Green Cheek Beer Co.

Sommelier Audit Deconstruction

Green Cheek arrived in Orange, California relatively recently by craft-beer standards and moved fast to become one of Southern California's most respected modern IPA breweries. DDH The Other Brian is the beer that put it on serious hazy-IPA radars — a double dry-hopped double IPA built with the soft, saturated hop character that defines the current generation of West Coast hazies. The brewery's whole identity runs through that modern IPA lens: heavy dry-hopping, careful yeast selection for a soft, pillowy mouthfeel, and a release cadence that keeps drinkers checking back often. It's a newer name than some of the Southern California legends, but Green Cheek has earned a place alongside them by treating the hazy IPA not as a trend to cash in on but as a style worth refining release after release. Haliʻā watches Green Cheek for exactly that modern IPA execution — the kind of DDH release that's at its best within weeks of canning, which makes a cold, fast reefer trip to Oʻahu the difference between drinking it right and drinking it late. Oʻahu readers: a Green Cheek drop is Orange County's modern IPA scene at its freshest — worth planning around, not saving.

From the Tasting Ledger

Beers we've reviewed from Green Cheek Beer Co.

DDH The Other Brian

Green Cheek Beer Company // 8.8/10