Well balanced IPA (in stubby brown bottle) is bitterest of brewers’ three similarly styled offerings, but mild compared to outside competition. Pungent grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and lemon-candied tartness recede as piney bark-dried astringency increases. Resinous floral whim hidden beneath salty carbolic briskness. Soft pineapple, peach and melon reminders waver thru silken wheat bed. Sessionable medium body will please lighter thirsts.
Monthly Archives: February 2013
NORTH PEAK SIREN AMBER ALE
Basic grain-toasted moderate body serves sinewy sourdough yeast to mild lemon fruiting. Grassy hop dryness contrasts roasted caramel malting to soft wheat-oats backend.
NORTH PEAK WANDERER SESSION INDIA PALE ALE
Mellow ‘winter wheat warmer’ (in stubby brown bottle) less specific and less aggressive than NP’s Vicious IPA maintains slightly grainier influence. Soft citric pining stabilizes above mild herbal-hopped veggie tail. Orange and yellow fruits guide easygoing moderation hopheads might mistake for a fruitier pale ale.
BRUTON MOMUS
Noirish Belgian strong dark ale brings honeyed molasses malting to lightly coriander-spiced dried fruiting. Candi-sugared blood orange, white fig, caramelized apple, black plum, black cherry, peach and praline illusions serenade fruitcake midst. Sherry dots muddled brown-sugared mocha-fruited finish.
BRUTON 10
Well rounded fruit-fronted mocha-malted quad with barleywine aspirations maintains mellower stylistic flow. Red-wined Sangria influence affects luscious fruity palate. Red grape, red apple, bruised cherry, lemon curry, cantaloupe and melon illusions ripen above serene caramel-chocolate malting.
BRUTON LILITH
Inpsired by British bitter styling, mineral-grained pale ale brings earthen wood dryness and reedy hop resin to caramel-malted dried fruiting. Grape-jammed fig, plum and grapefruit undertones recede to weedy bottom.
BRUTON STONER
Wayward Italian-made Belgian strong pale ale places citric-spiced mineral graining atop wood-dried grassy hops. Pungent hemp-oiled rye toasting picks up sesame-seeded wheat germ, sorghum and whey minerality as well as light sourdough breading above black-peppered coriander-spiced lemon zest. Hybridized medium-body better defined as nuanced Anglo-American pale ale.
BRUTON DI BRUTON
Ephemeral opalescent-hued Belgian-style blonde ale from Italy brings soft white-peppered hop spicing to wildflower-honeyed citrus zest and lightly creamed crystal malts. Mild citric-peeled lemon meringue, champagne grape, pineapple, cantaloupe and banana illusions scurry thru grassy-hopped easement. A sessionable moderation.
16 MILE INLET INDIA PALE ALE
Even-keeled medium body stays milder than bold stylistic competition. Easygoing fruited malt sweetness lies atop rye-toasted wheat bed of hesitant English IPA. Resinous grassy hops shelter citric crisping.
16 MILE OLD COURT ALE
Courteous moderate-bodied ‘dark pale ale’ brings caramel-burnt dark toffee sweetness to fig-dried citric hops and earthen fungi backend. Nut bread reminder wavers in the distance.
16 MILE BLUES GOLDEN ALE
On tap, sessionable light body flows easy. Mild grain roast sedates soft-hopped lemon spritz. Corn-dried astringency underscores buttered biscuit backend. In 22-ounce aluminum cylinder, cotton-candied sourdough yeast and lemony orange zest register above its grassy-hopped vegetable garden. Many disparate elements (such as a latent dry Scotch tinge) rub against each other in this weird cornucopia.
16 MILE RESPONDERS ALE
Approachable light-bodied blonde relies on mild wheat spelt graining to softly influence honeyed sourdough yeast. Reedy-hopped pumpernickel toasting fortifies ancillary whey, alfalfa and poppy minerality of fresh-watered spritzer.
