Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. And The House Is On Fire Smoked Doppelbock Lager

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This beer from Charleston, South Carolina, is a smoked doppelbock lager, . This lager beer is 7.5%. This beer is a strong version of a German Bock beer made by German monks. This beer pours a deep amber color with a two-finger off-white head. The aroma is smokey, dry, and malty. The flavor is dark, smokey, dry, and malty. This has a medium feeling in the mouth. This bock beer comes with a smokey and dry, malt finish. The aftertaste is dark and dry with some smokey notes. This beer is not a big smoke bomb, and it isn’t like inhaling a campfire. But you do get just enough smokey flavor. I give this beer a B. The smoke is light and the overall flavor is good but a bit one-sided. I don’t think this is a beer where you could drink all four in a pack. The smoke would get to be a bit overwhelming. I would recommend And The House Is On Fire. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Harland Brewing Japanese Lager

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I purchased this Japanese Lager from Harland Brewing in Culver City, California. It came from a local Trader Joe’s. This beer is brewed in San Deigo with puffed Jasmine rice and toasted rice flakes. This beer is also fermented with Urkle (which allows for a nice balance between hops and malt) from Imperial Czech Yeast. This beer is 5% ABV. This Japanese Lager pours a golden color with a three-finger bright white head. The head does leave nice lacing behind as it dissipates. The aroma is semi-sweet, lightly bitter, clean, and crisp. The flavor is sweet, bready, light on bitterness, clean, and crips. This is a light-bodied beer. This Lager finishes clean and crips. The aftertaste has a light sweetness that doesn’t really linger. This Harland Brewing Japanese Lager is better than Japanese Lager from Japan. Those from Japan are good. This Japanese Lager is an A+. I recommend this beer to anyone who fancies a nice Lager. There is a perfect amount of sweetness, bitterness, and breaded notes to make this beer delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Triple C Brewing Co. x Birdsong Brewing Co. Three in Flight New Zealand-Style Kellerbier Lager

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You don’t see Kellerbier Lagers from New Zealand. But Three in Flight is one. This beer is a collaboration between Triple C Brewing Co. & Birdsong Brewing Co., both here in Charlotte. This Kellerbier Lager is 4.8% ABV and has Motueka, Nelson Sauvin, and Nectaron hops. This beer pours a yellow color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is light hops, light sweetness, and light white bread. The flavor is lightly sweet, bitterness on the middle and back of the mouth, spicy, and clean. This beer has a light feeling in the mouth. This beer finishes with a bitter spiced note. The aftertaste is lackluster bitterness but not overly bitter. There is a bit of a sweetness in the aftertaste. This beer starts off well, then just fizzles out on average, making Three in Flight a C grade. It sounded interesting on the label, being a New Zealand-style Kellerbier Lager. But it is not great nor it’s bad.

Birdsong Brewing Co. Party Starter Festbier Marzen Lager

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Here is another Festbier. This is Party Starter from Birdsong Brewing Co. This seasonal Marzen Lager is 5% ABV. This lager pours a deep orange/copper color with a one-and-a-half finger beige head. The aroma is semi-sweet with toffee, malts, and bread. The flavor is toffee, malty flavors, bread, light sweetness, and crisp/smooth. This Marzen lager had a medium feel on the mouthfeel. This beer has a smooth and crisp finish with some sweetness. The aftertaste is a lingering of toffee and bread. This is a good Marzen Lager. I give this a B-. But Burial Beer Fest is better than this, but I recommend them both. I suggest you have this one, then have Burial Beer Fest and have your own comparison. This Birdsong Festbier is lighter than some Festbiers I have, and that is not bad. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Fest Oktoberfest Lager

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It is fest beer season and time for Oktoberfest. This beer is an Oktoberfest Lager from Burial Beer called Fest. This beer is a seasonal beer that is 5.9% ABV. This lager beer pours a golden orange color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is lightly honey-sweet and malty. The flavor is sweet, caramel, honey, malty, and crisp. This lager is medium feeling on the mouth. Then this beer finishes with a malty sweet and crisp flavor. The aftertaste is malt and caramel. Overall, this Fest beer is not overly sweet. The malt flavors take some of the sweet edge off. This beer is good, A+ good. I would not pass up the opportunity to drink this. All the flavors are well-balanced and delicious. I could have several of these before I would get tired of the flavor, and you will too. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Creature of Habit

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This is Creature of Habit a Greman Style Helles Lager from Lenny Boy Brewing Co. This lager is 5.4% ABV and is brewed here in Charlotte, North Carolina. Helles means pale, so this is a pale lager. This lager pours a bright yellow/gold color with a two-finger bright white head. The aroma is sweet, biscuity, malty, and clean. The flavor isn’t far off from its own aroma. This beer has a sweet, malty, biscuity, and clean taste. The flavor is balanced. This beer feels light on in the mouth. Then you get a nice semi-sweet, biscuity, malted finish. The aftertaste is clean and refreshing, with a touch of malts that linger for a few seconds. This Helles Lager is good, but it’s not the world’s best, it’s a B+. I would recommend this beer. I would go for this again. It is crushable. The flavor wouldn’t overwhelm your tastebuds after a few of these. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Southern Strain Brewing Company Move Me Brightly Helles Lager

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This beer is Move Me Brightly, a Helles Lager from Southern Strain Brewing Company in Concord, North Carolina. It comes in at 5.7% ABV. This Helles Lager has Epiphany Malting’s Helles Malt. This beer is in the style of a traditional Munich Helles Lager. This beer pours a yellow color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is bread, spice, and a light hoppy aroma. The flavor of this beer is also ready, spiced. This beer has a low bitter/hoppy flavor too. Then this Helles Lager finishes with a trace of light bitterness and light floral notes. The aftertaste is light bitterness and some spiced bread. This Helles Lager beer is okay. I would say it is a C. This beer starts fine, then ends with an average flavor. It’s worth a try. But I would not rush out for it. It does have the traditional flavors of a Munich Helles Lager. But it is just an average-tasting beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!Sou

Collective Arts Brewing Collective Lager

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This Lager beer is called Collective Lager and is 4.9% ABV from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. It is from Collective Arts Brewing. I don’t think that I’ve reviewed a lot of Lager beers. But this beer pours a yellow color with a two-and-a-half-finger white head. The aroma is a stereotypical beer smell. This lager is crisp, lithe floral, with bread notes. The taste is light, breaded, crisp, and clean, with some floral notes. This beer finishes with a crisp dryness. The aftertaste is also dry, with a little bread flavor. The mouthfeel is light and refreshing. This lager beer is okay but not the best, and I give it a C+. I would recommend this, but the flavor is halfway memorable. It’s refreshing and not terrible. The dryness and the floral notes held this Collective Lager down. But I would have this again. It’s just a beer-flavored beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Birdsong Brewing Co. & Triple C Brewing Three Little Birds Rice Lager

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Three Little Birds Rice Lager is a collaboration between two local Charlotte breweries, Birdsong Brewing CO. & Triple C Brewing. This rice lager is 4.4% ABV. This beer uses new and old-world hops as well as flaked rice. This lager pours a golden yellow with a rocky and sticky one-finger white head. The aroma is dry, sweet, crisp, and light. The flavor is sweet, crisp, dry, Cucumber. The mouthfeel is light. The finish is dry with a cucumber flavor. Then comes an aftertaste of dry cucumber and light hops. This beer is a good beer that is not overly dry for a rice lager. They (rice lagers) tend to be drier. This beer has a refreshing crisp overall flavor that I recommend trying. I give Three Little Birds Rice Lager an A-. The dryness keeps it down a notch. But it’s an otherwise good beer. Please stay safe, always be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Kona Brewing Co. Longboard Island Lager

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This Lager is another beer from Kona Brewing Co. in Hawaii. This bar is Longboard Island Lager. It is a flagship beer from Kona Brewing Co. This lager is 4.6% ABV. This island lager has Pale(premium 2-row) malts, Mt. Hood, Halletrau, Sterling, and Millennium hops. This beer pours a yellow/gold color with a one-finger white fluffy head. The aroma is crisp sweetness, bread (biscuits), and a light hop note. The flavor is smooth, crisp, sweet, a little hoppy, and a bit of bread. The mouthfeel is light. Then this island lager comes to a nice clean, crisp, smooth sweet finish. The aftertaste is semi-sweet with a nice crispness. This beer is a good beer and one that is widely available. I see it in grocery stores, beer/wine stores, and bars/restaurants. I give Longboard Island Lager a B+. It has a great flavor that isn’t strong or weak. It’s just a good solid beer, nothing stands out, and nothing terrible. This beer is great for a nice hot sunny day at the beach or wherever you enjoy beer. I recommended this one. Please stay safe, always be kind, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!