Zero Gravity Craft Brewery Green State

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Green State Lager from Zero Gravity Craft Brewery is a 4.9% ABV Pilsner Brewed with German Pilsner malt, Hallertau Mittelfruh hops, Saaz hops, and house lager yeast. So far, the only place I’ve found any Zero Gravity beer in Charlotte is my local Whole Foods. This Pilsner pours gold with a one-finger, quickly fading white head. The aroma is clean, bready, and lightly spiced. The flavor is clean, crisp, bready, with light sweetness. This beer has a light mouthfeel. The finish is clean, with light sweetness that fades a little. The aftertaste is faded sweetness and faded white bread. I can find better Pilsners out there, but Green State wasn’t terrible. I think it’s a C+. The flavor was a bit lacking and dull. If someone offered me this beer, I would be okay with that. But I may not choose Green State. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

The Vail Brewing Co. White Ferrari

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I guess purchasing The Vail Brewing Co.’s White Ferrari is the closest I’ll get to owning a Ferrari. This 8% ABV hazy double IPA is intensely hopped with 50/50 Citra and Galaxy hops. This beer is from Richmond, Virginia. This hazy beer pours a light orange with a one-finger white head. The head fades steadily but leaves some poor lacing. The aroma is juicy tropical fruit, bitterness, and light hop notes. The flavor is juicy tropical fruit (mango, pineapple, papaya, and light kiwi). It is hoppy and light on bitterness. This beer has a fuller mouthfeel. This tastes like your average hazy IPA. The finish is slightly bitter and fruity. It has a tropical, bitter finish that slowly fades. It does, however, coat your tongue. This is just average for me; I give White Ferrari a C. I found this beer not hoppy enough, or the tropical flavors overpowered the bitter hops. I would recommend it, sort of. But I may not have this again for a little while. It wasn’t bad, and I can’t say it was good either. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Zero Gravity Craft Brewery Cone Head Haze

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When I first tried Zero Gravity Craft Brewery’s Duck, Duck Juice, I thought it was good, so I decided to seek out their other beers. I did! I found Cone Head, Haze Hazy IPA. I found this beer at the same Whole Foods as Duck, Duck Juice IPA. This hazy IPA is 6.3% ABV. This beer uses Rahr Pilsner, Weyermann Vienna, and flaked oats.  It also uses Motueka, Simcoe, El Dorado hops, and House Ale Yeast. This IPA pours hazy yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is tropical fruit, bitter, light pine, and light sweet notes. The flavor is tropical fruit, piney, bitter, and hoppy. This beer has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is tropical and smooth. I found a bit of piney bitterness on the finish. The aftertaste is tropical and light hops. That does fade, but not completely. Overall, this is a good hazy IPA is an A. It has good tropical flavors with the right amount of bitter hops. I would recommend Cone Head Haze. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Deschutes Brewery Fresh Squeezed IPA

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If you mention Deschutes Brewery Fresh Squeezed IPA to any craft beer fan, they’ve had it. It is a widely known IPA from Bend, Oregon. I’ve had it once or twice. But I have not reviewed it. That is, until now. This year-round IPA is 6.4% ABV with Premium 2-row malt, Munich malt, and Crystal 75 Malt. It has hops such as Mosaic and Citra. This beer pours a light copper with a two-finger white billowing head. The aroma is light with pine and citrus sweetness. The flavor is bitter, with juicy citrus notes. The mouthfeel is medium. It has a bitter, fruity finish that fades. The aftertaste is bitter citrus that lingers for a second or two before fading. I see why Fresh Squeezed IPA is popular. I would give this IPA an A-. This beer should have more juicy fruit flavors. I would like more. But I’d still recommend Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA. I would go back for more. Please stay, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Zero Gravity Craft Brewery Duck, Duck Juice IPA

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I have never heard of Zero Gravity Craft Brewing from Burlington, Vermont. So I purchased Duck, Duck Juicy IPA. This IPA is 7% ABV, brewed year-round with Rahr Pilsner and rolled oat malts. They also use HBC 586, Talus, Mosaic, CP Mango hops, and house ale yeast. This IPA pours a hazy blonde with a three-finger white head. Slow head retention here. The aroma is fruity, juicy, and bitter. The flavor is juicy fruit, light berry, and bitterness. This IPA has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is less fruity and still as bitter. The aftertaste is berry and bitter, but it doesn’t linger long. Overall, Duck, Duck Juicy is a good, solid IPA. It’s an A and makes me want to try more of their beers, which my local Whole Foods stocks. I do recommend you drink this. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Hi-Wire Brewing Anniversary Helles Munich-Style Lager

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I was shopping at my local Harris Teeter grocery store when I spotted Hi-Wire Brewing Anniversary Helles Munich-Style Lager in the meat department. This 5.1% ABV lager commemorates the brewery’s 13th anniversary. This Asheville, North Carolina beer uses Epiphany Malt from Durham, North Carolina. This Helles pours gold with a two-finger white head. The aroma is bready and biscuity. It has a light, sweet aroma. The taste is crisp, bready, biscuit, and some malt. This has a light mouthfeel. The finish is a bit sweet and malty, with a light bread note. The aftertaste is faded bread, steady malt flavor, and slightly faded sweetness. But as this Helles warms, it becomes flat. But I still give this an A-. I think this beer should be enjoyed cold. The flavors don’t turn bad as this beer warms. They just become lighter or flatter versions. I’d still recommend this Helles. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Other Half Brewing Co. Oh…toberfest Oktoberfest Lager

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This time of year, you’ll see more and more Oktoberfest beers on store shelves. The Other Half Brewing Co. in Beacon, New York, makes Oh…toberfest, an Oktoberfest Lager with Tettnanger hops. It is 5.4% ABV. I have been to their Brooklyn location, which is a good place to visit if you are in the NYC area. This beer pours deep brown with a two-finger beige head. The aroma is dark malt and light sweetness. The flavor is malty and sweet. Not overly sweet, though. It has a bread flavor, crispness, and a spiced note. This beer has an almost full mouthfeel. The finish is crisp and malty with a little spiced note. The aftertaste comes with fading sweetness and lingering malt character. This is a really delicious Oktoberfest Lager, and I give it an A+. Really makes me think of fall. It has the perfect amount of malt flavor without too much sweetness.  I can recommend this enough. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Aslin Beer Co. Johann The Mango Thief Double IPA

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Johann The Mango Thief from Aslin Beer Co. in Alexandria, Virginia, is a 9.4% ABV double IPA. It has Mangoes and Madagascar Vanilla. This big can’s label caught my eye because it’s a mango IPA. This IPA pours light orange with a two-finger, lacy white head. The aroma is sweet, with big vanilla and light tropical mango. The flavor is big vanilla sweetness, mild mango, and mild bitterness. I think the idea was to use vanilla to cut down on hoppy/bitterness. They nailed it! This has a full mouthfeel. This beer has a sweet, vanilla, and mango finish. The aftertaste is fading mango with lingering vanilla. There is a small amount of bitterness in the aftertaste. This beer is mostly vanilla with some mango. It’s a C+. More bitterness/hops would improve this for me. But if you like sweet beers with light bitterness, then this is your beer. But I didn’t fully like this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Three Floyds Brewing Gumballhead American Wheat Pale Ale

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I haven’t had or reviewed many beers. But I’ve never had or reviewed a beer from Three Floyds Brewing. That is, until now! Here is Gumballhead American Wheat Pale Ale. This beer is 5.4% and brewed with white wheat, dry-hopped with hand-selected Yakima Valley (Amarillo) hops. This happens in Munster, Indiana. I hear this beer is popular. It pours a deep gold color with a two-finger white head. The aroma is bitter and hoppy with lemon. The flavor is light on hops and wheat. Lemony flavors are coming through. The mouthfeel is on the lighter side, but I wouldn’t call it light. The finish is lemony with fading hops and wheat notes. The aftertaste is mildly bitter with lemon. This beer was good. I would give Gumballhead a very high B+. This beer needs a bit more hoppy flavor. That’s the only critique. I recommend this pale ale wheat. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers! 

Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Olde Meck Premium Light Lager

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Light beer isn’t associated with craft beer. It is a bad word with craft beer enthusiasts. I am one of those enthusiasts. I usually don’t go for light beers. But I heard that the Olde Mecklenburg Brewery was going to brew one. I bought Olde Mecklenburg Brewery’s Olde Meck Premium Light Lager. This beer is a 4.0% ABV year-round light Lager, using American Barley malt and Noble European hops. This beer pours a very light yellow with a one-finger, thin white head. The aroma is light/clean, and with a very light sweetness. The flavor is light, clean, smooth, with very light sweetness. It has a nice, crisp and light malt flavor. This has a light mouthfeel. The finish is light, with not much else. The aftertaste has a faint sweet/bread aftertaste that quickly disappears. This beer isn’t bad for a light lager; I give it a B. It is better than the macro light beers out there. I wouldn’t say this is perfect. But it is good for what it is. As the beer gets warmer, the flavors fall off. But I would recommend Olde Meck Premium Light Lager. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!