Aromatic dark roasted coffee bittering enhances dry cocoa souring and roasted nuttiness promptly countering rich chocolate malt creaminess. Lactose-aided blood-thickened mocha intensity overwhelms acidic dried-fruited latency.
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(BIG CITY) YARDY LAGER
Innocuous clear golden light body maintains unspecific citric whiff to match fizzy lemony sugar zip. Dull bread-y bottom drops out.
(BIG CITY) REAL ROCK PREMIUM LAGER
Drab straw-hued dry-bodied Jamaican retains smarmy crystal-malted cereal-sugared grain-caramelized sweetness, but carbolic fizz overwhelms dank doughy must and buttery popcorn resonance.
(BIG CITY) LION HEART STOUT
Tempting dry-bodied mahogany-hued lactose stout leads with powdery cocoa spell deepening hop-roasted macadamia cluster. Dampening astringent black licorice finish confounds winningly sugared brown chocolate sweetness.
BIG CITY PORTER
Dark brown porter plies ice coffee entry to crisp-watered chocolate malting, but lacks creamy mocha richness of better hop-roasted porters, upsetting established drinkers looking for more robust fare. Brewery defunct: circa 2006.
(DUKE’S) BIG ASS BEER
BIEROPHOLIE I.P.A.
Sturdy amber-rosed India Pale Ale brings fruited malt continuance to sturdy raw-honeyed orange peel bitterness. Floral fringe under herbaceous midst decorates interior.
BIEROPHOLIE IMPERIALE STOUT
Relaxing redwood-headed mahogany-bodied Russian-styled stout sidles gluey cocoa malt thickness next to burnt coffee bean deepness, black chocolate bitterness, and charred wood dissonance for generous mocha latte warmth.
BIEROPHOLIE CALUMET DOUBLE PORTER
Wonderful Canadian smoked beer absorbs burnt wood chip cloak by maple-cedar midst. Composed coffee roast endures to earthy bottom.
BIEROPHOLIE BOCK EMISSAIRE
Deep amber burgundy-highlighted bock welcomes honeyed malt nose and butterscotch mouthfeel to toasted barley bunk. Dried raisin usurpation sours muted cocoa-chocolate stint and earthy mushroom nuance by off dry mocha finish.
BEVERLY HILLS PALIMONY BITTER
If Beverly Hills is the capitol of broken relationships, then this defunct brew may be the best sarcastic response. Its dense pale malt thicket and flowery hop veer are reminiscent of simpler German wheat beer. Well-balanced moderate bitter is fine for mere dabblers and serious beer fanatics alike. Simple, effective relief for recently divorced.
BETHLEHEM PUMPKIN ALE
Honeyed pumpkin-spiced ale lifts orange-fruited cinnamon-allspice-ginger confluence above red apple whim, sour lemony backslide and earthy vegetal whimper. Fleeting maple passage consumes late-coming herbal eucalyptus-tealeaf blossom.