Fine tart-fruited malt-stricken 9% alcohol Victorian pale ale with heavy tea-like particles coating glass bottom and floating through opulent body. Sweet buttery yeast serenity receives uncommon honeysuckle floral twist underscoring vibrant apricot brandy swagger conquering sour citrus finish.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
GEORGE GALE CHRISTMAS ALE
Slightly turbid, rust-browned, non-spiced holiday ale regaled by corky single malt Scotch oeuvre, leathery peat-smoked earthiness, dehydrated orange tartness and vinegary white wine tannins. Dense prune dryness and fruited hop tang score mid-palate, but complacent finish dulled by diminished chocolate malt souring and dreary cocoa-chalked bitterness.
GENOVA CERVEZA
Found no info ’bout dull lightweight Paraguayan pilsner (except Brooklyn’s Northeast Beverages were importers). Crystal clean mountain water picks up sweet cocoa malting and doughy reminder, but phenol hop acridity and soapy Eastern Euro finish disrupt minor grapefruit splurge.
GENESEE LAGER
Dignified spice-hopped pale-toned old-timer counters cereal grain essence and sugary malt nose with floral wheat souring, though sterile salty fizz inflicts thin corn sugar finish. Cloying ginger ale fizz less slick than Pearl’s vapid Country Club rival.
GENESEE CREAM ALE
Thick doughy essence and cloy creamed corn froth buried beneath dismal maize-dried metallic hop fizz to sudsy diacetyl finish. Acetous density bloats gut for flatulent conclusion. Low-budgeted blue collar fans call it Genny Cream. Pass.
(BATH ALES) GEM
Bottle conditioned tan-headed amber brings rye-dried honeyed malt coalition to unripe fruited souring. Spicy Saaz hops fortify delicate bittersweet chocolate endurance.
GEARY’S WINTER ALE
Rust auburn wintry ale gains prickly spice-hopped tongue to complement ripe peach sweetness, orange rind bitterness, and grapefruit peel souring. Thick chocolate-cocoa malts linger below descending smoked wood cadence.
GEARY’S SUMMER ALE – 2006
Green sailboat-labeled Kolsch-styled ’06 version thrusts corn sugared cereal grains and toasted barley atop casual nuttiness and floral apple-peach nuance for moderate-bodied blue collar amiability. Alcohol acridity and dry metallic finish disturb soft lemony hop bittering.
GEARY’S SUMMER ALE
Sharp grassy hop bite, cracked wheat subtlety, and bittersweet citrus ebb provide duskier pungency than most summery Kolsch brews. But heavy carbonation corrupts orange blossom, apricot, and grapefruit illusions for fatigued diacetyl finish, sabotaging fruited malt appeal, biscuit-y caramel hint, and herbal nip.
GEARY’S PALE ALE
Frothy amber-hazed ale with conspicuous sugary malts, sharp hops, and acrid alcohol pungency goes down easy. Watery texture has crisp frisk of Canadian ales, but squandered grains meander and weak caramel finish lacks creaminess. ’09 re-tasting: dark spice-hopped mildness, dry orange tartness and slight grapefruit bittering overcome cider-soured acidity.
GEARY’S LONDON STYLE PORTER
Musty earthen mossing of frothily cascading English porter secures dry coffee roast, black chocolate bittering and sharp hop-charred nutty residue. Yet watery texture provides silken crisping against moderated tar-like molasses bittering. Sticky, strong, but not distinct… and hardly London style (unless they mean London, Ontario).
GEARY’S HAMPSHIRE SPECIAL ALE (’00 WINTER ’01)
One-time tawny-hued seasonal deepens prune-soured nose with English-styled hop-spiced tingle and swerved Scotch malt splendor. Mild caramel wheat bed sweetens grape-fig tartness, candied apple sweetness, vegetal gourd astringency, and tobacco leaf resonance.