IPA

The Unknown Brewing O.T.E. I.P.A. (Over The Edge India Pale Ale), 6.4% is a west-coast style IPA, thats brewed with five grains and west coast hops. Over The Edge, IPA is brewed here locally in Charlotte, North Carolina. This IPA pours a deeper yellow-orange color with a two and a half finger white head. The head is steady to fade away. Over The Edge, IPA has a citrusy hoppy aroma with a light sweetness. Taste is citrusy with light sweetness and happiness with a faint pine note come on the back of the mouth that then comes to a nice bitter fruity finish with a malted note. The mouthfeel is medium, and the aftertaste is just the finish that lingers. Overall The Unknown Brewing O.T.E. I.P.A. (Over The Edge India Pale Ale) solid IPA without being too wild with ingredients and flavors. Over The Edge is how you brew a traditional west-coast style IPA should be and I give it an A+. It is solidly brewed and tastes good. So I suggest you try The Unknown Brewing O.T.E. I.P.A. (Over The Edge India Pale Ale). Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly. Cheers! 

Hi-Wire Brewing lo-pitch juicy IPA, 4.9% ABV and 35 IBUs brewed in Asheville, North Carolina. Lo-pitch uses Loral, Simco, and Ekuanot hops. This IPA pours a light yellow color with a three-finger bright slow fading with a fluffy head. Lo-pitch has a citrus Lemon aroma with grassy light hop notes. The taste of lo-pitch is citrusy with lemon, a bit of grass, and pine notes with a nice hoppy light floral note. The mouthfeel is light and low-pitch finish soft with bits of citrus flavor and a little lingering lemongrass note on for an aftertaste. Hi-Wire Brewing lo-pitch juicy IPA is good, getting a B+. It needs little more hoppy notes and a slightly high IBU. But I found it tasty otherwise. I would have Hi-Wire Brewing lo-pitch juicy IPA again and would recommend it too. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Dankful IPA, 7.4% ABV, is a generously hopped IPA. Dankfull IPA brewed with Two-row Pale, Caramelize, rye malts, Columbus, Chinook, Mosaic, Ekuanot, Nelson Sauvin, Zappa, Idaho 7 hops, and ale yeast. This IPA brewed to help non-profits as a thank you to all the work that they do to help the communities worldwide. Dankful IPA pours a light orange copper color with a steady three finger white head. The aroma is hoppy, piney, grassy with a little faint citrus sweetness. The flavor of Dankful IPA is piney with grassy hop notes. Then comes light citrus and some malt notes as well. The mouthfeel is on the medium side. It comes to an east coast style IPA finish with nice hoppy earthy notes and carries those piney earthy notes into the aftertaste. To sum up Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Dankful IPA, it’s like an English or east coast IPA with a nice hop punch, one that gets an A. Please stay safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

One of my favorite breweries in the world is Samuel Smith Brewery in (Tadcaster) N. Yorks, England. I have pretty much had all of they’re beer in the breweries lineup, and they are all great beers. But I found one from Samuel Smith’s that I’ve not had yet, India Ale (IPA). Like all Samuel Smith beers, this is Brewed with hard well water and fermented in ‘stone Yorkshire squares. Samuel Smith’s India Ale 5.0% ABV and an IBU of 46,  which pours a crisp coppery orange color with a big four finger white bubbly, rocky head that sticks around for quite a while before fading away slightly, leaving behind great strings of lacing around the glass. There is plenty of light coming through the glass with nice carbonation bubbles racing towards the white foamy head. The aroma in India Ale is lightly grassy with a slight malted scent and touches of some light tropical fruit. The taste is very low on hoppy flavor but there is a slight hop flavor present to let you know you are having an IPA. There is a nice small tropical fruit note here with a nice malt backbone to go right along with the faint grassy notes. The taste is much smoother than some American IPAs. The mouthfeel is light to almost medium. Samuel Smith’s India Ale finishes nice but dry and has a nice faintly grassy fruity aftertaste. Samuel Smith’s didn’t disappoint me with this India Ale at all, so Samuel Smith’s India Ale gets an A+. A solid smooth drinking English IPA, well balanced. Samuel Smith’s India Ale isn’t overwhelming in the hops department. I highly recommend this to anyone looking to try their first IPA or to anyone who likes beer. So please go out and try Samuel Smith’s India Ale and see what you think of it. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!   

Brewed in Rocky Mount, North Carolina Hopfly Brewing Company Freestone IPA, 7% ABV is brewed with Ella, Citra and Galaxy hops. Freestone pours a cloudy yellow color with a one and a quarter slow fading white head with creamy tropical citrus aromas with a nice touch of sweetness waffting the nose. Taste is tropical with citrus orange and some grapefruit with a nice creamy sweetness with some nice bitter/hoppy notes with a meduim mouthfeel that has a nice tropical bitter finish and a fruity orange pineapple aftertaste that is nicer and bitter. Hopfly Brewing Company Freestone IPA is a great beer that is an A+ every part of this IPA was well brewed with great delicious flavors tht is an must have IPA, I would definitely have this again and a again. PLease stay safe and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company Hop So-Low IPA, 4.2% ABV is a Low-Calorie Low Carb India Pale Ale brewed in Charlotte, North Carolina with 2.6 grams of carbs, 100 calories per 12 ounces serving. Hop So-Low pours yellow with a three-finger bright white head giving you very light and very faint piney, hoppy pilsner aromas with a faint hint of citrus fruit. Taste pretty much light and faint with a hoppy pine notes and some super subtle citrus notes. Hop So-Low is pilsner/lager like with a very very faint IPA profile that finishes light with a touch of piney citrusy bitterness and not much of an aftertaste and with a very light mouthfeel. NoDa Brewing Company Hop So-Low IPA is not a good beer, I give it a D. Usually NoDa Brewing Company brews good beer, but not this one. Low carb low-calorie beer should not be an IPA I don’t think it works very well and I would not try this at all. Please stay safe at home and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Legion Brewing Juicy Jay East Coast India Pale Ale, 6.3% ABV and with an IBU (International Bittering Unit) of 68, is brewed right here in Charlotte, North Carolina. This is one of Legion’s Brewing flagship beers. Juicy Jay pours an orange color with a two-finger white head that has a steady fade to it, giving off an aroma of tropical juicy citrus fruit notes with a nice amount of hoppy. Taste is juicy with nice tropical fruits mango with hoppy notes that come together for a dry fruity finish with a nice dry bitterness in the finish with a medium mouthfeel. Legion Brewing Juicy Jay East Coast India Pale Ale, is a solid beer that isn’t overly flavorful but with enjoy to be a wonderful flagship for Legion Brewing, and it is an A. It doesn’t overwhelm your taste buds, it has just the perfect amount of flavor. I highly recommend Legion Brewing Juicy Jay East Coast India Pale Ale. Please stay safe and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!