Riding Into the Heart of Hell
Burial Beer Co.

 

 

Canned 04/15/25, into a wide wine glass.

Pours a pale yellow, vaguely murky, with some good foam. Aroma is fresh mango and pineapple, nicely bright. Flavor is mandarin oranges, mango, and papaya, with a good grassy bitterness on the finish. Overall juicy, light, and bitter, with medium body and some good carbonation.

Overall, this one sits between east and west coast, and kind of suffers from not fully committing to juice or bitterness, but still interesting and very easy to drink.

16 ounce can poured into a Spiegelau wheat beer glass.
09 APR 2025 on bottom of the can (best by I think)

Hazy even yellow pour, not murky, with a 2 finger white head. Rocky foam persists for a few minutes. Citrus, alcohol and mango nose. Taste has less stone fruit flavor and is lead by assertively bitter citrus peel. Medium somewhat creamy body is moderately carbonated. Decent IPA.

 

 

Good IPA!!! Poured from a 16 oz can into a pint glass, this beer featured a hazy gold color, a big foamy white head and sheets of thick lacing on the glass. Head retention was good. The color and citrus (mostly grapefruit) and aromatic tropical fruit presence would hint at a NEIPA, but the good strong level of bitterness makes it an AIPA. There is a nice floral, fruity aroma here and good fruity tasate to go along with the bitterness. Mouthfeel is bitter but not really harsh, with medium body and no real alcohol presence. Quite tasty!! Well done brew.

 

 

Can dated 2/14/24 (Valentine's Day!) into pint glass. Pours a quite hazy light gold with a persistent off-white head. Good lacing. Initial impression is juicy citrus, with orange, mango, and sweet grapefruit. Mouthfeel is soft, fairly sticky, and smooth. Finish fades to slightly sweet citrus. Overall, quite enjoyable but a little sweet for my tastes.

16 oz can poured into a Spieglau glass. Born on valentines day 2024. Certainly ironic. Pours a golden orange with a fluffy head. Aroma of sea salt, bitter hops, and tropical fruits , primarily mango. Taste is sharp, mango tropical citrus and bitter hops. Medium amount of carbonation and heft. If you like tropical bitterness, you’ll like this one.

16 ounce can in a fine tulip IPA glass. Canned on 11/17/2021, so it’s still in production.

Nice looking golden orange color, a bit hazy. Creamy white cap, 1f, soapy lacing. It poured nicely.

Citrus and berry hops. A squeeze of fresh lemon, bay leaf mint, pine needles, alcohol and dank.

Hop flavors soak the malt with lemon, orange, blueberry and apricot jam.

Very smooth feel, medium body. Noticeable alcohol. Dry hoppy finish with minimal bitterness.

Some NC IPAs are unique and this one falls into the category. Nice pour and good look and aroma, yet a flavor enigma. The 6.8% abv came on surprisingly strong. Enjoyable.

 

 

Pours dark honey colored with white fluffy head
Aroma is hoppy citrus and a hint of malt
Taste it's hop forward citrus and apricot some malt sweetness
Mouthfeel is like eating a grapefruit with sugar on it , sweetness in the form of a sugar cube taste on the roof your mouth. Pretty dry finish, low bitterness
Overall not a bad beer, kind of a weird sweetness to it.

No can date, Assured it was very fresh.
Tastes very fresh, great hop flavor. Will try to buy again.

3/31/21
16 oz can
4.25 rating

Canned 3/20/21.

L: Pours hazy dark gold with a fluffy white head that stays nicely. Very pretty lacing.

S: Aroma is a mixture of citrus and stone fruit with a touch of dankness.

T: Surprisingly dank up front, smooth in the middle, finishes dry but only slightly bitter.

F: Medium mouthfeel. Appropriately carbonated.

O: Well done. The fruity aroma belies the weedy dank taste.

 

A: Pours a lightly hazy medium golden apricot in color with moderate amounts of fine active visible carbonation rising along the edges of the glass and moderate bright orange + burnt orange + medium golden yellow + bright yellow colored highlights. The beer has a three finger tall dense sudsy foamy white head that slowly reduces to a handful of small patches of medium thick film surrounded by a large patch of thin film covering the remainder of the surface of the beer and a medium thick ring at the edges of the glass. Moderate to significant amounts of lacing are observed.

S: Moderate to strong aromas of slightly juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + gooseberry + dank/resinous pine hops over the top of light to moderate aromas of biscuit + wheat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness.

T: Upfront there are light to moderate flavors of biscuit + wheat malts with a light to moderate amount of sugary sweetness. That is followed by moderate to strong flavors of slightly juicy citrus/grapefruit + tropical/passionfruit + tropical/mango + gooseberry + dank/resinous pine hops which impart a light to moderate amount of slightly aggressive bitterness which slowly fades away leaving light tropical hops flavors behind.

M: Medium bodied with a moderate amount of carbonation. Initially slightly crisp with a light amount of soft/fluffiness mid-body and a light amount of dryness in the finish.

O: Easy to drink with well hidden alcohol but the mouthfeel is a little different with it being a hybrid West Coast/NEIPA. Interesting with a very enjoyable hop profile but not a beer that I would seek out again because I feel like the West Coast/NEIPA aspects conflict with each other in this beer.