The Land of Kudzu & $16 Mocktails.
Glamping down by the Helene carnage for a bit.

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SaltyGrog (5069) reviewed
IPA from Southern Tier Brewing Company (Lakewood, United States 🇺🇸)
1 month ago
6.9/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6
BB: 11/25/26. 15 can mix pack at a great price. Goblet at home.

Honey gold pour, bit of protein haze. Stupid large, off-white soapy head.
Black pepper crackers, citrus, mellow floral nose. Good sniff test.
Sticky citrus & honeyed malt. Old pine & a dab of cream sweetness. Tiny bit of citrus to give it some much needed brightness, resin on the tail.
Itchy, fizzy texture. Light acid. Some expected body, average abv warmth.

Very okay.
Tried from Can from Harris Teeter - Asheville on 27 Aug 2026 at 21:32
SaltyGrog (5069) reviewed
Smooth Rider from Southern Tier Brewing Company (Lakewood, United States 🇺🇸)
1 month ago
6.3/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 5
Harris Teeter. Can from their very socially aware assorted 17-pack. Best by 11/18/26, assuming this is 6 months out, this is close to being old.

Goblet at home. Short work day (wanna get away?).
Crispy, medium gold. Tall, dense soapy head, active pour. Inviting.
Upfront Cs, powdered sugar, pine resin, bread flour nose.
Very earthy, damp, medicinal front end with some okay pine & weak pith middle on. Oddly boozy flavor. Finish dries out with some lingering herbal & white pepper.
Frothy, high acid but medicinal & boozy enough to not feel session-y.

Dunno.
Tried from Can from Harris Teeter - Asheville on 27 Aug 2026 at 20:46

SaltyGrog updated a beer: Got Crabs?!?! 2024 brewed by Raging Cider & Mead
1 month ago

SaltyGrog (5069) reviewed
Got Crabs, Again? 2023 from Raging Cider & Mead (San Marcos, United States 🇺🇸)
1 month ago
6.4/10 — Appearance 9 Aroma 5.5 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6
500ml bottle from Press. Didn't have the stamina to do a side by side, so here it is, weeks later.

Pint glass at home. Hearty, medium gold, some protein suspension, solidly frothy & suspended.
Waxy, grape skin funk, rosin, murky floral, melted plastic nose; Very intense.
Sharp, juicy, cider vinegar, sock funk, pine sap, some citrus pith leading stiffly into backend leathery oxidation & an eventual menthol finish. It gets kinda sour at the end too. Other vintages had way more pith.
Fully frothy, heavyweight body, slightly sour, mellow warmth.

Entertaining to try the verticals as they get released. Though this one in particular feels rushed together with scrap parts. Or maybe it just aged terribly, I don't know.
Tried from Bottle from Press Then Press Cider Shop on 25 Aug 2026 at 19:48

SaltyGrog updated a beer: Got Crabs, Too? 2022 brewed by Raging Cider & Mead
1 month ago

SaltyGrog (5069) reviewed
Dry AF Hard Cider from Pinball Cider (Wenatchee, United States 🇺🇸)
1 month ago
6.8/10 — Appearance 8 Aroma 5 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Pint can from Bottleworks. Mid-afternoon slurp at home.

Super bright & filtered, pale gold pour.
Industrial, stiff, warm wood, sharp apples, fresh veg nose.
Real bittersharp apples, lemon, white wine, mineral finish.
Crispy, dry & boozy with lingering tartness that borders on sour.

Not enlightening but a solid & affordable pounder.
Tried from Draft from Bottleworks on 25 Aug 2026 at 18:25

SaltyGrog added a new beer Dry AF Hard Cider by Pinball Cider
1 month ago

SaltyGrog updated a brewery: Pinball Cider located in United States
1 month ago

SaltyGrog (5069) reviewed
Recolte Automnale from Onirique Cider (Retoranz Libations LLC) (Sebastopol, United States 🇺🇸)
1 month ago
6.6/10 — Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Brown 750ml via Press. Lo-ball at home. Diesel genny humming in my ear, no power for a couple days.

Pale straw, slightly suspended pour, weak soda head.
Sour pineapple, cider vinegar, floral funk, bubblegum, white wine nose.
Lemon floral, acidic melon twang, mushy core sweetness, sharp cider vinegar, texture-y/dusty yeast endtrails.
Good bubbles but they die too fast.

Not good enough.
Tried from Bottle from Press Then Press Cider Shop on 24 Aug 2026 at 23:17