Don’t let dry coffee-embittered black chocolate opening, charcoal-stained lactose thickness, midnight black hue and clustered Brussels lace of English-styled porter scare away lighter tastes. Subsequent caramel-burnt maple-molasses sweetness underlays chewy chocolate delight, evoking creamy milkshake or Black Forest cake dessert-like affability. Toasted barley-hops inform endless mocha finish. Seasoned milk stout fanatics as well as lagerheads will be pleased. Brewery defunct: 2007.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
BERT GRANT’S MANDARIN HEFEWEIZEN
Juicy mandarin orange succulence deepened by grapefruit-pineapple souring and sunny lemonade disposition as crisp seltzer water brightens fizzy summery treat. Brewery defunct: 2007.
(BERT) GRANT’S LAZY DAYS PALE ALE
Interesting golden amber summer seasonal with dry rye signature maintains pleasant roasted grain sweetness, slick hop dryness, and mild caramel-nut creaminess. Tangerine tartness lingers but unresolved oats-toasted finish is suspect. Brewery defunct: 2007.
BERT GRANT’S INDIA PALE ALE
Musty sweet ‘n’ sour malt thickness consumes assertive bitter hop pungency, impish fruit wisp, and teensy mineral ebb. Though floral yeast insinuation could be more pronounced, freshly cut chaffed wheat finish lingers long. Brewery defunct: 2007.
BERT GRANT’S IMPERIAL STOUT
Heads up! Durable mocha malts provide thick cover for sticky maple sap sweetness, rich black chocolate cluster, and veritable saltwater taffy insinuation nicely countering sharp grain bitterness. Extremely strong espresso-like finish anchors precision-guided full-bodied stout. Brewery defunct: 2007.
(BERT) GRANT’S HEFE WEIZEN
Unfiltered copper-kettled American-styled German wheat offers sweet barley-breaded crust, delicate leathery hay restraint, and tamped down hop fizz to soapy banana-clove finish. Initial wheat cereal theme compromised by soft water balm. Brewery defunct: 2007.
BERT GRANT’S FRESH HOP ALE
Advertised Cascade hop spicing embitters burnt cedar, hickory, and pecan for opening salvo of sticky chocolate malt-soaked medium body. Subsequent dirty grain earthiness and orange peel sourness counter candied berry sweetness. Brewery defunct: 2007.
(BERT) GRANT’S DEEP POWDER WINTER ALE
Cascading brown bubbles surface atop burgundy hue of novel seasonal not reliant on typical nutmeg-cinnamon dash. Advertised honey influence secondary to toasted pale malt exhortation and dry mocha-maple splurge. Woody spruce-pine bottom picks up prickly citric hop souring. Brewery defunct: 2007.
(BERT) GRANT’S ANVIL HEAD ALE
Unfiltered copper-hazed amber ale maintains crisp mineral water flow and savory orange-grapefruit merger. Spicy herbal resonance enforces peat-tobacco continuance. Chocolate malts counter dark citrus bitterness near slightly acidic dry finish. Brewery defunct: 2007.
BERNARD LAGER
Unpasteurized amber yellowed lager with hazy yeast clouding sustains dank grain-husked musk and astringent alcohol-burnt nature. Caramelized malt liquor frontage seeps through dry barleycorn sustenance and salted lemon souring. Sweet floral silkiness contrasts oncoming earthen hop bitterness and roasted pecan-walnut tinge.
BERMUDA’S METRO OLD FASHIONED STONE GINGER BEER
Insultingly mislabeled as Bermudan beer with “a zip in every sip” closer to sugared quinine water with annoyingly cloy ginger ale broach. Fizzy soda-like flow and ginger-snapped cane-sugared sucrose rush may appeal to wine cooler fools.
BERLINER KINDL WEISSE
Dank musty barnyard aroma, sunny lemon tartness, and dry hopped wine spritz inform cloudy wheat-chaffed softie. Grapefruit-peeled green apple souring confirms vinous white grape skin tannins, strangely epitomizing Belgian gueuze style more than any German weisse beer encountered.