Burial Beer x Cloudburst Brewing Co. The Scars On Greedy Palms India Pale Ale

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This India Pale Ale is a Collaboration between Burial Beer and Cloudburst Brewing. This IPA, 6.8% ABV, was brewed for Burial’s annual Burnpile festival (2025). Mashed with wheat and oats. Whirlpooled with Simcoe, Nectaron, and Simcoe Dynaboost. Double dry hopped with Amarillo Fresh CGX Nuvo, Nectaron, and Citra Cryo. The IPA pours bright yellow with a bright two-finger white head. The aroma is tropical and citrusy, with notes of orange/grapefruit. It also has a herbal aroma. The flavor is a combination of orange, grapefruit, light tropical notes, and dank, with a dry finish. The finish is light on fruit. Then it has a dry, dank fruit aftertaste. This beer has a medium body that somewhat coats your tongue for a second. This is a good beer. It’s not the best, but still something I’d recommend. It’s an A-. I wasn’t a fan of the dryness of this beer, but the tropical and citrus flavors helped. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Woods & Waters India Pale Ale

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One of my favorite breweries, Maine Beer Company, in Freeport, Maine, brews some delicious beers. This beer is Woods & Waters India Pale Ale. This IPA has a 6.2% ABV. This IPA commemorates the establishment of Katahdin Woods & Water National Monument. This IPA is using Maine-grown barley and wheat. Woods & Waters IPA pours light yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is clean, oniony, piney, and hoppy. The flavor is of pink grapefruit, melon, and pineapple. The taste is also of pine, light grass, and garlic/onion. This beer has a light mouthfeel. This IPA finishes with garlic and citrus/tropical fruits. There is bitterness in the finish. The aftertaste is less of that initial garlic, but it lingers a bit with a touch of bitterness and hoppieness. I found Wood & Waters IPA to be slightly different from the IPAs I’ve had recently. The garlic and onion flavors really add a great dimension to the fruitiness of this IPA. Woods & Water IPA is an A+ beer. I highly recommend it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Emerald IPA

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I have been looking for Dragon’s Milk Emerald IPA. This New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk IPA is an 11% ABV barrel-fermented IPA dry-hopped with Lotus hops and aged in Oak barrels. Dragon’s Milk is a division of New Holland Brewing that does all the barrel aging of their beer and makes bourbon as well (www.newhollandbrew.com)(dragonsmilk.com). This beer can be purchased at Total Wine (http://www.totalwine.com) or on the Dragon’s Milk website. This IPA pours deep orange with a one-finger white head. The aroma is hoppy, citrus, and vanilla. The flavor is a combination of orange and vanilla, and it is strong and bitter. This beer has a full mouthfeel. Then it comes to a vanilla boozy finish with small amounts of citrus flavor. This IPA has a boozy vanilla oak aftertaste that lingers just long enough. This IPA sounds interesting when I heard about it on social media, and it is. It does taste almost like an 11% ABV beer, but the hops help it not taste like 11%. It has good barrel flavors without being overly oaky. I think Dragon’s Milk Emerald is an A, and I recommend it! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

TRVE Brewing Co. Chapel of Ghouls Hazy IPA

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The label on Chapel of Ghouls reminds me of Dracula’s castle from the video game Castlevania. This hazy IPA from TRVE Brewing Co. in Asheville, NC, and near Denver, Colorado, is 6.5%. I wasn’t able to find any information on this can or any further information on their website. This brewer is no longer in operation. But my local Total Wine (totalwine.com) still has this beer and a few others for sale on their shelves. They have moved their production facility to New Image Brewing in Colorado. This beer pours a hazy light yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is bitter, grassy, and citrusy. The flavor is bitter, grassy, and grapefruit. This beer has a mild bitterness and a medium feel in the mouth. Then this IPA comes to a bitter grapefruit finish. The aftertaste is bitter, but that bitterness fades with a light grapefruit flavor. This IPA is a good beer, an A, and I have a slight hesitation in recommending it since this brewery has closed. But if you do see it, grab it. It’s good and refreshing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

760 Craft Works Knower’s Arc

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Sometimes I buy beer based on the cool-looking label, the style of beer might be interesting, or I know and/or like that particular brewer. But Knower’s Arc from 760 Craft Works (www.760craftworks.com) is all the above. I have had and reviewed a few of their other beer. This beer is a 6.7% ABV Hazy IPA from Huntersville, North Carolina. This IPA has Citra, Talus, Simcoe, and Vista Hops. This IPA pours yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is a big orange citrus flavor with some bitter hops. The taste is pretty much the same, but with more intensity and less bitterness. There is a nice amount of bitter hop notes, though. This beer has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is bitter orange. The beer has a more bitter orange aftertaste. This beer reminds me of Sugar Creek Brewing’s Big O IPA. But Knower’s Arc is less orange than Big O. This IPA is an A-. I’d want more bitter flavors, but it is great otherwise, and a beer that I recommend trying. You can seek this out at Total Wine (www.totalwine.com). Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Hi-Wire Brewing Cooler Nights ipa

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I bought Hi-Wire Brewing (hiwirebrewing.com) Coller Night ipa from Total Wine (totalwine.com). This beer is a Neighborhood Series 6.5% ABV West Coast-Style IPA, with Citra, Chinook, & Columbus hops. This IPA pours a bright yellow with a two-finger, fluffy white head. The nose of this beer has bitterness, hoppy notes, and light pine scents. The flavor is resinous, bitter, and hoppy, with a grassy/piney flavor. There is a slightly off note on the back ot the tongue. This beer has a medium feel in the mouth. The finish is bitter and hoppy, much like most beers of this style. The aftertaste is slightly fruity but muted and bitter. This IPA tastes much like all the other West Coast-style IPAs. I give this a Cooler Nights ipa a C+. It’s barely getting that grade. I found this IPA not different enough from every other IPA. But it was not terrible. It has decent bitter/hoppy flavors. I feel that the craft beer market has too many IPAs. I like IPAs. It’s just that they have been popular for so long, craft beer drinkers are tired of them and want something different. I will continue to enjoy IPAs. I would not rush out for this one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westbrook Brewing Co. Lemon Meringue Shake India Pale Ale

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Lemon Meringue Shake India Pale Ale from Westbrook Brewing Co. (westbrookbrewing.com) in Mt. Pleasant, South Carolina, boasts a 7% ABV. This IPA has Cascade and CTZ hops. It is dry-hopped with Citra and Mosaic. They use Conan Yeast with malts such as Citra Pils, Oats, Pale, and Wheat. It also has Lactose (milk sugar), Lemon, and Madagascar Vanilla. This beer was purchased from Southern Spirits in South Carolina (www.southernspirits.com). This IPA pours a cloudy/hazy yellow, with a two-finger white head. The aroma is citrusy, Lemony, and vanilla. The flavor is citrusy, lemony, with notes of vanilla, sweet/bitter, and creamy. This beer has a light body and a medium mouthfeel. This beer finishes with bittersweet vanilla and lemon. The aftertaste is bitter, lemon/vanilla milkshake. This beer is delicious, and I would not expect anything less from Westbrook Brewing. This Lemon Meringue Shake IPA is an A+. You should be drinking this. It is just as the can says. It tastes like Lemon Meringue Shake. This beer is part of the brewery’s Shake. You should drink this and all of Westbrook’s beers. Please stay safe, be kind to one another, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer There is Only Perception Where Fate Once Laid West Coast Style IPA

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This West Coast-style IPA, with an incredibly long name, is from Burial Beer (burialbeer.com). There is Only Perception Where Fate Once Laid is 7.3% ABV. This IPA uses a triple saturation process with oats. It is whirlpooled with Incognito and cryo. It is double dry-hopped with hand-selected Citra, Idaho 7, and Vic Secret hops. This IPA is finished with Citra Cryo hops. I bought this beer from a nearby Fresh Market. This IPA pours a bright yellow with a three-finger, bright white head. The aroma is piney, dank, and bitter, with a cereal note. The flavor is clean, piney, bitter, and dank. There is a Slight creamy texture, and I tasted cereal grains. This has a medium feel in the mouth. The beer then comes to a clean, bitter finish, that ends with a hoppy pine aftertaste. This beer has a lot going on, like most Burial Beers, but all the different ingredients work together to make this IPA an A+. You should be drinking Burial Beer, especially this one. Everything comes together perfectly to make a great beer. Please stay, be kind to one another, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Tilted Crown Session IPA

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A session is the time spent drinking beer. It can vary depending on many different factors, such as the amount of beer consumed and the time spent drinking. A session beer is a lower ABV beer under 5% ABV. This beer from Royal Bliss Brewing (www.royalblissbrewing.com) is a Session IPA called Tilted Crown. This IPA is a 4.8% ABV IPA. This beer is made in Denver, North Carolina, and was purchased locally at Total Wine (www.totalwine.com). This IPA pours yellow with a one-and-a-half finger white head. The aroma is tropical, fruity, crisp, and bitter. This doesn’t smell as heavy as most IPAs. The flavor of this beer is tropical fruit, crisp, bitter, and piney. This beer has a light flavor overall, and it drinks kind of easily. This beer has a nice bitter pine finish with a little bit of tropical fruit. Then it comes to a nice and light bitter fruit aftertaste that fades slowly. This is good, but I just get a basic tropical flavor, and I can’t find any specific tropical fruits. I just get tropical flavors. That gives Tilted Crown Session IPA from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. a B-. It was good, but I would like to have better tropical flavors. Yes, this is a beer I would drink again, and so should you! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

The Veil Brewing Co. Master Shredder IPA

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This is a Mosaic forward hazy IPA from The Veil Brewing Co. (https://www.theveilbrewing.com) called Master Shredder. I acquired this though a trade with a neighbor. This IPA is 5.5% ABV. I traded Hopfly Brewing Bootleg Fireworks for this. This IPA pours a hazy bight yellow with a bight one-finger white head. The aroma is bitter, piney, and reminiscent of light grapefruit. The flavor is bitter, piney, tropical, dry, and smooth. There is a light pepper note that hits the back of you mouth. Then you come to a tropcial bitter finish. The aftertaste is smooth and a little dry. This is a decent hazy IPA but that slight peppered note holds it back a bit, giving Master Shredder a B-. I would not rule this hazy IPA out when purchasing beer. Also it not so high in ABV like I have been seeing with most hazy IPAs lately, and that is a plus. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!