Lifeless sessionable fare. Delicate salty coriander expectancy goes nebulous. Light lemon rind acidity fails to gain enough salinity.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
WEYERBACHER SEXY MOTHERPUCKER SOUR ALE
Inspired by classic blending of iced tea with lemonade, mouth-puckering brown-bodied sour ale retains lemon-soured prune-plum niche as well as ancillary oaken cherry tartness, moderate citrus acidity and lightly vinous green grape tannins. A wild ale for dried-fruited black tea lovers.
KCBC MARBLE OF DOOM
On tap at Ambulance, mild kettle-soured ‘wild ale’ brings soured blackberry and pomegranate musk to lightly pungent gose-like lemon limed salting. Tart cranberry pucker adds further souring while subtle sulfuric snip funks up acidulated barley-oats-rye malting.
(VAN STEENBERGE) CELIS WHITE
Original Pierre Celis witbier recipe from Belgium (bastardized by a few American breweries in Texas and Michigan). Stylishly indelible orange-peeled coriander sweetness gains lemony banana-clove-vanilla respite and honeyed chamomile niche while Belgian yeast adds funky fungi snip. Brisk citrus spritz endures while tertiary peach-apricot-pineapple-quince reminders dawdle.
(OFF COLOR) TOOTH & CLAW DRY-HOPPED LAGER
Despite vapid India Pale Lager tag, simple moderation better recalls German and Czech lagers with its carapils malting and grassy Perle-Magnum-Tettnang hop design. Raw-grained minerality picks up salty corn respite, floral honeyed tinge and zesty lemon spritz.
TIRED HANDS PRAYER GROUP
On tap at Ambulance, refreshing oak-fermented ‘spring lager’ plies white-red wheat pilsner malting and grassy hop astringency to lemon-lime juiced Sauvignon Blance tannins. Crystalline mineral-watered lightness softens sulfuric citrus whim.
SAMUEL ADAMS SAM ’76
OK yellow-blanched pale lager reminiscent, at times, of a cream ale, due to lager-ale yeast combo providing buttery corn-starched cracker dryness to mild grassy hop astringency. Lightly juiced lemony orange tang picks up floral-perfumed alacrity below the grainy surface.
THREES VLIET PILSNER
On tap at Ambulance, “verdant” German pilsner retains gritty grain musk, mild lemon rot bittering and latent herbal hop whim. Musty barnyard leathering and wild oats dryness consume wheat cracker bottom.
FOUNDERS SOLID GOLD LAGER
On tap at Poor Henry’s, crisply clean ‘classic’ golden lager merges floral-cologned lemondrop tartness with maize-dried musk, corn-sugared sweetness and doughy malts. Spicy lemon zest briskly spritzes up the mild citric-grained finish.
BRAINDEAD PARTY POOPER
On tap at Brass Tap, fruitful 10.6% ABV strong ale combines candied pineapple sweetness and orange-bruised cantaloupe, melon-mango conflux with ethanol-laden hop astringency.
SAINT ARNOLD BISHOPS BARREL 10 – BOURBON-AGED BARLEYWINE
On tap at Meddlesome Moth, part of St. Arnold’s recommended Bishops Barrel Series, luscious bourbon-aged barleywine (#10) drapes generous whiskeyed cognac sweetness with compact brown-sugared dried fruiting. Black cherry-bruised date, fig and plum tones adorn caramelized bourbon chocolate midst and molasses-candied finish.
TUPPS FULL GROWN HOMBRE IMPERIAL STOUT
Tantalizing coffee-forward full body allows mild ancho chili pepper heat to contrast dark chocolate, bourbon vanilla, molasses and anise luster. Roasted coffee richness never relents as pureed black cherry and blackberry illusions add depth to complex elixir.