Category Archives: Beers A-Z

BERNARD LAGER

Unpasteurized amber yellowed lager with hazy yeast clouding sustains dank grain-husked musk and astringent alcohol-burnt nature. Caramelized malt liquor frontage seeps through dry barleycorn sustenance and salted lemon souring. Sweet floral silkiness contrasts oncoming earthen hop bitterness and roasted pecan-walnut tinge.

(BIG ROCK) MC NALLY’S IRISH STYLE ALE

Fantastic Irish-styled pure malt ale is thicker, creamier, and cloudier than nearly all its Great White North competition. Caramelized molasses richness retains blood-thick yeast sinew, milk chocolate sweetness, and idyllic sour mocha bitterness, settling to resplendent maple sugar finish. Citric hop scurry relegated to backdrop. Moderate mocha warmth comparable to excellent Mc Ewan’s or Mac Andrew’s Scotch Ales.

BLUE POINT TOASTED LAGER

Former top-shelf golden amber steam-styled lager placed pleasant hop-charred citric bitterness, smooth Scotch-kettled sweetness and captive mineral-grained cereal roast atop toasted almond alleviation. This was not your grandfather’s lame piss, but instead a full-bodied, assertive microbrew closer to classical British lager. ’06 re-tasting: displaced phenol bittering imparts offensive flavor supplanting almond-cereal conflux. Disturbingly, ensuing ’07 on-tap sampler at Patchoque’s Brick House Brewery confirmed loss of quality.