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NoDa Brewing Company Cool AF Cold India Pale Ale

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Cold IPAs are a relatively new style of beer or sub-style of IPAs. This Cold IPA Cool AF is a relatively new IPA Rotator from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. This beer is 6.4% ABV. This IPA has Galaxy, Mosaic, Simcor, Chinook, and Centennial hops. A cold IPA is fermented at lower-than-normal temperatures than usual for an IPA. A Cold IPA has with Lager Yeast. This beer pours a hazy yellow with a thick rocky two-finger white head. The aroma is piney, fruity, tropical, and bitter. The flavor is piney, bitter, crisp, and fruity. The mouthfeel is medium. Then this Cold IPA finishes with a piney bitterness. Then you get an aftertaste of bitterness with hints of piney flavor fruit. This IPA is not a terrible beer. This beer is the first Cold IPA I’ve had. So I’d say NoDa Brewing Company Cool AF is a C+. Towards the aftertaste, it clashes with the lager yeast flavors, and I didn’t find that great. I am also over the whole craft beer industry is making IPA and IPA sub-styles. There are other styles out there to experiment with. This Cool AF Cold IPA was not terrible I would recommend this beer. Please stay safe, be kind always, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company Unlimited Juicy East Coast India Pale Ale

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This beer Unlimited Juice from Sugar Creek Brewing Company, is a new seasonal beer for the Charlotte, North Carolina-based brewery. It is a slight departure from their Belgian beers. This IPA is 6.5% ABV. I saw this beer on the brewery’s Instagram, then a few weeks later, it showed up at my local grocery store. This beer has IPA Cascade, Citra, and Simcoe hops. This beer pours a hazy/cloudy yellow color with a two-finger fluffy white head. The aroma is juicy tropical and citrus fruits with a bitter note. The flavor is juicy with orange, pineapple, melon, and bitter notes. It has a good balance of fruits and bitterness. There is a yeasty and light creamy taste too. The mouthfeel is medium. Then this beer comes to a bitter, juicy tropical fruity finish. Then you get a tropical fruit salad aftertaste. This beer is fabulous, and I highly recommend it. I give Unlimited Juicy an A+. This IPA is refreshing and easy to drink. This IPA is well balanced between fruity and bitterness. It is a warm-weather beer. So Go and get yourself some. Please stay safe, always be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers

Kona Brewing Co. Longboard Island Lager

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This Lager is another beer from Kona Brewing Co. in Hawaii. This bar is Longboard Island Lager. It is a flagship beer from Kona Brewing Co. This lager is 4.6% ABV. This island lager has Pale(premium 2-row) malts, Mt. Hood, Halletrau, Sterling, and Millennium hops. This beer pours a yellow/gold color with a one-finger white fluffy head. The aroma is crisp sweetness, bread (biscuits), and a light hop note. The flavor is smooth, crisp, sweet, a little hoppy, and a bit of bread. The mouthfeel is light. Then this island lager comes to a nice clean, crisp, smooth sweet finish. The aftertaste is semi-sweet with a nice crispness. This beer is a good beer and one that is widely available. I see it in grocery stores, beer/wine stores, and bars/restaurants. I give Longboard Island Lager a B+. It has a great flavor that isn’t strong or weak. It’s just a good solid beer, nothing stands out, and nothing terrible. This beer is great for a nice hot sunny day at the beach or wherever you enjoy beer. I recommended this one. Please stay safe, always be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Four Peaks Brewing Co. Kilt Lifer Scottish-Style Amber Ale

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This beer Kilt Lifter is a Scottish-style Amber Ale from Four Peaks Brewing Co. in Tempe, Arizona. It comes in at 6.0% ABV. This ale is a flagship beer for Four Peaks. This beer pours an amber-brown color with a one-and-a-half finger beige head. The aroma is sweet, caramel, malty, and a little toasted note. The flavor is sweet with caramel, malty notes, and smooth. The mouthfeel is higher on the medium feel. Then this beer finishes with a malted caramel flavor. Then you’ll get an aftertaste of light caramel malts. This beer is good, but I am not a big fan of this Scottish-style beer. I give this Kilt Lifter barely a B-. This beer has good malted caravan flavors. Scottish-style ales like this are trying to be light and heavy beer. Something that clashes, and the beer is just okay or even terrible. If I want a dark beer without being too dark, I’ll go for a good brown ale, like Birdsong Lazy Bird Brown. I would recommend this beer if you like this style of beer. Please stay safe, be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Windmer Brothers Brewing Company Here American Hefeweizen

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This beer is an American Hefeweizen called Hefe from Widmer Brother Brewing Company in Portland, Oregon. It comes in a 4.9% ABV. It’s probably Widmers oldest beer. This beer won Silver last year at the World Beer Cup for American Wheat beer. It has Pale, Wheat, and Extra Special malts. It also has Alchemy, Willamette, and Cascade hops. This beer pours a cloudy orange with a bit of Particulate floating around. There is a two-finger quickly fading head. The aroma is fruity with orange and a very light banana. There is a sweet wheat aroma. The flavor is orangey, sweet, wheat, and some floral notes on the back of the tongue. The mouthfeel is medium. This Hefeweizen then finishes with a little sweet candy orange flavor. Then you get an aftertaste of orange wheat. This beer is an average beer. I’d give this Hefe a C+. It has a good sweetness to it. But that sweetness isn’t too much. It has a nice balance. But that’s all I could find good about this beer. I found nothing terrible about it. It is a little above average. I kind of recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind, and always remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Redhook Ale Brewery Winterhook Winter Ale

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Yes, I know that winter is over, but I am trying to review all the past season’s beers. This beer is Winterhook Winter Ale from Redhook Ale Brewery in Seattle, Washington. This ale comes in at 8.2% ABV. Winterhook is a winter warmer that has been around for twenty-seven years. This beer pours a red/brown color with a one-and-a-half finger beige head. The aroma is sweet, slightly boozy, spicy, and malty. The flavor is bittersweet, malty, strong, and spicy. The mouthfeel is medium. Then it finishes with a bitter malt flavor. The beer has a bittersweet malt aftertaste that goes downhill. I didn’t like this beer from the finish though its aftertaste. I give Winterhook Winter Ale a D+. It tastes like the malts have stale. That clashes with the sweet flavors and comes out terrible tasting. I would not recommend This Redhook beer. Nothing in this beer seems to go together. I’m glad I only had one Winterhook. Please stay safe, be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Elysian Brewing Company Full Contact Imperial Hazy IPA

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This beer, brewed in Seattle, Washington, is Full Contact Imperial Hazy IPA. This beer is brewed by Elysian Brewing Company and comes in at 8.8% ABV. This big IPA has 2-Row, Malted Wheat, and Unsalted Wheat malts. This beer also has Centennial, Simcoe, Strata, and more. Elysian didn’t say what more is. But I think there may be Citra hops too. This IPA pours a yellow color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is fruity, citrusy, dank, boozy, and bitter. The taste is alcoholic, and fruity with tangerine and orange. There is a dankness to this beer with bitterness. The mouthfeel is medium. This beer finishes with a dank, bitter, citrus flavor. The aftertaste is bitter, orange/tangerine, and boozy. I found Full Contact to be average and not that strong. I would give it a C. It wasn’t bad, but nothing was memorable. I would pass on this beer next time. Please stay safe, be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Kona Brewing Co. Big Wave Golden Ale

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Big Wave Golden Ale is another beer from Kona Brewing Company in Hawaii. This beer is made in Portland, Oregon, and is 4.4% ABV. This ale is a core Kona Brewing beer. This golden ale has Pale 2 Row Premium and Carmel 20 malts. It also has Galaxy and city hops. This beer pours a golden color with a one-finger head. The aroma is fruity, sweet, crisp, and lightly hoppy. The flavor is light, crisp, fruity/sweet, and with a hint of a hoppy note. The mouthfeel is light. This beer is refreshing. Then it has a nice hoppy note finish that quickly turns into a faint orange. The aftertaste is hoppy, sweet, and crisp, with a little orange flavor that lingers for a second or two. This beer is average, it’s good, but nothing jumps out. I give Big Wave a B-. It’s a beer that you can finish. I mean, the flavor is going to hinder you from finishing it. It’s also not going to immediately draw you into having another. I wouldn’t pass up this beer. But if you do, you aren’t missing too much. Please stay safe, be kind to all, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brouwerij Verhaeghe Ducheese De Bourgogne

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This beer, is a Flanders Red-ale style beer produced in Vichte, Belgium Ducheese De Bourgogne. This beer is 6% ABV. After primary and secondary fermentation, this beer matured in oak barrels for eighteen months. Then the final product is a blend of eight-month-old beer with eighteen-month-old beer. This ales meant to honor Duchess Mary of Burgundy. This beer pours a brown color with a three-finger rocky beige head. The aroma is tart, slightly sour, and fruity. The taste is also fruity, sour, and tart. There is a bit of an oak note coming through. The mouthfeel is medium. Then this blended ale comes to a tart finish with nice fruity notes. The aftertaste is pleasant, fruity, tartness, and light sourness.This beer didn’t taste like it looked. By the looks of it I thought it was to taste like a dark beer, but it didn’t taste that way. It was more like a Belgian Lambic. I would highly recommend Ducheese De Bourgogne. It was fabulous. I give Ducheese De Bourgogne an A+. Please stay safe, be kind, and always remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company Lil Slurp Hazy India Pale Ale

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I had the Imperial version of this IPA, Big Slurp. This beer is Lil Slurp Juicy India Pale Ale from NoDa Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina. This beer is 6.0% This Lil Surp comes in twelve ounces six-pack, whereas Big Slurp cam in a sixteen-ounce four-pack. This beer has Sultana, Exp 17701, Mosaic, Strata, and Citra hops used in this IPA. This IPA pours a hazy bright yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is juicy tropical/citrus fruit. You get oranges, orange peels, and pineapple. The smell is also bitter. The taste/flavor is juicy with tropical and citrus fruit such as orange, pineapple, mango, and bitter notes. The beer’s mouthfeel is medium, but it does coat your mouth. Then it has a juicy fruit finish and a bitter/fruit aftertaste. This Lil Slurp IPA is very delicious. I give this IPA an A+. I highly recommend Lil Slurp as well as its Imperial version Big Slurp. I have previously reviewed Big Slurp. This beer, however, isn’t as big on bitterness or alcohol as Big Slurp. It has all the right delicious flavors that all come together for a fantastic juicy India Pale Ale that you’ll surely enjoy! Please stay safe, be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!