Category Archives: USA

4 - Good (buy), American Double IPA, Beer Reviews, North Park Beer Company, USA

North Park Gimme A 2nd

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Brewery: North Park Beer Company
Country: USA
ABV: 8.5%
Style: American Double IPA
Other Notes: Hazy Double IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) Wow, have 2 years gone by already?! Time to party with our first limited can release! We double dry-hopped this one to the point of absurdity with Simcoe, El Dorado, Mosaic, Idaho 7, and Citra, weighing in at seven pounds of hops per barrel. The result is a juicy and aromatic explosion, bursting with tropical fruits, citrus, berries, stone fruit, and dank, piney resins.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.35
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 1 pint can, canned on 18th June 2018, ‘Let’s Party!!’. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A very cloudy dark orange colour with a two finger white head that had pretty good retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Grapefruit, citrus rind and pith, mango, apricot and some light berries.
Taste: Lightly sweet, juicy, grapefruit, mango, apricot, orange, pine, grass and orange zest.
Mouthfeel: Creamy, medium to full bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: A very nice and juicy DIPA with pretty much no bitterness.

4 - Good (buy), Beer Reviews, German Berliner Weisse, Grimm Artisanal Ales, USA

Grimm Passionfruit Pop!

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Brewery: Grimm Artisanal Ales
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: German Berliner Weisse

Brewer Description: (from bottle) Dessert Berliner Weisse style ale brewed with passionfruit, vanilla and milk sugar.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.3
My ratebeer.com rating: 4.2

Intro: A 22 fl. oz. bomber, bottled in January 2018. Poured into a 3 Fonteinen stemmed glass.
Appearance: A very hazy straw yellow colour with a less than two finger white head that dissipated quickly and left only some sparse lacing.
Aroma: Tart, sweet, passionfruit, guava and bubblegum.
Taste: Lightly sour, tart, passionfruit and guava with a touch of grapefruit. Finish is sweetish.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate to high carbonation.
Overall: Didn’t get much vanilla, but this was very nice and easy to drink. My kind of flavours!

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), Beer Reviews, Epic Brewing Company, International Pale Lager, USA

Epic Los Locos

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Brewery: Epic Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.8%
Style: International Pale Lager
Other Notes: Mexican-style Lager, lager with lime and sea salt added

Brewer Description: (from can) Take the beach with you anytime, anywhere, and skip the LIMES. We’ve already done the work for you. A squeeze of natural lime juice and a touch of sea salt make this Mexican-Style Lager bright, a little tart, and perfectly refreshing.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.49
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.4

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can with no canned on or best before date. The only thing I see is on the bottom of the can “5507, up in smoke”. Poured into an Epic pint glass.
Appearance: A very lightly hazy, golden straw pale yellow colour with a just less than one finger white head that dissipated fairly quickly while leaving only sparse lacing.
Aroma: Sweet malt, corn and a dash of lime.
Taste: Lightly tart, sweet malts, lime, corn and a hint of salt.
Mouthfeel: Crisp, light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Light and easy to drink. Another good hot summer thirst quencher.

4 - Good (buy), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Epic Brewing Company, USA

Epic Tart N’ Juicy Sour IPA

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Brewery: Epic Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 4.5%
Style: American IPA

Brewer Description: (from can) We’ve combined the clean, puckering tartness of kettle souring with an abundance of juicy, citrus-driven hops to create a beer that’s the best of both world’s – Tart N’ Juicy Sour IPA.

My rating: 4
My beeradvocate.com rating: 4.05
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.9

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can, with no canned on or best before date “welcome to the party pal”. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A hazy dark orange copper colour with a two finger off white head that had decent retention and left some nice lacing.
Aroma: Tart-ish, tropical juiciness, jammy, fruit compote, lychee, apricot and peach with hints of mango and orange.
Taste: Tart, lightly sour, apricot, apricot compote, half ripe mango and only hints of citrus fruit.
Mouthfeel: Light bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Nice and drinks easy. Could be even more sour considering it has the name ‘sour’ in it, but the tropicalness is refreshing.

3 - Indifferent (might buy, probably drink), American IPA, Beer Reviews, Epic Brewing Company, USA

Epic New England Style IPA (Pulp Addiction)

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Brewery: Epic Brewing Company
Country: USA
ABV: 7%
Style: American IPA
Other Notes: “Praise the haze”

Brewer Description: (from website) These juicy, hazy, hop bombs are packed to the brim with flavor. In fact, we’ve been downright irresponsible when it comes to hop utilization. Our brewers have been experimenting with everything from lupulin powder, to massive hop backs, exploring the flavor synergies of fermentation hopping, and literally cramming in more dry hops then our tanks can even hold. Our New England-Style IPA rotates through different recipes as and hop charges as we source new and interesting hop verities. See the side of the can for indicators about each new recipe.

My rating: 3
My beeradvocate.com rating: 3.74
My ratebeer.com rating: 3.6

Intro: A 12 fl. oz. can, with no canned on or best before date “doctor’s orders”. Poured into a Lost Abbey teku glass.
Appearance: A nice hazy mango orange colour with a just over one finger white head that had pretty good retention and left some lacing.
Aroma: Lots of orange, orange pulp, orange juice, orange rind with hints of cantaloupe and maybe even some lemon liqueur.
Taste: Lightly juicy, lightly bitter, orange pulp, orange rind, apricot, cantaloupe with hints of mango.
Mouthfeel: Moderately creamy, light to medium bodied with moderate carbonation.
Overall: Not bad and quite refreshing, but not quite as juicy as some of the best NEIPAs.