Funky easy drinkin’ blue collar fodder with skunky lemon rot souring, mossy compost-like Noble hop herbage and floral marigold pungency reaching dried maize base.
BACK ALLEY MOUNTAIN OF GOLD PITTSBURGH-STYLE LAGER
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HELLTOWN MISCHIEVOUS BROWN ALE
Nutty coffee roast serenades robust brown ale (as thick and dark as most mocha stouts) but not at the expense of crisp water cleanness. Debittered black malts and oily dark-roast hop char increase espresso coffee midst and dark chocolate subsidy.
HELLTOWN HEFEWEIZEN
Not as stylishly sweet despite doughy yeast sugaring. Expectant banana-clove pairing fades quick as soapy hop phenols deplete honeyed wheat base and lemony respite.
HELLTOWN GRAND PRIX ALE
Coppery English-style pale ale with grassy cream ale aspirations retains soft-toned peat mossing as caramelized barley sweetness, subtle chestnut-pecan conflux and wispy citrus misting reach buttery biscuit base.
HELLTOWN BLUFF 78 AMERICAN LAGER
Clear gold light lager brings sweet corned challah breading to mild lemony herbal spicing and meager banana-plantain snips. Barren hops whimper.
EAST END FAT GARY BROWN ALE
Dry smoked dark chocolate leads the way for polite maple-glazed hazelnut and toffee sweetness contrasting mild charred walnut bittering. A bit thin.
EAST END BIG HOP AMERICAN ALE
Heady hop-sharp West Coast IPA flagship from Pitt deposits piney grapefruit bittering, dried orange musk and lemon zest upon cardboardy pale and caramel malts. Raw-grained dark-roast Centennial-hopped bitterness spikes Cascade-hopped citric effervescence (and distant floral snips).
EAST END EVERYDAY PILSNER
Soft-toned palest yellow clear light body with billowy white head brings musty wheat-chaffed barnyard acridity to salty cilantro herbage and mild grapefruit pith bittering.
TRACE THANKS, DOC IPA
Pine-needled yellow grapefruit sunshine, zesty orange-peeled tangerine zing and lemony passionfruit twang burst forth, gaining candied mint stint for double-dry hopped (Citra-Mosaic) New England IPA.
TRACE GROW RICE LAGER WITH LEMONGRASS
Dry Japanese-styled rice lager conditioned on lemon balm lets musky raw graining receive polite floral spicing and muted ginger herbage for oncoming lemongrass minting.
TRACE AGIO ITALIAN PILSNER
Dry New Zealand-related India Pale Ale utilizes Hallertau Blanc and Mandarina Bavaria hops to release white grape esters and tart guava twinge. Starchy breaded pilsner malts, skunky herbal must and fresh-cut grassiness contrast floral spicing just beneath the delicately tropical surface.
SUBVERSIVE SPLENDID DRY IRISH STOUT
Creamed coffee resilience gains dry dark-roast hop bittering, mild oats char and possible cherrywood smokiness. Fine centrist Irish Stout.
