Self-righteous ‘Dark Beer Specialists’ do a good job designing mahogany-hued American Black Ale. Pungent hop-charred pine tarring and dark-roasted chocolate malting sidle muddy coffee nuttiness. Dried-fruited blackberry, red grapefruit and pickled plum illusions sit below, increasing the bittersweet mocha sentiment.
DEEP RIVER DOUBLE DON WATERMELON LAGER
NO-LI WRECKING BALL IMPERIAL STOUT
BOTTLETREE IMPERIAL RED ALE
TRIANGLE INDIA PALE ALE
(CRAZY MOUNTAIN) MOUNTAIN LIVIN’ PALE ALE
Sessionable hot summer night canned ale maintains herbal hop-forward aggressiveness and pallid citric niche. Rye-dried back end needs deeper penetration.
(MOTHER EARTH) SECOND WIND PALE ALE
Easygoing sessionable canned pale ale with pungent pale malting, soured citrus fruiting and spritzy carbolic luster stays refreshingly light-bodied. Grassy-hopped vegetal spell allows crisp celery, fennel and carrot nuances to sidle subtle herbaceous nip.
(MOTHER EARTH) SUNNY HAZE HEFEWEIZEN
Dank straw-cleared canned German wheat ale suffers from funky compost waft, rotten orange musk and metallic snip. Soured lemon spritz overruns subdued banana-clove expectancy and alkaline acidity ruins bubblegum finish.
FIRE MOUNTAIN STEAM FIRED STOUT
Frantic dark-roasted chocolate malting inundates smoked molasses bittering, fudgy cookie dough sweetness and toasted oats sugaring. Crude hemp-oiled hop bittering deepens the dry cocoa-powdered finish.
FIRE MOUNTAIN BOGART NORTHWEST IPA
Sharp hop-spiced fruiting brightens as brisk orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering ascends. Morris Otter malt sugaring and tangy apple-nectarine-tangerine juicing contrast wintry pine needling. Fresh-watered mineral graining provides crisp, clean base.
STARPOINT SURFIN’ BUDDHA IPA
Docile caramel-roasted piney fruiting allows lighter thirsts to crossover to bolder style. Juicy pear, apple, peach and marmalade fruiting stays on equal footing with expectant orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering. In the backdrop, spruce-tipped citric hops contrast cocoa-nibbed chocolate malting.