Off-dry amber-coppered German-styled dunkel lager retains easygoing dry Scotch appeal. Roasted nut-grain subtlety and candied malt creaminess pick up tobacco-cocoa reticence before orange-grapefruit ripeness conveys appealing sourness.
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AASS CLASSIC PREMIUM MARZEN
‘Classic’ Bavarian-styled copper-hued light-bodied Oktoberfest gains moderate mocha-wafted sweetness as butterscotch pleasantry increases. Carbolic hop perk brings bubbly champagne assertion, but watery finish hits the abyss.
AASS BOCK
Sumptuous soft-fruited dry bock with perky hop subtlety, tangy orange peel blitz, and chewy caramel-molasses tether gains barleywine luster scurrying to sweet barley-roasted raisin-almond finish. Creamy mocha malt midst smoothed out by frisky carbonation and herbaceous recess.