Long Stride
Bond Brothers Beer Company

Collaboration brewed with Ridgewood Wine & Beer Co. in Raleigh. Pours a hazy golden orange, white head dissipating quickly, leaving beautiful lacing. Nose is straight Galaxy, followed by a sweet bubble gum note. Mouthfeel is smooth, not too thin, perfect for the style. This is a Galaxy bomb, hits you through and through. Alcohol isn't present at all, definitely goes down like the session base beer. Huge winner for Bond Brothers and Ridgewood.

 

 

 

 

 

A hazy, orange brew with a nice off white head that leaves a band or two of lacing. The aroma is fruity (pineapple, citrus), dank, pine and sweet. The taste is super bitter with a ton of fruit, pine and weed. Ends bitter but the sweetness helps tame this and balance it out. Nice thick body (medium) with good carbonation. This is a really good beer that hides its higher ABV behind some nicely balanced sweetness and bitterness.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Appearance: Arrives cloudy and the color of honey; the smallish head fades fast but still leaves quite a bit of lacing action

Smell: Juicy and bright, with grapefruit, pineapple, passion fruit and melon tones

Taste: Juicy from the outset, with ruby red grapefruit, pineapple and passion fruit dominant; touches of melon and strawberry appear, through the middle; bitterness builds, after the swallow and into the finish

Mouthfeel: Medium to full body with moderate carbonation

Overall: Another example of a great NE style IPA from an NC brewer; I am no homer but this is right up there with the best of them

 

Collaboration with Raleigh's Ridgewood Wine & Beer. 32oz crowler poured into a Spiegelau IPA glass.

A- Cloudy/hazy tangerine. A subtle one finger head that eventually dissipates into a glossy film coating. No lacing.

S- Grapefruit, dank pine, citrus rind, pineapple, melon.

T- Grapefruit/orange juice with a touch of resinous bitterness. Slight cracker notes, but barely noticeable.

O- A North Carolina juice bomb. One of, if not the best, IPA/DIPA offerings in the Triangle. A well put together brew. The 8.2% is well hidden. Love what Bond Brothers are doing!

@ Ridgewood

Thick, juicy looking opaque orange bodied liquid topped with a small white head and drippy lacing. Smells of HOPS: dank, tropical fruit, cannabis, and spicy pine. Flavor is ultra-fresh, pungent hoppy goodness - dangerously drinkable lupulin juice. Grapefruit, seedy passion fruit, pine resin, and dank weed. Sometimes Galaxy can be too fruity sweet for me, but they really harnessed the hoppy-fresh greenness along with the tropical juice and I love it. Medium bodied, decently dry and crisp, way easy to drink. Fantastic!