On tap, lemon zest, orange juice, and banana-clove burst forth alongside advertised grains of paradise tropicalia, satiating creamy crystal malting. Mango, peach, and tangerine make nice cameos.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: SAM ADAMS BREW. CO., BOSTON, MA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: MAGIC HAT BREW. CO., SOUTH BURLINGTON, VT.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Impossibly clear pinkish amber hue proves even lighter and more transparent than soft-toned session beer itself. Faint orange dryness and distant grassy-hopped bittering coerce washed-out beet-sugared strawberry-melon-apricot astringency. Subtle pale-malted Pac Mac yeast influx doesn’t suffice and vacuous citric-soured finish leaves slight metallic twinge. Sadly, summer retreat ain’t nearly ‘wacky’ enough re-tweaking Magic Hat’s equally pallid beet-crazy precursor Kerouac Ale.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ALLAGASH BREWING, PORTLAND, ME.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Friendly moderate-bodied Belgian-styled white ale overlays up-front coriander-clove spicing and floral hop tease with steadfast orange rind bitterness. Husked wheat, dry hay, and fresh grass provide earthy touch to oncoming candied malt gloss and apricot-quince ascension, though phenol aspect disrupts herbal tea hint.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ANCHOR BREW. CO., SAN FRANCISCO, CA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: ANDERSON VALLEY BREW. CO., MENDOCINO COUNTY, CA.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
Delicious penny copper-hued tropical cream ale brings luscious kiwi-mango freshness to ripe strawberry-raspberry sweetness and tart cherry dryness. Juicy orange tang then engulfs cracked wheat backdrop as vanilla-pecan notes dart across buttery kettle corn nuance and toasted almond finish for an extremely interesting summer celebrator.
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: H.C. BERGER BREW. CO., FORT COLLINS, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BLUE MOON BREWERY, DENVER, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BLUE POINT BREW. CO., BALTIMORE, MD.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BOULDER BEER CO., BOULDER, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BRECKENRIDGE BREWERY, DENVER, CO.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: BROOKLYN BREWERY, BROOKLYN, N.Y.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None
- Author: John Fortunato
- Brewery: CAPITAL BREWERY, STEVENS POINT, WI.
- Category: Beers A-Z
- Comments: None







