Nebulous blue collar fodder lacks true Munich-styled helles lagering as phenol astringency nearly buries raw-honeyed dried wheat scouring and prickly grassy-hopped citric-quince stint to weak doughy bottom. Buttery malting turns diacetyl right away.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: TRI-CITY BREW. CO., BAY CITY, MI.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HIGH POINT WHEAT BEER CO., BUTLER, N.J.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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On tap at Copper Mine, likable soft-toned helles bock brings polite citric-spiced lemon-limed tartness and ancillary banana sweetness to buttery white-breaded spine. Resinous herbal-hopped respite fills out delicate backend of easygoing summertime session beer.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ROCK ART BREWERY, MORRISVILLE, VT.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Gritty hybridized bronze-hazed helles bock closer to an India Pale Ale with its sweet fruited spicing and bitter piney hop respite. Grapefruit-peeled orange-peach-pineapple tropicalia supercedes honeyed malting. Disclaimer: Pour slowly or risk over-carbonation.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: AUGUSTINER BREWERY, MUNICH, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HIGH FALLS BREW. CO., ROCHESTER, N.Y.
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- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SIERRA NEVADA BREWERY, CHICO, CA.
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Delightful fruit cocktail theme underscored by sharp floral-spiced grassy-hopped orange peel bittering and rich caramel malt creaminess. Wheat-honeyed red cherry, purple grape, pineapple, tangerine, peach, mango, and melon illusions brighten maple-sapped pine-combed spruce-tipped viscosity to lusty 8.3% alcohol reminder. A rejuvenating IPA-like specialty brewed in conjunction with lauded beer experts Charlie Papazian and Fred Eckhardt.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: PRIVATE LANDBRAUEREI SCHEUERER, MOOSBACH, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: HARPOON BREWERIES, WINDSOR, VT.
- Category: Beers A-Z
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Casual moderate-bodied amber-hued German-styled blond lacks overall distinction and fruity pizzazz. Buttery pale-malted honey-roasted barley graining enjoins basic floral-hopped orange-peach-cherry tang and pastry-like sugar cookie sweetness. Vanilla, iced tea, and wet paper illusions receive tertiary whiskey-zapped ransom.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BRAUEREI HELLER, BAMBERG, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: AKTIEN BRAUEREI, KAUFBEUREN, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ALLGAUER BRAUHAUS, KEMPTEN, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ALLGAUER BRAUHAUS, KEMPTEN, GERMANY
- Category: Beers A-Z
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