Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Northern Hemisphere Harvest 2026 Crop

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A long time ago, I first had an older version of Sierra Nevada Brewing’s Northern Hemisphere Harvest. This is the 2026 Crop. This wet-hop beer is 6.7% ABV and has caramelized, Pilsner, and Two-row Pale malts. It has fresh/wet hops (such as Centennial) and ale yeast. This beer usually releases every September, before Celebration IPA, another wet-hop IPA. You can find a review here. This IPA pours deep copper with a light beige two-finger head. The aroma is malty, bitter, and sweet/caramel. The flavor is light bitterness, piney, bready, and caramel. This IPA has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is piney with some bitter malts. The aftertaste is malted notes and fading pine bitterness. This beer is very good, but almost as good as their Celebration IPA. This gets a high B+. I think this is a nice change from all the hazy and West Coast IPAs. If you are a bit tired of West Coast IPAs, then Northern Hemisphere Harvest should hit the spot. I recommend it, and I will have this again. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lost Worlds Brewing Equator Island India Pale Ale

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Lost Worlds Brewing in Cornelius, North Carolina, brews Equator Island IPA. This is 5% ABV and uses El Dorado, Azaccz, Mosaic, and Sultana hops. I purchased this as part of a mixed six-pack from my local Total Wine. This IPA pours lemon yellow with a two-finger white head. The aroma is citrusy, lemony, and bitter. The flavor is juicy, citrusy, lemony, and bitter. This beer has a light mouthfeel. The finish is lemon and slightly bitter with a faint hop bite. The aftertaste is fading lemon bitterness. This is a good beer. I give this beer a B. The lemon becomes slightly too much after a while, but it’s still enjoyable. I would recommend it and will have this again soon. I really should drink more Lost Worlds Brewing beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!



Paulaner Brauerei Oktoberfest Märzen

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You can celebrate Oktoberfest with a good US Oktoberfest beer. Or you can choose a more traditional beer, such as Paulaner Brauerei Oktoberfest Märzen. This München beer is 5.8%. This brewery has been brewing since 1643. That’s a really long time to be making delicious beer. That’s pretty common among German breweries. This Märzen pours copper with a two-finger white head. The aroma is malty, sweet, clean, and bready. The taste is similar. It has malty notes, sweetness, and bread. This has a medium mouthfeel. The finish is clean and sweet, with some decent malt flavor. The aftertaste is faded malts and sweet notes. This is a good beer, and I give it an A. I really can’t find anything wrong with this Oktoberfest Märzen. I highly recommend this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! cheers!

Burial Beer Another Mexican-Style Lager

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When I last reviewed a Burial Beer, I didn’t like it as much as I usual. But I am reviewing another Burial Beer. Funny enough, it is called Another Mexican-Style Lager. This beer is 4.6% ABV and is brewed with Fidens Brewing for Burial’s 13th anniversary. The beer is mashed with torrefied corn maize and whirlpool-hopped with Zumo. The beer pours golden with a one-finger white head. The aroma is corn, some bread, and sweet notes. The flavor matches the aroma. It has sweetness, corn, and a clean yet somewhat grainy character. This has a light mouthfeel. The finish is grainy corn and sweetness that carries to the aftertaste. That aftertaste does fade steadily. This Burial beer was okay, but not good. I give Another Mexican-Style Lager a C+. It started good. But it was average rather quickly. I can only barely recommend his beer. If it wasn’t grainy, it might be better. I might have this again. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Dismembered Under the Unforgiving Grip West Coast Style IPA

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Here in Charlotte, North Carolina, a new Wegmans supermarket opened, and I went. I purchased Burial Beer Dismembered Under the Unforgiving Grip Wet Coast Style IPA. That was among a lot of other groceries. This IPA is 6.8% and was brewed for Burial’s 2026 Burn Pile in collaboration with Varietal. This beer is whirlpool-hopped with Citra and Chinook DynaBoost. It’s also double dry-hopped with Loza Farms Citra, Chinook, and Amarillo Cryo hops. This IPA pours gold with a two-finger white head. The aroma is piney with light bitterness. The taste is Bitter, metallic, piney, and has a light vegetal note. This beer has a lighter mouthfeel. The finish is harsh, bitter, piney, and light fruit. The aftertaste is off-putting.  The aftertaste is bitter, piney, and metallic. I didn’t like this beer, and I usually do like Burial IPAs. I am giving this a D-. I would not drink this. Nothing really was any good. I couldn’t find any decent or average flavor in this beer. I don’t think this was a West Coast-style IPA. Burial Beer, you need to re-brew this beer; better next time! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Wicked Weed Brewing Imperial Perni Hazy IPA

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I have had Wicked Weed Brewing beers. But I haven’t had Imperial Perni Haze IPA. This Imperial IPA from Asheville, North Carolina, is 9.1% ABV. This is an Imperial version of Perni Haze IPA. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The nose is juicy fruit with bitterness. The flavor is juicy fruit, citrusy, bitter, hoppy, and strong. This has an almost full mouthfeel. The finish is strong and slightly boozy, with bitter, fruity, hoppy notes. The aftertaste is more boozy as the hoppy and juicy fruit fades. I found this to be strong to be strong. It wasn’t different from the regular Perni Hazy IPA. I give this IPA a C. I don’t mind an imperial version of beer.  They should be more than just a stronger version. If you like Perni Haze, then stick with that. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Resident Culture Brewing Company Sunconditional Love Witbier

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Sunconditional Love, a Witbier brewed by Resident Culture Brewing Company here in Charlotte, North Carolina, is 5.5% ABV. This beer blends Motueka and Hallertau hops, coriander, orange peel, and ginger. This is more of a Belgian-style witbier. You can find it at most local grocery stores here. This beer pours bright yellow with a three-finger, billowing white head that is slow to dissipate. The aroma is bright, spiced (coriander), and citrusy. The flavor is coriander spice, orange, and ginger. As this beer warms up, the orange flavor grows. The mouthfeel is on the fuller side. The finish is light coriander, big orange, and very light ginger. The ginger is almost not there. The aftertaste is orange that lingers with fading coriander. Sunconditional Love Witbier is a low A-. I found the citrusy orange slightly too much, but not bad. I would recommend it. It is something I’d go back to. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

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!