At first glance, everything about 9 Mile Lickinghole Creek India Pale
Ale seems silly, from the name of the brewery, Lickinghole Creek Craft Brewery, to the name of the town it comes from, Goochland, Virginia.
However, the 6.5% beer ain’t actually all that silly, and, according to
the label, a portion of the proceeds from each 473mL can goes to helping
provide potable water to a remote Jamaican village; that probably
explains the green, black, red, and yellow colour scheme and the lion on
the can, too.
9 Mile is a slightly hazy golden ale.
Through a dense off-White head, the beer has a sweet and resinous aroma.
To my tongue, the beer has a juicy front end, with a dank, sticky, and
slightly piney finish.
A beer for a good cause
will always land in my shopping cart, though I wish the can gave a bit
more info on the village and its water purification process. Either way,
the beer is pretty good, if you like your IPAs to have a stank and dank
quality. It could have been a bit less sweet, though.
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