carolina. This award-winning Pilsner pours yellow with a one-finger white head that doesn’t stick. The aroma is light, semi-sweet, and malty. The flavor is clean and crisp with light bread and malt. There is a very light/fant bitter note in the flavor. This beer has a light mouthfeel. The finish is crisp with a very faint bitter malt note. The aftertaste is breaded malts. This is good but there is that very light bitter note. I give Denver’s First a C+. This is just above average for me. It is refreshing and good. But I think there are some better pilsners. This might be something that could grow on the more I have it and I might just re-review this Royal Bliss Pilsner sometime soon, just to see if it is any better. I think Royal Bliss is brewing great beers that I enjoy and so should you! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Huyghe Brewery Deliria

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Coming from Brewery Huyghe in Melle, Belgium Deliria is a blonde ale brewed by women. This beer benefits the National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. This beer is 8.5% ABV in a pink can. This beer pours a bright yellow with a green tint and a finger white head. The aroma is light sweet, and somewhat strong. The aroma overall is not much. The flavor is light, sweet, smooth-ish, and dry with a very light bitter note. This pink canned beer has a light feeling in the mouth. Then this beer comes to a light semi-sweet and dry finish. The aftertaste is a light, sweet, metallic flavor that does not linger long. Deliria is, overall, a lighter version of delirium and is not as good. I think Deliria is a D+. it starts out okay then goes downhill a bit. I love the idea behind it. I will just go for Delirium instead. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. First in Flight Amber Ale

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First in Flight Amber Ale from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. is named after North Carolina’s state slogan. That is after the first airplane flight in Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Royal Bliss from Denver, North Carolina brews this 5.4% ABV Anber Ale with Carolina-grown malts. This ale pours a deep orange/amber color with a two-finger off-white head. The head has a steady fade. The aroma is lighter with biscuity malts and light-bready sweet notes. I was expecting this to have more of a malt/biscuit smell. The flavor is light biscuit, caramel, light bead, and some herbal notes. This has a lighter mouthfeel. This has a finish of light bread, malt, and faint caramel. The aftertaste is quick with a light malt but not much else. This is okay and there are some better amber ales out there. First in Flight is a D+. I wouldn’t go as far as to say this is terrible or just bad. It isn’t. Try it if you want to. please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Carolina Girl Pale Ale

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The Royal Bliss Brewing Co. in Denver, North Carolina is growing on me. I have had a few from them so far. This one is a Pale Ale called Carolina Girl. This beer is 5.5% ABV. This Pale Ale pours light orange with a one-finger white head. The head does stick around. The aroma is pineapple, citrus, and bitter notes. This beer smells like a tropical west-coast IPA. The flavor is orange, pineapple, bitterness, crip with a hoppy taste. This has a lighter mouthfeel as well as a dry finish. The aftertaste is crisp tropical bitter fruit. This Carolina Girl Pale Ale is good, B grade good. I like the crispness and the bitter tropical fruits that work well together. But this leans a bit towards IPA territory. That’s why is not an A-grade beer. But I still recommend Carolina Girl and any of the Royal Bliss Brewing Co. beer Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westbrook Brewing Co. Graveyard Shift DDH India Pale Ale

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Graveyard Shift DDH (Double Dry Hopped) India Pale Ale is another from my birthday mixed-six pack from my neighbor. This IPA is made by Westbrook Brewing Co., in Mt. Pleasent, South Carolina. This is from one of my favorite breweries. This beer is 7% and has Citra and Citra Incognito hops. Incognito hops are man-made hop concentrate. This is like fruit juice with concentrate which is more flavor versus fresh fruit which may not be as flavorful. This is my first time seeing, hearing about, and trying this incognito hop. This beer pours a cloudy yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is citrusy, and bitter, with light earthy notes. It smells like and not like an IPA. I don’t know how that is possible. The flavor is creamy, bitter, citrusy orange, and earth. It has a little orange creamsicle taste to it but not fully. The mouthfeel is medium. Then it has a bitter creamy orange finish that will lead you into an aftertaste of bitter orange that goes quickly. This was a deliciously delightful IPA. I can solidly give Graveyard Shift an A+. If you like orangey IPAs then I highly recommend Graveyard Shift from Westbrook Brewing Co. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Suffolk Punch Brewing A Patchwork Orange Fruited Pale Ale

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A Patchwork Orange from Suffolk Punch Brewing was gifted to me for my birthday over the weekend from a good neighbor along with five other different beers. This is a fruited pale ale that is 5.7% ABV. It just has Mosaic hops and fresh oranges in it. Not a big ingredients list here. This pale ale pours a bright cloudy orange with a one-finger white head. This beer does have particulate floating in it, I think that’s probably bits of orange. The aroma is slightly hoppy orange bitterness. The flavor is citrusy orange sweetness, bitterness, watery, and smooth. This has more of a real orange taste rather than a more citrus candy orange. This has a nice medium mouthfeel. This pale ale then finishes with a smooth bitter orange and that orange carries over to a light linger in the aftertaste. This was good but a little on the plane side. I can say that I recommend it nor would I tell you not to drink this. I don’t think it’s bad. The fresh orange flavor is good and interesting. I give this a solid C. A C for citrus I guess you could say! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trappist Rocheford 10

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Trappist Rocheford 1o from Rocheford, Belgium, imported by Merchant DuVin of Washington State is a Quad or Quadruple ale. This beer is 11.2% ABV. I think this is the strongest beer in the Rocheford lineup. This Ale pours a deep brown/chestnut with a three-finger beige slow-fading head. The aroma is sweet, licorice, light chocolate, and rich. The flavor is sweet, smooth rich, licorice, and slightly boozy/alcohol. The booziness is masked somewhat by this beer’s richness. This has a fuller mouthfeel. Then it has a sweet, smooth, and rich finish. The aftertaste is very light chocolate, but it does end with a smoothness. This is one of the best Belgian Quads. Trappist Rocheford is an A+ and one you should not miss out on. PLease stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Town Brewing Company One In A Melon

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It’s summer time alright. The weather is hot and sweaty. Well Town Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina has One In A Melon. This is a Watermelon Kölsch beer. It is only 4.9% ABV. Watermelon is always a good Sumer treat to beat the heat. The Kölsch style originated in Colone, Germany, and requires fermenting with ale yeast and finishing at cold temperatures. This is like an Ale crossed with a Lager. This Kölsch pours a light pink with a light pink two-finger head. It’s not a really spectacular head, but it’s there. The aroma is fruity with watermelon, dryness, and clean. The flavor is sweet melon, with dry notes, and it has a light body. This is overall light and so is the mouthfeel. This has a dry watermelon finish with a light linger of a watermelon aftertaste. This beer has light flavors, but it is refreshing to drink. I give One In A Melon a C+. I almost went higher, but the watermelon was a bit too light. It is something I’d recommend. But don’t rush to have One In A Melon. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Boulevard Brewing Co. Dank 7 Belgian-Style IPA

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Boulevard Brewing Co., in Kansas City, Missouri makes Dank 7 Belgian-Style IPA has been brewing since 1988, but in 2013, Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat Brewery purchased Boulevard. This brewery is the 12th largest brewery in the United States. This beer is 7%ABV and has seven different hops. The name of this beer is a take on Tank 7 Saison. Bravo, Chinook, Columbus, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Topaz are the seven hops. This IPA pours yellow with a two-finger white head that fades steadily. The aroma is light on the bitterness, hoppy, and breaded. The bitterness is more present in the taste with hoppy bread notes and has a light body. This has a lighter on the mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a bitter hop note. The aftertaste is where the bitterness grows a bit before falling off. This is a good beer. It was not as Belgian-IPA as I was expecting. I give Dak 7 Belgian-style IPA a B. Yes, I would recommend Dank 7. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Weihenstephaner & St. Bernardus Braupakt Blonde Ale

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This beer Braupakt (Brewing Pact) is a Blonde Ale, a collaboration between Weihenstephaner of Freising, Germany & St. Barnardus of Watou, Belgium. This beer is 6.5% ABV. This beer was first produced in 2018 with Weihenstephaner and Sierra Nevada. Now six years later we have the sequel. The two breweries, St. Bernardus and Weihenstephaner have monks as the faces of their beers. The idea behind this unique collaboration was to brew a filtered, strong, top-fermented beer. This beer has Belgian hops from St. Bernardus, yeast, and malt from Weihenstephaner. That sounds like a great combination. This blonde ale pours yellow with a thick two-finger creamy white head. The aroma is spicy, clean, dry, and light banana You really smell the Weihenstephaner yeast. The flavor is clean, dry, banana, and spiced. The banana flavor is a bit more pungent than the rest. This has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is semi-sweet with banana and light hops. The aftertaste is more of the banana with a dryness. This is a fantastic beer. This Braupakt is an A+. Don’t miss this one, either in six-packs or singles. It is delicious. The German yeast and malts go well with the Belgian hops They combine into a great collaborative blonde ale. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!