IPA

Hop Tropical IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. (https://sierranevada.com) is alimited-released IPA with Two-row pale malts, Motueka,and Riwaka hops, and ale yeast.It comes in at 6.5% ABV, and pours gold with a two-finger thick pillowy white head that stays around for a bit. The aroma is of tropical fruits and bitterness. I found som mango, pineapple, and passion fruit. The flavor is hoppy, tropical, and pineapple with a light mouthfeel. Then this IPA finishes with tropical fruits and hoppy notes. The aftertaste is pineapple bitterness. That lingers for a while. This is a great beer and it doesn’t feel as strong as 6.5% ABV. This is a a beer that I would recommend you have. I give it a A+. It is tropcial bitter bliss in a can. You can find this at Total Wine (totalwine.com). Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

A week ago, I was in Dallas, Texas, having lunch at Ten50 BBQ (https://www.ten50bbq.com), which is actually in Richardson, TX. With my BBQ assortment, I had Thrilla in Brazilla, a 7.5% ABV IPA. This is a limited beer produced by Peticolas Brewing Company (www.peticolasbrewing.com/) in Dallas. This American IPA was originally for the 2014 World Cup and was released on June 12th, the first day of match one, Brazil versus Croatia. Then it was re-released for the 2015 Gold Cup and the 2016 Copa America. The food at Ten50 BBQ is good traditional Texas BBQ. The food is served cafeteria style. This IPA pours orange with a two-finger tight white head. The aroma is fruity with some grapefruit and orange. There is bitterness on the nose. The flavor is bitter, fruity, and hoppy. This IPA has a medium feel in the mouth. The finish is bitter and fruity, then there is a hoppy aftertaste with faded semi-sweet fruitiness. This is average, I’d say this is a C. The beer gets more bitter and hoppy as it warms, but that is true with most IPAs. This is neither bad nor really good. It’s an average drinkable IPA. I wouldn’t say ”stay away from this”, but if you have it, it’s not bad to drink. This IPA is not in production at this time. So finding this in the wild might be hard. You can contact the Peticolas Brewing Company. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This IPA, brewed in Asheville, North Carolina, with a heavy hand of Motueka hops and finished with a dose of Strata and Amarillo hops, is a Measured Procession of Veracity. This IPA is 7% ABV. Yes, almost all of Burial Beer has a long and dark name. This beer pours a bright yellow with a two-finger white creamy head. That head is steady to fad into itself before leaving semi-decent lacing. The aroma is juicy, musty, dry, and bitter. The flavor is juicy with grapefruit, musty, dry, sharp, and bitter. The flavor is slightly harsh at first. Then it becomes slightly better. This has a fuller mouthfeel. The finish is dry, chalky, and bitter fruits. The aftertaste is okay. There is a dryness to the finish and less fruity flavor but a good amount of bitterness. This is the first Burial Beer I did not enjoy, I think this IPA is a C-. The dryness and the fruity flavors don’t really go that well together. That is what the off-flavor up is, and that holds this beer back. But I still like Burial Beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. is making Cool Little Thing IPA for a limited time. This IPA is a Cryo Fresh hazy IP with Cryo Fresh Mosaic. It also has a trio of other subzero cryo hops like Crystal, Comet, and El Dorado. Cryo Fresh IPAs are beers made with Cryo hops, which have been processed using a patented cryogenic process to isolate the lupulin, the source of a beer’s flavor and aroma. The process uses cold temperatures and a mechanical sieve to remove vegetative matter from the hop cones, resulting in a lupulin-rich powder.  This IPA pours hazy yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is tropical fruits with bitterness/hoppy notes. The flavor is also bitter with tropical fruits (oranges) and creamy. This has a creamy feel in the mouth. This IPA does feel a bit heavy on the pallet. The finish is creamy, fruity, and bitter. It’s not overly bitter, though. The aftertaste is bitter tropical fruits. It does linger for a short moment. I picked this beer because it sounded interesting. I wanted to see what Cryo Fresh was about. It really brings out the flavors of the hops. This beer is an A+ and one beer you should be drinking. Please enjoy responsibly, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

It’s been a while since I’ve had a Hi-Wire Brewing beer. This seasonal beer (September through December) is Elated Winter IPA, which is 6.2% ABV. This IPA has Michigan Chinook and Idaho 7 hops. This beer comes in sixteen-ounce six-packs, which is not seen at all. Usually, it’s sixteen-ounce four-packs. This IPA pours a copper with a one-and-a-half-finger white head that is steady to fade. The aroma is bitter, piney, and light caramel. The flavor is caramel, pine notes, bitter/hoppy, and light onion, and I got a bread flavor. This has a light to almost medium feeling in the mouth. It came with a nice piney caramel finish. This IPA had the right amount of bitterness. I think Elated Winter IPA is a B+. It has all the right winter IPA flavors that aren’t too bold and in your face. I wouldn’t pass on Elated Winter IPA. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Little Sip IPA is my first beer from Lawson’s Finest Liquids. It is 6.2% ABV and from Waitsfeild, Vermont, brewed at Two Roads in Stratford, Connecticut. Little Sip pours a very light orange/yellow color with a two-finger head. The aroma is tropical fruit, grapefruit, and pineapple. The taste is bitter, tropical, juicy, grapefruit, and pineapple. This beer has a lighter feel in the mouth. Then, it has a bitter, tropical finish. The aftertaste is bitter, grapefruit, and pineapple that lingers for a moment or two then slowly fades. Little Sip is a good IPA that is reminiscent of classic west-coast IPAs. This is an A, and you should be drinking this. It has great fruity flavors with just the right amount of bitterness. I recommend this one for sure. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!