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The Veil Brewing Co. Master Shredder IPA

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This is a Mosaic forward hazy IPA from The Veil Brewing Co. (https://www.theveilbrewing.com) called Master Shredder. I acquired this though a trade with a neighbor. This IPA is 5.5% ABV. I traded Hopfly Brewing Bootleg Fireworks for this. This IPA pours a hazy bight yellow with a bight one-finger white head. The aroma is bitter, piney, and reminiscent of light grapefruit. The flavor is bitter, piney, tropical, dry, and smooth. There is a light pepper note that hits the back of you mouth. Then you come to a tropcial bitter finish. The aftertaste is smooth and a little dry. This is a decent hazy IPA but that slight peppered note holds it back a bit, giving Master Shredder a B-. I would not rule this hazy IPA out when purchasing beer. Also it not so high in ABV like I have been seeing with most hazy IPAs lately, and that is a plus. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Hopfly Brewing Co. Blender Series Bootleg Fireworks

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Saturday, I found a new bottle shop Frank’s Beer Shop (Franksbeershop.com) in Charlotte, North Carolina. They don’t have big draft selections. But they do have a good selection and single cans to enjoy there. They also have packaged beer to go. I bought Hopfly Brewing Co. Bootleg Fireworks. This is a Blender series fruited sour beer. This beer is 6.5% ABV. This beer has Key lime, lemon, raspberry, and cherry. This beer pours a deep red and has a one-finger deep pink head. This beer pours slightly thick. The aroma is of cherry, lime, and lemon fruit. It is tart and sour-smelling as well. The taste is of lime, cherry, lemon, and raspberries. The flavor is also sweet, sour, and tart. This beer finishes the same way it starts. The aftertaste is tart/sour fruit that lingers. This is a good fruited sour beer that I give an A+. I recommended it too. It has good fruit sour flavors that aren’t too strong. It was delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Martin House Brewing Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer

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Martin House Brewing Company Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer, 4.7% ABV, is the other beer I purchased in Dallas, Texas, at the liquor store. This sour Gose beeris brewed with Best Maid Pickle juice. I picked up a six-pack of this because I love pickles. So if youdislike pickles,n this beer isn’t for you. Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer pours a light, merry yellow, light green with a one-and-a-half finger white head. The aroma is tart and sour with dill pickle bitterness. Taste is juicy, tart, sour, bitter, with dill pickle notes and the faintest salt. This beer has a sour, juicy pickle finish and aftertaste that draws you back for another sip. That is if you like pickles, with a light mouthfeel. I enjoyed Martin House Brewing Company Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer quite a bit. I also think you will not be looking for a thir after twod. The flavor gets to be a bit intense at that point, but still a good beer. I give Martin House Brewing Company Best Maid Sour Pickle Beer an A. If you love pickles, then this is the beer for you! Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! 

Boulevard Brewing Co. Tropical Tank 7 Island Saison

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Tropical Tank 7 is a new beer from Boulevard Brewing Co. in Kansas City, Missouri (www.boulevard.com). This is an 8.5% ABV Island Saison that I purchased from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). This beer was released in May of this year. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, candied tropical fruit and bubble gum. The flavor is sweet, tropical fruit, bubble gum, and light perfume. The scent smells slightly better than it tastes. You get a faint/light juicy fruit finish that fades fast. The aftertaste is tropical fruit bubble gum. It’s not so great. The sweetness is too much, and you don’t get any Belgian yeast esters. I did finish this beer. I mean, this wasn’t disgusting. I give Tropical Tank 7 a low-grade D. I don’t think this is something that you need to rush out and have. Regular Tank 7 is a better choice in this situation. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Cordial Saison Ale

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Cordial is a 4.5% Saison Ale from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina. (www.burialbeer.com) This Saison is warm fermented. It uses Riverbend Rye, Golden Wheat, and German Barley. It also uses Saaz, Grunest, and Amarillo hops. I purchased this from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). This Saison pours a slightly darker yellow with a semi-quick fading two-finger white head. The aroma is light stone fruit, pear, Belgiany, and light pepper. The flavor is Earthy, stone fruit, pear, peppery, and Belgiany. This has a light body as well as mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a slight bitter stone fruit and pear. The aftertaste is slightly fruity and Belgiany, but that lingers briefly. This is good and not heavy on the ABV. I give Cordial an A. So if you see this, then you need to drink this beer. It is a great saison ale that is not overly heavy and has good flavors. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Divine Barrel Brewing Kellerpils

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Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing (https://divinebarrel.com) in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 5% German-style Kellerpils Lager. Keller means cellar in German. Kellerpils is a Cellared Pilsner that is unfiltered and unpasteurized. I bought this beer from the local Whole Foods Market. This beer pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a one-finger, steady fading white head. The aroma is lemony, sweet, and crisp. The taste is sweet, crisp, with a faint hoppy note. Some light lemon flavor also grows and lingers a bit on the aftertaste. It’s not a strong lemon flavor. The aftertaste is crisp and slightly yeasty/sweet. This is a delicious Kellerpils. I give this an A. It is close to real German Kellerpils, just not as bold. I would not pass up the opportunity to drink this Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trillium Brewing Mosaic Cutting Tiles

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Mosaic Cutting Tiles from Trillium Brewing in Boston, Masachusetts is a 8.5% ABV double IPA with raw Wildflower Honey, Mosaic hops, Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Dextrine, and C-15 malts. This IPA is dry-hopped. This beer pours yellow with a two-finger white head The aroma is grapefruit, bitter, light grass, and pine. The flavor is fruity (peach, grapefruit, and soft nectarine), hoppy, and bitter. The honey flavor is very light but its barely there. This has a fuller mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a semi-sweet andf bitter/hop flavor. The aftertaste is fruity then fades into a bitterness. This is a very good single hop double IPA, but I did not get uch raw wildflower honey. This IPA gets an A-. I think the honey is overshadowed buy the fruity flavors of the Mosaic hops. But it is otherwise a good double IPA that I recommend drinking. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Wolfe’s Neck India Pale Ale

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In Freeport, Maine Wolfe’s Neck is brewed by Maine Beer Company. This is a 6.5% IPA that is brewed with local malts from Maine Malt House, Mosaic, El Dorado, and Sabro hops. This IPA is named after the Wolfe’s Neck research farm. This IPA pours a slighly hazed yellow color with a one-finger slowe fading white head. The aroma is citru fruit, pine, and bitterness. The flavor is clean, citrusy, hoppy and smooth. You can really taste each flavor. This has a meduim mouthfeel. Then it comes to a bitter citrus fruit finish. The aftertaste is smooth but bitter, but not overly bitter. It has just the perfect amount of bitterness. This is a great beer that deserves an A+. It is good from the first sip to the last. I highly recommend Wolfe’s Neck. It is very flavorful and delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company Hop Drop ‘N Roll India Pale Ale

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Hop Drop ‘N Roll from NoDa Brewing Company is a 7.2% ABV 2014 World Beer Cup Gold IPA brewed withh Citra, Amarillo, and Chinook hop, (nodabrewing.com). This beer came from my local Harris Teeter grocery store. This IPA pours a light orange colo a thick one-finger very slow head. The aroma is of pine, fruit, malts, and bitterness. The flavor is oniony, piney, malty, bitter, fruity, and bittersweet, smooth notes. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then this IPA has a hoppy light fruity finish and a bitter, hoppy aftertaste that lingers for a bit. This is a core staple from NoDa Brewing and It’s an A. I think it is really worth trying because it not over done with lots of expermental hops and other things. It reminds me of IPAs for twenty years ago and that I love. It is just the right amount of bitterness to this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibility! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company The Big O Blood Orange IPA

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Made localy in Charlotte, North Carolina by Sugar Creek Brewing, (https://sugarcreekbrewing.com) The Big O is a 7% ABV Blood Orange IPA. This IPA has California grown “Moro” blood oranges along with dry-hopping, specialty toasted malts, Citra and Mosaic hops. You can find this beer where ever beer is sold in the Charlotte area (www.totalwine.com). This IPA pours orange with a two-finger white head. The aroma is big on the orange. It is almost like bitter orange candy. The flavor is orange, fruity, grapefruits, bitterness with small sweet notes. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then it has a bitter orange finish that lingers in the aftertaste with a good amout of bittering notes. This bee is on the heavier flavored side of things. So it has a nice pungent bitter orange like its name. I give The Big O an A-. It does have a little more boozieness on this but that is not so bad. That is a common ABV with craft IPAs. I would recommend this beer if you love bitter oranges. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!