Beach Brewing Blackfin

My sister bought me a bottle of Beach Brewing Blackfin for my birthday, a whiskey barrel aged barleywine. The beer pours a dark brown color with a frothy cream colored head that leaves a bubbly lacing on the glass. The aroma consists of caramel, fig, apricot, dark fruits, whiskey, and oak. The taste is smooth with a light bite to it. There’s plenty of caramel, fig, raisin, and apricot. A transition into whiskey and oak takes place and lasts long into the after taste. The alcohol content is 12.0% ABV. The whiskey flavors worked so well with the dark fruit and caramel flavors. This was one of the better barrel aged barleywines that I’ve have ever had.

Beach Brewing Hammerhead IPA

My sister and her husband picked up a grenade of Beach Brewing Hammerhead IPA from the brewery in Virginia Beach. The beer pours an amber color with a lofty and frothy off-white colored head that leaves some lacing on the glass as it subsides. The aroma consists of tangerine, lemon, orange, caramel, and marijuana. The taste is fresh with pine, lemon, orange, tangerine, and grapefruit. A pepper spice and marijuana funk hit the tongue. A dryness lingers on the tongue. The alcohol content is 6.0% ABV. This was citrus bomb with plenty of hop bitterness and even a bit of marijuana funk to make it an excellent beer.

Beach Brewing SeaDevil Stout

Following a beach trip to Virginia Beach, my sister and her husband brought be a grenade of Beach Brewing SeaDevil Stout. The beer pours a black color with a bubbly tan head. The aroma consists of chocolate, coffee, toasted malts, and caramel. The taste is bold with strong coffee and toasted malt flavors on the front end before revealing a dark chocolate and caramel backbone. Dry and toasted malts linger in the after taste. The alcohol content is 10% ABV. I thought this beer struck the balance between hops and chocolate very well while maintaining a toasted malt and coffee presence that made it memorable.

Beach Brewing Company Hoptopus

I received a bottle of Beach Brewing Company Hoptopus in a beer trade with the Beer Club 4 Men. The beer pours an amber color with filmy white head. The aroma consists of tangerine, grapefruit, orange, and pepper. The taste is very bitter and dry with grapefruit, tangerine, and orange all providing a citrus flavor. The finish has pepper and hints of caramel that are not subtle. Pine and spruce compile the after taste and orange hangs around well after the beer is gone. The alcohol content is 8.8% ABV. This was my first offering from Beach Brewing Company, and I was quite impressed, especially in the ultra-competitive Double IPA category. All the right flavors were there, and it had the perfect bitterness to it as well.