Volcanic bubbly flow tops beige-headed malt chocolate-influenced bitter. Roasted barley overtones and cereal-mineral grains inform butterscotch finish, providing traditional British essence. Happily lacking tinny disturbance of most canned ales.
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GEORGE GALE FESTIVAL MILD ALE
Phenol tan-headed burgundy-bodied ‘mild’ dark ale with driest raisin-prune cover, earthy grain sediment and sour chocolate bottom sabotaged by arid fizzy-hopped Seltzer-watered finish.
GEORGE GALE CONQUEST PALE ALE
Fine tart-fruited malt-stricken 9% alcohol Victorian pale ale with heavy tea-like particles coating glass bottom and floating through opulent body. Sweet buttery yeast serenity receives uncommon honeysuckle floral twist underscoring vibrant apricot brandy swagger conquering sour citrus finish.
GEORGE GALE CHRISTMAS ALE
Slightly turbid, rust-browned, non-spiced holiday ale regaled by corky single malt Scotch oeuvre, leathery peat-smoked earthiness, dehydrated orange tartness and vinegary white wine tannins. Dense prune dryness and fruited hop tang score mid-palate, but complacent finish dulled by diminished chocolate malt souring and dreary cocoa-chalked bitterness.
GENOVA CERVEZA
Found no info ’bout dull lightweight Paraguayan pilsner (except Brooklyn’s Northeast Beverages were importers). Crystal clean mountain water picks up sweet cocoa malting and doughy reminder, but phenol hop acridity and soapy Eastern Euro finish disrupt minor grapefruit splurge.
GENESEE LAGER
Dignified spice-hopped pale-toned old-timer counters cereal grain essence and sugary malt nose with floral wheat souring, though sterile salty fizz inflicts thin corn sugar finish. Cloying ginger ale fizz less slick than Pearl’s vapid Country Club rival.
GENESEE CREAM ALE
Thick doughy essence and cloy creamed corn froth buried beneath dismal maize-dried metallic hop fizz to sudsy diacetyl finish. Acetous density bloats gut for flatulent conclusion. Low-budgeted blue collar fans call it Genny Cream. Pass.
(BATH ALES) GEM
Bottle conditioned tan-headed amber brings rye-dried honeyed malt coalition to unripe fruited souring. Spicy Saaz hops fortify delicate bittersweet chocolate endurance.
GEARY’S WINTER ALE
Rust auburn wintry ale gains prickly spice-hopped tongue to complement ripe peach sweetness, orange rind bitterness, and grapefruit peel souring. Thick chocolate-cocoa malts linger below descending smoked wood cadence.
GEARY’S SUMMER ALE – 2006
Green sailboat-labeled Kolsch-styled ’06 version thrusts corn sugared cereal grains and toasted barley atop casual nuttiness and floral apple-peach nuance for moderate-bodied blue collar amiability. Alcohol acridity and dry metallic finish disturb soft lemony hop bittering.
GEARY’S SUMMER ALE
Sharp grassy hop bite, cracked wheat subtlety, and bittersweet citrus ebb provide duskier pungency than most summery Kolsch brews. But heavy carbonation corrupts orange blossom, apricot, and grapefruit illusions for fatigued diacetyl finish, sabotaging fruited malt appeal, biscuit-y caramel hint, and herbal nip.
GEARY’S PALE ALE
Frothy amber-hazed ale with conspicuous sugary malts, sharp hops, and acrid alcohol pungency goes down easy. Watery texture has crisp frisk of Canadian ales, but squandered grains meander and weak caramel finish lacks creaminess. ’09 re-tasting: dark spice-hopped mildness, dry orange tartness and slight grapefruit bittering overcome cider-soured acidity.