Boulevard Brewing Co. Tropical Tank 7 Island Saison

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Tropical Tank 7 is a new beer from Boulevard Brewing Co. in Kansas City, Missouri (www.boulevard.com). This is an 8.5% ABV Island Saison that I purchased from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). This beer was released in May of this year. This beer pours yellow with a one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, candied tropical fruit and bubble gum. The flavor is sweet, tropical fruit, bubble gum, and light perfume. The scent smells slightly better than it tastes. You get a faint/light juicy fruit finish that fades fast. The aftertaste is tropical fruit bubble gum. It’s not so great. The sweetness is too much, and you don’t get any Belgian yeast esters. I did finish this beer. I mean, this wasn’t disgusting. I give Tropical Tank 7 a low-grade D. I don’t think this is something that you need to rush out and have. Regular Tank 7 is a better choice in this situation. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Burial Beer Cordial Saison Ale

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Cordial is a 4.5% Saison Ale from Burial Beer in Asheville, North Carolina. (www.burialbeer.com) This Saison is warm fermented. It uses Riverbend Rye, Golden Wheat, and German Barley. It also uses Saaz, Grunest, and Amarillo hops. I purchased this from Southern Spirits (www.southernspirits.com). This Saison pours a slightly darker yellow with a semi-quick fading two-finger white head. The aroma is light stone fruit, pear, Belgiany, and light pepper. The flavor is Earthy, stone fruit, pear, peppery, and Belgiany. This has a light body as well as mouthfeel. This beer finishes with a slight bitter stone fruit and pear. The aftertaste is slightly fruity and Belgiany, but that lingers briefly. This is good and not heavy on the ABV. I give Cordial an A. So if you see this, then you need to drink this beer. It is a great saison ale that is not overly heavy and has good flavors. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Divine Barrel Brewing Kellerpils

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Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing (https://divinebarrel.com) in Charlotte, North Carolina, is a 5% German-style Kellerpils Lager. Keller means cellar in German. Kellerpils is a Cellared Pilsner that is unfiltered and unpasteurized. I bought this beer from the local Whole Foods Market. This beer pours a slightly cloudy yellow with a one-finger, steady fading white head. The aroma is lemony, sweet, and crisp. The taste is sweet, crisp, with a faint hoppy note. Some light lemon flavor also grows and lingers a bit on the aftertaste. It’s not a strong lemon flavor. The aftertaste is crisp and slightly yeasty/sweet. This is a delicious Kellerpils. I give this an A. It is close to real German Kellerpils, just not as bold. I would not pass up the opportunity to drink this Kellerpils from Divine Barrel Brewing. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Trillium Brewing Mosaic Cutting Tiles

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Mosaic Cutting Tiles from Trillium Brewing in Boston, Masachusetts is a 8.5% ABV double IPA with raw Wildflower Honey, Mosaic hops, Pilsner, White Wheat, Flaked Wheat, Dextrine, and C-15 malts. This IPA is dry-hopped. This beer pours yellow with a two-finger white head The aroma is grapefruit, bitter, light grass, and pine. The flavor is fruity (peach, grapefruit, and soft nectarine), hoppy, and bitter. The honey flavor is very light but its barely there. This has a fuller mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a semi-sweet andf bitter/hop flavor. The aftertaste is fruity then fades into a bitterness. This is a very good single hop double IPA, but I did not get uch raw wildflower honey. This IPA gets an A-. I think the honey is overshadowed buy the fruity flavors of the Mosaic hops. But it is otherwise a good double IPA that I recommend drinking. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly Cheers!

Maine Beer Company Wolfe’s Neck India Pale Ale

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In Freeport, Maine Wolfe’s Neck is brewed by Maine Beer Company. This is a 6.5% IPA that is brewed with local malts from Maine Malt House, Mosaic, El Dorado, and Sabro hops. This IPA is named after the Wolfe’s Neck research farm. This IPA pours a slighly hazed yellow color with a one-finger slowe fading white head. The aroma is citru fruit, pine, and bitterness. The flavor is clean, citrusy, hoppy and smooth. You can really taste each flavor. This has a meduim mouthfeel. Then it comes to a bitter citrus fruit finish. The aftertaste is smooth but bitter, but not overly bitter. It has just the perfect amount of bitterness. This is a great beer that deserves an A+. It is good from the first sip to the last. I highly recommend Wolfe’s Neck. It is very flavorful and delicious. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

NoDa Brewing Company Hop Drop ‘N Roll India Pale Ale

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Hop Drop ‘N Roll from NoDa Brewing Company is a 7.2% ABV 2014 World Beer Cup Gold IPA brewed withh Citra, Amarillo, and Chinook hop, (nodabrewing.com). This beer came from my local Harris Teeter grocery store. This IPA pours a light orange colo a thick one-finger very slow head. The aroma is of pine, fruit, malts, and bitterness. The flavor is oniony, piney, malty, bitter, fruity, and bittersweet, smooth notes. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then this IPA has a hoppy light fruity finish and a bitter, hoppy aftertaste that lingers for a bit. This is a core staple from NoDa Brewing and It’s an A. I think it is really worth trying because it not over done with lots of expermental hops and other things. It reminds me of IPAs for twenty years ago and that I love. It is just the right amount of bitterness to this beer. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibility! Cheers!

Sugar Creek Brewing Company The Big O Blood Orange IPA

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Made localy in Charlotte, North Carolina by Sugar Creek Brewing, (https://sugarcreekbrewing.com) The Big O is a 7% ABV Blood Orange IPA. This IPA has California grown “Moro” blood oranges along with dry-hopping, specialty toasted malts, Citra and Mosaic hops. You can find this beer where ever beer is sold in the Charlotte area (www.totalwine.com). This IPA pours orange with a two-finger white head. The aroma is big on the orange. It is almost like bitter orange candy. The flavor is orange, fruity, grapefruits, bitterness with small sweet notes. This has a medium mouthfeel. Then it has a bitter orange finish that lingers in the aftertaste with a good amout of bittering notes. This bee is on the heavier flavored side of things. So it has a nice pungent bitter orange like its name. I give The Big O an A-. It does have a little more boozieness on this but that is not so bad. That is a common ABV with craft IPAs. I would recommend this beer if you love bitter oranges. Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Legal Remedy Brewing Co. Whistleblower Watermelon Wheat

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Brewed in Rock Hill, South Carolina, Whistleblower from Legal Remedy Brewing Co, is a 6% watermelon wheat with watermelon purée. Legal Remedy is a courtroom/law/lawyer themed brewery, (https://legalremedybrewing.com). This wheat beer pours yellow with a semi-quick one-finger white head. The aroma is sweet, fruity, and light on watermelon. The flavor is sweet and there is more watermelon than on the aroma. The wheat is light as is the body of this beer. It is fruity and the sweetness makes a vanilla like note as this beer warms. This beer has a light mouthfeel. Then it finishes with a fruity watermelon sweetness that lingersmomentarilyt on the aftertaste. Whistleblower is a decent tasting beer, I give it a C. It is average and the watermelon is lighter than I would have like. But most watermelon flavored things don’t actually taste like real watermelon. This is missing some watermelon flavor. But it isn’t a bad choice, but 21st Amendment Brewing’s Hell or High Watermelon is a much better choice. Please stay safe, be kind to each other , and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Ayinger Privatbrauerei Bräuweisse

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We are back after a short break due to unforeseen circumstances. Coming from Aying, Germany, Ayinger Bräuweisse (https://www.ayinger.de/cms/index.php/startpage.html) is a 5.1% ABV top-fermented Bavarian Hefeweizen. This is one of my favorite German breweries. This beer I purchased from Total Wine (totalwine.com). This Hefe pours cloudy golden with a bright white two-finger head. The aroma is yeast, banana, and clove. Smells like a hefeweizen. The flavor is not as heavy as some hefeweizens. That’s good in my opinion. There is a clove and banana with sparkling champagne flavor. This has a medium feel to the mouth. The finish is light on bananas and clove, with a nice sweet aftertaste. This is good, probably the best, and it’s an A+. The fact that it is not as heavy as Franziskaner Hefeweizen, which is a good beer too. But Ayinger is slightly better and a bit lighter on the stomach, and for that, I would go for Ayinger, and so should you! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!

Brewery Ommegang x Leifmans OMG Series Dream Patch

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Dream Patch is a Fruited Sour beer from Brewery Ommegang (https://www.ommegang.com) in Copperstown, New York and Leifmans (https://www.liefmans.com/en) in Oudenaarde, Belgium. These two breweries collaborated to make this Sour from Ommegang OMG Series. This beer is 6.5% ABV, with Pilsner and Crystal malts. It also has Belgian sour gurus from Liefmansands Cherry, Blueberry, and Raspberry. This beer is available year round. I purchased this from Total Wine (Totalwine.com). This beer pours a cherry read with a pink-like one-finger head that is gone instantly. The aroma is fruity and tart. There is Cherry and blueberry. I didn’t get much or any blueberry. The flavor is tart with cherry, raspberry and slight blueberry flavor. Overall the tartness is mild as is the fruity flavors. The mouthfeel is light. This beer finishes with a nice tartness of cherries. The raspberries are faint on the finish. The aftertaste is tart but that does fade along with the fruity and some slight yeast notes. This is not in your face sour or tart. Deam Patch is an A. The fact that the blueberries get lost on the flavor held it back from being perfect. I would still recommend this beer. You should drink this! Please stay safe, be kind to each other, and remember to enjoy responsibly! Cheers!