Charlotte NC April 2024

Protagonist Brewing 4/15/24

Gwen, Hazy honey pale ale, 5.5%, honey taste dud not present itself, tropical and citrus notes, good beer but different

Mercury, Hazy IPA, 7.0%, Tropical notes, side of citrus and very mellow, very drinkable.

The Boss, Hazy IPA 7.5%, a little bitter, tropical, juicy, fruity..

Catherine, 6%, sour, strawberry based, tart but not lemonade tart. Brett yeast maybe.

Galileo, BA barley wine 13%, cherry, nutty, whiskey taste on the back side.

Copernicus, 13%, BA stout, bourbon, chocolate, oak, whiskey back, good taste.

Copernicus with vanilla, 13%, same as above but vanilla forward. Sweeter due to big vanilla taste. 

Charlotte trip 4/15/2024

Sugar Creek Brewing, Charlotte

Big Chill IPA, 7.2%, a crisp crushable Hazy IPA, with a clean finish.  Ann indifferent, Ron likes

Unlimited Juice IPA, 6.5%, very fragrant nose, tropical fruit, basic hazy, tropical nose, good fruut finish. 

Hi-Creek Fruit Punch, 6.0%, light tropical, fruited sour, nice raspberry all sour on tongue. 

Path to Enlightenment, 7% WC IPA, low IBU, smooth IPA, nose, very good. 

City Barrell Brewing KC MO. IPAs

Dad Jokes IPA with Galaxy hops released on 6/6/19, very good beer, not bitter, unique drinkable. 

Rad AF, double dry hopped hazy IPA, 6.4%, good beer, drinkable, good beer drink this one. 

Scooter Weather, the passion fruit mellows it out a bunch, smooth drinking, 7.2% abv, good beer. 
Trouble, west coast IPA, melon, citrus and dank, more bitter, not citrusy as the Scooter or Rad. 

Austin micro breweries 9/30/2018 to 10/4/2018

Visited 33 microbreweries in Austin, TX region. Standouts were Jester King, Lazarus, Sean Patrick in San Marcos.  Had a new style IPA, a Brut IPA, very dry, no sugar, developed in CA in April 2018.  A lot of good IPAs in Austin that ate well worth the visit. 

Black Horse Brewing, Knoxville, TN

Blackhorse IPA, American IPA, 70 ibu, 7.2%, citrus nose, mild not high citrus like we have had before.
Coalminers Stout, oatmeal Stout, 35 ibu, 5.5%, smells like a Stout, nice Stout taste.  Good everyday Stout. 
Barnstormer Red, 24 ibu, 5.2%, Amber color, good Ted taste, smooth.  Very mild. 
Bijou Pale Ale, 33 ibu, 5.5%, weird after taste, some spice I cannot identify. 

Coalition Brewing

Roselandia, Rose petals sour, 5 ibu, 5.5%, kettle soured golden ale, added rose cordial, which is syrup made from rose petals, medium sour, added rose water after to get a floral nose. 

Two Flowers, 55 ibu, 6%, bitter start, slight bitter finish, has CBD infused into the beer, weed and hops together.  OMG, Ann is smiling, the CBD improves brain and liver function.  Only brewery adding CBD to beer. 

Take Me For Pomegranite, POM sour, 5 ibu, 6.0%, POM nose, slight tart taste, tart in the middle of my tongue, okay but Rose better. 

Stones Throw, Apricot sour, 5 ibu, 5%, tastes like apricot, slight sour, Fan let kes this one. 

Space Fruit, citrus IPA, 50 ibu, 7.0%, good citrus nose and taste, good beer. 

Base Camp Brewing

Lil Grom Hazy Pale, 24 ibu, 5%, fresher than fresh, a West coast Belgium hazy, wit beer.  Wheat with small hops.  Soso

Ultra Gnar Gnar IPA, 60 Ibu, 6.7%, barley and oats six Oregon hops, metallic taste, not the best IPA that we have had.

Smooth Hoperator, hop infused, Ann has an anchovie beginning, different. 

Pow Pow Cherry Porter, 30 ibu, 5.6%, cherry finish, dragon cherry puree, BA oak,  nice clean nose, regular Porter beginning. 

S'more Stout, they charr dini marchmellows on the rim of the glass, 66 ibu, 7.2%, slight smoke nose, sweet finish, both girls like it.  ⭐⭐ From Ann and Fran.

Cherry Nomadic, double IPA, 70 ibu, 9.0%, Strong IPA nose, hearty IPA, with Brett yeast, leans it to the Belgium side, finishes Belgium, starts slight sour.