Green Cheek Brewery Review

Steve & Joey head to Orange, CA’s parrot-bearing purveyor of pints, Green Cheek Beer Co. this week. Young in name only, this burgeoning brewery has the lineage of Noble Ale Works’ in its DNA, with the brewmaster jumping ship and buying the old Valiant Brewery building in Spring 2017. The industry experience definitely shows, with sophisticated and experimental offerings that focus mostly on the Hazy side of things, while still churning out high quality executions of other well-known varieties. The boys arrived just in time for the release of their newest New England Double IPA: the double dry hopped and pineapple/tangerine forward “More Spacier,” as well as a bevy of other brews for review: Guava Berlin Berliner Weisse, Gram Worthy Hazy Cream IPA, Chocolate Spumoni Chocolate Milkshake IPA, Nondescript Kolsch, Cherry Spumoni Cherry Milkshake IPA, Radiant Beauty West Coast IPA, Walter Hazy IPA w/ White Tea, and German for Dark dunkel bier. So does Green Cheek live up to the hype? Or does it need to step out of the spotlight with its green cheeks turning red with embarrassment? Let’s guzzle it over and find out!