Mild dry-bodied amber-yellowed moderation embellishes barley biscuit sweetness and rye-honeyed crystal malting with doughy notions. Prickly grapefruit-tinged lemon zest tingles floral-spiced grassy hop astringency and herbaceous vegetal tinge. A smoothly straightforward session beer whose name is a misnomer since there’s nothing ‘strange’ about this pleasantly ephemeral offering.
Exquisitely perplexing copper-hazed pleasantry brings dry fruited alacrity to honeyed maple malts and wintry spicing. Naval orange-peeled bittering softly embraces red apple, cherry and apricot musk as well as tertiary cinnamon-swirled nutmeg-allspice nicety. Resinous pine undertones, peat whiskey niche and medicinal 7.2% alcohol astringency deepen backend of assertive (if somewhat dischordant) delight that’s stylistically robust.
Enticingly sour-fruited copper-burnished winter warmer brewed with ‘bitter orange pill’ retains Blackstrap molasses bittering over dank cellar-wafted musk. Orange-rotted dehydrated fig entry picks up vinous cider, dried apricot, sour white grape and green raisin murk as earthen black-peppered hops surge past contrasting candi-sugared sweetness. Heightened 9.5% alcohol volume hidden beneath musty fruit esters. A well-integrated seasonal never undone by lack of expectant wintry spicing.
Dazzling golden magenta ‘apple honey wine’ brings tart cherry-juiced apple cider entry to vinous champagne esters and plush rosé wining for an approachable soft-tongued dessert treat. Easygoing sour cherry pucker contrasts viscous honeyed sweetness, fortifying ripe green-red apple tones and ancillary strawberry, kiwi and honeydew illusions. A straightforward beer alternative for sugary wine cooler softies, casual sour ale fanatics, and twisted cider freaks. 2011 Mazer Cup Gold Medal winner is worth checking out.