Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Heart of Berries Fruited Sour

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Royal Bliss Brewing Co. in Denver, North Carolina, one of my favorite breweries, makes this: Heart of Berries. This is a 5.1 ABV fruited Sour. This sour is infused with mixed berries. I don’t know which types of berries they use. This sour pours a red or light copper color with a quickly fading one-finger white head. The aroma is strawberries and raspberries. It is a crisp yet tart aroma. This beer has berry flavors. Light sour, tart, and sweet. The mouthfeel is light. The finish is berry tartness with some sweet notes. The aftertaste is light berry and tartness that does linger as the sweet notes fade. This is not overly face-puckering sour. It’s a B+ sour beer. More berry flavor would be nice, but I’d still recommend Heart of Berries. Royal Bliss did a good job with this beer. Check out all their beers; they are delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Boulevard Brewing Co. Cherries Jubilee Quad

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Sometimes I buy beer because it sounds interesting, like Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Cherries Jubilee Quad. This 12.9% Belgian-style Quad is infused with Washington and Belgian tart cherries and matured for 13 months in oak apple brandy barrels in Kansas City, Missouri. That sounded interesting to me. This quad pours a deep, dark red with a beige one-finger head. The aroma is bozzy, tart cherry, and sweet. The cherries give off a licorice-like scent. The flavor is tart, cherry, boozy, malty, and brandy-like. This has a full but mellow mouthfeel. The finish is malty, cherry, light oak, and boozy. The aftertaste is malted cherry and some bozzy brandy. This is a big beer, and I think it is a high C+. It’s a little too boozy, and the barrel hides the cherry flavor.  But it’s not bad, and I would recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Boulevard Brewing Co. Mimosa Sasion

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Sometimes, when I am out buying beer, a label persuades me to buy it. A good example is Boulevard Brewing Co.’s Mimosa Saison, an 8% blood orange saison or farmhouse ale, brewed in Kansas City, Missouri, and owned by Duvel Moortgat. This beer pours a blood orange with a one-finger quick white head. The aroma is oranges/blood oranges and grapefruit. It has a sweet aroma too. The flavor is also orange/blood orange and grapefruit.  It has bitterness in the middle of the tongue. The flavor starts decent. Then it falls off. This has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is effervescent and orange. The aftertaste is bitter orange. I started liking this beer. But in the end it was just somewhat okay. I give Mimosa Saison a C. It sounded and looked more interesting than it actually was, and I don’t think I would recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Aslin Brewing Company Summer Fruittata

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Sour beers are an interesting style. They can range from tart to sweet, and even mildly sour. This beer is Aslin Brewing Company’s Summer Fruittata, a sour ale with 6% ABV, featuring plum, peach, blueberry, vanilla, and milk sugar. That is an interesting combination. This sour ale pours orange with a two-finger off-white head. The aroma is vanilla, sweetness, and peach. Smells pretty good. The taste is sweet with vanilla, peach, and light plum. There is the faintest blueberry flavor here. This has a lightly thick mouthfeel. The finish is sweet and has a sour bite. That all fades into a peach aftertaste with a weird blueberry note. This beer could do without blueberries. That gives Aslin Brewing Company’s Summer Fruittata a D+. The peach flavor was decent, as was the plum. But the blueberries did not play nice with the rest of the flavors. I wouldn’t drink this. I got through this beer and will not do that again. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Ōslō Brewing Oslove Passion Fruit Blonde Ale

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After cruising around Iceland and Norway. I took a train from Bergen, Norway, to Oslo, the capital. There I found a local beer from ōslō Brewing, Passion Fruit Blonde Ale. This beer is 4.7% ABV. This beer poured blonde/yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is crisp and fruity. It’s slightly more tropical. The taste is light on tropical passion fruit. This has a light mouthfeel. Then it finishes clean with a tropical taste. The aftertaste is faded passion fruit. Overall, this was good, interesting too. I give this beer a B+. The passion fruit was not as strong as I would have liked, and I am not a big fan of fruity pilsners/lagers. But this blonde was pretty good. I would recommend this one if you are in Oslo. I would have it again myself, as well as more from ōslō Brewing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westbrook Brewing Co. Whipped Pineapple Gose

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I am a huge fan of Westbrook Brewing Co. from Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, and their Gose. This is Whipped Pineapple Gose, available from June to September. This 4% ABV Gose has CTZ hops and American Ale Yeast. It uses malts such as Acidulated and Pale Wheat. Lastly, there are adjuncts such as coriander, pineapple, sea salt, and vanilla. This beer pours a bright, cloudy yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is lightly sour, sweet, and pineapple-like. Taste is light, tart/sour, with pineapple notes and sweetness from the vanilla. This beer has a light salted flavor. The mouthfeel is light. It has a vanilla-coated pineapple finish. There is a slight saltiness and sourness to the finish as well. Aftertaste is a lingering vanilla with faded pineapple. This is very good; it gets an A from me. Overall, it is like a lightly salted vanilla pineapple. I recommend this one! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Founders Brewing All Day Peach

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One of my favorite things is peaches and anything peach-flavored. I was recently at Total Wine and found Founder Brewing’s All Day Peach (Grand Rapids, Michigan). This is a 4.7% ABV session hazy peach IPA made with Alora hops, Pale, Wheat, Oats, and Crystal malts. This year-round beer is part of the All Day series of session IPAs. This IPA pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is peaches, light bitterness, and light hops. The flavor is juicy peaches, light tropical fruits, bitterness, and light hop flavors. This has a light mouthfeel. It finishes bittersweet, peachy, and smooth. The aftertaste is faded peach and light bitterness. This is a good beer with a light, subtle peach flavor. I give All Day Peach a B-. It has a decent peach flavor, but I would have liked more peach flavor. The bitter hops come in and hit your taste buds. Then the bitter hops fade away kind of quickly. But I still enjoyed this a bit and would recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

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!