Toasted almond aroma welcomes otherwise passive corn sugared middleweight. Pale malt sweetness counters polite hop backing, bitter citrus siding and piney tinge before hasty dry finish slips into minor acidity.
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POCONO LAGER
Coppery amber complexion much deeper and darker than chintzy washed-out moderate-bodied fizzy predilection. Barren barley roast and toasted nuttiness dissipate by soapy citric finish, leaving nary a trace of chalky malted hop dryness.
POCONO CARAMEL PORTER
Splendid ebony-hued maroon-sidled porter integrates burnt caramel creaminess and black chocolate thickness with cedar-sweetened raw maple usurpation. Sour coffee midst backs up against moldy orange souring to raspberry puree finish.
POCONO BLACK & TAN
Diffident amber-hazed lager-porter mix retains initial creamy chocolate-sugared Sugar Daddy frequency as woody hop bitterness softens dry coffee contour and roasted nut mildness for honeyed granola-oats finish.
PLATAN LAGER
Sweet corn sugared facade links butterscotch-candied malting to forlorn diacetyl buttering. Brisk carbolic fizz impedes hop-grained bittering of medium-bodied nicety.
PLANK BAVARIAN HELLER WEIZENBOCK
Decent amber-hazed medium-bodied wheat bock thankfully loses funky off-putting cider waft as tart citric souring accelerates above grassy-hopped cereal-grained bottom. Floral banana-clove midst wavers, becoming phenol, debilitating cotton-candied almond-marzipan illusions.
PIPKIN PALE ALE
Copper penny-hued medium body provides bittersweet barleymalt cache not dissimilar to Pipkin Brown as tiny black yeast dots bring forth butterscotch aspect for caramelized orange thrust and tealeaf adjunct. Brewery defunct: 2007.
PIPKIN BROWN ALE
Sultry perfumed hops and toasted wheat catapult abstruse brown ale. Dark amber hue suits saturated orange-soured cognac nose and sticky mocha-toffee sweetness well. Brewery defunct: 2007.
(PIONEER) GROOVY BREW
Fair yellowed amber white-headed German Kolsch lager suffers from overt fizz, dank Eastern European soapiness, and sour fruited paucity caused by callow grainy earthiness.
PINKUS WEIZEN
Prune aroma unlikely for weak pale wheat ale, but delicate banana bread waver, soured citric zest, and nutty barley-oats shading provide muted effervescence. Lacks proper wheat sheen at dull banana pudding finish, though.
PINKUS UR PILS
Sour citric aroma, puffy white head, and yellow-tinted body consume senses initially. Slim lemon-lime astringency given unobtrusive hop fizz, softening crisp liveliness of vibrant marmalade-honeyed ‘adjunct’ pilsner changeup.
PINKUS ORIGINAL GERMAN LAGER
Frothy beige-headed dry body retains barley-wheat insistence and extreme hop-fueled carbonation settling to dank citric finish. Artisan well water fortifies fine, if unfulfilling, German rep.