Hi Wire for me is okay in general, but there really hasn't been any that stick out to me. Mosaic and Lo-Pitch are both are both fine. My wife is the sour fan and I've come to appreciate some of them (and there's some that I REALLY don't like), but the BearWater Passionfruit is great.
I do love me some DogFish SeaQuench and New Belgium's Passionfruit is also very good.
Even though it is labelled a DIPA, it looks and smells like Saco Batch 200 may have been technically a fit for our upcoming NEIPA tasting.
Looks like orange juice, and smells like pineapple juice.
First impression- wish I had bought more.
Second sip yields orange and pineapple with a surprisingly bitter finish.
No real hint of alcohol. At 8%, batch 200 is a bit sneaky and dangerous. The only clue is a bit of post sip tongue numbness.
Batch 200 just reinforces I am a sucker for single hop beer, and in particular, Mosaic as the hop in a single hop beer.
Cheers! 🍻
Banded Brewing Veridian IPA
Another “near” NEIPA.
Citra, Azacca, Chinook, and Summit hops.
Can design might make Frodo afraid, with a central orange eye.
Neat can art, green and lots of foliage and fire.
Smells like dank orange juice (thanks Chinook and maybe Summit).
This is no NEIPA- the fruitier hops are subdued by the resiny hops.
Mouthfeel is really thin, giving Veridian a sort of hoppy Orangina taste.
A good beer I am glad to have tried and yet nothing particularly outstanding or memorable.
Cheers! 🍻
Dirt Nap - The Veil Brewing Company - 8.8 % ABV - 100 IBU. Yes 100 IBU. DIPA with Citra, Mosaic, Galaxy, and Nelson.
This is very smooth given the ABV and IBU. It's smooth period, and outstanding as The Veil always is. It's more hoppy than fresh-squeezed juicy like some others I've had from the Veil. This one is more earthy, and hoppy. And that's a good thing in this case. It's nicely balanced, and really not too bitter at all. The tropical flavors are tangerine and apricot. Enjoy this if you see it and like hops. I'll rate it 4.5
BearWaters Brewery has a largemouth bass in a tank inside the facility. A guy comes in with a stepladder and a bucket of minnows, climbs up and dumps the hapless guppies into the tank to take consumption to a new level! The porter was great I might add.
The National Forest part of this is attractive:
https://vinepair.com/booze-news/busc...tional-forest/
"...Starting on July 20, Busch will host a pop-up inside a U.S. National Forest..."
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In case anyone is thirsty for the rest of the summer:
https://vinepair.com/articles/best-beers-2018/
#1 might surprise y'all. It's a very good beer but top-ranked?
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SeaBee-Big Boss Brewing Company
Drink local!
Drink fresh!
Canned on
05/15/2019 111944
This is the last entry of my June beer club 4 pack and a pretty standard gose, not in the league with the Key Limes, other fruits or any barrel-aged varieties but a solid brew and quite the thirst quencher on a hot, steamy summer night in NC.
Pour from a 12 ounce can into a standard pint glass showed a pale, golden-yellow with a fizzy head that lingered a surprising amount of time. Nose of lemon-lime, salt and hints of orange with a mildly tart/sour pucker, some lemon-limeade with minimal sweetness and a bit of salt and coriander. I'll guess IBUs about 10 and the ABV was 4.5%. For about $1.75 for the can, this would be a nice intro for someone for the style.
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