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The Beer News

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Here are this week’s news and events happening in the Charlotte, North Carolina area!

  • Wednesday, August 7th. pilot Batch Release: Citrus Red Ale. Pilot Brewing. 2 pm-9 pm. Did you know every time we release a Pilot Batch, we have it on $3 special for release day! That’s right! Don’t miss out on the special release of our Charlotte BeerBabes-inspired Citrus Red Ale. This classic red ale lends true juiciness from the use of orange zest in the brew and dry-hopped with Citra Hops.

 

  • Thursday, August 8th. Better in Color Kviev Citrus Ale Release. Birdsong Brewing Co. 3 pm-10 pm. Isn’t everything better in color? Of course, we’d make this beer just in time for the Charlotte Pride Parade because our beer is #BrewedForEveryone! Always has been, always will be! Join us for the release of this special brew (Draft Only) at 3p on Thursday, August 8th and then come out and cheer us on in the Charlotte Pride Festival & Parade 2019 on August 18th! Pride gear encouraged!

    Inspired by heart-shaped glasses and sunny days by the pool, Better in Color is a bright citrus ale with zesty aromas of Meyer lemon, Mandarin orange, and grapefruit. Using Kveik
    (pronounced ‘kVike’ like a bike) yeast, this beer is soft on the palate and light in the body making it a perfect summertime slammer.

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Lobster & Beer Lunch! Sycamore Brewing. 12 pm-3 pm. Enjoy a Lobster & Beer Lunch every Friday in August at Sycamore Brewing with our friends from Cousins Maine Lobster!

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Bacon & Beer Flight Night. Unknown Brewing Company.  3 pm-11 pm. Don’t miss out on our Bacon + Beer Flight Night on Friday, August 9th!

    We hand-selected four different mouthwatering kinds of bacon that pair perfectly with a flight of four refreshing beers. We will be starting when doors open at 3pm, so hurry while supplies last.

 

  • Friday, August 9th. Dreamsicle IPA Release. NoDa Brewing Compan. 2 pm-10 pm. National Creamsicle Day is right around the corner, which means it’s that time of year again. 🙌

    We’re bringing this tasty beer back to you on draft and in cans! This crisp West Coast style IPA marries the intensity of Amarillo, Centennial and Citra hops with the subtle sweetness of vanilla beans and orange peel. This pint is a 7% ABV nostalgic dream you’ll never want to wake up from! While you’re here, be sure to grab some grub from TIN Kitchen, too.

    Join us in the taproom — starting at 2 pm — to get your hands on this highly anticipated brew. 🍺

 

  • Saturday, August 10th. LoSo Block Party. The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery. 2 pm-11 pm. Mark your calendars for August 10th!

    Day-long neighborhood block party hosted by:
    The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery,
    Doc Porter’s Distillery,
    GoodRoad CiderWorks,
    Great Wagon Road Distilling Co. & The Broken Spoke,
    Lower Left Brewing Co
    Queen Park Social,
    Red Clay Ciderworks,
    Sugar Creek Brewing Co.,
    The Brewers at 4001 Yancey,
    Thirsty Nomad Brewing Co.

    The LoSo (Lower Southend) neighborhood is excited to host its 4th Annual LoSo Block Party! Complete with live music, local vendors, food, and plenty of drink, this party is sure to rock the block.

    This year’s party is on Saturday, August 10th 2:00PM-11:00PM.

 

  • Saturday, August 10th. Rèserve Noir Series Bottle Release. The Chamber by Wooden Robot. 12 pm-11:30 pm. Join us for the exclusive bottle release of the first 5 bottles of the Rèserve Noir Series this Saturday, August 10th at The Chamber

    Doors will open at noon at The Chamber ONLY and bottle sales will commence at the main bar. There is a very limited quantity of bottles available so please plan accordingly.
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    Rèserve Noir – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale 6.2% – $16 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Cherries – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Cherries 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Fig – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Fig 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Rèserve Noir with Plum – Barrel-Aged Dark Sour Ale with Fig 6.2% – $18 / 4 bottles per person
    Double Barrel Rèserve Noir – Dark Sour Ale aged in Red Wine and Whiskey Barrels 6.5% – $20 / 2 bottles per person
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    Hope to see you all on Saturday 08.10.19!

 

  • Sunday, August 11th. Pumking Release Party. Brewers at 4001 Yancey. 1 pm-10 pm. Long live the KING! Pumking is back and he is bringing Warlock with him! 🎃

    Come enjoy live music by Nectar, Pumking flights, and Pumking sampling.

Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know

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Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know Pale Ale, 5.8% (purchased from Pop The Top) is a collaboration between Burial Beer Co. and the band Dead Meadow and is double dry-hopped with Citra, Comet, and a big dose of Columbus Cryo hops. Beyond The Fields We Know Pale Ale pours a bright cloudy yellow color with sediment floaters and a two-finger quickly fade-in white head, with big bitter grapefruit and hoppy aromas that is a nice and juicy on the nose. The taste is quite bold with a juicy bitter grapefruit orange with the growth of bitterness on the back of the tongue/mouth with a bitter citrus finish and a dank bitter aftertaste with a fuller mouthfeel. This is a wild pale ale that is nearly an IPA and Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know Pale Ale is a B- beer. It has a good wallop of hoppy bitter citrus flavor that is good but I not for more than two pints. If you like hoppy bitter citrus IPA like Pale Ales than Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know Pale Ale is one you should try. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields We Know

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Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale, 5.8% (purchased from Pop The Top) is a collaboration between Burial Beer Co. and the band Dead Meadow and is double dry-hopped with Citra, Comet, and a big dose of Columbus Cryo hops. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale pours a bright cloudy yellow color with sediment floaters and a two-finger quickly fade-in white head, with big bitter grapefruit and hoppy aromas that is a nice and juicy on the nose. The taste is quite bold with a juicy bitter grapefruit orange with the growth of bitterness on the back of the tongue/mouth with a bitter citrus finish and a dank bitter aftertaste with a fuller mouthfeel. This is a wild pale ale that is nearly an IPA and Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale is a B- beer. It has a good wallop of hoppy bitter citrus flavor that is good but I not for more than two pints. If you like hoppy bitter citrus IPA like Pale Ales than Burial Beer Co. Beyond The Fields, We Know Pale Ale is one you should try. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Hopfly Brewing Co. One More Bite (OMB) Fruited Sour

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I purchased Hopfly Brewing Co. One More Bite (OMB) Fruited Sour, 6.3% ABV from Pop The Top because of the label mostly and a little because of the contents. One More Bite is brewed in Rocky Mount, North Carolina with Strawberry, Vanilla, and Lactose. Judging this beer by its label I think they are going for a strawberry shortcake here. One More Bite pours light orange color with a faint red tint to it and with a two-finger fizzy head that fades into a light right with minimal lacing throughout. The aroma is nice with a strawberry sweetness, adding sweet aromas from the vanilla, OMB has more of a Fruity Pebbles aroma to it. There is a nice sweet strawberry flavor to it upfront with a little light tartness, the vanilla and the lactose cut the tart fruity flavors. The fruity sweet finish is good with a nice Fruity Pebbles cereal aftertaste is awesome all with a lighter mouthfeel. Hopfly Brewing Co. One More Bite (OMB) Fruited Sour is one good fruited sour beer, well deserving of an A+. It’s not really a strawberry shortcake, more of a fruity sugary cereal which is great and something very interesting to try. I recommend trying Hopfly Brewing Co. One More Bite (OMB) Fruited Sour Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

D 9 Brewing Company Swell Rider Tangerine Session Ale

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D9 Brewing Company Sewell Rider Tangerine Session Ale, 5.1% ABV picked up from Total Wine and is brewed in Cornelius, North Carolina with Tangerines. Sweet Rider pours an orange color with a two-finger quickly fading white head with sweet tangerine aromas that have a slight yet faint tart note. The flavor is pretty much what you see on the label, big tangerine sweet flavor with a very faint tartness and finishes sweet with tangerine and a slight tart tangerine aftertaste with a light mouthfeel. D9 Brewing Company Sewell Rider Tangerine Session Ale is basically a tangerine fruit bomb, all up in your mouth attacking your taste buds. If you love tangerine then Swell Rider is your kind of beer, so go for it. I don’t love tangerines, but I find that to be good. This beer is a B-, after a while, the tangerine flavor is basically too much, but it’s good for two pints in my opinion and yeah could see myself going back to this especially on a hot day. It is a really refreshing beer. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly

The Beer News

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Here are this week’s news and events happening in the Charlotte, North Carolina area!

  • Thursday, August 1st. National IPA Day. Flying Saucer Charlotte. 11 am=11:59 pm. Tapping 25 plus IPA’s
    Hop Inspired Food Menu
    & more 

 

  • Thursday, August 1st. IPA Day at Sycamore! Sycamore Brewing12 pm-10 pm. National IPA day 2019 at Sycamore! To celebrate, we’ll be opening at 12pm with $3 Mountain Candy & Citropica IPA’s all day long! AND we’ll be giving away a FREE IPA Day pint glass with your IPA to the first 200 people and a FREE IPA Day Tee to the first 50 people! Rollicious Ribs & More, LLC will also be serving up lunch & dinner and The Garbage Truck will be joining us for dinner in the Sycamore Beer Garden! Live Music by Falconheartnc, Late Night Special and Wag the Dog

    * a selection of other beers (non-IPAs) and Wild Blossom Cider also on tap*

 

  • Friday, August 2nd. Raspberry White Can Release. Sugar Creek Brewing. 2 pm-11 pm. You’ve been demanding for this beer in Cans now for years and the time has finally arrived! Join as we release our beloved Raspberry White Ale on August 2nd for the first time ever in 16oz cans! Your favorite poolside beer that was never allowed at the pool because it was in a bottle is now allowed POOL SIDE! Come celebrate with Live Music, Can release and we may even fire up the Smoothie Machine for some special Raspberry White Ale Smoothies! Don’t miss it! 🍻

 

  • Friday, August 2nd. Rainbow Sherbert Fruited Sour. Triple C Brewing Company. 4 pm-10 pm. No spoons needed! This fruited sour pours vibrant red in color with a bright fruited nose and tart finish from the Berliner Weisse base. Raspberry, pineapple, lime, and vanilla added in secondarily and brewed with lactose to add a touch of sweetness and balance. At 4.2% settle in because this is that low ABV you’ve been looking for on a long night with friends.

 

  • Saturday, August 3rd. Can Release: nps100 Centennial Irish Red Ale. Blue Blaze Brewing. 3 pm-10 pm. Join us for our very first can release of #NPS100 Centennial Irish Red Ale. #NPS100 has been aggressively single-hopped with Centennial hops, originally brewed, celebrating the 100th birthday of the National Park Service in August.

    ABV: 4.7%
    IBU: 25
    SRM: 13

    We made a bit larger batch this time around and only a small run of cans. Swing by the taproom from 12:00 – 10:00 for a pint!

 

  • Tuesday, August 6th. Old Tuffy Launch Party-Charlotte. Caswell Station. 6 pm-8 pm. Tickets http://www.alumni.ncsu.edu. Join NC State friends and New Belgium Brewing as we celebrate the launch of Old Tuffy, a collaborative beer paying homage to NC State! Attendees who pre-register will also be entered to win a Homecoming football game prize pack.

 

 

Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Tangerine Dreamz Witbier

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Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Tangerine Dreamz Witbier, 5.2% ABV purchased from Total Wine is brewed with Tangerines, Lacotose (sugar), Chamomile, & Coriander. Tangerine Dreamz pours yellow with a tow finger tin white head with a sweet tangerine citrus aroma with a floral note. Flavor/taste is similar to Tangerine Dreamz aroma with a tangerine sweet citrus with floral notes that are slightly bitter kind of like a perfume with a citrus floral finish that is bittersweet with an much similar perfume aftertaste with a l,I got mouthfeel. This beer has too much floral flavors going along side the tangerine here for not so great overall flavor that get a D+. The tangerine notes do help it a little bit but not enough. The floral perfume flavor holds Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Tangerine Dreamz Witbier down. I don’t think you should try this beer. I won’t! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Lightning India Pale Ale

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Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Lightning India Pale Ale, 7.0% ABV is a west coast style IPA brewed in Wilmington, North Carolina with Pilsner, White Wheat, and Carapils malts also with Warrior, Simcoe, Citra and Amarillo hops. Tropical Lightning pours a deep shade of yellow with a two finger white head that has slow pace with a tropical aroma hitting your nose with a fruity citrus scent that is a bit tropical and a bitterness wafting into you nose . The taste is tropical fruity as well as a bit of citrus bitterness and a nice inflow of hoppy notes with a nice tropical bitter finish and a citrus tropical aftertaste with a medium mouthfeel. Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Lightning India Pale Ale is a refreshing change from all the hazy New England IPAs that have gained so much popularity. I was drinking this and thinking how I missed a nice west coast style IPA. Tropical Lightning really nails the west coast style IPA and gets an A. Wilmington Brewing Company Tropical Lightning India Pale Ale is a beer for when you feel like an IPA but nothing sweet. I really think that its worth trying and I will see this again real soon. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Burial Beer Co. & Heater Allen Handcrafted Lager Beer A Damn Fine Heavy Lager

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Burial Beer Co & Heather Allen Handcrafted Lager Beer, A Damn Fine Heavy Lager Beer, 5% ABV is a collaboration I picked up a couple of weeks ago from Pop The Top. Heavy pours nice golden color with a thick three-finger head of snow giving off a biscuity aroma that has a slight yet faint fruit notes with a clean malted aroma as well that then gives you a biscuity bread crust taste with a faint malted note that come and goes on the middle of the tongue with a slight sweetness throughout that finish slightly sweet with a bread malt flavor that spills into the aftertaste that has a little sweetness of nice biscuit malts with a medium mouthfeel. Burial Beer Co & Heather Allen Handcrafted Lager Beer, A Damn Fine Heavy Lager Beer is good and refreshing with an A-. Towards the end of the pint it showing that this beers flavor starts becoming a bit much, slightly though. I could only have about four or five Heavy’s before I start to lose interest in this Lager beer, not that I had that many nor should you. I just had two, and it was good otherwise. Good balance of flavors without being overwhelming in any respects and yes I would go back for Burial Beer Co & Heather Allen Handcrafted Lager Beer, A Damn Fine Heavy Lager Beer and so should you! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Throwback Thursday: NoDa Brewing Company CAVU Blonde Ale

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Originally posted September 7th, 2014

I’ve seen more and more beer in cans recently and that isn’t a bad thing. In the past canned beer wasn’t thought of as good as the bottled beer. People thought the materials of aluminum cans would make the beer taste funny. Now can technology has gone many times better. But canned beer can go places that bottled beer cannot. You can take can’s of beer to the beach, put them in a backpack, or in the cooler without worry, and aluminum cans don’t break when dropped. NoDa Brewing Company here in Charlotte, North Carolina makes beer in cans and here is one of their newer beers CAVU (Ceiling and visibility unlimited), 4.6% ABV, and is in a rather cool looking sixteen ounce can. CAVU pours a clear golden color with a one-finger fizzy wheat head that dissipates quickly but leaves behind minimal lacing. I found lots of light streaming through the glass with healthy amounts of carbonation. The aroma is a bit fruity with a bit of grapefruit and some oranges. There is a slight whiff of pine in the aroma as well. NoDa CAVU has a crisp taste of fruity hops, this is due to the use of west coast hops, I found there to be grapefruit and orange with hints of a piney grassy taste on the back of the mouth. I also found a buttery cracker flavor in the middle of the mouth and towards the back. CAVU has a medium to light mouthfeel with a nice hop character. This beer finishes nicely with a crisp hoppy bit and has a fruity hop aftertaste. NoDa Brewing Company CAVU gets an A, this is a good beer that doesn’t overpower your taste buds and is easy to drink as well as refreshing, and has a very cool looking can too. I enjoyed this one very much and I do highly recommend that you go and try NoDa Brewing Company CAVU for yourself. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!