Brisk carbolic thrust prickles sour-milked burnt coffee bittering before mossy fungi cellar funk and mildewed fig desiccation nudge weedy brown-leafed hop foliage of musky black-malted lager.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
BAY STATE BLOOD ORANGE LAGER
Tangy blood orange influence totally mesmerizes the senses for murkily gunky amber-sludged fruited lager dotted by globular blood orange chunks. Lemon-candied grapefruit, tangerine and passionfruit illusions reinforce blood orange delirium as syrupy orange soda-like sugaring sweetens the finish of viscous medium-full bodied fructose concoction.
CAPTAIN LAWRENCE BIER PRETZEL MARZEN
On tap at Beef Trust, slow-baked traditional German-styled pretzel frontage loses some attenuation as autumnal leafy foliage and slight orange oiling settle above spiced rye breading.
SCHILLING KONSTANTIN MARZEN
On tap at Draught Industries, dryer, lighter Austrian-styled marzen mingles raw-honeyed pumpernickel rye spicing with tobacco-leafed truffle earthiness, subtle orange oiling and dewy mildewed cellar funk.
FIFTH HAMMER HAMMERSTEIN OKTOBERFEST LAGER
On tap at Draught Industries, classic German Octoberfest utilizes Norwegian Kveik yeast for crisply clean soft-toned moderation. Lightly creamed honeyed biscuit sedation mingles with delicate leafy hop astringency and wispy orange oil snips above floury pilsner malt base.
TORCH & CROWN HIGHBRAU OKTOBERFEST
On tap at Draught Industries, crisply dry Oktoberfest let honeyed Vienna-malted sweetness gain slight tobacco roast to contrast leafy foliage, dewy fungi and nutty remnant.
BOLERO SNORT SIMPLY IRRESISTIBULL VOL. 2 FRUITED SMOOTHIE SOUR
Abundantly vanilla-creamed fruited smoothie propels thickly pureed strawberry-raspberry tartness and mild blueberry influence above cinnamon apple-spiced Graham Cracker base. Tangy berry continuance gains concentrated orange juicing and slightly soured cranberry-passionfruit-pineapple conflux as well as salty Margarita-licked liming and sugary rum rush. Recommended.
CZIG MEISTER FERRIDACTYL BARREL AGED IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, decadent 5th anniversary Imperial Stout’s cocoa-nibbed cookie dough onrush enhanced by Vanuatu vanilla bean adjunct, picking up dark chocolate-syruped coffee stain, mellow bourbon warmth and bruised black cherry tartness as ancillary marshmallow, coconut and hazelnut illusions surface latently.
GOOSE ISLAND BOURBON COUNTY MIDNIGHT ORANGE STOUT
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, richly creamed orange chocolate-candied Bourbon County variant aged in bourbon further sweetened by honeyed caramel malting. Zestful orange-glazed black chocolate syruping oozes thru thick cake texture, creating chocolate orange truffle, chocolate orange mousse and chocolate orange cake illusions.
902 ICE CREAM SANDWICH WHITE STOUT
Underdeveloped white stout needs more sufficient ice cream sandwich likeness. Lactic brown-sugared cocoa nibs and vanilla cookie sweetness pick up dewy mossing that slips into IPA-like piney citrus briskness. But its white chocolate center, lemony orange zesting and wavered herbage never fully integrate.
BARCLAY VANILLA WAVES IMPERIAL STOUT
Richly creamed Mexican-Ugandan vanilla spicing coated by semi-sweet dark chocolate syruping and tingly bourbon-burgundy-sherry wining. At the midst, cocoa nibs-spiked espresso, cappuccino and anisette illusions (plus tart black cherry bruise) battle back sticky anise sweetness of decadent dessert treat.
CENTRAL WATERS FAT ELVIS IMPERIAL STOUT
Mildly oak-aged stout retains caramelized chocolate spicing and subtle molasses-licked dark cocoa, medium-roast coffee, creamed vanilla and salted peanut illusions but thin body and finishing astringency preclude greatness.