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5K Brewing Chincade IPA 5K Brewing Chincade IPA. My first taste notes:

Gawwwwdammnn!!! That's good beer. I can taste pink grapefruit, oranges and mango. It is light on the tongue and exotic tasting. The 7.7% ABV is like a sledgehammer but you get no alcohol taste or burn. Wow! I am loopy after 2 beers. Color looks right - typical IPA. It is definitely cloudy just like every other beer I have made with 50% Maris Otter - but it tastes clean. Bitterness is smoooootthhhh. I don't know what is is about making a first-wort bittering addition, but it sure makes a smooth tasting beer. Malt sweetness and bitterness seem perfectly balanced.
I aged this beer 5 weeks after dry hopping. This is my typical aging for beer, but the bitterness is so smooth and the flavor and aroma was so bright, I think I could have cut the time in secondary and keg to 3 weeks. Carbonation is a little weak. I did my typical 30 PSI for 3 days and it probably should have been on the pressure a day longer. Still, it will be fine a couple of days from now in the kegerator.
 
Vander Mill cinnamon pecan hard cider. Moving on to Epic Brewings Brainless on Peaches Belgian style ale..
 
Started the day off with Three Floyd's Zombie Dust. Excellent beer all Citra Pale Ale (IPA) so good. Next went to Off Color Brewing's Troublesome, which was a great summer sipper, it's a wheat ale that's blended with a little lacto to give it just a hint of sour. Mmmmmmm
 
While on vacation the family and I made detours to two breweries whose beers we can't get a home. Purchased a case from each. Bell's Two Hearted and Ithaca Flower Power are what I've been rationing. Both awesome brews. Not the first time I've had them, but well worth it.
 
I've been on a Fat Head's kick this summer.

Headhunter is arguably the best IPA I've ever had and their Sunshine Daydream is an awesome session beer!

And I never tire of Bells Oberon and Two Hearted either... :tank:
 
Sweetwater IPA from an Atlanta craft brewer. My daily drinker when not drinking my own. 6.3% abv. Unfiltered, great hoppy nose, orange overtones, I'm hooked...
 
If you are close to Atlanta you should go check out the brewery. My wife and I went a few weeks ago and had a blast.
 
If you are close to Atlanta you should go check out the brewery. My wife and I went a few weeks ago and had a blast.

Yep. It's a pretty cool place to share a few beers with your son too! :mug:

David & Dad @ Sweetwater.jpg
 
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