Category Archives: Beers A-Z

ALESMITH HORNY DEVIL ALE

Great representative Belgian-styled pale ale boasts resounding malt-thickened 11% alcohol strength and expansive sugar-candied fruit juicing. Coppery whitish-sided Lucifer eulogizer crams compact raisin-prune-plum conflux into red apple ripeness, spicy coriander tingle, mild banana daiquiri sweetness and milky coconut snip. Tangy apricot-tangerine-passionfruit crest washes over brandied bruised orange warmth at luscious fruited finish, comparing favorably to Dogfish Head’s finest hop-infested malt-sweetened brews.

ALLAGASH ODYSSEY ALE AGED IN OAK BARRELS

Illustrious 10% alcohol-warmed full body aged in oak barrels makes perfect medicinal dessert beer. Ripe raisin waft emanates from creamy liquid. Judicious prune-plum continuance and gruff fig-date souring saddle wood-smoked molasses malting. Chocolate cake, vanilla bean, and bruised black cherry illusions come forward ahead of vinous burgundy-bourbon finish. A certain Cabernet Sauvignon subtlety strengthens over time. On tap at Copper Mine, anise-influenced mocha finish allows sugar-caned cardamom and allspice seasoning to gain strength as waxed crayon illusion occupies prominent dried fruiting.

ANCHOR PORTER

Magnificent black-hued, thick tan-headed, chocolate-scented porter enriches creamy coffee frontage with burnt maple caress. Syrupy yeast linger usurps sugary mocha sweetness adjoining toasted hop bitterness, creating full-bodied chocolate liqueur-styled malt brew. Everything you’d hope for. As label indicates, “aesthetically pleasing and wholly superior.”"

APPALACHIAN SUSQUEHANNA STOUT

Tawny-headed mahogany-bronzed cream stout gains extensive lactose-aided coffee-nut souring as oatmeal backbone fortifies burnt caramel, black tar, and dried raisin illusions pared down by charred hop finish. Chocolate milkshake thickness counters soft-watered texture consuming smoked cedar trail sweetening cherry puree acridity and black chocolate remnant. But lavish frothing falters as phenol nature swells.

ARCADIA LONDON PORTER

‘Hardwood smoked malts’ waft through bottle-conditioned Baltic-styled porter endorsing Winston Churchill (on label). Bittersweet black chocolate richness relegates roasted coffee bean severity and hop-charred walnut harshness. Sticky blackstrap molasses backdrop brings out cacophonous cocoa cusp, minor espresso tinge, and latently, vinous cherry-grape souring.