Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. Hatchback, Golden Ale with Hatch Chili Peppers

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Hatchback from Edmund’s Oast Brewing Co. is a golden ale brewed with Hatch Chili peppers from Lewis Barbecue Hatch Chili Roast. This beer is 4.5% ABV. I love pepper/spicy beers, and I saw this and picked it up. This beer pours golden with a one-finger, thin, clear/white head. The head fades as soon as it hits oxygen, it’s gone in a second. The aroma is vegetal, spicy, Jalapeño, and somewhat crisp. I am unsure if this brewery removes some of the chili seed when brewing this to keep it from being overly spicy. The seed of a pepper is where the heat or capsaicin resides. The flavor is jalapeño, peppery, spicy, vegetal, and a little crisp. This has a light feel to the mouth. This beer is not overly spicy, it’s somewhat mild. Then, it has a spicy jalapeño finish. The aftertaste is a little jalapeño heat and some vegetal notes that linger for a while. This is a really delicious beer that is an A+. But I had two. After the second, the flavor was slightly too much. But I still enjoyed them, and I recommend that you try Hatchback. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly. Cheers!

Birdsong Brewing Co. Mexicali Stout

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I have had this beer before. I just haven’t reviewed it. This beer, Birdsong Brewing Co. Mexicali Stout, 5.9% ABV from right here in Charlotte, North Carolina. It’s made with habaneros (small HOT orange peppers), cacao nibs, and local Central Coffee. I like a spicy coffee stout, so I think this could be good. This stout pours a rich black color with a two-and-a-half head of beige creamy that is very slow to fade into beautiful lacing. The aroma is of roasted coffee, sweetness, and some nice spiciness. The flavor is spicy at first, then comes the roasted coffee, and then there is some sweetness. The mouthfeel is full. This beer finish with a spicy coffee roast flavor. Then it has an aftertaste of the vegetal habanero and the spicy heat of said pepper. This stout is a great beer. The coffee flavor works well with the habanero spice. I give Birdsong Brewing Co. Mexicali Stout an A+. I a good beer from a good brewery. This stout is not a beer that when finishing a pint, you can’t go for another. I could have two pints, maybe two and a half. I highly recommended Birdsong Brewing Co. Mexicali Stout. Please be kind, stay safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Left Hand Brewing Co. Pixar Pepper Porter

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I received Left Hand Brewing Co. Pixan Pepper Porter, 7.2% ABV from a friend for Thanksgiving which is brewed in Longmont Colorado. Pixan pours a black oil color with brown/beige edges and a two finger beige head that slowly to fade, giving off slight dark stone fruit with some roast pepper malt notes with a hint of a spiced coffee, that leads to a spiced dark stone fruit flavor with malted pepper notes which seem faint on barely there with a faint peppered finish and a spiced aftertaste that is mild at best with a medium mouthfeel. Left Hand Brewing Co. Pixan Pepper Porter is not a great pepper Porter, its a D. The pepper flavor is mild and sometimes barely present in this beer, which makes me think Left Hand Brewing is using a mild pepper of not enough peppers in this Porter. I generally like a pepper beer but this was more like off spiced dark coffee, which I am not going to recommend, no. I just think Left Hand needs to strengthen the pepper flavor on this to make it better. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!