Southbound Brewing Co. Transilience Imperial Berliner Weisse Ale

I have never heard of Imperial Berliner Weisse Ale. But I guess you can make a stronger version of a Berliner Weisse and it would be Imperial ale. So here is Southbound Brewing Co. out of Savannah Georgia with Transilience Imperial Berliner Weisse Ale, 7.0% ABV. Transilience is brewed with pomegranate, mango, Lactobacillus and saccharomyces. Berliner Weisse is a German-style sour wheat beer. It is much different than the usual Munich style wheat beer. Transilience pours a hazy orange color with nearly no head. The head that was there fizzed away instantly, with nothing left behind. The color maybe from the fresh mango and pomegranate used. The aroma is tart and fruity with hints of the mango and pomegranate. Taste is as strong as you would believe it to be, and it’s very tart and fruity with hint of wheat but over all it is tart and bit thin. The mouth feel is medium and Transilience finish overly tart with hints of the same mango and pomegranate. The after taste is even more tart but there is a bit of fruity wheat there. I didn’t like the after so much because it too tart and stays a bit to long.  I give this a C+. Transilience starts out okay and the gets too tart too quick. Not bad on the other flavors though, just needs to tone the tartness down a notch. But I guess that what makes it an Imperial Berliner Weisse. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Mateo & Bernabé 11 Bernabé Golden Ale

I have searched out and found 2015 beer label of the year, from Spain, Mateo & Bernabé (Logroño La Rioja) and this is 11 Bernabé Golden Ale 6.0% ABV. This golden ale pours a golden copper color with a massive five-finger head that never seem to fade, but when it finally does thick lovely lacing is left behind. The aroma is a little sweet with fruit but has a bright aroma about it. Taste is very much similar to it’s own aroma with sweet fruity flavor with faint hints of yeast. The mouth feel is on the higher side of a medium feel. It has a nice citric finish with a nice bit less sweet after taste with nice fruity flavors. This beer is a nice drinkable yet refreshing beer. It’s an A beer. It has good flavors to it without over doing it or by not have enough. It balanced in the middle, but the after taste fades a bit to quick, but that doesn’t kill it. Mateo & Bernabé 11 Bernabé Golden ale is well done all around. Yes I love the label on the bottle. I do recommend trying this beer. It’s good! Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery Mecklenburger Helles Lager

The Olde Mecklenburg Brewery, one of the oldest in Charlotte, has brought back a beer that they once brewed in their earlier days. This Mecklenburger Helles Larger, 4.9% ABV, is brewing brewed again. The word Helles mean bright, light, or pale in German. Mecklenburger pour a bright pale yellow golden color with a one and a half snow white head that fizzy away rather quick in to small lacing. The aroma is crisp and clean with the faintest hop note and a slightly malted note. Mecklenburger has a refreshingly crisp taste that will take the heat out of a summer day with light malt noted and very faint hop flavor. This beer is very easy drinking. The mouth feel is light and crisp, with a smooth finish that leads up to an after taste that is semi-sweet and cracker like. The flavors on this Helles Lager aren’t so bold, but they are good. I say this is an A. Mecklenburger is one that you can sit for a few hours and have many. Watch you favorite sport with a few mecklenburgers or call your friends have a party with a case of Mecklenburger. It’s even good after yard work. I highly recommend drink The Olde Mecklenburg Mecklenburger Helles Lager. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Foothills Brewing Co. Hop of the Month Mt. Hood American Pale Ale

It’s here again Foothills Brewing Co. Hop of the Month Mt. Hood American Pale Ale, 5.9% ABV and 42 IBUs. Mt. Hood named after the famous Oregon Volcano, it is a German Hallertau descendant bred in the early 80’s, and is used primarily as an aroma hop. Mt. Hood pours a deep orange color with some light orange edges and a three finger pillowy bright white head that never seem to fade, but when it does it leave behind nice decent lacing. The aroma is fragrant with sweet piney notes and very faint semi fruity notes. Taste is pleasing on the tongue with subtle sweet notes and light piney flavors mixed with mild spice and herbal notes, which taste floral. The mouth feel is medium with a smooth but bitter finish that end in a nice sweet pine bitter after taste. This Mt. Hood American Pale Ale is easy to drink and rather refreshing, and it’s an A+. Foothills is amazing with the series of beer. Hop of the month continues to be excellent. I highly recommend that you try this and everyone in the Hop of the Month series. I love them all. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!

Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer

Here we have an import beer from Scotland, Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer, 6.6% ABV. This beer is aged in an oak barrel for seventy-seven day before bottling. This Innis & Gunn pours a caramel color with a one finger white fizzy head that fade kind of quickly. The aroma is sweet with hints a light vanilla and caramel with a faint toasted oak note. Original Innis & Gunn does have a sweet start to the taste, with a slight vanilla and some caramel notes then you get a bit of toffee in the middle with the oaky flavor towards the end. The finish is smooth yet semi-sweet with a nice lingering after taste of vanilla toffee. Not a bad oak aged beer; I give this one a B+. You can really taste how the aging really smoothed out the beer, usually, this Scottish style is a bit harsher but this one isn’t, it's mellow and smooth with a nice subtle sweetness. I recommend trying Innis & Gunn Original Oak Aged Beer. It's a nice beer. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!   

Rogue Ales 7 Hop IPA

Well I am back to another Rogue Ales beer. This one is 7 Hope IPA, 7.77% ABV brewed with seven Rogue Farms hop varieties, such as Liberty, Newport, Revolution, Rebel, Independence, Freedom, and Alluvial Hops. This beer comes from Brewpublik (www.brewpublik.com). 7 Hop IPA pours a real deep and dark orange color that is close to a dark amber with a beige three finger head that fades somewhat slowly into some little lacing. The aroma is bitter with pine and earthy notes along with dank resin notes. Taste is quit hoppy but not to in your face though. There are plenty of earth bitter notes in with some faint bitter grapefruit and piney flavors. This wouldn’t be a beer I would have all night or many of. Too much bitter flavors here on this one. The mouth feel is fuller with a bitter earthy finish. The after taste is bitter but fades after a real short while. I give this a B-. Just a tiny bit to bitter for my liking but overall wasn’t bad. I like more of a fruiter IPA than an earthy IPA. But as I just said this wasn’t bad. Cheers! Please enjoy responsibly!