Mellow turbidly straw-hued moderation provides delicate wheat slither to dandy mint-y clove fade and lemony hop fizz.
Monthly Archives: January 2009
SNOWSHOE GRIZZLY BROWN ALE
Reminiscent of a tawdry porter, this needs better distinction, more creaminess, and less oiliness. Dry tobacco befits roasted chocolate malting and meager nuttiness, but little else emerges to add exigent bulk.
SNIPES MOUNTAIN ROZA RESERVE BARLEYWINE ALE
Well-balanced nickel-hued barleywine offers ripe prune opulence above floral-hopped red grape, green raisin, and bruised cherry illusions. Moreover, vanilla-chocolate covers mineral watered mandarin orange tease to earthen bottom.
SNAKE RIVER ZONKER STOUT
Marvelous creamy chocolate sweetness and chewy cookie dough thickness counter distinct burnt coffee sourness for absolutely perfect dry stout. Frothy mocha notes abound amongst sinewy yeast texture, as hints of black cherry, cocoa butter, and red currant add further complexity to slow sipping robustness. Yet sturdily rich alcohol-strengthened Zonker succinctly leavens pervasive boldness with enchanting textural calmness.
SNAKE RIVER VIENNA STYLE LAGER
Wintry pine-scented lager lacks ‘serious’ Vienna-style pale malt schtick. Instead, mired by dank barleymalt sweetness, choppy chocolate waif, and incomplete corn sugar finish masking any redeeming apricot or tangerine undertones.
SNAKE RIVER PALE ALE
Delicious off-dry fructose malt formality leads to spruce-y hop lather and succinct orange rind-soured apricot-raspberry-blueberry tang. Bitter black currant ebb-tide and dainty floral rim inform barley-toasted cracked wheat spine. Tantalizingly fresh and modestly bold.
SNAKE RIVER KRIEK LAMBIC
Tart cherry souring concealed by leathery oak-dried white grape tannin and slightly acidic citrus finish. Fine seafood accompaniment.
SNAKE RIVER INDIAN PAINTBRUSH PILSNER
Effective traditional Euro pils retains economical orange peel tang, floral-dried wheat husk, and grassy leathering. Light hop spicing trails seltzer-watered fizz.
SNAKE RIVER CUSTER’S LAST ALE
English-styled amber ale spreads barest caramel malt caress over dry hops and pale grains to modest spicy finish.
SMUTTYNOSE WINTER ALE
Wimpy seasonal falters. Honeyed green tea bite provides herbaceous scurry amidst dewy chocolate malting, dry char-hopped raisin-banana spec, and delinquent coriander-clove notch. Sneaky walnut-Brazilian nut oiliness maunders through dank mildewed mustiness, burnt timber haze, and earthen grain faze.
SMUTTYNOSE WHEAT WINE ALE
Wonderful peach-y amber hued paragon crosses ‘voluptuous’ barleywine traits with tart American wheat ale distinctions. Abrupt biscuit-y wheat sweetness illuminated by apricot, orange rind, and grapefruit bitterness before resplendent butterscotch resilience thickens impending honeyed malt stickiness. Lingering spiced hop luxuriance prickles savory fruity tang. Simply impeccable.
SMUTTYNOSE WEIZENHEIMER ALE
Tame pale-hazed ‘weizen’ with dry white wine warmth and fresh hay undertow displaced by plantain-banana balm, dainty floral-clove modesty, sour lemon wisp, and raspy orange blear to wheat biscuit bottom.