Protracted citric hop simmer given subtle lemon fizz, floral peach-pear ebb, and quince hint. Washed-out faint bitterness and soft water flow lighten dry wheat-grass chaff to doughy finish. Despite lack of reputed creaminess, no negative traits disrupt this undistinguished middleweight.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
PELICAN INDIA PELICAN ALE
Terrific floral hop nose informs smoked spruce-cedar wood tones while sweet yeast persistence echoes through crystal-pale malt median. Citric pineapple, grapefruit, and orange pith add tangy backend. Dryly bitter rosewood finish retains alcoholic luster for well-balanced, full-bodied golden-orange IPA.
PELICAN DORYMAN’S DARK ALE
Sweet chocolate malt opening pervades pallid dry hop sedation and mineral grain backbone. Ashy mocha-chalked mushroom earthiness furnishes casual barley-roasted finish with mellow resonance.
PEARL LIGHT LAGER
Sour citric jaunt and green maize astringency bookend seltzer flow for crisp alternative to strident Pearl Lager.
PEARL LAGER
Oldest Texas brewery cranks out these blue collar medium-bodied macrobrews. Murkily malted rice-maize conflux teeters on soured barley-hop frailty.
(PEARL) COUNTRY CLUB MALT LIQUOR
Nasty corn oil aroma suits cheap crystal malt saturation and cloying ginger ale flow. Heady alcohol subsidy soaks up syrupy corn-sugared buttered popcorn illusions.
PEAK ORGANIC PALE ALE
Arguably closer to toasted lager than fruity pale ale, allowing smooth almond cluster to fortify roasted barleymalts and rolled oats. Herbal dalliance wavers.
PEAK ORGANIC NUT BROWN ALE
Enjoyable light-bodied dark ale furnishes sweet cashew-hazelnut roast and bittersweet black chocolate blast with slim orange-grapefruit bittering. Soft vanilla cadence and mild chicory nuance suit nutty finish well. Updated 2013 version (with generic label) afforded creamier mocha essence, richer caramel-burnt molasses penetration and deeper nut-charred hop roast.
PEAK ORGANIC AMBER ALE
Delectable sweet honeyed malt opening serenades cognate barley-roasted flaked oats nicety. Affluent piney grapefruit midst strengthens graininess, but bitter hop finish needs more aggression.
PAX LIMBURGS WIT
Fair hazy blonde suffers from obtrusive skunked malt whiff, unusual white sediment clumping and dour banana frontage. But oncoming chicory-tinged clove-spiced mint freshness succinctly activates brisk lemony orange tartness. Mild wheat-grained bed provides moderate pilsner appeal.
PAX LIMBURGS PREMIUM PILS
Unassuming pale-blanched white-headed lark bends sweet malt stickiness into dull sour candy dreck and mild grassy hop bittering, barely beating out watery American macrobrews.
PAULANER THOMAS BRAU
Worthy of a few sips despite petty 0.5% alcohol range and unobtrusive nature. Clear-toned, malt-toasted, daintily barley-tinged pale amber with sugary backdrop too slight to dent charts. Stale bread finish lowers appeal.