It's sure fun to support NC breweries and drink Burial at the same time. I'm going to just request Stella order this one.
When I drink a Burial IPA, I just assume now that they will be Category 3. They almost always are. Tonight I had...
A Departure from the Dawn - American IPA - 7.6 % - 50 IBU - Collaboration with Bearded Iris Brewing - Nashville and Asheville - Double dry-hopped with Riwaka, Vic Secret, Citra Cryo, and Columbus Cryo.
This beer looks even better than the one Mattman reviewed on the pour - hazy, juicy, pineapple-white grapefruit juice look with a tropical aroma.
It's tropical and as usual for Burial, not for others, it has that super-soft mouthfeel like a milkshake. This beer is so soft and refreshing I'm sure beergoddess would like it. But I accidentally finished the whole thing before I shared to test that. So refreshing it went quickly. I'll get a 4-6 pack at Stella tomorrow and change that.
The flavor is just soft, tropical, mango, earthy, subtle barely perceivable dankness, great hops, and tight start to finish.
Category 3 - get some and you'll be happy with it. And I'm sure this is not as good as the one Mattman had which I will also find if I can.
Just to be fair, I also had a Burial IPA which was not Category 3. I was surprised because their beer is normally so good I basically hold them to a different standard against their other beer.
Bonedagger - Burial - American Pale Ale - 5.5% ABV - 45 IBU - Simcoe, Idaho 7, Citra, and double-dry hopped with Lupulin powder.
Solid Category 2, but boring for Burial and average. If you see this one I'd recommend buying a single beer first, which is good, but not as good as their others.
Hazy yellow-straw pour with a citrus nose. Smooth feel and finish. Light and easy to drink. Taste is citrus, wheat, floral, hoppy, with a hint of pine - well balanced.
For comparison, The Foothills Festival Express is a better, more tropical aromatic category 2 beer than this one. The Casita Been there Done That is a much better right on the line Category 3 beer much better than this one.
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Because it came up in Zoom — Aviation Gin process:
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Our Virtual Pub practice session ended a few minutes ago and was a blast. Hopefully, fuse will be kind enough to set one up again for Gooch's regularly scheduled Virtual Pub next Saturday.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Lots of fun, thanks for hosting fuse!
Sorry to miss it. That Haw River is an incredibly interesting beer, IMO (no H pretense on that one).
Two more solid Cat 2’s from SoPines BC: Denali Kiss (an NEIPA) and Thin Mint (their Prioress milk stout brewed with Girl Scout cookies). Both delicious sippers. The NEIPA was only 25 IBUs, which surprised me for how low that seemed. The Thin Mint was a little thin in the mouthfeel or it could have cleared to Cat 3. Bought four-packs of each, and glad I did. Good drinking in this Cat 15 weather!
"Amazing what a minute can do."
Haw River Tasseography Green
Green tea and green peppercorn saison
A little smoky and mild peppery nose.
(From memory, the Tasseography Black was like sniffing a liquid smoke bottle, in a good way.)
Peppery up front similar to the white.
Mellows mid palate to a very dry green tea finish.
Another outstanding Haw River beer.
Cheers! 🍻
I truly hate that we missed this. No good excuse. I was lazy and watched a movie this morning. Had to get outside for a run in this weather on day off and thus missed this. I hope there is another Zoom virtual pub next weekend, and we'll be there.
Tonight I had probably the best beer I've had ever from New Anthem Beer Project. And this DIPA was not as good as the standard DIPA's I've had from Burial and Casita this past week.
On Cassette - Double NE IPA - New Anthem Beer Project - 8.1 % - Citra, Amarillo, El Dorado, and Mosaic
Beautiful pour - juicy and hazy pineapple juice.
The hops are very well balanced with dankness and juicy pineapple which comes through clean on the finish. Thick, juicy feel. I thought the beer had a bit too much carbonation bite which took away from the initial flavor. I'm nitpicking because I've had such well-crafted beers this week. First world problem.
Strong Category 2 - worth buying for sure if you see it. I found it at Stella.
Sounds a lot like this one that Bottle Rev has on tap (growlers only) that I have not tasted:
https://untappd.com/b/new-anthem-bee...-break/2459403
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.
Time to do some lagering this afternoon/evening. Hope I don't pilsner anybody off by posting that.
[redacted] them and the horses they rode in on.