Ole Buddy
Chandeleur Island Brewing Company

Hazy Amber gold color with good white cap and lacing.

Aroma of sweet malt with some tropical fruit touches.

Taste on entry is surprisingly malty in a good way. Hops are there aplenty but just go along for the ride reemerging in the aftertaste which lingers pleasantly. I like the almost boldness of the malt which is sweetish without being sweet which nicely match the hops which are tropical fruit rich without being sharp or bitter.

Medium full texture with balancing carbonation.

Overall this is a great example of the NEIPA style coming from a place whose Sunny beaches are basically an extension of the Florida Panhandle.

 

1 PINT can
Served in a stemless wine glass

This beer pours a turbid yellowish orange color. It is topped with a couple inches of beige head that leaves some nice lacing.

The smell is tropical fruit with hints of grapefruit and pine.

Tropical fruit flavor is upfront. I get some grapefruit through the middle and into the finish. It has light pine in the finish.

Medium bodied with a creamy mouthfeel

Coming from Mississippi I wasn't expecting much from this beer. It was a very solid NEIPA. I enjoyed it enough to buy a four pack while on vacation there.

 

Hazy golden hue, creamy bone white head.

Heavy aromas of sweaty mango and peach, pineapple, orange juice, grapefruit, and herbal notes and very slight mint.

Flavor brings a heavy wet graininess to start, then white grapefruit, tangerine, pineapple, mango, and orange juice.

Feel is acidic and juicy but a little empty.

Overall a decent NE IPA, fell a bit short on flavor, but enough to make me order a snifter full. Definitely better than anything in my home state of South Dakota, they can't get close.

 

 

From the can, it pours a nice hazy amber with a modest, long lasting head. Lacing as you enjoy it. In the nose, it is citrus and malt. In the mouth, it is pineapple and a bit of malt. Nice!

Holy thickness Batman! This thing pours like a milkshake and I immediately regret eating lunch before trying this beer. This beer is a beautiful banana/pineapple yellow color, very attractive to me since I love them both. Little head, maybe a finger which dissapates fairly quickly to a ring with spotty islands in the middle. The aroma is ripe, maybe almost overripe, orange, grapefruit, and pear? It immediately entices me to take a sip. Taste follows the nose exactly but is accompanied by a hop burn which lasts all the way through to the finish. A nice crisp bitterness appears and quickly vanishes on the finish. Mouthfeel is surprisingly not as thick as I originally thought, just on the full side of medium. Overall a good beer and better than expected.