Marvelous 10% alcohol ale commemorates 10th anniversary (1995-2005). Piney hopped rigidity maintains embittered exactitude as bright orange-peach-lemon tang sweetens tart grapefruit undercurrent and perfume-y floral hops. Stable grain bottom reinforces evergreen freshness, lingered orange peel dirge, and increased green apple influence.
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(MIDDLE AGES) SYRACUSE PALE ALE
Sweet whiskey aroma pervades highly carbonated, well rounded pale ale perhaps closer to red ale with its hop pop, grain sharpness, and creamy caramel undercurrent. Sour yeast urgency adds depth.
MIDDLE AGES SWALLOW WIT
Revelatory hazy golden Belgian-styled witbier mingles lemony mandarin orange souring with herbaceous mint-eucalyptus piquancy and floral daisy-dandelion-jasmine blush up-front. Musty cherry cove secures fresh mineral-grained water bed.
MIDDLE AGES RASPBERRY ALE
Ripe raspberry rasp juxtaposes soured blueberry-cherry tartness as peppery hops and vegetal earthiness caress wheat spine. Mild tobacco-roasted clover honey sweetness bedecks mild custard finish. Note: quaffed on tap @ Poughkeepsie’s Half Time before brewery bottled for distribution.
MIDDLE AGES KILT TILTER SCOTTISH ALE
A beautiful mellow ale highly recommended. Resounding 9% alcohol thrust provides sweet caramel-burnt Scotch warmth enhancing black chocolate-toffee eruption to rich fig-prune depth. Barley-hop bed secures mocha, praline, and pecan illusions to imperious smooth whiskey finish.
MIDDLE AGES INDIA PALE ALE
Polite citrus aromatics and bitter orange peel tartness top relaxing grain flow up-front. Carbolic fizz sits on the tongue as luscious crescent watering softens wispy hops. Closer to a summer ale with its spry citrus elegance.
MIDDLE AGES GRAIL ALE
Out of the Middle Ages comes this very fine ruby red ale. Perfect blend of mild chocolate nuttiness, sharp mineral graining, and bitter hop dryness provide firm foundation. Light coffee singe speckles supplemental fruit-spicing for added resilience.
MIDDLE AGES 11TH ANNIVERSARY DOUBLE WHEAT
Coming across like a moderate dry-bodied raw-grained harvest ale, its piney-hopped grapefruit rind and lemon peel bittering override engaging rye-wheat slip and tingly mango-peach-apricot nicety. Seductive pale malt reflux disguises reductive floral stint and white pepper spicing.
MIDDLE AGES DRUID FLUID BARLEYWINE STYLE ALE
Determined, yet diffident, copper-reddish barleywine caresses Scotch malt dryness with butterscotch yeast sweetness, floral accents, and pine-spruce density. Grapefruit, plum, maraschino cherry, and moldy orange illusions ripen chocolate liqueur finish. Highly complex, yet light on the tongue.
MIDDLE AGES DRAGONSLAYER IMPERIAL STOUT
Impressively cresting coffee bean theme and taut burnt mocha bitterness thicken creamy brown-bodied tan-headed lactose stout. Black chocolate insistence perfectly underscores dry oat expansion and peppery hop zip, settling to everlasting tar-like java finish.
MIDDLE AGES DOUBLE WENCH PALE ALE
Pronounced piney spruce auspices serve doubly-hopped IPA-styled strong ale well. Souring grapefruit rind ascension jacks up ripe peach-pear-apple-papaya tang, augmenting fresh evergreen grove to cracked wheat spine. Despite piercingly bitter citric bite, cordial medium body flows down gullet ever so smoothly.
MIDDLE AGES BRITISH STYLE ALE
Sweet Scotch aroma, musty orange timbre, and lusty alcohol fray persist, aiding raw honey bitterness countering strident corn-soaked malt finish of translucent straw-hued amber-etched pale ale.