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Phase Three Brewing Company x Bottle Logic Brewing DDH Vanilla Backbox

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This beer is a collaboration between Phase Three Brewing Company in Lake Zurich, Illinois, and Bottle Logic Brewing in Anaheim, California. This beer is DDH Vanilla Backbox, a double IPA. This beer is 8% ABV, and double-dry hopped with Vanilla, Cryo Citra, Cryo Mosaic, and Galaxy hops. This IPA pours a deep, hazy yellow color with a thick three-finger white head. The head is sticky and leaves lacing. The aroma is sweet, vanilla, and fruity. The flavor is smooth, vanilla, fruity (orange), and bitter. This IPA has a full mouthfeel. This IPA has a smooth, creamy, bitter, and fruited finish. The aftertaste is of bitter fruit that lingers with a light creaminess. I was pleasantly surprised with how smooth this double IPA was. That is due to the use of vanilla. I give DDH Vanilla Backbox an A+. I highly recommend it! It had a great bitter vanilla and fruity flavor that made it a great drinking beer. I don’t think it could be improved. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westmalle Trappist Ale Tripel

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This imported beer is Westmalle Trappist Ale Tripel from Malle, Belgium. It is 9.5% ABV and imported by Merchant Du Vin in Tacoma, Washington. This import company is owned by the Pike Brewery. Westmalle Tripel is brewed by Trappist Monks, and their beer sales go towards charity. This Tripel Ale pours a golden apple juice color with a light haze. This beer has a two-and-a-half white finger fluffy head. The aroma of this beer is fruity, sweet, strong, and malty. The flavor is fruity (bananas-like), sweet, strong and malty. The beer flavor is not too strong. This beer has a fuller mouthfeel. Then this ale finishes with a boozy, fruity flavor. Then comes the aftertaste of malts, fruit, and some boozy. The aftertaste lingers for a short bit, then it’s gone. This is a good beer, one that I give an A. The Belgians really know how to beer good beer. This one is almost as good as Chimay Tripel. I recommend Westmalle Tripel. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Foothills Brewing Happyum Imperial IPA

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It has been a while since I’ve had a Foothills Brewing beer. This IS Happyum Imperial IPA, which is 8.0% ABV. This beer has four different hop varieties, which I could not find out what they are. This IPA pours a semi-thick, cloudy, bright yellow color with a three-finger white head. The aroma is pineapple, citrusy orange, hoppy, and strong. The flavor is pineapple, orange, hoppy notes, and alcoholic. It is not overly strong. The mouthfeel is fuller. This Happyum Imperial IPA has a fruity and hoppy finish. Then you get some orange bitterness in the aftertaste. This is a great beer; as usual, Foothills brews great IPAs and other beers. Happyum Imperial IPA is an A+ beer. It was delicious and I highly recommend it. It is not overwhelming on your tastebuds, I could’ve had another one. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Barrel-Age Torpedo

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Torpedo from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is their core IPA. But this beer is barrel-aged Torpedo. It is aged in bourbon barrels and is 8.6% ABV. This IPA has fresh Citra And Pacifica hops. This is a limited-release beer. This IPA pours a deep orange/copper color with a three-finger light beige head. The aroma is boozy, light vanilla, fruity, hoppy, and bitter. The flavor is boozy, tropical, fruity, light vanilla, light coconut, bitter, and hoppy. The mouthfeels medium. This IPA finishes with a fruity, earthy-bourbon flavor. That finish lingers into the aftertaste that has more boozy notes to it. I don’t see many Barrel-aged IPAs, and I think this Barrel-aged Torpedo is the first I’ve seen and tasted. This is not a terrible beer, but it’s not the best. I give this Barrel-Age Topedo a C+. It has a nice barrel flavor from the Bourbon barrel, and it doesn’t clash with the IPA, but I wouldn’t say they go great together. This is more of an interesting beer than anything else. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer X Resident Culture Brewing Company Beyond The Reimagination of The Extraterrestrial Occut West-Coast India Pale Ale

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Here is another Burial Beer with a long name. This beer is a collaboration with Charlotte’s Resident Culture Brewing Company. This is Beyond The Reimagination of The Extraterrestrial Occult. This West-Coast IPA is 7.2% ABV and is mashed with pils. Double-dry hopped with lots of Strata and time-matched with Amarillo, Superdelic, Citra, and Strata CGX, This IPA pours a deep gold with a two-and-a-quarter white head. The beer’s aroma is hoppy, bitter, piney, and a bit of fruit. The flavor of this IPA is hoppy, woody, piney, and there is some fruit. The mouthfeel is on the high side of medium. This beer finishes with a bitterness and some citrus notes. Then you get an aftertaste of bitter, hoppy wood and citrus. This is a west-coast style IPA that I give a B-. The flavors are on the lighter side, and they should be a little more pronounced. I would like to have more citrus fruit flavors. But it’s not terrible, I would have this again, and so should you. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. FOMO West Ghost IPA

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West Ghost IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is a FOMO limited-release beer. My father purchased it from their brewery in Mills River, North Carolina. This IPA is 7.2% ABV and has Magnum, Idaho 7, Citra, and Amarillo hops. This beer also has Two-Row, Pale, and Carapils malts. This IPA is a throwback to a time before all the hazy IPA crazy. This beer pours a golden color with a three-finger big white head. The head is slow to fade into decent lacing. The aroma is hoppy, with orange zest, pine, and bitterness. The flavor is fruity with citrusy oranges, bitterness, hoppy, and it’s piney taste. This beer has brightness to its flavor. The mouthfeel is on the lighter side, but I don’t think I would call it a light or medium-feeling beer. This IPA comes to a bitter finish with some oranges. Then you come to a fruity, bitter aftertaste of pine flavor. West Ghost IPA is a classic West Coast IPA. This beer is an A. It is a sneaky beer because it doesn’t feel like a 7.2% ABV beer when you drink it. But I do recommend West Ghost IPA. It has a classic flavor. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company NoDajito Witbier

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NoDajito Witbier is a summertime beer from NoDa Brewing Company here in Charlotte, North Carolina. This Witbier is 4.8% ABV and has mint and fresh lime zest. If you don’t know by the name of this beer, the idea behind this beer is a Mojito. This beer pours a clear yellow, that has a light green tint to it. There is a one-and-a-half-finger white head that quickly fades. The aroma is light feeling, sweet, limey, and crisp. The flavor is lightly minty, wheat, smooth, lime, crisp, and malty. The mouthfeel is lighter. Then this witbier finishes with some sweetness and a bit of lime. Then you get a sweet lime and mint aftertaste similar to a mojito but not as strong. Overall, this is a good beer, that has a good summery flavor to it. I would say that NoDajito is a B+. The flavors overall are light, and refreshing but could be a little stronger. I recommend NoDajito Witbier. Get it soon before the some is over and it is gone. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Tropicalus Juicy White IPA

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I haven’t reviewed much from Lenny Boy Brewing Co. from Charlotte, North Carolina. They started out as a Kombucha brewer, which they still are, and then they added beer to their business. This beer is Tropicalus Juicy White IPA. This hybrid IPA is 6% ABV. I have never heard of a White IPA. This beer it is, exactly what it sounds like. This beer style combines a Belgian White Ale with an IPA. Tropicalus uses Lenny Boy’s house Belgian Yeast. This beer pours a yellow color similar to a white ale. It has a two-finger bright white head that is steady to fade into delicate lacing. The aroma is tropical fruity with banana, bitterness, and light hoppy notes. The taste is tropical fruity and banana. It is light, smooth and bitter. It is not overly bitter just lightly bitter. The mouthfeel is light to almost medium feeling. Then this beer starts to finish like a white ale then it gets more IPA-like with fruit and bitterness. The aftertaste is fruity and smooth. This is a great style of beer I’d say Tropicalus Juicy white IPA is an A+. I highly recommend it, especially if you like IPA and white Ales. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Experiential Projections Derived From Transcendental Thought West Coast-Styl India pale ale

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Here is another beer with a long name from Burial Beer. This beer is Experiential Projections Derived From Transcendental Thought, This beer is a West Coast-style IPA. This beer is 7% ABV. This IPA has mineral-driven table water, the palest barely, a touch of kilned malt, and full of c hops. This IPA also has Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Simone, and Cryo. This beer is dry-hopped with the same. Then it is topped with grapefruit slices and pine-drenched simple syrup. This beer pours an orange-yellow color with three fingers of a white fluffy head. The aroma is dry, floral, and hoppy. There is also a faint citrus note. The flavor is dry as well, bitter, hoppy, smooth, and some light citrus fruit. The mouthfeel is a medium feel. Then this IPA comes to a nice dry floral/light fruit finish. The aftertaste is nice and smooth with a litter bitterness and some hoppy fruits. This beer is refreshing and gets an A+. I highly recommend this beer with a long name. It did not disappoint my Taste buds. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling West Coast-Style India pale ale

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This beer is from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina, and has a long name like most of the beers from Burial. This one is Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling. This West Coast-style IPA is double dry-hopped with Grungiest, Centennial, Strata, and Citra Cryo. This IPA is 7% ABV. This beer pours a thicker yellow color with a two-and-a-quarter white head. The aroma of this IPA is Fruity, citrusy, bitter, and with a light sweet note. The beer’s flavor is citrusy, smooth, creamy, bitter, and hoppy. The hoppy level is not too high so the bitterness is not overwhelming. But the bitterness is there. Then this long-named beer finishes with a bitter citrus fruit flavor and some bitterness. Then you come to an aftertaste of grapefruit and orange bitter notes. This was more like a traditional West Coast-style IPA and that made it more drinkable, even for 7% ABV. I would give Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling an A+. I could not see this beer being any better. So that means you should go and drink this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!