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Within Us – Anchorage Brewing Company

I don’t often encounter beers from Anchorage Brewing Company here in Central Pa. The few that I have had were very good. Within Us is no exception to that. It’s a pleasant super hazy citrus forward IPA that delivers. I highly recommend picking this up if you can find it in your area.

ABV: 8.4% IBU: N/A SRM: N/A

Malts: N/A
Hops: N/A
Yeast: Unknown
Other Ingredients: N/A

Availability: Unknown

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Yellow
    • Hazy
    • Long head retention
    • Medium carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Citrus, Tropical Fruit
    • No malt aroma
    • Low to no esters
  • Flavor
    • Low alcohol
    • Citrus, Orange
    • Low hop bitterness
    • Low to no malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Medium body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Medium finish.

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Chain-of-Command – Gun Hill Brewing Co.

Being from the East Coast you would think I would know more about East Coast IPAs. Many of the IPAs I encounter here are done in the Wet Coast style. I personally prefer the pine heavy aroma and flavors of the West Coast style. These strange tropical and juicy IPAs just do not work for me.


Gun Hill Brewing Co. has some how managed to bridge East and West with Chain-of-Command. It rides the line between pine and citrus. I was unable to locate any information about this beer on the Gun Hill website. They really have minimal information there at all. At list of beers with prices for their tap room. It’s a little strange.

ABV: 7.5% IBU: N/A SRM: N/A

Malts: N/A
Hops: N/A
Yeast: Unknown
Other Ingredients: N/A

Availability: N/A

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Straw
    • Clear
    • Low head retention
    • Medium carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Citrus, Pine
    • Low malt aroma
    • Low to no esters
  • Flavor
    • Medium alcohol
    • Citrus, Tropical
    • Medium hop bitterness
    • Low to no malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Light body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Medium finish.

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Parkland Pils – Fremont Brewing

Crisp, light and refreshing is what a pilsner should be. Parkland Pils delivers a light and refreshing lemony pilsner that is very drinkable. Available only in March, it is a beer that you could drink several of on a warm Spring day. I just wish I had the equipment to brew something like this. IT would definitely be on permanent rotation.


From Fremont Brewing website:

Spring is the season of Renewal and Invention, and that’s cool with Fremont, so we decided to offer not one, but three different beers for our Spring Seasonal this year. The final beer in our Spring Seasonal series is Parkland Pils, a crisp pilsner to welcome the coming sun and warm days. We first brewed this beer to drink after working a shift at the brewery and kept brewing it because, well, we work a lot of shifts and need a lot of beer. And we thought this pilsner was really good, and we brewed some to share with you. Parkland is brewed with German malts and Yakima Valley hops. “There’s a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.” – Steven Wright

I previously reviewed The Sister, also from Fremont Brewing

ABV: 5.5% IBU: 35 SRM: N/A

Malts: Barke Pilsner, Bohemian Pilsner, Carafoam, and Acidulated malts
Hops: Magnum and Czech Saaz
Yeast: Unknown
Other Ingredients: N/A

Availability: March 1 – March 31

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Straw
    • Clear
    • Moderate head retention
    • Medium carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Lemon
    • No malt aroma
    • Low to no esters
  • Flavor
    • Low alcohol
    • Lemon
    • Low hop bitterness
    • Low to no malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Light body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Light finish.

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Sasquatch Snax – Three Magnets Brewing Co.

Sasquatch Snax is a beer that should have never made it out of the testing phase. That initial batch should have been a lesson of what not to do when brewing a beer. My only guess is that Three Magnets was under contract to brew this beer for the Washington State History Museum. They were given a list of required ingredients. They had no input in what to do if the batch turned out tasting like dirt. This beer is awful. Avoid it at all cost.


From the can (spelling errors and all):

This a collaboration between three magnets brewing, adam’s mushrooms, skagit valley malting and krist novoselic & dr. bob pyle from the band butterfly launches from spar pole. It will be served at bigfoot night, alongside a live performance by butterfly launches from spar pole! Part of the proceeds of this beer will benefit the washington state historical society

ABV: 7.1% IBU: 40 SRM: N/A

Malts: N/A
Hops: N/A
Yeast: Unknown
Other Ingredients: Stinging Nettle

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Straw
    • Hazy
    • Moderate head retention
    • Medium carbonation
  • Aroma
    • Earthy, Dirt
    • No malt aroma
    • Low to no esters
  • Flavor
    • Low alcohol
    • Dirt
    • No hop bitterness
    • Low to no malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • Low astringency
    • Light body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Light finish.

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9th Cloud Hazy IPA – Matchless Brewing

At this point I’m over the hazy tropical IPA trend. I don’t want my IPA to taste like pineapple or mango. It should taste and smell like a pine tree. There’s nothing special going on here with 9th Cloud. It’s your standard soft IPA designed for people that don’t like beer.


9th Cloud was brewed to celebrate the 9th anniversary of The Beer Authority in Seattle, Washington. The Facebook event page is here.

From The Beer Authority event page:

The master brewers of Matchless Brewing were commissioned to make the Beer Authority’s 9th Anniversary beer, working with Hop Nymphs along the Western slope of the Cowiche Canyon. The head brewers after praying to the hops gods finally had selected the magical hops to be harvested during the rise of the Harvest Moon last Burctober to brew this cloudy deliciousness for the Beer Authority’s 9th Anniversary.

ABV: 7.2% IBU: N/A SRM: N/A

Malts: Pale, Oats, Wheat
Hops: Waimea, El Dorado
Yeast: Juice
Other Ingredients: None

Tasting Notes

  • Color and Appearance
    • Straw
    • Hay
    • Moderate head retention
    • Medium carbonation
  • Aroma
    • tropical fruit
    • No malt aroma
    • Tropical fruit esters
  • Flavor
    • Low alcohol
    • Tropical fruit
    • No hop bitterness
    • Light malt
  • Mouth Feel
    • No astringency
    • Light body
    • Medium carbonation
    • Light finish.

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