IPA

West Ghost IPA from Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is a FOMO limited-release beer. My father purchased it from their brewery in Mills River, North Carolina. This IPA is 7.2% ABV and has Magnum, Idaho 7, Citra, and Amarillo hops. This beer also has Two-Row, Pale, and Carapils malts. This IPA is a throwback to a time before all the hazy IPA crazy. This beer pours a golden color with a three-finger big white head. The head is slow to fade into decent lacing. The aroma is hoppy, with orange zest, pine, and bitterness. The flavor is fruity with citrusy oranges, bitterness, hoppy, and it’s piney taste. This beer has brightness to its flavor. The mouthfeel is on the lighter side, but I don’t think I would call it a light or medium-feeling beer. This IPA comes to a bitter finish with some oranges. Then you come to a fruity, bitter aftertaste of pine flavor. West Ghost IPA is a classic West Coast IPA. This beer is an A. It is a sneaky beer because it doesn’t feel like a 7.2% ABV beer when you drink it. But I do recommend West Ghost IPA. It has a classic flavor. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Here is another beer with a long name from Burial Beer. This beer is Experiential Projections Derived From Transcendental Thought, This beer is a West Coast-style IPA. This beer is 7% ABV. This IPA has mineral-driven table water, the palest barely, a touch of kilned malt, and full of c hops. This IPA also has Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Simone, and Cryo. This beer is dry-hopped with the same. Then it is topped with grapefruit slices and pine-drenched simple syrup. This beer pours an orange-yellow color with three fingers of a white fluffy head. The aroma is dry, floral, and hoppy. There is also a faint citrus note. The flavor is dry as well, bitter, hoppy, smooth, and some light citrus fruit. The mouthfeel is a medium feel. Then this IPA comes to a nice dry floral/light fruit finish. The aftertaste is nice and smooth with a litter bitterness and some hoppy fruits. This beer is refreshing and gets an A+. I highly recommend this beer with a long name. It did not disappoint my Taste buds. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This beer is from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina, and has a long name like most of the beers from Burial. This one is Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling. This West Coast-style IPA is double dry-hopped with Grungiest, Centennial, Strata, and Citra Cryo. This IPA is 7% ABV. This beer pours a thicker yellow color with a two-and-a-quarter white head. The aroma of this IPA is Fruity, citrusy, bitter, and with a light sweet note. The beer’s flavor is citrusy, smooth, creamy, bitter, and hoppy. The hoppy level is not too high so the bitterness is not overwhelming. But the bitterness is there. Then this long-named beer finishes with a bitter citrus fruit flavor and some bitterness. Then you come to an aftertaste of grapefruit and orange bitter notes. This was more like a traditional West Coast-style IPA and that made it more drinkable, even for 7% ABV. I would give Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling an A+. I could not see this beer being any better. So that means you should go and drink this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This beer from the Maine Beer Company is Another One India Pale Ale. This beer is 7% ABV. This beer has Cascade, Citra, and Simcoe hops. This beer also had American 2-Row, Red Wheat, and Carapils malt. This beer is a limited-release beer. This IPA pours a yellow color with a two-finger head that leaves behind a ton of lacing throughout the glass. The aroma is tropical fruity (pineapple, mango, papaya, orange, and grapefruit). This IPA is light and earthy with bitter hop notes. The flavor is also tropical pineapple, mango, guava papaya, orange, and grapefruit. There is some light earthy bitterness to this beer. The mouthfeel is a medium feeling. Then this IPA finishes with a bitter tropical flavor. Then you get an aftertaste of tropical hops. The Maine Beer Company has always been delicious with every beer I have from them. This IPA is no different. I give Another One India Pale Ale an A+. It is a well-brewed beer you need to drink. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This beer is Savages of Ruminating Minds India Pale Ale Heavy Resin edition from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina. This beer is 7.2% ABV. This IPA has wheat and oats. It is Whirlpooled with Mosic, Incognito, and Cryo hops. It is also double dry-hopped with Mosaic, Motueka, Idaho 7, and a dose of Mosaic Cryo Hops. This beer has a lot going on. This IPA pours a hazy bright yellow color with a two-finger bright white head that is steady to fade. The aroma is aromatic with grapefruit, hoppy notes, and a very faint sweet note. The taste is dank, grapefruit, bitter/hoppy, and light sweetness. The mouthfeel is medium. Then comes a dank and bitter fruit finish. Then you get a bitter and semi-juicy grapefruit aftertaste with a light bitterness. This Savages of Ruminating Minds India Pale Ale Heavy Resin edition is another delicious beer from Burial Beer. I give this IPA an A+. It is well-brewed and has exceptional flavor. I highly recommend this one. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

This beer from Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, California, is called IPA. That is exactly what this beer is. This IPA is 6.% ABV. This IPA pours a light copper/gold color with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The aroma is many, sweet, bitter, and hoppiness. The flavor is onion, malts, sweetness, bittering notes, and some hoppy flavor. This IPA is strong yet smooth. Then this IPA finishes smooth, strong, and bitter. Then you get a bitter aftertaste that is not overly bitter. I miss IPAs like this one from Lagunitas Brewing Company. Most of the IPAs are fruity and bitter. I like those, but after having so many, I miss the malty English-style IPA. This IPA is a B+. I would like to have a little more hop flavor and some more bitterness. But it was delicious! I would recommend this IPA! Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer from Asheville, North Carolina, has recently gained a new distributor. That means I’ve been seeing more of their beer in places like Whole Foods, where I found Drowning in Habits India Pale Ale. The IPA is 7% ABV. This beer is world pooled with Incognito hops. It has barley and oats. It’s double-dry hopped with Eclipse, Citra, Simcoe, and Strata hops. It is aged with lime, cinnamon, and vanilla bean. There are a lot of ingredients to this IPA. I lot of these ingredients I have not seen in an IPA. According to the blurb on the can, this beer is trying to go for a fruity candy-like flavor. This beer pours a bright cloudy yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma I sweet, limey, vanilla, orange, oat scented, and there’s some pineapple. The taste is fruity with orange, lime, and light pineapple. There is some sweet vanilla and faint cinnamon with some bitterness. The beer’s Flavor is a kind of cream probably from the vanilla beans. The mouthfeel is on the fuller side. Then this beer comes to a bittersweet fruited finish. Then you get a nice bitter aftertaste that is somewhat fruit candy-like. I give it a B. The flavor is kind of good together. I can barely tell the flavors apart. But I still would recommend this and I’d have another. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!