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Scofflaw Brewing Co. Dirty Beaches Tropical Wheat

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Scofflaw Brewing Co. Dirty Beaches Tropical Wheat, 6.3% ABV a beer brewed in Atlanta Georgia in collaboration with Victory Brands. I purchased this beer from River Street in Savannah Georgia while attending a wedding. This beer pours a hazed orange with a little sediment in it. The aroma is fruity a little bitter with a wheat aroma. Taste is first bitter, there is an orange, mango, melon fruity flavor with some light wheat. Mouthfeel is towards the fuller side that does coat your mouth for a quick moment. This Dirty Beaches beer finish with a light bitter tropical flavor that carries that tropical flavor on the aftertaste. Scofflaw Brewing Co. Dirty Beaches Tropical Wheat is more of a hoppy wheat ale with a few tropical flavors. It’s a high C+. It’s more hops than wheat here not a little of both which might have made it very good. It’s not bad, it’s just that I’ve probably had better versions of this. It wouldn’t be so bad if you missed this, but it would not be bad if someone offered it to you either. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Southern Barrel brewing Co. Turtle Patrol India Pale Lager

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I picked up Southern Barrel Brewing Co. Turtle Patrol India Pale Lager, 5.2% ABV in Savannah, Georgia while attending a wedding from Bay Street Liquors. Turtle Patrol is brewed in Bluffton, South Carolina with generous use of Mosaic hops. It pours a light golden color with a one and a quarter finger white head that quickly fades into itself. The aroma is hoppy, biscuity, fruity. The taste is light with sweet biscuity fruity notes with some hoppy flavors. The mouthfeel is light and a little crisp. It comes to a nice hoppy biscuit fruit finish. Turtle Patrol has a mildly dry aftertaste of fruits and little bitter hop notes. I have not had many India Pale Lagers (IPLs) and this is pretty good, it does toe the line between a lager and an IPA. It does that well. I think Southern Barrel Brewing Co. Turtle Patrol India Pale Lager is an A. It has a good lager and a good IPA profile that is easy to drinking and not overwhelming on your tastebuds I recommend Southern Barrel Brewing Co. Turtle Patrol India Pale Lager. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly. Cheers!

Brewery Ommegang Neon Rainbows New England-Style IPA

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Brewery Ommegang Neon Rainbows New Englan-Style IPA, 6.7% ABV and 40 IBUs, brewed with Citra, Centennial, Simcoe, Mosaic, and Topaz hopes in Cooperstown, New York. I picked this up on a trip to Trader Joes, don’t usually go in there. This IPA pours a deeper golden color with a bright white fluffy four-finger head. The aroma is sweet and fruity with orange, some grapefruit, dry tropical bitter flavors. The taste is orange, grapefruit juicy bitterness with tropical sweet notes with a creamy yet dryness. There is a lot of bold flavors here. The mouthfeel is medium, and it comes to a bitter fruity finish and a dry bittersweet aftertaste. This is a good beer and not overly sweet like some of the New England style IPAs. This is an A. It has enough bitterness to not make it overly fruity/sweet, and the fruity flavors keep it from being overly bitter. It’s a well-balanced IPA. I Brewery highly recommend Ommegang Neon Rainbows New Englan-Style IPA. Please be kind, be safe and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Bound By Time India Pale Ale

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Brewed in Charleston South Carolina Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Bound By Time India Pale Ale, 7% ABV brewed with 2-Row, Oats, Crystal, Acidulated malts, Citra, Mosaic, El Dorado hops, and American yeast. This IPA pours deep golden almost copper color with a two-finger steady fading white head. The aroma is citrusy with orange, there is cantaloupe and melon bitterness. The taste is similar to the nose with bitterness, orange citrus, cantaloupe melon with a sweet smooth hoppy note probably from the use of oats here. The mouthfeel is medium and it finishes with a bittersweet fruity flavor. The aftertaste is light with a hippy fruit flavor that does not stick around very long. Overall this was not a bad beer, but I didn’t get much from the oats used here, I picked up more fruity notes. I would give Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Bound By Time India Pale Ale a C+. This particular brewer does brew good beer but this was just not quite up there with some of their other beer, but close. I would not turn this beer down if it was offered to me and yeah I kind of recommend it, but if you don’t have it you aren’t missing too much. Please be kind, be safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Uno Mas Mexican Style Lager

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Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Uno Mas Mexican Style Lager, 5% ABV was brewed as a Mexican Amber Ale. But I messaged the Lenny Boy and they told me they made it more of a golden color to make it more approachable. This Mexican style lager brewed in Charlotte, NC pours a gold color with a two-finger white head that quickly fades down to one finger then fades at a steady pace. The aroma is sweet corn-like with a light biscuity note. The flavor is sweet corn biscuit notes that make this crisp beer go down so easy. The mouthfeel is light. This lager finishes clean & crisp with a nice sweet biscuit flavor. The sweetness does linger in the aftertaste. Changing this beer from amber was a good choice. I enjoyed Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Uno Mas Mexican Style Lager and it gets an A. This is a good summer’s day beer that you could have a few off. The flavor and ABV aren’t overwhelming. You should try Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Uno Mas Mexican Style Lager, I highly recommend that you do! Please be kind, stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Legion Brewing Winnie the Brew Honey Double India Pale Ale

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Here is another Legion Brewing beer, Winnie the Brew Honey Double India Pale Ale, 10.2% with 95% IBU (International Bittering Units) a high IBU for an IPA. This IPA is brewed in Charlotte, North Carolina with honey. It pours a deep copper color with an off-white four-finger head that is slow to fade. The aroma is piney and bitter with a very faint sweet honey note. It’s a strong bitterness coming off this IPA. The Flavor is very bitter with piney notes and a little honey sweetness, but the honey also adds to the big bitterness and makes this a very hoppy bitter IPA. It does have a light honey flavor that follows the bitter/hoppy flavor. The mouthfeel is full and sticky. This Legion IPA finishes with a bigger bitterness and has a piney bitter honey aftertaste that comes and goes rather quickly living only bitterness behind before your next sip. Legion Brewing Winnie the Brew Honey Double India Pale Ale is a big bitter monster of an IPA but the flavor is right on with the bitter and the honey, they play well with one another. I give it a C+ it is good but the huge bitterness holds it slightly above average in my opinion. Not a beer you would have more than a pint of. It is better than some honey-flavored IPAs I’ve had but I’m not the biggest fan of honey IPAs but I don’t dislike them. Please be kind, be safe and please enjoy responsibly

Legion Brewing New Chapter East Coast India Pale Ale

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Brewed in Charlotte North Carolina Legion Brewing Next chapter East Coast India Pale Ale, 6.8% ABV and 58 IBU (International Bittering Units) is a beer that uses a portion of the beer proceeds to go towards a Charlotte charity organization. This IPA pours a slightly cloudy yellow color with a one and a quarter white head that fades somewhat quickly. The aroma is bitter/hoppy with piney aromas coming off it. The flavor is piney, bitter/hoppy with dryness to it that is faintly reminiscent of an odd lemon because there is no citrus flavor anywhere else. The mouthfeel is on the lighter dryer side. This Legion IPA finishes with a dry hoppy piney bitterness that trails off into nothing. The aftertaste is piney with a nice amount of dry bitterness that goes rather quickly. This beer has good quaffable flavor but I wouldn’t say it’s sessionable, it does have a 6.8% ABV. I think it’s a C+ beer. Just right about average. Would I have this again? Well, it wouldn’t be my first choice, maybe my second choice. Remember to please be kind, please be safe, and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer & Halfway Crooks Spectacle of Martyrdom

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Burial Beer & Halfway Crooks Spectacle of Martyrdom, 3.4% ABV is a collaboration between Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina & Halfway Crooks in Atlanta, Georgia. This is a Mild Ale, a Dark Mild Ale. Mild ale is a type of ale, with a malty flavor. Mild ale was original was young, fresh, or unnamed. It is usually low in ABV around 3% or 4% ABV and is mostly a darker beer. The spectacle of Martyrdom pours a black color with a three-finger beige steady creamy head, The aroma is caramel, cocoa, roasted coffee notes with a slight bitterness. The flavor is similar to its aroma, with cocoa, coffee roast, caramel creaminess with a little bitterness. It has a light body and light mouthfeel. It does go down easy. It finishes with a bit of sweet roasted flavor and has a nice aftertaste of sweet cocoa roasted coffee with a very tiny bitter note. This is a different beer than I am used to seeing out there. I hardly ever see a Mild Ale in this part of the world. They are much more common in England, United Kingdom. Well, it’s good, dark and light-bodied. I give Burial Beer & Halfway Crooks Spectacle of Martyrdom an A. It is very tasted without being a huge beer like some darker beer, no was it filling. I enjoy a dark beer that is easier to drink. I highly recommended trying Burial Beer & Halfway Crooks Spectacle of Martyrdom. Please be kind, stay safe and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Basket of Flowers

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Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Basket of Flowers, 5% ABV is Belgian style wheat brewed in Charleston, South Carolina with oranges and rosebuds. This beer sounded like it would be interesting, so I picked up a four-pack. This beer pours a bright yellow cloudy color with a one and a quarter white head that fades steadily. The nose is floral with orange sweetness There is a bitter tart note in there as well that gives off slight pale ale vibes. The flavor is sweet with some tart orange floral notes with a bit of wheat. Yes, I did get a bit of bitterness, but not as pronounced as it is on the nose. This Edmund’s Oast beer finish with a hit of a hoppy note but sweet. The aftertaste is orange and floral with a final bitter tart note. This is not as exciting as I thought it was going to be. It was trying to go somewhere with the flavor but got lost on the way. I give Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Basket of Flowers a low C-. The bit of bitterness I found was a surprise but not in a good way and it clashing a bit with the floral notes kind of hold it back. I wouldn’t recommend Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Basket of Flowers. But I do find Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company to brew good beers not this one though. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Birdsong Brewing Co. Good As Helles

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Birdsong Brewing Co. Good As Helles Lager, 5.4% ABV is a local Charlotte, North Carolina brewed tropical Helles Lager. It is brewed with Strata Hops. This is a battering hop that brings tropical fruity flavors to a beer. This Helles Lager pours a golden color that is clean and has a one and half finger white head. The head has good retention and is slow to dissipate. The aroma is fruity with pineapple, mango, and some passionfruit. There is bitterness on the nose as well. The flavor is tropical with pineapple and mango with low bitter notes. The mouthfeel is light and this Helles finishes with a bit of bittersweet tropical crisp notes. The aftertaste is crisp with some fruitiness. Birdsong Brewing Co. Good As Helles Lager is an interesting Helles Lager that does deliver a tropical flavor to your taste buds. I give it a B+. It’s not an explosion of tropical fruit flavors, but they are a bit subtle. It goes down easy with a crisp flavor. I do recommend trying Birdsong Brewing Co. Good As Helles Lager. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!