On tap at Track 84, 2012-initiated dry body brings woody hop resin to bitter lemon-peeled grapefruit rind. Bark-dried pine tones and leathery floral supplement contrast Munich cara-malting. Orange, clementine and peach illusions stay distant.
Monthly Archives: October 2012
MIDNIGHT SUN ARCTIC RHINO COFFEE PORTER
Dominant dry coffee bean essence and smooth clean-watered crisping override reedy hop-charred bittering. Dark-roasted chocolate malting and murky black cherry undertones struggle finding ground as fiery butane-oiled acridity derails initail java promise.
OFFSHORE BEACH ROAD NUT BROWN ALE
Ashen dry-bodied walnut char infiltrates blackened hop bittering, mild black chocolate malting and recessive black coffee niche. Blackstrap molasses, hazelnut, fig and date suffocated by burnt toast astringency.
MIDNIGHT SUN COHOHO IMPERIAL I.P.A.
Dependable hybridized copper-toned ‘double American IPA’ crosses Black IPA styling’s mocha-fruited pine sapping with festive juniper berry wintering. Musty grapefruit, cherry, blackberry and pineapple fruiting lays atop brown-sugared chocolate malt bed, contrasting light piney hop resin.
MAC TARNAHAN’S SPINE TINGLER GOLDEN BELGIAN-STYLE TRIPLE
Lively golden-hazed Belgian-styled tripel (with unassuming 8.5% alcohol volume) brings pilsner-malted candi-sugaring to its pertinent banana-clove sweetness and creamy wheat-honeyed vanilla wafer follow-through. Minor white peppering and herbaceous notion contrast ancillary nectarine-melon-pineapple tropicalia. It’s like a banana cream pie with a fizzy saltine kicker.
TIMMERMANS FRAMBOISE LAMBIC
Syrupy pinkish ruby-hued malt beverage gains chewy raspberry rasp above mouth-puckering cherry-cranberry tartness, vinous green grape wining and cloy saccharine sugaring. Compared to Timmermans Kriek, this soda-like framboise retains a coarser hop sizzle and sourer tannic grape musk.
TIMMERMANS STRAWBERRY LAMBIC
Abundant strawberry-jammed sweetness provides natural flavor straight from the fruit. Rich strawberry-seeded mouthfeel and sugary gum tongue make fruity malt beverage taste like a tart springtime strawberry that’s been freshly picked. White-wined cider snip, light lemon pucker and minute cranberry-cherry souring found in saccharine soda pop recess. Try in lieu of a strawberry daiquiri.
TIMMERMANS KRIEK LAMBIC
Intensely sweet rosy amber-hued malt beverage with natural flavoring retains syrupy cherry soda pop sugaring. Maraschino cherry ripeness contrasts mouth-puckering Grenadine souring, tannic red-green grape tartness and minor medicinal murk. Tertiary strawberry, cranberry, watermelon, tangerine and red apple illusions peak through cherry-bound Jolly Rancher sway of sweet-toothed 4% dessert treat.
SMUTTYNOSE VUNDERBAR PILS
Dependable Czech-styled pilsner tosses brisk lemon-seeded tartness and muted lemongrass spicing at mild grassy hop bittering. Dark floral notions, muted vegetal herbing and doughy fresh breading get spread across the buttery saltine backbone.
POINT WHOLE HOG PUMPKIN ALE
Compelling autumnal full body tastes like a scrumptious pumpkin-spiced gingerbread cookie with whipped cream topping. Sweet mulling-spiced pumpkin pie midst never relents as nutmeg, cinnamon and allspice rush to the top alongside the ancillary Marachino cherry uprising, pushing this 2012 limited release to great heights. Bawdy boozers will welcome its sharp grain alcohol snip.
RUSSIAN RIVER & SIERRA NEVADA BRUX DOMESTICATED SOUR ALE
Approachably smooth golden-coppered ‘mild sour ale’ will please lighter thirsts looking to crossover. Musky horseblanketed barnyard leathering and brettanomyces funk from a wild yeast strain dig into floral-dried citric frontage. Loud champagne-like carbolic fizz enjoins lemon-juiced mango, pineapple and melon illusions as well as vinous green grape, tart Granny Smith apple and oaken cherry undertones. Pickled ginger souring and mustard dill saucing add depth. Honeyed herbal whim brings tertiary lemongrass, parsley, sage and honeysuckle notions to the rye malted backend. Like a zesty lemon spritz, only much busier and complex.
RUSHING DUCK BEANHEAD COFFEE PORTER
On tap at Cable Beverage, rich black coffee roast inundates wood-burnt hop bittering and oats-charred dark chocolate malting. Green coffee bean extract sweetens by the time Blackstrap molasses, pine sap, hickory smoke, cocoa and espresso undertones deepen its lusty resolve.
