Lenny Boy Brewing Co. Tropicalus Juicy White IPA

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I haven’t reviewed much from Lenny Boy Brewing Co. from Charlotte, North Carolina. They started out as a Kombucha brewer, which they still are, and then they added beer to their business. This beer is Tropicalus Juicy White IPA. This hybrid IPA is 6% ABV. I have never heard of a White IPA. This beer it is, exactly what it sounds like. This beer style combines a Belgian White Ale with an IPA. Tropicalus uses Lenny Boy’s house Belgian Yeast. This beer pours a yellow color similar to a white ale. It has a two-finger bright white head that is steady to fade into delicate lacing. The aroma is tropical fruity with banana, bitterness, and light hoppy notes. The taste is tropical fruity and banana. It is light, smooth and bitter. It is not overly bitter just lightly bitter. The mouthfeel is light to almost medium feeling. Then this beer starts to finish like a white ale then it gets more IPA-like with fruit and bitterness. The aftertaste is fruity and smooth. This is a great style of beer I’d say Tropicalus Juicy white IPA is an A+. I highly recommend it, especially if you like IPA and white Ales. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Experiential Projections Derived From Transcendental Thought West Coast-Styl India pale ale

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Here is another beer with a long name from Burial Beer. This beer is Experiential Projections Derived From Transcendental Thought, This beer is a West Coast-style IPA. This beer is 7% ABV. This IPA has mineral-driven table water, the palest barely, a touch of kilned malt, and full of c hops. This IPA also has Citra, Chinook, Cascade, Simone, and Cryo. This beer is dry-hopped with the same. Then it is topped with grapefruit slices and pine-drenched simple syrup. This beer pours an orange-yellow color with three fingers of a white fluffy head. The aroma is dry, floral, and hoppy. There is also a faint citrus note. The flavor is dry as well, bitter, hoppy, smooth, and some light citrus fruit. The mouthfeel is a medium feel. Then this IPA comes to a nice dry floral/light fruit finish. The aftertaste is nice and smooth with a litter bitterness and some hoppy fruits. This beer is refreshing and gets an A+. I highly recommend this beer with a long name. It did not disappoint my Taste buds. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling West Coast-Style India pale ale

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This beer is from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina, and has a long name like most of the beers from Burial. This one is Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling. This West Coast-style IPA is double dry-hopped with Grungiest, Centennial, Strata, and Citra Cryo. This IPA is 7% ABV. This beer pours a thicker yellow color with a two-and-a-quarter white head. The aroma of this IPA is Fruity, citrusy, bitter, and with a light sweet note. The beer’s flavor is citrusy, smooth, creamy, bitter, and hoppy. The hoppy level is not too high so the bitterness is not overwhelming. But the bitterness is there. Then this long-named beer finishes with a bitter citrus fruit flavor and some bitterness. Then you come to an aftertaste of grapefruit and orange bitter notes. This was more like a traditional West Coast-style IPA and that made it more drinkable, even for 7% ABV. I would give Cognitive Indifference Towards Something More Fulfilling an A+. I could not see this beer being any better. So that means you should go and drink this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Tales of Gold Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Golden Ale

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This beer, a strong golden ale From New Holland Brewing, is Dragon’s Milk Tale of Gold Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Gold Ale. This Ale is made in New Holland, Michigan. This is a year-round beer made with milk sugars. This ale comes in at 11% ABV. This beer is part of the Dragon’s Milk beers. This beer pours a deep orange/light copper color with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The aroma of this beer is sweet, vanilla, malty, and boozy. The taste is sweet from the vanilla and milk sugars. This beer has a smooth, creamy, and malty note. The mouth feels medium. Then it has a sweet malted finish. Then you get a boozy sweet aftertaste. The aftertaste has a light malt flavor that tastes faded. Dragon’s Milk Tales of Gold is not what I was expecting. I thought this beer would be strong and have a more bourbon-like flavor. This beer drinks well for 11% ABV, smoother than some beers with the same ABV. I give this bourbon-barrel-aged beer a B+. The vanilla was a bit sweeter than some barrel-aged beers. It took over the flavor profile. I would recommend New Holland Brewing Dragon’s Milk Tales Of Gold Bourbon-Barrel-Aged Golden Ale. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Radeberger Gruppe Radebeberger Pilsner Zwickelbier Hazy

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This imported beer from Redeberger, Germany, is Redeberger Pilsner Zwicklebier Hazy. This is produced by the Radeberger Gruppe. This beer is a Kellerbier/Zwicklebier style and is a love 4.8% ABV. This hazy Zwickelbier is unfiltered and served exclusively at select accounts in the U.S.A. This beer is still fermenting while it’s being canned. This Pilsner pours a hazy, bright yellow with a three-and-a-half finger white head that slowly fades into decent-looking lacing. The aroma is light lemon, sweetness, light bread notes, and some hoppy aromas. The flavor is light, clean, happy, somewhat beady, and sweet. The mouthfeel is lighter. Then this beer finishes with a light, hoppy and sweet flavor. Then you get a nice light hopped aftertaste with a faintly sweet fruit flavor. This is a delicious beer. I give Radeberger Pilsner Zwickelbier Hazy an A. The bitterness is just a little off but doesn’t keep it from tasting delicious, and from me recommending it. This is how traditional German beer is supposed to taste. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company Heat Ray

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Heat Ray from Edmund’s Oast Brewing Company is an India Pale Ale with Kveik Yeast. Kveik Yeast is an ancient yeast formed from several strains, some Naturally produced over many years. This yeast is from Norway and is used to make Norwegian Farmhouse Ales. This Heat Ray IPA is from Charleston, South Carolina, and is 6.7% ABV. This IPA pours a bright yellow with a big four-finger white head that fades steadily. The aroma is of light sweetness, tropical fruits, and a bitter note. The taste is tropical fruits like mango, pineapple, and tangerine. There is a bit of light sourness and some bittering notes. Then this IPA comes to a bitter tropical fruit finish. Then you come to an aftertaste of tropical fruit bitter/sour notes and light yeast notes. This Heat Ray IPA is a good beer; I give it an A-. I didn’t find this beer to be a farmhouse IP, it was more like an IPA with interesting flavors. But it was good otherwise. I recommend this Heat Ray IPA. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Another One India pale ale

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This beer from the Maine Beer Company is Another One India Pale Ale. This beer is 7% ABV. This beer has Cascade, Citra, and Simcoe hops. This beer also had American 2-Row, Red Wheat, and Carapils malt. This beer is a limited-release beer. This IPA pours a yellow color with a two-finger head that leaves behind a ton of lacing throughout the glass. The aroma is tropical fruity (pineapple, mango, papaya, orange, and grapefruit). This IPA is light and earthy with bitter hop notes. The flavor is also tropical pineapple, mango, guava papaya, orange, and grapefruit. There is some light earthy bitterness to this beer. The mouthfeel is a medium feeling. Then this IPA finishes with a bitter tropical flavor. Then you get an aftertaste of tropical hops. The Maine Beer Company has always been delicious with every beer I have from them. This IPA is no different. I give Another One India Pale Ale an A+. It is a well-brewed beer you need to drink. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Savages of Ruminating Minds India Pale Ale Heavy Resin Edition

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This beer is Savages of Ruminating Minds India Pale Ale Heavy Resin edition from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina. This beer is 7.2% ABV. This IPA has wheat and oats. It is Whirlpooled with Mosic, Incognito, and Cryo hops. It is also double dry-hopped with Mosaic, Motueka, Idaho 7, and a dose of Mosaic Cryo Hops. This beer has a lot going on. This IPA pours a hazy bright yellow color with a two-finger bright white head that is steady to fade. The aroma is aromatic with grapefruit, hoppy notes, and a very faint sweet note. The taste is dank, grapefruit, bitter/hoppy, and light sweetness. The mouthfeel is medium. Then comes a dank and bitter fruit finish. Then you get a bitter and semi-juicy grapefruit aftertaste with a light bitterness. This Savages of Ruminating Minds India Pale Ale Heavy Resin edition is another delicious beer from Burial Beer. I give this IPA an A+. It is well-brewed and has exceptional flavor. I highly recommend this one. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly!

Ponysaurus Brewing Co. Bière De Garde

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I have only had one beer from Ponysaurus Brewing Co. That was a long while ago. This is Ponysaurus’ Bière De Garde, which means beer to guard. This beer is 6.3%. This is from Durham, North Carolina. This strong pale comes from the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France. This beer has three types of barley, wheat, and rye. This beer pours a golden color with a three-and-a-quarter-finger white head. The aroma is pear fruit, sweet, light, and some faint vanilla. The flavor of pear fruit, sweetness, light boozy notes, light vanilla, and light spices. There is a lightness to the mouthfeel. Then this beer finishes with a spiced sweet pear. Then you come to an aftertaste of faint fruity pear with a lightly spiced note. This Bière De Garde is okay, but not great. I give this beer a C. I didn’t dislike this beer. I just found it to be not that exciting for this type of beer. I have had a few Belgian examples of this and found them to be much better. It seems like, Ponysaurus is trying to make a light version of a Bière De Garde. That kind of hinders it from being a good beer. Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Lagunitas Brewing Company IPA

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This beer from Lagunitas Brewing Company of Petaluma, California, is called IPA. That is exactly what this beer is. This IPA is 6.% ABV. This IPA pours a light copper/gold color with a one-and-a-half-finger white head. The aroma is many, sweet, bitter, and hoppiness. The flavor is onion, malts, sweetness, bittering notes, and some hoppy flavor. This IPA is strong yet smooth. Then this IPA finishes smooth, strong, and bitter. Then you get a bitter aftertaste that is not overly bitter. I miss IPAs like this one from Lagunitas Brewing Company. Most of the IPAs are fruity and bitter. I like those, but after having so many, I miss the malty English-style IPA. This IPA is a B+. I would like to have a little more hop flavor and some more bitterness. But it was delicious! I would recommend this IPA! Please stay safe, be kind to everyone, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!