Founder’s Dry Hopped Pale Ale is a prototypical pale ale.   Hoppy, medium bodied, with a dry finish.  This is a fine specimen and one I’d happily drink regularly, but there isn’t anything that would seem to make it a stand out.

“A Very Hoppy Ale” is the description given this beer by its maker, Victory Brewing.  And a big, (8.5% ABV) hoppy beer it is indeed.  It’s an Imperial IPA but the scale is tipped way over to the hoppy side.  There’s very little sweetness in this ale.  It’s got a floral nose and some pine in the finish, and a medium to heavy body.   Victory makes some really good beers, and this one is no exception.

Hop Sun is Southern Tier’s summer seasonal wheat ale, and it’s a good one.  (One more beer closer to finishing all these summer seasonals I’ve stored up!)  I’ve found that wheat ales tend to be a good introductory beer for folks who aren’t traditionally beer drinkers, and I never hesitate to recommend Southern Tier’s offerings in this style.   Hop Sun doesn’t disappoint.  It’s a nice light, wheat ale that won’t startle a new beer drinker, it’s fairly dry in the middle and has just enough hop bitterness to make it a pleasant drink for hopheads like me as well.