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Rating: 3.5

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Subtly strong hand-drawn cask-conditioned pale golden moderation retains buttery lemon-spiced floral-hopped soft tone. Mild currant-grapefruit bittering abuts tingly caramel malting as green apple, curacao orange, and pineapple illusions float by.

 

Rating: 3.5

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Subtle candi-sugared Belgian strong ale nears creamy hefeweizen styling with its mild banana-clove theme, fuzzy butterscotch nicety, and honeyed wheat spine. Peppery hop bite ignites terse orange and lemon peel bittering as well as floral nuance. Tart green apple and white peach illusions emerge above white wine reminder.

Rating: 3.5

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Subtle Belgian dark ale brings dry rye, pumpernickel, and baked wheat breading to sweet marzipan midst. Grassy barnyard funk drowns out pithy apple-cherry-raisin allotment of approachable light body that’s closer to a less nutty brown ale.

Rating: 3

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Mild coffee roast underscores scattered dried fig-prune fruiting, sharp black currant-grapefruit bittering, and ashen pine tar harshness. Coa nut, walnut, and hazelnut illusions compensate oncoming metallic twang.

Rating: 3

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Unassuming rusty nickel-hued strong ale with Scotch-licked dried fruit penetration rides out bitter oxidation to depleted Courvoisier-bourbon finish. Lively carbolic fizz scuttles tangy cherry-orange-peach waver, cursory fig-date-pecan scamper, and latent tobacco-cork acridity.

Rating: 3.5

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Interestingly, Cali’s Russian River and Colorado’s Avery brewery’s both had rival Salvation ales in stock. Instead of litigating for brand name, the reputable microbreweries jointly crafted an alcohol-ridden intricacy. Candi-sugared Belgian yeast sweetens initial dried fig-raisin-date splurge, bruised banana-orange midst, and tertiary cherry-strawberry-peach twinge. At oak-aged brandy-like finish, dark rum-spiced cinnamon-clove-nutmeg illusions and vanilla bean-chicory notes find solace amongst fruity lucidity.

Rating: 3

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Wood-toned sour malt aromatics juxtapose sweet Scotch mouthfeel interrupting muted hop-spiced dryness. Cedar-chestnut finish loses grip after several passes.

Rating: 4

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Sweet floral malt aroma, perfumed hop aura, and wheat wine swerve coalesces full-bodied caramel-candied malting of burnished amber body. Chewy yeast sediment boosts lofty 8% alcohol rigidity. Bold barleywine finish lathers high class Italian.

Rating: 3

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Creamy prune-hued alcohol-battered dark ale perks fig-raisin-fruitcake emphasis with nutty caramel cluster and sugary toffee tinge as peach-pear confluence ascends. Earthy bottom deepens hard water texture.

Rating: 3.5

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At 7.5% alcohol range, this fine barleywine (or spiced-up brown ale) serenades syrupy Scotch malt sweetness with dry buttery nuance to sticky medicinal finish.

Rating: 3

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Coppery strong ale layers sour honeyed malts above perfumed orange peel-lemon rind bitterness. Green raisin illusion lingers below sweet wheat base. Spicier hop pep and sulfuric nose only true contrasts from Boreale Blonde.

Rating: 2

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Pungent sour malt odor wafts from top of dry-bodied 16% alcohol fortified lager, saturating raunchy maize flow and musty phenol astringency.

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