Meritorious yellow-hazed Belgian tripel brings candi-sugared sweetness and citron-like alcohol burn to white-peppered herbal nip. Lemony grapefruit, peach, pear, apple and pineapple illusions override slight coriander-clove spicing to butterscotch malted bottom. Tertiary banana daiquiri nuance infiltrates phenolic boozing at fruitful finish of celebratory 19th anniversary vintage.
Lacquered dried fruiting picks up immediate vodka-like alcohol burn and juniper-hopped bittering over floral perfumed spicing for robust generic-labeled Belgo-American hybrid. Raisin, fig and cherry battle for position ahead of tropical lemon-banana-grapefruit-peach conflux and cotton-candied crystal malting.
Excellent canned bitter brings grapefruit-peeled lemon zest and orange rind briskness to piney juniper-hopped bittering, developing nicely over soft crystal malt bed by citron finish. Tangy peach-pineapple-mango-papaya tropicalia advances herbaceous floral nuances (black tea, hibiscus and lotus).
Though its sharp hop bittering emboldens the briskly carbolic front end, scaring away less seasoned pale ale imbibers, gnarly vodka-like alcohol burn, wafting compost flutter and rusty metallic sheen overwhelm expectant orange-grapefruit-pineapple-quince fruiting of canned medium body. Backsided sourdough breading feels right but vegetal tinge disrupts murky flavor profile.
Raspy yellow-fruited American-style wheat ale (circa 2012) retains protracted Saison-like lemon souring and raw-honeyed spicing. Woody Chinook hop dryness contrasts slim malted rye backdrop. Halfway to an acidic sour ale; lacking only the stylistic brettanomyces pungency.