Harvest Special Ale from Southern Tier Brewing Company
Harvest Special Ale from Southern Tier Brewing Company is one of the best fall beers to try this fall as you can see it pours a deep copper color with an amazing take on a classic English style extra special bitter brew. The seasonal Harvest Special Ale from Southern Tier Brewing Company has a nice head on it and an even more amazing aroma of deep grapefruit and hints of caramel with very subtle spices. Imagine blending a moderate pale ale, a great Oktoberfest while smelling hints of fresh grainy bread and you would have the seasonal Harvest Special Ale from Southern Tier Brewing Company. Southern Tier has very high standards as you will take notice to with many of their great craft beers and this seasonal harvest classic English style extra special bitter is no exception. This beautiful beer comes in at 6.7% ABV using 4 hops and only 2 malts with a nice carbonation and aromas of caramel, pine resin, and pleasant grassy hints all while enjoying the wonderful tastes of grapefruit and hints of spice.
HarvestSouthernTier
Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company
Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company has to be one, if not the best pumpkin beers I’ve had so far this season which I must say it feels like the season has come really early this year. Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company pours an almost reddish brown color with the perfect head as you can see in the photo. Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company comes in at a nice sessionable 5.5% ABV with a balancing 23 IBU with a nice compliment of the right malts and subtle hops but is topped out with cinnamon, ginger, allspice, cloves and of course a ton of real pumpkin. Although there are a lot more pumpkin beers to try this season I must say the Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company really was absolutely amazing, easily living up to Terrapin’s high standards of producing many amazing craft beers. If you only try one pumpkin beer this season and can get your hands on a Terrapin, this wold be one of the best pumpkin beers you can try this season.
Pumpkinfest by Terrapin Beer Company
Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point Brewing Company
Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point Brewing Company is considered one of the best IPA craft beers in the world according to a mile long list awards to beer review sites from around the world. Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point Brewing Company is one of those beers that you recommend to your fellow hop head without hesitation as you know it is simply an amazing India Pale Ale. This incredible IPA pours a hazy golden color with a nice moderate head that gives off the amazing aromas of grapefruit with hints of lemon, mango, peach and apricots just to name a few of the nice hints of citrus. Sculpin IPA by Ballast Point Brewing Company kicks in at 7% ABV with 70 IBU and a complex flavor pallet that is just beyond perfect and even better when eating just about anything with a little kick like some over the top hot wings.
Ballast Point Sculpin IPA
More Moro Blood Orange IPA by Funky Buddha Brewery
More Moro Blood Orange IPA by Funky Buddha Brewery, need I say more? More Moro Blood Orange IPA by Funky Buddha Brewery is an amazing fruit ale with lots of crimson red fleshed blood orange complemented with caramel malts and grapefruit flavors from the added hops. This is a very different IPA even at 80 IBU it isn’t overly bitter and even the 7% ABV will creep up on you as the citrus flavors are really the biggest flavors with tons of strong blood orange, a good hit of grapefruit with mild scents of pineapple and tangerine with the compliment of the caramel malts it’s a very smooth IPA bursting with citrus flavors. Pours a beautiful deep copper color, almost blood orange but a bit frothy but seriously still a great brew. I must say I’ve never had anything like this which is a compliment especially finding this in my home state of Florida. I must say if you are an IPA fan and like citrus More Moro Blood Orange IPA by Funky Buddha Brewery is a craft beer you must try.
More Moro Blood Orange IPA by Funky Buddha Brewery
Double Simcoe Double IPA by Weyerbacher Brewing
Double Simcoe Double IPA by Weyerbacher Brewing is an American 2x IPA or Imperial IPA at 9% ABV and sporting 90 IBUs. Double Simcoe pours deep copper color with a nice off white head with subtle hints of grapefruit but with the first sip you realize this is not your ordinary 2x IPA. After your first sip you realize this double IPA has a solid malt backbone with a subtly caramelized apricot flavors with a bit of pine and citrus with a dry caramel malt flavor. Love the joker on the label on the neck of the bottle which hints to the creativity and aggressive flavors you are about to sample.
Double Simcoe IPA from Weyerbacher Brewery
