Well here we are Saturday, a day after the 4th of July. Partygoers around the country are drinking beer and eating everything from chips and bean dip to hamburgers, hot dogs and BBQ.
The Beermeister32 clan is spread out all across the country. I was given a heads up for an interesting brew from Beer-Loving Daughter #3 from one of her favorite ale houses – Wise Man Brewing out of North Carolina. Even though she made the trek to Michigan to search out cooler weather for the holiday, she appears to have brought along some of the oddities of North Carolina rather than imbibing in the local brew, like Bells Two Hearted IPA!
So I’m drinking Michigan brew in California. She’s in Michigan but drinking North Carolina brew from her home town of Winston-Salem. Of course!
So I guess it’s a Tale of Two Cities, er, a Tale of Two Brews! One of which I’m really familiar with - Bell’s makes a terrific and predictable 7% ABV “American IPA” whatever that is. To me it shares more West-Coast hopping and clarity characteristics than a Fuzzy-Fruity-Muddy NE brew. Obviously, she must have been showing off the North Carolina brew to the folks in Michigan, but really? Love Paradox is well named - White Stout with White Chocolate and Coffee? Has it really come to this??? 5.1% ABV, 24 IBU, Love Paradox is a golden color brew that answers some of those paradoxical questions, but like “Real Love,” can really keep ya guessing! Go Blue!