Heady Belgian-styled golden-hazed medium body (brewed for Florida’s Gordash Beer Company in South Carolina) brings vanilla malt creaminess to fungi-soured Belgian yeast endurance. At midst, peppery Saaz hop bitterness and musty barnyard funk counter durable cotton-candied butterscotch rummage, wavered apple-apricot-pear fruiting and clove-coriander-spiced banana bubblegum whim. Delightful maraschino cherry ripeness, zippy cinnamon-gingerbread dalliance, and supple Cognac finish prove affirmative. Busy mix never falters. On tap at Plantation’s Hurricane Grill & Wings, sweeter honey-fruited thrust receives herbal twinge.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: THOMAS CREEK BREWERY, GREENVILLE, S.C.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: EASTERN SHORE BREWERY, ST. MICHAELS, MD.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ABITA BREW. CO., ABITA SPRINGS, LA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Post-Katrina hurricane relief came from flawed cumulous-headed golden ale, October ‘05. Murky sourdough tongue, sulfuric waft, and dank gluten-free remnant override barleymalt retreat as innocuous cinnamon wisp fades.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ABITA BREW. CO., ABITA SPRINGS, LA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Dank doughy sweetness and lemony diacetyl vagary limit clear straw dry-bodied lightweight. Astringent corn malts and parched grass-hay hint don’t help matters.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ARROWHEAD BREW. CO., CHAMBERSBURG, PA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Muted cherry-orange nose and phenol caramel malts initiate overtly foamy, puffy cumulous-headed lightweight, but simplistic grapefruit-hopped midst undermines potential.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: AVERY BREW. CO., BOULDER, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Turbid copper busybody allows rapturous butterscotch creaminess to gain bruised orange density and overripe peach-grapefruit-apricot tang, maintaining sturdy medicinal thrust without sacrificing floral-spiced citric tonic. Peppery hops counter sugar malt saturation and corn whiskey sweetness mid-palate, amplifying complexity.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BARD'S TALE BEER CO., SAN JOSE, CA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Gluten-free beers are still dubious curiosities for celiac sufferers in 2008. Made from whole grain sorghum and free of wheat-barley-oats, this golden lager retains sticky butterscotch assertion atop honey-roasted buckwheat bluster. Faux rye-pumpernickel illusions sidetrack dark-spiced hop bittering, funky compost earthiness, and sour apple-peach pleat.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BARLEY CREEK BREW. CO., TANNERSVILLE, PA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Lemony grapefruit souring counters candy malt sweetness of feathery pale-bodied mediocrity.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: YAKIMA BREWING, YAKIMA, WA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Assertive rye-barley persuasion and sharp hop bittering never burden dry malt subtlety. Flowery finish maintains tender organic yeast succulence lighter tastes will flock towards.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BIG SKY BREW. CO., MISSOULA, MT.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Easy-to-plow session beer finds doughy mouthfeel matching mash tun waft to complement toasted oats, honeyed wheat, and grassy barley augmenting sugary crystal malt-aided, perfume-y hopped light-bodied victor.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BLUE MOON BREWERY, DENVER, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Gimmicky seasonal amber wheat ale subtly plies exotic kieffer lime leaves to sedate bruised orange ripeness and lemon-candied tartness. Tamped down hops mildly consume cracked wheat sweetness and white bread subsidy.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: FREDERICK BREW. CO., FREDERICK, MD.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Flaked barley-oat opening gains slight wheat reticence juxtaposing faint orange-tangerine-nectar illusions. Earthy grain backbone pervades frisky Cascade hop briskness of medium-bodied goodie.