Session

I am quite fond of 760 Craft Works in Huntersville, North Carolina. They brew some delicious beers, and I have had just a few. This is Orange Card Session IPA, with 5.1% ABV. This sessionable IPA uses hops such as Citra, Idaho 7, Cascade, & Mosaic. I picked up Orange Card because the label caught my eye. I think it goes with the World Cup, or something like that. This beer pours orange with a two-finger white head. The aroma is citrus fruit, oranges, and bitterness. The flavor is a bit like candied tangerine, orange, and bitter/pine. The pine note is light at best, and I mostly taste a bitter citrus flavor, mostly sweet orange/tangerine. This beer has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is citrusy and bitter. It doesn’t taste overly bitter.  The aftertaste is candied oranges/tangerines. That does linger with a faded bitterness. The overall flavor doesn’t make this too sessionable, but it does have a lower ABV for an IPA. I don’t think I could have more than two and a half pints or forty ounces. You could say this is kind of sessionable ( a shorter drinking session). Anyway, I think Orange Card Session IPA is an A. If the flavor and mouthfeel were lighter, this would be an A+. I still think you should try this one. The flavor is delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

A session is the time spent drinking beer. It can vary depending on many different factors, such as the amount of beer consumed and the time spent drinking. A session beer is a lower ABV beer under 5% ABV. This beer from Royal Bliss Brewing (www.royalblissbrewing.com) is a Session IPA called Tilted Crown. This IPA is a 4.8% ABV IPA. This beer is made in Denver, North Carolina, and was purchased locally at Total Wine (www.totalwine.com). This IPA pours yellow with a one-and-a-half finger white head. The aroma is tropical, fruity, crisp, and bitter. This doesn’t smell as heavy as most IPAs. The flavor of this beer is tropical fruit, crisp, bitter, and piney. This beer has a light flavor overall, and it drinks kind of easily. This beer has a nice bitter pine finish with a little bit of tropical fruit. Then it comes to a nice and light bitter fruit aftertaste that fades slowly. This is good, but I just get a basic tropical flavor, and I can’t find any specific tropical fruits. I just get tropical flavors. That gives Tilted Crown Session IPA from Royal Bliss Brewing Co. a B-. It was good, but I would like to have better tropical flavors. Yes, this is a beer I would drink again, and so should you! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lioness Session IPA from Singapore’s Brewlander, a craft brewery. This session IPA is in conjunction with the Singapore Edition hotel, which can be found in the hotel mini bar. This is one of many beers I will blog about throughout my journey through Asia over a month. This IPA is 4.3% ABV, which is low for a standard beer in the USA, even for a session IPA. That is just another way of calling a lower-than-standard ABV beer. A session is spent drinking beer at home or in a bar/pub. Lionless pours a light gold color with a light orange hue and a one-finger white head The aroma is light hoppy and somewhat sweet. The flavor is hoppy with light bitterness and light sweetness, with a smooth body. This has a lighter mouthfeel. The finish has a light, hoppy flavor. The finish is smooth. This is not a bad beer, and it goes down easy, but I wouldn’t say this beer is good. It is a C+. It has a light funkiness overall, but not in a bad way. I would recommend it, but then again, it wouldn’t be a beer I would look for. As for Brewlander, I would try some of their other beers. You really can judge a brewery on just one beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This beer is Highly Tangible. It is a session India Pale Ale directly from Revelry Brewing brewer in Charleston, South Carolina. It is 5% ABV, with Tangerine & Nectarine. This beer pours a bight, cloudy yellow with some fruit bits floating in it. It has a two-and-a-half finger white head. The aroma is fruity and lightly bitter. The taste is of juicy tangerines/nectarines, bitterness, and a light tart note on the back of the tongue. The beer’s flavor is also dry. The mouthfeel is somehow light/medium. Then this IPA comes to a fruity dry bitterness. Then you come to an aftertaste that is also dry. But less dry with some tangerine and nectarine flavor. This beer is a delicious fruity/juicy IPA. I give Highly Tangible Session India Pale Ale an A. The only negative about this beer is that the fruity flavor becomes slightly too much by the end. But it is good otherwise. The flavors all go nicely with each other. I also found this IPA refreshing and not overly hoppy or bitter. I could have a few of these, and I think you should too. Please stay safe, be kind and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

This beer from Asheville, North Carolina’s Highland Brewing is a lower-calorie beer. Lower Falls IPA is 3.9% ABV and brewed with Centennial, Amarillo, and Citra hops. This beer also has 2-Row, unmalted wheat, malted wheat, and flaked oats. This IPA pours a light cloudy yellow color with a think bright white one-finger head. The head is steadily fading, then it quickly dissolves. The aroma is big and bright, with citrus orange and some grapefruit. The flavor is citrusy with lemony, light grapefruit, and orange. It is lightly hoppy and bitter. The mouthfeel is refreshing. Then it has a nice bitter fruit finish. The aftertaste has citrusy hop notes. This beer is a great sessional beer that is crushable. You can have several of these without the flavor or the bitterness overpowering your tastebuds. I highly recommend Highland Brewing Lower Falls IPA. It will not blow you away with the flavor, nor will it underwhelm you. It is a solid session IPA. Please be kind, be safe and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

I don’t typically see Maine Beer Company beers very often, but I did spot Post Ride Snack Session India Pale Ale, 4.9% ABV at Whole Foods. So I purchased it! This beer is brewed in Freeport, Maine. It is brewed with AMARILLO, CITRA, SIMCOE, HALLERTAU BLANC, NELSON SAUVIN hops, and 2-ROW, CARAHELL, MARIS OTTER, FLAKED OATS malts. This IPA pours a yellow color with a two and half-finger white head which fades at a steady pace. The aroma is tropical fruits like mango, pineapple, and guava with a bit of bitterness hitting the nose. Taste is tropical as well with mango, some guava, pineapple with some bitter hoppy notes. Toward what back of the tongue it’s a bit dry. That dryness carries into the finish with a bit of tropical bitter notes that do linger on into the aftertaste with a light mouthfeel. This is very crushable, meaning you can drink this with no problem at all. I give Maine Beer Company Post Ride Snack Session India Pale Ale an A+. It’s solid, taste, well brewed and it’s just the thing for a hot day. I highly recommend Maine Beer Company Post Ride Snack Session India Pale Ale. Please be kind, be safe, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Wicked Weed Brewing Appalachia Session IPA, 4.7% brewed in Asheville, North Carolina with Citra, Mosaic, Motueka hops, with Riverbend Malts, and a portion of the proceeds from this IPA are donated to the Southern Appalachian Highlands Conservatory. Appalachia pours a yellow color with a three and a quarter fluffy white sticky slow fading head with aromas of citrus orange, grapefruit, and some bits of light lemon and grassy hops. Taste is nice with fresh bitter orange, grapefruit, and grassy fresh hops that come to a nice citrus fruit finish and an aftertaste of hoppy notes that linger for a few seconds and with a nice refreshing hoppy medium mouthfeel. Wicked Weed Brewing Appalachia Session IPA is good and without being to low on the alcohol content making for a good flavor profile and getting an A. Something that you need to have soon. I think that you can go for a four-pack of these in an afternoon/evening. Please stay safe and please enjoy responsibly! Cheers!