Generously detailed mocha-nutty dried fruiting sweetens above minor citra hop bittering. Black cherry, black grape, blackberry and soured prune influence roasted chocolate-cocoa malting as well as penetrating hazelnut-walnut-cola nut resilience. Black-breaded pumpernickel spine picks up brown-sugared molasses sapping.
Considering its erratic stylistic competition, initial green chili pepper burn and red chili-peppered habanero/ jalapeno follow-up stay resilient above mild hop fizz. Crisp mineral watering provides delicate relief against heated chili theme. Aromatic pico de gallo salsa influence reinforces the backend.
Imprecise winter spicing gets spread across Belgian-sugared caramel malting. Mild gingerbread, cinnamon and nutmeg accents dessicated by phenol hop fizz. Curious tobacco roast and distant dried orange tartness backend decent find.
Sessionable dry-bodied moderation places citric souring above herbaceous spicing. Sugary Belgian yeast softens lemon-candied orange peel bittering, musty lemongrass-basil-sage herbage and earthen barnyard leathering.
Retaining many fine attributes of brewers’ Hop Riot, heightened 9.5% alcohol volume well hidden behind floral grapefruit-peeled peach-pear-apple tang and mild grassy-hopped easement. Sweet almond, chestnut, praline and pecan notions ride alongside ancillary hemp resin, sappy pine and black tea nuances.
Aggressively enticing flagship offering brings stylish West Coast IPA fruiting to mineral-grained juniper hop bittering and contrasted creamy crystal malting. Lively grapefruit-peeled pineapple, peach, orange, tangerine and pear tang surfaces above almond biscotti base. Frantic piney fruited finish lingers.
Rich brown choclate creaming overlays dry bourbon-burgundy-plum wining and prune-soured raisin sweetness of porter-styled holiday ale. Smoky mocha malt midst deepened by sharp hop spicing, purple grape tartness, molasses-sapped pumpernickel breading and brown-sugared gingerbread niceties. Tertiary black cherry, sherry, blackberry, raspberry and blueberry nuances seep in.
Despite ‘intensely hoppy’ and ‘stoutly refreshing’ descriptives, top-fermented ’50s-era blonde ale (formerly St. Amand) remains approachably easygoing, blending estery French Biere de Garde styling with India Pale Ale fruiting. Honeyed vanilla creaming sweetens herbaceous white-peppered citrus theme. Ripe tangerine, orange and lemon tones meet floral-dusted lychee perfuming and rustic peppercorn seasoning.
Musky coffee-soured dry body (nicknamed “The Brussels Stout”) falls short. Dirty earthen bottom drags down politely creamed dark chocolate chalking, tart cocoa nibs influence and dry fig-date murk. Oily hop resin and mineral grain char deepen bitter end.
Eccentric dark ale aged in oak with ‘coffee, rhubarb, herbs and spices’ wavers wildly and never finds solid ground. Soy-sauced coffee souring turns to muck as dry burgundy-port wining flattens above nitro-like charcoal soothe. Vinous white grape tannins and orange-candied tartness receives saffron-spiced dusting.
On tap at Twisted Elm, deeply penetrating slow sipper (with heady 17% alcohol volume/ 17 malts/ 17 hops) places molasses-sugared brown chocolate sweetness against dry plum-wined bourbon-burgundy-sherry scurry. Dark rum, sugared fig, black cherry and candied apple illusions enrich syrupy molasses malting. A hint of vanilla found at rich mocha-fruited finish.
