Bitter Bee
Weeping Radish Eco Farm & Brewery

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From:
Weeping Radish Eco Farm & Brewery
 
North Carolina, United States
Style:
American IPA
ABV:
5.2%
Score:
83
Avg:
3.48 | pDev: 8.05%
Reviews:
5
Ratings:
14
Status:
Active
Rated:
Jul 02, 2017
Added:
May 13, 2013
Wants:
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Gots:
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Ratings by sbleibtrey:
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Rated by sbleibtrey from Pennsylvania

3.2/5  rDev -8%
look: 3.75 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25

Sep 08, 2015
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Rated: 4 by ckollias from Maryland

Jul 02, 2017
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Reviewed by SebastianOwl from Massachusetts

3.54/5  rDev +1.7%
look: 3 | smell: 3.25 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 3.5
Drank on 6/30/17 on draft at the brewery; this beer should be in a honey beer category, as it just does not compare favorably or stylistically to the modern IPA
Jul 01, 2017
 
Rated: 3.87 by jak from North Carolina

Nov 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3 by justintcoons from Pennsylvania

Sep 07, 2015
 
Rated: 3.44 by Sludgeman from District of Columbia

Aug 23, 2015
 
Rated: 3.5 by qcghost from North Carolina

Nov 29, 2014
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Reviewed by jwhancher from Pennsylvania

3.25/5  rDev -6.6%
Bought a 1-liter bottle of this last month on my way to OBX on 8/30/14. The owner was there loading beer into the fridge. I had asked him about this beer. He told me it was an IPA brewed with fresh honey sourced from Virginia. He also told me there were too many hop varieties to name. Okay I thought, I'll give this one a shot. Even thinking a German style brewery doing an American IPA?

Pored into a Sam Adams glass. Drinking this, the honey is definitely noticeable in both the taste and aroma. It gives the beer an unusual lingering sweetness for an IPA. An interesting take. Unfortunately, the hops had faded in the month between I had bought the beer to when I had opened it last night. Meant to drink it earlier, but simply forgot about it.

I think the beer should be considered more of a honey style beer rather than an IPA. By today's standards, it's just an average IPA. As a specialty honey style beer, this one would score a lot better in my book.
Sep 28, 2014
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Reviewed by TappaKeggaBrew from Virginia

3.95/5  rDev +13.5%
A: Clear, the color of polished copper, with a thick finger of dense foam. Lacing was excellent.

S: Faint floral hops and grain, less nose than I expected from a beer of this style.

T: Sweet malt (and honey?) is the first and dominant flavor, with biscuity grain notes as well. The hops bitterness is slow to develop, but eventually takes over.

M: A little thin for an IPA, but nicely carbonated. Finish is a touch dry.

O: No hop-bomb here - it's more traditional English IPA than the American version. Still, it's tasty (sessionable even). The next time I pass through coastal N.C., I'll stop in for another pint.
Sep 21, 2014
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Reviewed by BeerImmediately from Pennsylvania

3.5/5  rDev +0.6%
1L flip-top bottle from the brewery, and poured into oversized fat-mouth glass.

Pours with short head over hazy, golden-amber body.

Aromas have a fresh floral hop pull, with a good deal of bready malt, and some sweet honey, too.

Mouthfeel is pretty creamy - more than an IPA probably should be. But the flavor and aftertaste pull it back in check. Huge honey sweetness blankets the bitter, floral hops.

A pretty darn interesting beer, even if it's not a traditional IPA (who wants those anymore?)
Aug 25, 2014
 
Rated: 3.45 by MaxOhle from Illinois

Aug 16, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by DaveRinn from Washington

Jan 13, 2014
 
Rated: 3.25 by bmjivi221 from Virginia

Jul 17, 2013
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Reviewed by dbrauneis from North Carolina

3.53/5  rDev +1.4%
look: 3.5 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.25 | overall: 3.75
Served on-tap at Weeping Radish Eco Farm & Brewery in Grandy, NC

A: Pours a lightly hazy medium copper in color with light to moderate amounts of visible carbonation and some peach highlights. The beer has a half finger tall foamy off-white head that reduces to a large patch of very thin film and a thin ring at the edges of the glass. Light to moderate amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate aromas of honey along with grainy malts and some floral hops.

T: Upfront there is a light to moderate flavor of grainy malts with a touch of caramel sweetness followed by moderate flavors of floral hops and just a touch of citrus/lemon hops. Light to moderate amounts of bitterness which fade rather quickly.

M: Medium bodied with moderate amounts of carbonation.

O: I thought this was an interesting brew and one I recommend that they add to the rotating menu - it is a really nice spring/summer beer. The story I was told behind it is that it was a testing batch for a potential beer to be contract brewed at the location. It was easy to drink and flavorful.
May 13, 2013
Bitter Bee from Weeping Radish Eco Farm & Brewery
Beer rating: 83 out of 100 with 14 ratings