May 31 - July 28

Ok, Ok.  This quarantine is getting to me.  I have been drinking beers, and I have been keeping brief notes on those beers.  But, and this is a big but, I have not been keeping up with entering them into the blog.  Thus, I have a lot of beers to enter, but limited specific memory other than my notes.  Anyway, I do this for the rankings more than the descriptions.  I am going to try to promise to update this more regularly so that I don't have to remember so many beers, and beers I drank from weeks or months before posting.

168.  Kua Bay IPA - Kona Brewing Company, Kona, HA - 7.3% ABV

The best of the Kona IPA variants, and I really like the others as well.

169.  Decklins Indulgence Chocolate Peanut Butter Brown Ale - Big Top Brewing - Sarasota, FL - 6% ABV

We often see and taste chocolate, peanut butter, and chocolate AND peanut butter in stours and maybe a porter or two.  To have one in a brown was unique and this one is particularly delicious.  I could not have more than 1 or 2 at a sitting, but it is very good.

170.  A Pirate's Passion - Passion Fruit Wheat - Islamorada Beer Company - Islamorada, FL - 4.9% ABV

This is delicious!!!!  The Passion fruit flavor is strong, but not overpowering and meshes well with the traditional wheat beer flavor.  My notes also just say +++!

171.  Angler House Amber - Islamorada Beer Company - Islamorada, FL - 5.0% ABV

Pretty good, but not great.  Noticeable flavor of caramel with hints of coffee.  Would have it again, but not if better amber options were available.

172.  Key Hoppin' IPA - Islamorada Beer Company - Islamorada, FL - 6.5% ABV

Yes, I was in the Florida Keys on vacation, so we stopped by this brewery.  So, several different varieties in a row made it into my consumption blog.  This IPA was initially very good, but somehow lost a lot of its flavor as you continue drinking it.

173.  Buzz on Vanilla Coffee Stout - Islamorada Beer Company - Islamorada, FL - 6.7% ABV

A pretty decent stout, but not much vanilla taste.  If this was a regular stout, it might rank higher, but if you are going to call yourself a vanilla coffee stout, I should taste both vanilla and coffee.

174.  Queen Conch Raspberry Summer Ale - Islamorada Beer Company - Islamorada, FL - 5.3% ABV

This was good, but it had the bad timing of being consumed after the Pirate's Passion, and it paled in comparison.  Still a really good summer ale.

175.  Oceanside White IPA with Grapefruit - Tokoma Brewing Company - Lakeland, FL - 7.1% ABV

A truly outstanding beer.  This is a great take on the original Oceanside, as the grapefruit adds great citrus scent and flavor.

176/177.  Mermaid Lager - Narragansett Brewing - Pawtucket, RI - 5% ABV

This sucked.  I mean, I know Narragansett sucked, but I was at a nice small bar/restaurant with a great seafood based menu run by Eastern Europeans in Key West called the Thirsty Mermaid.  They had a Mermaid Lager on tap - which they admitted was brewed for them, but they didn't know by whom.  I ordered one and it was plain and horrible.  I looked it up and it was a Narragansett.

178.  Fire Hog Red Lager - Hop Life Brewing - Port St. Lucie, FL - 5.2% ABV

Malty goodness.  I am going to classify this as a lager because it definitely is not an amber by the brewer's comments, but it tastes delicious as if it is.

179.  Tru-Man Double IPA - Waterfront Brewing - Key West, FL - 9% ABV

This Double IPA is heavy in flavor, and heaving in ABV, but light enough to drink on a hot summer day.  Named after the fact that President Harry S. Truman used to vacation in Key West, even during his terms as President, and the first true "Winter White House" is in Key West, not in Palm Beach.

180.  Junk Yard Dog Brown - Mathews Brewing - Lake Worth, FL - 5.4% ABV

This is a very tasty beer, and is - I think - one of the very best at a brewery that is known for a very heavy, hearty, eclectic selection of cask ales, ESBs, and other strong, delicious beers.

181.  DOJ IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - 6.7% ABV

A really solid IPA.  And, super local to me.

182.  Time Stands Still Amber Lager - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL 6.7%

So I was in Ocala for a work trip - yes a work trip in June during a pandemic, but hey, it's Florida.  At least I found a brewery that was virtually empty (due to the pandemnic).  Over great, as you wll see in my ratings later, but this beer was not a good start.  My notes say simply, "Booooooo."

183.  One Hit Wonderful IPA - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 6.7% ABV

Really good.  (That is all my notes say).

184.  Whittemore Raspberry Wheat - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 5.2% ABV

Really good.  Very raspberry-ey, with a hint of raspberry color too.

185.  Saint Dismus Belgian Blonde - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 5.6% ABV

My notes say "Meh".  Going into the ales, because in essence, this was a blonde ale.

186.  Saint Dismus Dubbel - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 7.6% ABV

Still Meh.  A stronger meh, but meh.  But, as apaprently this is my first dubbel of the year, it gets first place (for now).

187.  Everyday is Saturday Kolsch - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 5.2% ABV

A good Kolsch.  Solid beer.

188.  Vils Pils - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 4.4% ABV

This pilsner was extremely tasty and refreshing.  If I wasn't nearing my trip to this brewery (and wanting to try other beers) I would have stayed with this one all day.

189.  Rose Cheeks Fruit Beer - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 5.5% ABV

This was surprsingly good.  I was not expecting this to taste as much like beer, but the fruitiness is not overwhelming.  Similar to the fact of drinking red wine - made of fruit, hints of fruit, but tastes like wine.  And, it has a nice red wine finish.

190.  Feeling Strangely Fine Saison - Hiatus Brewing - Ocala, FL - 7.6% ABV

Very good.  An extremely strong after taste that really makes the beer.  High abv for a saison.

191.  Treatment Belgian Wit with Blood Orange and Hibiscus - Kelsey City Brewing - Lake Park, FL - 5% ABV

This is really good.  The hibiscus really separates this from other wits.

192.  Mangonia Florida Weiss with Mango and Passionfruit - Kelsey City Brewing - Lake Park, FL - 3.8% ABV

Very interesting combination, with strong flavors of mango and passionfruit. Not subtle at all.

193.  Wave Runnin' Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing - West Palm Beach, FL - 8.5% ABV

This is a very delicious hazy double IPA.  My big question is do I list it as a double IPA or as a NEIPA/hazy.  I think I will list it as a double, since most of the other IPAs from Civil Society are hazy.  This is going into last place, but only because this category is small, and very strong!

194.  Camo Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing - West Palm Beach, FL - 8.5% ABV

Very similar in taste/quality/smell/look as the Wave Running', and it opens up the same questions.  This is going into last place, but only because this category is small, and very strong!

195.  Fresh - Civil Society Brewing - West Palm Beach, FL - 8.5% ABV

This is the flagship beer of Civil Society and it is what they are known for - a great hazy IPA.  This one is delicious.  The only drawback is that almost all of their beers taste like Fresh.  (Not ordinarily a bad thing, unless you are looking for variety).

196.  Got 'Em Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing - West Palm Beach, FL - 7.8% ABV

Honestly, I cannot tell if it is all of the doubles I have had so far, or my concentration on our bar trivia match (spoiler alert - Tasteful Side Boob won, by a lot), but this was a bit better - although still similar - to the others.

197.  Sunshine State Pale Ale - South Beach Brewing - Miami Beach, FL - 5.4% ABV

A refreshing, easy drinking pale ale.

198.  Neon White IPA - MIA Brewing - Doral, FL - 7.5% ABV

I absolutely love this beer.  A great combination of a strong, hoppy IPA, with the refreshingness (copyright as of right now) of a white.  Delicious.  Because of the ABV, I consider it an IPA in my rankings.

199.  Asam Bock - Weltenberger Brewery - Weltenberg, Germany - 6.9% ABV

Heavenly.  (See what I did there?!)

200.  Easy on the Eyes Session IPA - Intuition Brewery - Jacksonville, FL - 4.5% ABV

Pretty good, not great.  Pales in comparison to the next entry on the list, which I drank on the same day.

201.  Party Wave Limited Release NEIPA - Intuition Brewery - Jacksonville, FL - 5.5% ABV

This is really, REALLY good.  And from a can!

202.  Grums NEIPA - TO OI Brewing - Copenhagen, Denmark - 6% ABV

Meh.

203.  Double Trouble Double IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing - Palm Beach Gardens, FL - 7.2% ABV

This is a strong beer, that tastes like it.  It is delicious, and it tastes hoppier than its 73 IBUs.  But in a very, very good way.

204.  Blood Orange Sunset IPA - South Beach Brewing - Miami Beach, FL - 6.7% ABV

The combination of the blood orange to balance out the hoppiness makes this a great IPA.  I love IPAs generally, but the blood orange makes this one more refreshing that normal, and one that I can drink outside, on a hot day, at a ballgame or at the beach.  Would be great with some chicken or shrimp fajitas!

205.  Chocolate Porter - 81 Bay Brewing - Tampa, FL - 6% ABV

Luscious and rich.  Coffee comes through in addition to the chocolate.  A phenomenal heavy beer, which I had post-dinner relaxing out by a pool (maintaining social distance, of course).

206.  Coconut Sombrero Mexican-Style Chocolate Stout - Clown Shoes Brewing - Ipswich, MA - 7% ABV

It is name Coconut, but vanilla and chocolate also permeate this fine tasting stout.  This is delicious, just not as delicious as the previous beer, which I had on the same night.

207.  Iced Coffee Blonde - Blue Moon Brewery - Denver, CO - 5.4% ABV

OMG - was I surprised at how delicious this tasted.  My main problem is how to categorize it.  Blue Moon says, "A blonde-colored wheat ale with bright coffee aroma and mild malt sweetness for a balanced taste and clean finish".   This would make it seem like it should still be in wheat ales, but it could be a blonde.  It is so unique, that I am classifying it as a specialty beer.  If I am wrong, so what, it is my blog.

208.  Breakfast Stout - Founders Brewing - Grand Rapids, MI - 8.3% ABV

For years, the standard-bearer for stouts, this still holds up very well.  It has bitter and imported chocolates, and is brewed with two-types of beer, giving this a well-rounded, much deeper and richer flavor than other stouts.  Amazing.

 

Ales

1.  Lil' Sumpin' Sumpin' - Lagunitas
2.  Mangolandia Blonde Ale - Veza Sur Brewing
3.  B4 Blonde - West Palm Brewery
4.  Day Blazer Easygoing Ale - New Belgium
5.  La Rubia - Wynwood Brewing

6.  Queen Conch Raspberry Summer Ale - Islamorada Beer Company

7.  Big Wave Golden Ale - Kona Brewing
8.  Saint Dismus Belgian Blonde - Hiatus Brewing

Pale Ales

1.  Guayabera - Cigar City

2.  420 - Sweetwater

3. Sierra Nevada Pale Ale - Sierra Nevada Brewing
4.  Dale's Pale Ale - Oskar Blues

5.  Sunshine State Pale Ale - South Beach Brewing

6.  Marine Dream NE Pale Ale - Coronado Brewing
7.  Infinite Trails - Infinite Ale Works

8.  Reef Donkey APA - Tampa Bay Brewing Company

IPAs

1.  90 Minute IPA - Dogfish Head Brewing
2.  Grapefruit Sculpin - Ballast Point

3.  A-10 Hophog Red IPA - Copperpoint Brewing
4.  Boomsauce - Lord Hobo Brewing

5.  Brew Free or Die - 21st Amendment

6.  Blood Orange Sunset IPA - South Beach Brewing

7.  Welcome to Ft. Pierce - Sailfish Brewing
8.  Hopsecutioner - Terrapin Beer Company

9.  Sola IPA - Concrete Beach
10.  Monkey Fist - Shipyard
11.  Free Dive - Coppertail Brewing

12.  Neon White IPA - MIA Brewing

13.  Hop Gun - Funky Buddha
14.  Two Hearted Ale - Bell's Brewing

15.  Oceanside White IPA with Grapefruit - Tokoma Brewing

16.  One Hit Wonderful - Hiatus Brewing

17.  Category 5 - Due South
18.  IPA1A - Due South Brewing
19.  All-Day IPA - Founders
20.  Hi-5 IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing

21.  Sunrise City IPA - Sailfish Brewing

22.  Hops for Teacher - J. Wakefield

23.  DOJ IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing

24.  Space Camper Cosmic IPA - Boulevard Brewing
25. Kua Bay IPA - Kona Brewing

26. Cat Nap IPA - Memphis Made

27.  Knockabout IPA - Steamhorse Brewing

28.  Castaway IPA - Kona Brewing
29.  Hanalei Island - Kona Brewing

30.  Last Stop IPA - Brew Bus Brewing

31. Sunshine City IPA - Green Beach Brewing

32.  Lagunitas IPA - Lagunitas Brewing

33.  Key Hoppin' IPA - Islamorada Beer Company

34. Sawmill Red IPA - Kelsey City Brewing

35.  Screamin' Reels - Saltwater Brewing
36.  Tropical IPA - Biscayne Bay Brewing

37.  Karma Hoptra - Coastal Karma
38.  Hurricane Reef IPA - Florida Beer Company
39.  Gloves Off Red IPA - Funky Buddha
40.  Chant IPA - Funky Buddha
41.  Channel Marker IPA - Islamorada
42.  Elvis Juice Grapefruit Infused IPA

43.  Apeiron IPA - Infinite Ale Works

Double/Triple IPAs

1.  Hopslam Ale (Double IPA) - Bell's Brewery

2.  Tru-Man Double IPA - Waterfront Brewing

3.  Swamp Ape - Florida Beer Company
4.  Double Trouble Double IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing

5.  Voodoo Ranger Imperial IPA - New Beligum Brewing
6.  Fear.Movie.Lions (FML) Double IPA - Stone Brewing
7.  Florida Man Double IPA - Cigar City Brewery

8.  Hop Bullet Double IPA - Sierra Nevada Brewing
9.  Tropical Envy Triple IPA - Civil Society Brewng
10.  The Calling Imperial Double IPA - Boulevard Brewing

11.  Got 'Em Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing

12.  Wave Running Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing

13.  Camo Double IPA - Civil Society Brewing

New England/Hazy IPAs

1.  Party Wave Limited Release NEIPA - Intuition Brewing

2.  Meltdown Imprial IPA - Sixpoint Brewing
3.  Official Hazy IPA - Bell's Brewery

4.  Fresh - Civil Society

5.  Meterhaze Hazy IPA - West Palm Brewery
6.  Can-O-Bliss - Oskar Blues
7.  Packing House (Juicy) IPA - Kelsey City Brewing
8.  PG Rated Papaya, Guava NEIPA - Twisted Trunk
9.  Party Hat Hazy IPA - Sixpoint Brewery

10.  Hop Silo 5 - Tampa Bay Brewing Company
11.  Haze-a-Licious NE Double Hopped IPA - Twisted Trunk Brewing
12.  Hazy Jane - Brewdog Brewery

13.  Luminescence Hazy IPA - Florida Avenue Brewing
14.  Grums NEIPA - TO OI

Reds/Ambers

1. Roundhouse Red - Steamhorse Brewery

2. Cafe Con Finn - Twisted Trunk Brewery

3.  Amber Ale - Bell's Brewery
4.  Tocabaga - Cigar City
5.  Freedom Tower Amber - The Tank Brewing

6.  Tag and Release - Sailfish Brewing
7.  Finn McCool - Twisted Trunk Brewery

8.  Amber - Dos Equis
9.  Angler House Amber Islamorada Beer Company

10.  Smithwick's

11.  Fireside Amber - Memphis Made

12.  Rolling' Dirty Red Ale - Brew Bus
13.  Curse of the Irish - Due South

14.  Time Stands Still - Hiatus Brewing

15.  Rose Ale - Concrete Beach

Browns

1.  Maduro - Cigar City Brewing
2.  Wynona's Big Brown Ale - Voodoo Brewing

3.  Junk Yard Dog Brown - Mathews Brewing

4.  Decklins Indulgence Chocolate Peanut Butter Brown Ale - Big Top Brewing
5.  24th Street Brown Ale - J Wakefield Brewing
6.  Bellaire Brown - Short's Brewing

Porters

1. Sweet Baby Jesus - DuClaw Brewing
2.  Pop's Porter - Wynwood Brewing
3.  Chocolate Porter - 81 Bay Brewing

4.  Death by King Cake (White) Porter - Oskar Blues

5.  Nuttin' Fancy Chocolate Peanut Butter Porter Please! - Steamhorse Brewing/Twisted Trunk                 Brewing
6.  Porter Please! - Steamhorse Brewing

Stouts

1.  Old Rasputin Russian Imperial Stout - North Coast Brewing

2.  Coco Vin Rouge Imperial Stout - Steamhorse Brewing

3.  Who Did This Golden Stout - West Palm Brewery
4.  Into the Dark Roast with Vanilla Imperial Stout -Infinite Ale Works

(Honestly, I would take both of these over most beers - even though they are #s 4 and 5 here)

5.  Into the Dark Unknown Imperial Stout - Infinite Ale Works

6.  Breakfast Stout - Founders Brewing

7.  Barrel of Monks Stout - Barrel of Monks
8.  Ivory Stout - Brew Link Brewing
9.  Don't Doubt the Stout - Steamhorse Brewing

10.  B Rabbit Espresso Cream Stout - Copperpoint
11.  Buzz on Vanilla Coffee Stout - Islamorada Beer Company

12.  Guinness

13.  Half and Half - Both of these are about the same, it just depends upon my mood.

14.  Coconut Sombrero - Clown Shoes Brewing

15.  Reve Coffee Stout - ParisBrewing
16.  Model Dairy Milk Stout - Kelsey City Brewing
17.  Chocolate Starfish Stout - Coastal Karma
18. Herd Mentality Stout - Playalinda Brewing Company

Wheats/Hefeweizens

1.  Blood Orange Wit - Shipyard Brewing

2.  A Pirate's Passion Passion Fruit Wheat - Islamorada Beer Company

3.  Tangerine Wheat - Lost Coast Brewing
4.  Oberon - Bell's Brewery
5.  El Jefe - J Wakefield Brewing
6.  Whittemore Raspberry Wheat - Hiatus Brewing

7.  Orange Graffiti Fruit Wheat Ale - 7venth Sun Brewing
8.  Boujee Berry Raspberry Wheat - Steamhorse Brewing
9.  White Marlin Wit - Sailfish Brewing
10.  Mangonia Florida Weiss with Mango and Passionfruit - Kelsey City Brewing

11.  Old School Wheat - NOBO Brewing
12.  Sandbar Sunday - Islamorada Beer Company
13.  Pineapple Wit - Kelsey City Brewing

Whites/Wits

1.  Great White - Lost Coast Brewing
2.  Raspberry Witfinite - Infinite Ale Works

3.  Blood Orange Wit - Copperpoint

4.  Fat Tire Belgian White - New Belgium Brewing
5.  Mango Wit - Proof Brewing Co.
6.  White Wizard - Barrel of Monks

7.  Treatment Belgian Wit with Blood Orange and Hibiscus - Kelsey City Brewing

8.  Prosperity Farms Belgian Wit - Kelsey City Brewing

Saisons

1.  Ma-Honey Bees Saison - Coastal Karma Brewing

2.  Feeling Strangely Fine Saison - Hiatus Brewing
3.  Serenity Farmhouse Ale - Twisted Trunk Brewing
4.  Watermelon Saison - Twisted Trunk Brewing

5.  Russian Bot Farm Red Saison - West Palm Brewery with Mad Robot Brewing
6.  Tank 7 Farmhouse Ale (Saison) - Boulevard Brewing
7.  Birds Fly South Project Saison - Brand New Eyes Brewing

Sessions

1.  Easy on the Eyes Session - Intuition Brewing

Lagers

1.  Purple Haze Raspberry Lager - Abita Brewing
2.  Havana Lager - Concrete Beach
3.  Spanglish Latin Lager - Veza Sur Brewing
4.  Fire Hog Red Lager - Hope Life Brewing

5.  Fourth Wave - Breakside Brewing
6.  Longboard Lager - Kona Brewing

7.  Yuengling Traditional Lager
8.  Steamhorse Lager - Steamhorse Brewing

9.  Imperial

10.  Tri County Common Lager - 26 Degrees Brewing
11.  Especial - Modelo

12.  Bud Light

13.  Coors Light

14.  Corona

15.  Narrangansett Lager - Narragansett Brewing

16.  Mermaid Lager - Narragansett Brewing (Because they tried to pull of a Narragansett as a specialty)

Pilsners

1.  Vils Pils - Hiatus Brewing

2.  Tiny Bomb - Wiseacre Brewing
3.  Mama's Little Yella Pils - Oskar Blues

4.  BT Oakes Pilsner - Kelsey City Brewing
5.  Palm Beach Pilz - Twisted Trunk Brewery

6.  Stella Artois
7.  Krombacher Pilsner

8.  Beck's

Kolsches

1.  Kaptain's Kolsch - Biscayne Bay Brewing

2.  Everyday is Saturday Kolsch - Hiatus Brewing

3.  Key Lime Chancellor - Tequesta Brewing/Twisted Trunk Brewing

4.  Amber Waves of Grain Amber Kolsch - Coastal Karma

Bocks

1.  Asam Bock - Weltenberger Brewery

Belgian Ales

1.  Single in Havana Belgian Ale - Barrel of Monks

Belgian Strong Ales

1.  Father Francisco Beligan Golden Ale - Wynwood Brewing

Belgian Tripels

1.  Three Fates - Barrel of Monks
2.  She Devil - Meddlesome Brewing

3.  Tourist Trappe - MIA Brewing

Belgian Dubbels

1. Saint Dismus Dubbel - Hiatus Brewing

Belgian Quads

1.  St. Bernardus ABT 12 - Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV 

2.  Quadraphonic - Barrel of Monks
3.  West Floridan - Infinite Ale Works

Sours

1.  Caribbean Sour - Wynwood Brewing
2.  Reef Road Gose - Coastal Karma Brewing
3.  Pucker Factory Berliner - Twisted Trunk Brewing

Dunkels

1.  Negro - Modelo

Specialty

1.  Iced Coffe Blonde - Blue Moon

2.  Rose Cheeks Fruit Beer - Hiatus Brewing

3.  Paloma Barrel Aged Mixology Series - Funky Buddha

Kellerbier

1.  Kellerbier - Sam Adams Boston Brewery