Brewery: Karl Strauss in San Diego, California Style: IPA ABV: 7% RateBeer: 77/100 Pour: Pale orange colour with a thin white head. I still remember the first time I had this beer. I went to a party of friends of my girlfriend. We had been dating a few months. We stopped to get drinks on the way and I grabbed a six pack of this think it was the Pintail … Continue reading Karl Strauss – Tower 10
Brewery: Sierra Nevada in Chico, California Style: Gose with lime and agave ABV: 4.9% IBUs: 6 RateBeer: 57/100 Pour: Straw light yellow in colour with a thin white head The 2018 version of Otra Vez is a vast improvement on the original version. The addition of lime and agave give this beer a lovely fruitiness and takes away any of the tart sourness, making this an easy drinking beer. Corona drinkers would actually enjoy … Continue reading Sierra Nevada – Otra Vez
Brewery: Sierra Nevada in Chico, California Style: Märzen ABV: 6% IBUs: 20 RateBeer: 91/100 Pour: Dark orange hue with a small white head on pour Another collar with Weihenstephan, this years version of their annual Oktoberfest beer is again a Märzen but with a slightly higher ABV. The colour and flavour is more malt driven with a crisp, sweet aftertaste. If rating Sierra Nevada’s Oktoberfest beers, I still think 2016 was … Continue reading Sierra Nevada – Oktoberfest 2018
Brewery: New Belgium Brewing in Fort Collins, Colorado Style: IPA ABV: 7% IBUs: 55 RateBeer: 64/100 Pour: Dirty orange colour with slight head So this is made from hemp. While there’s no THC (or any of the good stuff from hemp….you know what I’m talking about) it does have a strong hemp aroma on pour. Otherwise this is just a hoppy IPA. Did you know that hops are actually related to … Continue reading New Belgium Brewing – The Hemperor HPA
Brewery: Stone Brewing in San Diego, California Style: Double IPA ABV: 8.8% Rate Beer: 92 Pour: Golden orange colour with a small fluffy white head Beautiful, crisp, clean DIPA from Stone. Subtle stone fruit flavours and a gorgeous colour. Their little political statement stab at old orange face D. Trump isn’t missed on me either. Continue reading Stone Brewing – I’m Peach
Brewery: Sixpoint Brewing in Brooklyn, New York Style: Gose ABV: 4% IBUs: 12 Rate Beer: 39 Pour: Crisp yellow colour with a small head on pour Light, easy drinking Gose with a hint of coriander in the finish. Subtle flavours and light ABV makes this perfect to smash a few over a a good Thai feed delivered via UberEats on a Saturday night. Continue reading Sixpoint – Jammer
Brewery: Founders Brewing in Grand Rapids, Michigan Style: Watermelon and Sea Salt Gose ABV: 4.6% IBUs: 10 Rate Beer: 66/100 Pour: Golden rustic yellow in colour. Small head that doesn’t retain. I always end up disappointed by watermelon beers. They end up tasting like fake sugar and nothing like a crisp fresh watermelon in summer. The combination with sea salt helps hide that candy at first … Continue reading Founders – Green Zebra
Brewery: Brooklyn Brewery in Brooklyn, New York Style: Summer Ale ABV: 5% Rate Beer: 33/100 Pour: Pale yellow in colour. Head doesn’t hold well Crisp, light, fruit driven summer ale. Some Pilsner and wheat malt flavours come in at the tail end. Definitely a beer I can see getting smashed during those hot summer days in New York on a rooftop in Brooklyn looking out across … Continue reading Brooklyn Brewery – Summer Ale
