Year of New Beer: Nivol Flight, Nivol Brewing (FL)

Written By: Dion on 02/16/2018

The good news is these guys are the best brewery in Panama City Beach. The bad news is they're the only brewery in Panama City Beach. On the left is Scuba, their flagship IPA, which is available in cans. Not sure why. Next up is the Vanilla Viper Porter, which is supposedly made with real vanilla wafers. This is moderately drinkable...slightly roasty, with a bitter chocolate note. Next is the Buckeye Red IPA. The affable gentleman with the "200 Club" mug next to me at the bar proclaims to me that this is their best beer. Oof. No. Just no. Lastly was the Belgian Tripel, which carried some recognizable characteristics of the style. I also sampled their WiFi Password, a double IPA, which was undercarbed but still the best thing I tasted by a long shot. These guys are pretty young. I hope they improve, because our local breweries were all better than this on day one. I can name at minimum 5 Lexington area homebrewers that could put these guys out of business in a matter of months. So go out and keep showing our Lex breweries some love, because they truly deserve it.