The Bruery Desert Flora

Posted on by Evan

Desert Flora is a Belgian-style Table Beer with hibiscus and Prickly Pear. This beer is from The Bruery in Placentia, California and has a 3.5% ABV. Table beer is usually a lower-alcohol beer that Belgian monks drink with a meal or for any occasion. This beer pours orange with a two-finger billowing head. The aroma is light, fruity, and floral. The flavor is light, citrusy, orange, and with hibiscus. Being a low abv beer, it is crisp, but the overall flavor is very light, as is the feel in the mouth. You really have to pay attention to find all the flavors. I do think this is kind of like a sour beer. This beer doesn’t have a strong finish but has a floral flavor. The aftertaste is floral, fruity, but light. This is not bad, I give this an A-. I find that low-alcohol beer to not have as strong flavors. This had slightly more than I though. I do recommend this one and you can have a few due to it being 3.5% Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Suffolk Punch Brewing A Patchwork Orange Fruited Pale Ale

Posted on by Evan

A Patchwork Orange from Suffolk Punch Brewing was gifted to me for my birthday over the weekend from a good neighbor along with five other different beers. This is a fruited pale ale that is 5.7% ABV. It just has Mosaic hops and fresh oranges in it. Not a big ingredients list here. This pale ale pours a bright cloudy orange with a one-finger white head. This beer does have particulate floating in it, I think that’s probably bits of orange. The aroma is slightly hoppy orange bitterness. The flavor is citrusy orange sweetness, bitterness, watery, and smooth. This has more of a real orange taste rather than a more citrus candy orange. This has a nice medium mouthfeel. This pale ale then finishes with a smooth bitter orange and that orange carries over to a light linger in the aftertaste. This was good but a little on the plane side. I can say that I recommend it nor would I tell you not to drink this. I don’t think it’s bad. The fresh orange flavor is good and interesting. I give this a solid C. A C for citrus I guess you could say! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Town Brewing Company One In A Melon

Posted on by Evan

It’s summer time alright. The weather is hot and sweaty. Well Town Brewing Company in Charlotte, North Carolina has One In A Melon. This is a Watermelon Kölsch beer. It is only 4.9% ABV. Watermelon is always a good Sumer treat to beat the heat. The Kölsch style originated in Colone, Germany, and requires fermenting with ale yeast and finishing at cold temperatures. This is like an Ale crossed with a Lager. This Kölsch pours a light pink with a light pink two-finger head. It’s not a really spectacular head, but it’s there. The aroma is fruity with watermelon, dryness, and clean. The flavor is sweet melon, with dry notes, and it has a light body. This is overall light and so is the mouthfeel. This has a dry watermelon finish with a light linger of a watermelon aftertaste. This beer has light flavors, but it is refreshing to drink. I give One In A Melon a C+. I almost went higher, but the watermelon was a bit too light. It is something I’d recommend. But don’t rush to have One In A Melon. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company Big Hazy O India Pale Ale

Posted on by Evan

This is a newer beer from the fine people at Sugar Creek Brewing Company. Big Hazy O is a Hazy version of the very tasty Big O IPA. This beer is 6.7% and has Blood oranges, Citra, Simcoe, and Mosaic hops. Their Big O doesn’t have Simcoe hops. This is a core Sugar Creek beer. This IPA pours a hazy yellow with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The aroma is blood orange fruit, bitter, and it’s juicy. The flavor is juicy with blood oranges and has a hoppy bitterness that is a bit hazy on your tongue. This has a litter feel on/in the mouth. The finish is orangey, slightly candy-like with a nice bitterness. The aftertaste is bitter with juicy oranges. This Big Hazy O is somewhat better than its non-hazy counterpart. This Big Hazy O is an A. The fruit flavors really make this beer great. This is one IPA worth having. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company

Posted on by Evan

I have been posting a lot of Belgian beer recently and thought it was time for something non-Belgian. This is Carolina Quencher from NoDa Brewing Company locally made in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is a 5.2% ABV tropical wheat ale. This wheat beer has passion fruit, orange, mango, guava, and pineapple. This beer sounds like a tropical fruit bomb. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger quick, thin, and fizzy head. The aroma is fruity as expected, with orange and passion fruit. I did get the faintest smell of pineapple, guava, and mango. They were almost not there. The flavor is juicy and fruity with passion fruit, orange, mango, pineapple, and guava. These fruit flavors do flatten a bit overall as this beer warms. This has a light mouthfeel. Then you’ll find a juicy and refreshing fruit finish. The aftertaste is fruity orange and passion fruit. The other flavors fade out in the finish. This is a good sessionable beer with good flavors that aren’t overpowering. I give Carolina Quencher an A+. Do drink this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Kiuchi Brewer Hitachino Nest Beer Yuzu Lager

Posted on by Evan

Yuzu Lager is another beer I purchased from the Super G International Supermarket. This beer is from Hitachino Nest Beer, brewed by Kiuchi Brewery in Nakai Baraki Perfecta, Japan. This beer is 5.5% and brewed with Yuzu fruit. The best way to describe this is a lemon and a persimmon had a baby. Yuzu Lager pours a yellow color with a one-finger fizzy white head. There is no head retention on this Lager. The aroma is sweet, fruity, citrus, lemon, and orange. The taste is fruity with light lemon and decent orange flavor. This lager is slightly sweet with a tiny tartness. This had a light feeling in your mouth. Then it has a citrusy finish. The aftertaste is somewhat crisp with just a faint tartness. This beer is good but I was expecting it to be better than it was. I give This Yuzu Lager A B-. On the side of the can they said that this beer is crisp several times. I found it to be a little bit of that. The Yuzu is the more dominant flavor of this beer and kind of hides the lager-ness of the beer. But I found it to be good. I would recommend this Have I had better citrus lagers? Yes, I have and this wasn’t bad. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Huyghe Delirium Red

Posted on by Evan

From the brewery of Delirium Tremens, Brewery Huyghe in Mette, Belgium brews Delirium Red. This Belgian Ale has cherry and Elderberry. This beer is 8% ABV. I purchased this at the Super G International Grocery Store. This ale pours a deep red color with a two-finger pink-ish head. The aroma is cherry, berry, tart/sour, and sweetness. The flavor is sweet with cherry and some berries. This beer is tart but lightly tart, and it is fruity-sugar sweet. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then it comes to a sweet cheery/beery finish. The aftertaste is like sweet cherry cola with some tart notes. This was fabulous, and I give Delirium Red an A+. Later this month I will visit Brew Huyghe and others while on a beer tour in Belgium. I will be posting throughout the tour. This beer is not overly sweet, it has just the perfect amount of sweet and tart notes. I highly recommend Delirium Red. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Liefmans Craft Blenders Kriek Brut

Posted on by Evan

Liefmans Craft Blenders in Oudenaarde, Belgium brews this Kriek Brut. This beer is 6% ABV. A Kriek is a type of fruited sour fermented with cherries. Both the Flemish name, meaning cherry. This style comes from Belgium. Kriek is a type of Lambic, just with cherries. This beer pours a deep red color with a pink two-finger head. The aroma is tart, cherries, and some yeast esters. The flavor is on the light sour side, cherry, and there is tartness. This has a light feel on the mouth. This beer has a tart cherry finish. Light cherry flavors come in the aftertaste with a light tartness. This is very different from a typical beer. But it is enjoyable. I give Kriek Brut from Liefmans an A-. It’s just tart cherry all over this beer. That is why an A-. I really recommend this one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Peach Body Fruited Wheat

Posted on by Evan

Peach Body Fruited Wheat from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. is in Denver, North Carolina. This beer has been made to remove gluten. This wheat beer is 4.1% ABV. This beer pours a yellow color with a one-finger thin white head. It quickly dissolves into nothing. This beer has a peachy, wheat, and crispy aroma. The flavor is peach, wheat, light malts, and crisp. This is not a Hefeweizen type of wheat beer. This is more of a pale American wheat. This has a light feeling on the mouth. Then comes a semi-sweet peach finish. The aftertaste is lightly malted with a peach flavor. This is more peach flavor than anything else. I give Peach Body a C-. The peach flavor is good, but everything else about this beer is slightly below average. I don’t think this is a terrible beer. If the peach flavor wasn’t as dominant, then this would be worse. It would not be bad if you had this. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Mason Ale Works iPOP! Tart Tango Fruited Tart Ale

Posted on by Evan

This is the last beer I purchased from the Citizens Public Market in Culver City, Califonia. This beer is Mason Ale Works iPOP! Tart Tango Fruited Tart Ale. This Kettled Sour ale is 4.8% ABV. This beer is brewed in San Deigo, California. I have one more beer that I bought in Culver City. I purchased it from a local Trader Joe’s. That review will be soon. This sour ale pours a red color with a one-finger pink fizzy head. The head doesn’t stick around for long. The aroma is cherries, strawberries, and raspberries. There is some tartness on the nose as well. The flavor is tart with cherries, raspberries, and some strawberries. This ale had a bit of a cherry cola flavor. The sourness is not really existent here. This has a light feel to the mouth. Then it has a tart cherry finish. The aftertaste of cherries and raspberries lingers a bit. I don’t mind sour ale, but I wouldn’t say I love them. But This iPOP! Tart Tango was fabulous. I give this beer an A+. It wasn’t face puckering sour or tart. It had just the right amount. The fruity flavor really shined. Making this beer delicious. I highly recommend this Mason Ale Works beer! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!