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Boomslang Rogness Brewing Company Community Witbier Community Beer Company Boomslang is a 5.5% India Pale Lager from Rogness Brewing Company in Community Witbier is a traditional belgian-style white, or wheat Pflugerville, TX, just outside of Austin. It has a sweet malty aroma and beer, from Community Beer Company in Dallas, TX, and is a hoppy flavor. It drinks crisp, clean, and balanced like a lager but more offered as a self-proclaimed “warm weather libation.” It pours a flavorful like a typical IPA. It’s reminiscent of Brooklyn Lager, though hazy golden color with a white head that dissipates quickly, and not quite as sweet. Boomslang pairs well with American food such as has a spicy wheat aroma with notes of citrus and yeast. The focus hamburgers and hot dogs. rognessbrewing.com of flavor is a well-balanced blend of wheat, coriander spice, and orange peel. At 5.2% ABV and unfiltered, aka full of yeast, we Lips of Faith: La Folie New Belgium Brewery found this beer to be rather filling, but still crisp and refreshing: a solid choice for Spring as the weather begins to heat up. communitybeer.com La Folie is a 7% ABV Flanders-style sour brown ale offering in New Belgium’s Lips of Faith series, and is aged one to three years in oak foeders. It has a significantly fruity aroma with hints of apple, cherry, plum, and La Saison Des Festivals citrus, and has a similar fruity mouth puckering sour flavor. For fans of Grapevine Craft Brewery sour beers this is a great beer to sip on and is one of the better, widely La Saison Des Festivals is a Spring Belgian Saison brewed by distributed American sour beers. newbelgium.com Grapevine Craft Brewery in Grapevine, TX, as a part of their signature Bonnie Blue Series. Its citrusy and fruity characteristics Wookey Jack give it an almost wine-like aroma, reminiscent of a Sauvignon blanc. Though on the drier side, it has a fruity flavor with a Firestone Walker Brewing Co. slightly peppery finish, and is highly carbonated, as is typical with Wookey Jack is the brewery’s Black Rye IPA offering in their “Jack” IPA the genre. At 7% ABV it hides its booziness well and is a good series. It pours nearly opaque and has a dark malty aroma with significant option for sharing in warmer weather. notes of piney, citrusy hops. Wookey Jack has a good balance of dark grapevineontap.com roasted malt and hoppy — but not too hoppy — flavor. It drinks smooth for a strong beer at 8.3% ABV. This brew pairs well with burgers, fries, and typical American bar fare. firestonebeer.com No Limits Hefeweizen Two Roads Brewing Co. El Chingón IPA No Limits Hefeweizen is a 5% ABV traditional German style wheat beer offered year-round by Two Roads Brewing in Stratford, CT. Four Corners Brewing Co. It pours a cloudy hay colored yellow with about an inch of foamy El Chingón is a 7.6% ABV American IPA offering from Four Corners white head that dissipates rather quickly. It has a sweet citrus aroma Brewing Co. in Dallas, TX. It pours a golden orange color, has a sweet and drinks with a similarly sweet wheaty flavor with hints of citrus, hoppy aroma, and its blend of various American hops gives it a piney hop banana, and a touch of clove. This beer is extremely easy drinking flavor with hints of fruit and citrus. There is a fair bit of malty after taste and refreshing, which makes us glad they decided to package it in which balances out the hoppiness quite nicely. This well balanced IPA a 16oz tallboy can. Though not reinventing the wheel here, Two comes in a bold, well-designed, can featuring a un