Rogue Ales Mom Beer Wheat India Pale Ale

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Mom Beer from Rogue Ale in Newport, Oregon, a 6.3% ABV wheat IPA with Oregon Rose Hips. You rarely see a Wheat IPA, but this one pours a light orange with a one-finger white head. The aroma is floral, bitter, and light on wheat. This smells like a floral IPA. The flavor is like a normal IPA with bitter notes, and then you come across malt, floral, and wheat notes. This bee has a smoothness to it. The finish is floral and bitter. The aftertaste is smooth and bitter with a bit of a floral note. This Mom Beer is okay. The rose hips don’t add anything interesting here, but the wheat does, and it gets a C. It’s OK, average. I wouldn’t recommend this, and I would. It is one of those beers if you have it or pass on it, either way, it’s okay. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Stone Brewing Enjoy By 10.31.24 Hazy IPA

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This Hazy IPA, Enjoy By 10.31.24, is part of Stone Brewing’s Enjoy By series of IPAs. They put the expiration date right in the name of the beer. This beer is 9.4% ABV with a heavy helping of Citra, Mosaic, and Nelson Sauvin hop. I have never had a Stone Enjoy By beer. This is my first, but I’ve had my fair share of Stone beers. This beer pours a hazy orange with a one-finger white head. The aroma is tropical, citrusy orange, hoppy and bitter. The flavor is smooth, light-bodied, tropical, citrusy, and hoppy. This has a light to medium mouthfeel. Then, this beer comes to a bitter citrus finish. The aftertaste is bitter citrus as well, but it does end smooth. I didn’t find this IPA to feel like it was 9.4% ABV. I give Stone Enjoy By 10.31.24 a B. Solid hazy IPA with good fruity flavor without being overly strong and aggressive. I recommend that you try this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Thank 2024 India Pale Ale

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In Freeport, Maine the Maine Beer Company makes Thank You India Pale Ale each year, this is Thank You 2024. This beer is 6.2% with Idaho 7, Strata, Cascade, El Dorado, Warrior hops and also Mapleton Gold (Maine Malt House), 2-Row Brewers, Light Munich (Blue Ox), Red Wheat (Blue Ox), Heritage-Crystal malts. Yes, this beer is brewed with a different recipe each year. This IPA pours orange with a slightly off-white three-finger head. The head is slow to fade out, and it has a citrus (orange & grapefruit), biscuity, bitter pine, and hop aroma. The taste is orange and grapefruit, with pine bitterness, biscuity, and light body as is the mouthfeel. This beer has a bitter pine and orange finish, and a bitter aftertaste. This beer is quite good, and I give this IPA a B. The light body holds it back slightly, but I recommend Thank You 2024. Next year I’ll look out for the 2025 recipe. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! cheers!

Brooklyn Brewery Stonewall Inn IPA Session IA

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The Stonewall Inn in Greenwich Village, NYC is a gay bar where the Stonewall riots took place in 1969 and it is now a registered US National historic landmark. The is a Stonewall Inn IPA, a session IPA from Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York. This beer is 5% ABV. The Brooklyn Brewery partners with The Stonewall Gives Back Initiative. This is a year-round offering. This IPA pours a bright yellow with a big three-finger marshmallow head, that never seems to fade. The aroma is lemon, citrus, light/soft bitterness, and grapefruit. The flavor is also lemon, grapefruit, citrus peels, and light bitterness. This beer is light on the mouthfeel. The finish is citrus fruits and soft bitterness. Then follow an aftertaste of orange and grapefruit bitterness. This Stonewall Inn IPA is delicious and gets an A from me. The flavors are not too much or overpowering. It is something that you could drink a few of before it becomes too much on your palate. I highly recommend Stonewall Inn IPA. It’s a good drinking IPA. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Cali King West Coast IPA

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I have been ‘exploring’ some of Royal Bliss Brewing Co. beer recently; this is the last of the four I bought a while ago. This is Cali King West Coast IPA. This IPA is 6.8% ABV from Denver, North Carolina (Lake Norman). Royal Bliss was Lake Norman’s best brewery last year and they are nominated again this year. So go to their website and vote for them. This IPA pours yellow with a two-finger somewhat steady fading white head. The aroma is piney, and bitter, with light fruit. The flavor is piney, bitter, hoppy, clean, and smooth. This has a coating mouthfeel. Then this IPA finishes with with bitter pine. This has a. pleasant bitter aftertaste that lingers right until you take another sip. This is a good example of a delicious West Coast IPA. Cali King gets an A. I don’t think Cali King should be missed. I really love Royal Bliss Brewing Co. Their beer is good. Royal Bliss is one of my top breweries. I am going to try more of their beer shortly. Please stay safe, be kind t each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Sloop Brewing Co. Pink Flamingos Hazy IPA

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I have to say that Hazy IPA is probably my favorite IPA style. This is Pink Flamingos Hazy IPA from Sloop Brewing Company in Junction, New York. This beer is 6% ABV with flaked oats, malted oats, flaked wheat, HBC-620, and Mosiac Cryo hops. I don’t recall ever having a Sloop Brewing Co. beer. This might be my first. This IPA pours a hazy yellow with a three-finger white fluffy head. The head has a creamy look to it. The aroma is bittersweet, fruity, and hoppy. The flavor is melon, bittersweet, hoppy, and juicy. This has a full feel to the mouth. Then the fruity bitter finish comes in. This beer has a fruity aftertaste with some bitter hops. This beer is good but just that. I give Pink Flamingos a B-. The flavors are 75% there in strength and flavor quality. But I still recommend this Hazy IPA. I would go for it again. It’s just good and not the best one. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Almanac Beer Co. Loud! Hazy DIPA

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This hazy DIPA (Double India Pale Ale) from Almanac Beer Co. in Almedia, California is Loud! This beer is dry-hopped with Mosaic and Denali hops. It also has Pilsner, wheat, Flaked Barley, and oats. I have only had one or two from Almanac. This IPA pours a hazy thick yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is orange, grapefruit, and grassy, bitter-sweet notes. The flavor is orange, and grapefruit, with bitter/sweet notes and grass. This has a fuller feel in the mouth. This beer finishes really bitter even more so as it warms. The aftertaste is real bitter citrus fruit. Not a good finish and aftertaste. This Loud! Hazy DIPA from Almanac Beer Co. is a D. It was too bitter for my liking. I would not go back to this beer. It was almost like the initial flavor was about to go off. The texture of this DIPA was okay. Its this beer finish and aftertaste that made me not enjoy it. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Westbrook Brewing Co. Graveyard Shift DDH India Pale Ale

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Graveyard Shift DDH (Double Dry Hopped) India Pale Ale is another from my birthday mixed-six pack from my neighbor. This IPA is made by Westbrook Brewing Co., in Mt. Pleasent, South Carolina. This is from one of my favorite breweries. This beer is 7% and has Citra and Citra Incognito hops. Incognito hops are man-made hop concentrate. This is like fruit juice with concentrate which is more flavor versus fresh fruit which may not be as flavorful. This is my first time seeing, hearing about, and trying this incognito hop. This beer pours a cloudy yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is citrusy, and bitter, with light earthy notes. It smells like and not like an IPA. I don’t know how that is possible. The flavor is creamy, bitter, citrusy orange, and earth. It has a little orange creamsicle taste to it but not fully. The mouthfeel is medium. Then it has a bitter creamy orange finish that will lead you into an aftertaste of bitter orange that goes quickly. This was a deliciously delightful IPA. I can solidly give Graveyard Shift an A+. If you like orangey IPAs then I highly recommend Graveyard Shift from Westbrook Brewing Co. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Boulevard Brewing Co. Dank 7 Belgian-Style IPA

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Boulevard Brewing Co., in Kansas City, Missouri makes Dank 7 Belgian-Style IPA has been brewing since 1988, but in 2013, Belgian brewer Duvel Moortgat Brewery purchased Boulevard. This brewery is the 12th largest brewery in the United States. This beer is 7%ABV and has seven different hops. The name of this beer is a take on Tank 7 Saison. Bravo, Chinook, Columbus, Mosaic, Simcoe, and Topaz are the seven hops. This IPA pours yellow with a two-finger white head that fades steadily. The aroma is light on the bitterness, hoppy, and breaded. The bitterness is more present in the taste with hoppy bread notes and has a light body. This has a lighter on the mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a bitter hop note. The aftertaste is where the bitterness grows a bit before falling off. This is a good beer. It was not as Belgian-IPA as I was expecting. I give Dak 7 Belgian-style IPA a B. Yes, I would recommend Dank 7. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Royal Bliss Brewing Co. 73 & Hazy New England IPA

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Royal Bliss Brewing Co. makes 73 & Hazy a New England IPA in Denver, North Carolina. This IPA is 7.5% ABV. Royal Bliss has been in operation since 2019. This IPA pours a hazy yellow with a two-finger bright white head. The aroma is juicy and tropical with mango, passion fruit, papaya, and bitter notes. The flavor is bitter with tropical juicy fruits like papaya, passion fruit, and light mango. This is really fruity. This has a medium mouthfeel. This IPA finishes with a bitter tropical fruit flavor. The aftertaste is more of the finish with a little more bittering notes. This hazy IPA has such good flavors that it is hard to notice that it has 7.5% ABV. Royal Bliss’s 73 & Hazy New England IPA is definitely an A+. I highly recommend it! I will be looking forward to more, from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. On another note Best Beer Blog was recently featured on Rent.com Blog Summer Thing To Do in Charlotte. Go click on the link below to check it out! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

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