Arid carbolic nature sucks out some lemon-salted sour fruiting and dry Sangria appeasement of pallid sour ale. Leathery green grape esters and subtle blueberry-strawberry adjuncts flutter blandly.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
KCBC FRUITBOT 7000 GOSE
On tap at Taphouse 15, ultra-tart pinkish amber gose plies sea-salted lime pucker to tart cherry-guava-passionfruit adjuncts and acidic white wine esters as mild strawberry, blueberry and cranberry souring persists.
ANCHOR STEAM MERRY CHRISTMAS – 2018
“Sumptuously smooth” 44th annual Xmas Ale may lack capacious distinction of some previous versions, but rounded chameleonic subtleties (though pallid in spots) never fail to engage. Over its peaty chocolate malting, wintry cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning sedately serenades delicate orange peel sweetness, restrained prune souring, tart raisin stint, wispy banana breading, salted pine nut pinch and mentholated eucalyptus whim.
(ALLTECH) KENTUCKY BOURBON BARREL PEPPERMINT PORTER
Perfect sweet-toothed peppermint patty-candied confection. Luxurious peppermint-spiced dark chocolate resilience remains richly creamed in effervescently clean setting. Chocolate mint continuance picks up fudgy toffee sweetness to further impress.
ICARUS BREWERS BALL IMPERIAL STOUT W/ COCOA NIBS AND MILK SUGAR
On tap at Beef Trust, complex ultra-creamy tan-headed brown body conditioned on milk-sugared cocoa nibs maintains extremely rich mocha sentiment as fudgy brown chocolate syruping turns to tarry Blackstrap molasses-embittered hop char by the boldly unfolding finish. Along the way, dark cocoa continuance picks up peaty Scotch licks, cinnamon spicing, hazelnut pasting and vanilla creaming over dark rye malting.
KELLY GREEN THE INFORMANT RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT
Richly creamed black cherry-infused stout loads cacao-nibbed dark chocolate syruping onto tarry Blackstrap molasses bittering, leaving mild bourbon-burgundy wining upon grape-jammed bruised black cherry tartness and pasty almond-hazelnut snag fortressing amplified mocha finish.
MAGNIFY THROUGH THE USE OF TECHNOLOGY IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, confectionary stout uploads toasted coconut, honey-glazed hazelnut and sweet Maraschino cherry onto vanilla-creamed brown chocolate goodness. Mounds Bar chocolate-coconut candied sway infiltrates chewy finish, leaving its hazelnut-cherry-vanilla adjuncts in the dust alongside wispy cinnamon bourbon whims.
SEVEN ISLAND COCOXOCOMISU
On tap at Taphouse 15, sumptuous Imperial Tiramisu Pastry Stout coalesces toasted coconut, Honduran coffee, Tahitian vanilla and brown chocolate in rich lactose setting. Its bourbon vanilla alacrity ascends above creamy coffee-chocolate loft anchored by Graham Cracker wheat sugaring. Best Estonian beer yet.
RUSTY RAIL LUMINOUS GOLDEN STOUT
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, lovely white chocolate ensemble gains milk-sugared coffee tones before cocoa-powdered macadamia nuttiness comes aboard. Yellow-caked vanilla creaming sweetens ancillary marshmallow, toasted coconut, almondine and powdered sugar pastry illusions. Only its meandering phenol hop astringency seems outta place.
FLOUNDER BREAKFAST ALE
Ambitiously perplexing pale-toned breakfast buffet conditioned on cinnamon and milk-sugared coffee remains weirdly chameleonic hodgepodge. Somehow connecting cold-brewed coffee overtones with smoky cinnamon bark spicing, powdered sugar marshmallow fluffing and pancake-battered maple syruping, its spritzy lemon twist rims the light-roast java stead but the limey cologne waver sometimes clutters the spiced coffee finish. An intriguingly offbeat cinnamon coffee cake elixir.
FLOUNDER HEFEWEIZEN
Creamy banana-clove insistence gains strength against zesty lemon pith bittering, herbal Belgian-like yeast phenols, nectarous rum sugaring and starchy plantain snip to secure bolder stylistic urgency.
FLOUNDER STICKY PANCAKES BREAKFAST STOUT
Wispily bourbon barrel-aged stout needs richer resolve although brown-sugared maple syruping glides above light-roast coffee tones and vanilla pastry creaming with great ease. Pancake breakfast treat retains doughy powdered sugar buttermilk intrigue as distant dry bourbon, dark cherry and grape jam illusions graze latent burnt-toast hop char.
