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(GORDASH) HOLY MACKERAL GOLDENHeady 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.

Rating: 2

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Wayward golden ale with acetous lemon-soured Seltzer fizz inundated by spoiled orange-grapefruit compote, pungent sulfuric funk, and vegetal carrot-maize-asparagus slunk. Bottled version needs to get vinegar-y yeast-contaminating brettanomytes under control.

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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.

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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.

Rating: 2.5

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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.

Rating: 4

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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.

Rating: 3

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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.

Rating: 2.5

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Lemony grapefruit souring counters candy malt sweetness of feathery pale-bodied mediocrity.

Rating: 4

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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.

Rating: 4

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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.

Rating: 3

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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.

Rating: 3

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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.

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