http://www.beermelodies.com For Beer Geeks And Rock Freaks Sat, 31 Jul 2010 13:18:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/four-hive-honey-stung-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/four-hive-honey-stung-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:09:09 +0000 John Fortunato http://www.beermelodies.com/?p=19181 Easy-plowing summertime poolside light-body maintains understated sweet-watered fizz and mild marzipan-caramel creaminess lost to phenolic astringency. Slick honeyed malt pungency becomes diacetyl, deadening gentle hop-fizzed lemon bitterness. Sunny beach fodder for softer, indiscriminate tastes.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/four-hive-honey-stung-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/gordash-holy-mackeral-special-golden-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/gordash-holy-mackeral-special-golden-ale/#comments Tue, 15 Dec 2009 17:46:19 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/?p=13561 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.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/gordash-holy-mackeral-special-golden-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/eastern-shore-lighthause-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/eastern-shore-lighthause-ale/#comments Thu, 14 May 2009 23:19:04 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/?p=7315 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.

 

 

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/eastern-shore-lighthause-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/abita-fleur-de-lis-restoration-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/abita-fleur-de-lis-restoration-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/abita-fleur-de-lis-restoration-ale/ 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.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/abita-fleur-de-lis-restoration-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/arrowhead-light-feather-golden-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/arrowhead-light-feather-golden-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/arrowhead-light-feather-golden-ale/ Muted cherry-orange nose and phenol caramel malts initiate overtly foamy, puffy cumulous-headed lightweight, but simplistic grapefruit-hopped midst undermines potential. Brewery defunct: 2007.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/arrowhead-light-feather-golden-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/avery-salvation-belgian-style-golden-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/avery-salvation-belgian-style-golden-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/avery-salvation-belgian-style-golden-ale/ 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.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/avery-salvation-belgian-style-golden-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bards-tale-dragons-gold/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bards-tale-dragons-gold/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/bards-tale-dragons-gold/ 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.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bards-tale-dragons-gold/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/barley-creek-navigator-golden-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/barley-creek-navigator-golden-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/barley-creek-navigator-golden-ale/ Lemony grapefruit souring counters candy malt sweetness of feathery pale-bodied mediocrity.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/barley-creek-navigator-golden-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bert-grants-spring-fest-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bert-grants-spring-fest-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/bert-grants-spring-fest-ale/ 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.

]]> http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/bert-grants-spring-fest-ale/feed/ 0 http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/big-sky-crystal-ale/ http://www.beermelodies.com/beers-a-z/big-sky-crystal-ale/#comments Thu, 01 Jan 2009 10:00:00 +0000 John Fortunato http://beermelodies.com/blog/a-z/big-sky-crystal-ale/ 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.

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