Ballad Brewing Just Pressed Lime Giinger Sour

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Ballad Brewing in Danville, Virginia, brews Just Pressed Lime Ginger Sour. This is Gose, which is 5.5% ABV. It is a blended wheat and sour beer. Ballad Brewing closed after experiencing extensive flooding, but it was acquired by Three Roads Brewing Company in early 2026. Now Ballad Brewing has evolved into Press Club at Ballad Brewing. That is a full restaurant and bar. This sour beer pours golden with a one-finger white head. The aroma is tart, with notes of ginger, lime, and a slightly sour finish. The flavor is notes of ginger and lime. It’s tart and lightly sour. The over all flavor is light, as is the mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a tart lime and ginger flavor that fades into a sour note. The aftertaste is fading lime flavor and ginger. This beer isn’t overly sour, like some gose, and the overall flavor is not bad. I say Ballad Brewing Just Press is a B. This beer isn’t nearly as good as Westbrook Brewing Gose. That is my number one Gose, and I would recommend Just Pressed. The flavors are good on their own, but together they do not seem as good. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company. Flaco Especial Lite Lager

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Sugar Creek Brewing Company originally started brewing Belgian-style beers. Slowly, they started brewing other styles of beer. Flaco Especial Lite Lager is a more recent non-Belgian beer. This is a made Key Lime and is 4% ABV. Sugar Creek is one of my top local breweries in Charlotte. This beer pours a crisp golden color with a one-finger  white head of lace. The aroma is crisp with a citrusy lime. The flavor is crisp and limey. It’s not too sweet or too sour. This lager has a light mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a limey flavor that grows. The aftertaste is more limey, but it is crisp. This is not a bad beer, but the lime flavor does take over. The lime flavor is not overly dominant in the beer. That flavor is slightly more of a main character. I would recommend Flaco Especial, but if you like or love this sub-style of lager, then I would really recommend Stone Brewing Co. Buenaveza Salt and Lime Lager. As for Sugar Creek Brewing Flaco Especial Lite Lager, I give it a high C+. It is refreshing, crisp, light, and citrusy. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Sour Apricot Peach

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Sour beers, either you like them, or you don’t. Edmund’s Oast Brewing Sour Apricot Peach. This sour fruit ale is 5.5% ABV with apricots and peaches. I do like sour beers; they can be tart, fruity, and refreshing. This sour fruit beer pours deep yellow, almost orange, with a one-finger head. That head dissolved instantly. The aroma is tart and fruity. There are flavors of peaches and apricots. That flavor is tart and a bit sour. It was a refreshing flavor without being too tart. This beer has a lighter mouthfeel. Then you come to a tart and peachy/apricot finish. The tartness lingers in the aftertaste as the two fruits fade. This beer is good, not very tart or sour, but just enough. I give this Edmonds Oast Sour Apricot Peach a B+. Overall, neither the apricot nor the peach is more predominant. Those fruity flavors are well-balanced. I recommend this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Town Brewing Co. Western Sky American Wheat Ale with Blood Orange

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Town Brewing Co. Western Sky is produced here in Charlotte, North Carolina. This 5.6% ABV beer is an American Wheat Ale with blood oranges. This is a spring wheat seasonal beer. This ale pours orange/yellow with a one-finger white head. That head does not stay long. The aroma is fruity with blood oranges, and it has a sweetness. The flavor is wheated, orange, sweet, and there is a light bitter note. This has a lighter mouthfeel. The finish is bittersweet oranges and a light tart flavor. There is a fruity aftertaste of blood orange that steadily fades with some light sweetness that ends with a tiny bitter note. Western Sky is a delicious wheat ale. I am a big fan of blood oranges. So this beer is an A. Great beer for spring and warmer weather. I really recommend Town Brewing Co. Western Sky. All of the flavors come together very nicely and ends up with a fabulous beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Brouwerij Lindemans D’Or Tropical Fruit Beer

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I am a fan of Brouwerij Lindemans and have been looking for D’Or Topical Fruit Beer. It comes in 8.45oz bottles and is 8% ABV. This beer is brewed in Vlezenbeek, Belgium. This beer is a blend of oak-aged lambic and top-fermented Belgian strong ale. This fruit beer is mango, melon, and lime, and it pours a cloudy yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is tropical mango, melon, and lime. It has a Belgian aroma. The flavor is tropical with mango, melon, and lime. It has a yeasted tart flavor. This beer has a light mouthfeel. It has a slight tart and fruity finish. The aftertaste is slightly tart with a tropical note. This D’Or is good. I give this one an A+ and really recommend it. This fruity beer is refreshing and delicious. The flavor is perfectly brewed, and it doesn’t feel strong. Well done, Lindemans. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Left Hand Brewing Co. Coconut Milk Stout

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This review is a re-review of Left Hand Brewing Co. Coconut Milk Stout. I originally reviewed this back in February of this year. From time to time, I will re-review a beer. This is Coconut Milk Stout, a seasonal beer available during winter. This beer is 6% ABV. It is made with Rocky Mountain water, malted barley, lactose (milk sugars), flaked oats, toasted coconut, yeast, and natural flavors. I couldn’t find those natural flavors. This stout pours black with a two-finger beige head. The head is pretty robust. The aroma is sweet, with notes of coconuts, malts, and roasted flavors. The flavor is of toasted coconut and some chocolate. This has a full, creamy textured body. This beer has a sweet coconut finish and malt roast. The aftertaste is less coconut, but has a nice sweet malt/roast flavor. This beer is still as good as when I first reviewed it. I give Left Hand Brewing Co. Coconut Milk Stout an A. It’s not overly stout feeling. It is just right and one you should drink. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindeman’s Framboise Raspberry Lambic Beer

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Framboise is the last in the Lindmans’ mixed four pack. This is a raspberry Lambic Beer that comes in a 2.5% ABV. This Belgian raspberry beer utilizes wild-fermented yeast, much like the rest of the mixed pack beer. This beer pours a deep red with a one-finger pink/red head. This resembles dark cranberry juice. The aroma is raspberry sweetness and sourness. The flavor is slightly tart and sour. You get a raspberry flavor, but this is not as strong as the other fruit flavors. The mouthfeel is light. Then this Lambic finishes with a tart and sour raspberry flavor. Aftertaste is more raspberry, but on the lighter side. That aftertaste lingers for a short moment. I found this one to be delicious and an A. But this is a slightly darker flavor overall. That’s because the raspberry is a slightly darker fruit. Which of the four is the best? That would be the Kierk Cheery Lambic Beer. That is because the cherry really shines on that beer. It was just the right amount of fruit flavor to sourness/tartness. Overall, balanced. The peach is good, but the peach does come on strong, and so does the carbonation. The apple lacks apple flavor. But there is just barely enough apple flavor and a good amount of carbonation. In conclusion, all of the Lindman’s Lambic fruit beers are delicious and worth drinking. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindeman’s PÊCHE Peach Lambic Beer

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Pêche is a Peach Lambic Beer from Lindeman’s mix four pack. It is a wild yeast. It is also a wild fermented beer with peaches from Vlezenbeek, Belgium. This beer is 2.5% ABV. Peach is my favorite fruit flavor. This beer is from 30% fresh peach juice. It has been around since 1987. This beer pours golden with no visible head. The aroma is sweet with fresh peaches and a bit of light sourness. The flavor is lightly sour and sweet, from the peach flavor. This lambic beer has a good amount of carbonation. The mouthfeel is light. This lambic finishes with a peach flavor that is sweeter and less sour. The aftertaste of this beer is of lingering peach. This beer is good, my favorite so far. I do have one left. This Pêche gets an A+. This beer has very delicately delicious flavors. If you haven’t had this, then you are missing out. I highly recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindemans Apple (POMME) Lambic Beer

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Here is another beer from Lindemans mixed four-pack, and it is Apple (POMME) Lambic Beer. This Beer is an 8-ounce, 3.5% ABV lambic with apple, and it is the youngest in the range (since 2005). This beer pours honey gold with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, apple, sour, and tart. The flavor is the same, and the aroma has sweetness, sour notes, apple, and tart flavors. This apple Lambic has a light feel in the mouth. The aftertaste is tart apple. The finish is sweet and sour apple flavor with tartness that lingers until the next sip. This beer is good, but lighter overall than the Kriek Cherry. This Apple Lambic is an A. This is more of a summer beer than the Cherry, but the Cherry is still a summer drinker. Both are good, and there are two left in the mixed pack. Once all have been reviewed, I will review the mixed pack overall and pick my favorite. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lindmans Kriek Cherry Lambic Beer

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I found this little eight-ounce Lindemans Kriek in a mixed four-pack at my local Whole Foods. This beer is a 3.5% Kriek Cherry Lambic that goes through a secondary fermentation process in the bottle. This cheery beer is filtered and pasteurized before being bottled and made from a Lambic base. That is the difference between this beer and Oude Kriek Cuvée René. This beer is a maceration of 25% of fresh sour cherry juice, then it is filtered and pasteurised. This Kriek pours a cherry red with a one-finger thin pink head. The aroma is tart, sweet, and sour, with a hint of cherry. The flavor is tart, light, and sour, with a big cherry flavor and some sweetness. This Kriek has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is tart cherry and light sweetness. The aftertaste lingers with cherry tartness and sweet flavors. This is a delicious beer without an overly high ABV. Ledemins Kriek is an A. But I don’t think you can drink more than a 750ML bottle. The flavor gets too much, but it’s still delicious, and you should be drinking this beer! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!