Creamy milk chocolate richness gains sweet rye whiskey resonance to serenade ample oats-sugared cocoa, vanilla and fudge brownie ascendance. Below the surface, charred cedar chips and plastique grouting affect wispy bourbon subtleties (and a hint of sherry).
Milky black chocolate creaming meets sour-milked dry cocoa swerve and caramelized “Belgian specialty malting” for off-dry Baltic-like porter. Moderate oily hop acidity, dubious vanilla-toffee conflux and murky cocoa nibs snip lean on the sour side. Nutty chicory coffee presence fades fast.
Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson re-designed 1850’s recipe for transitional English-styled porter. Besides the stylishly expected chocolate-roasted caramel malting and nutty dried fruiting, a peat-dried dewy earthiness and molasses-draped burgundy wining gain strength. In the recess, grape-leafed black cherry, fig and date fruiting gains spicy hop tingle and sugared cola nuttiness.
Lovely “fruit-forward” Ethiopian coffee roast rides above sugary pale malt base of elegant yellow-hazed moderation. Crisp lemony hop spritz provides smooth respite to lightly creamed coffee continuance as nutty vanilla-chocolate undertones add depth.
Topnotch silver-canned brown ale (brewed by Pennsauken’s Double Nickel Brewing for Bolero Snort) brings lusty cherrywood-smoked milk chocolate creaminess to rich coffee-roasted maple syruping. Heavy caramel-burnt mocha influence picks up cedar-charred bacon, honey-glazed ham and beef jerky illusions above oily hop bittering. Addictive stout-like smoothie.
Approachable sugar-spiced sensation and zesty lemon crisping pick up citric-laced grassy hop herbal tinge. Crisply clean Seltzer spritz provides easygoing flow. Dank earthen pining stays recessive.
Stylishly thin canned India Pale Ale maintains “aggressively laid-back” temperament, mildly black-peppered piney hop bittering and dainty floral respite. Light yellow grapefruit, orange, mango and lemon zesting brightens the overall tone.
Inviting edible flowering provides temptingly particular vibrancy to intriguingly complex saison. Tart lemon frontage gains herbal chamomile spell for refreshing lavender-calendula bouquet. Light white-peppered hop bittering contrasts honeyed pale malt sweetness as lively lemon meringue, lemon custard and lemon basil illusions tingle the tongue.
Stylish brown-sugared pumpkin pie spicing given ginger-minted freshness as well as a lemony champagne twist (emanating from French saison yeast). Ample cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and coriander seasoning sweetens light vanilla creaming to contrast roasted pumpkin vegetalia.
Better-than-average canned medium body (lightly aged on American oak) offers sweet-spiced rye toasting to indistinct orange-peeled ginger and peppercorn adjuncts. Rich chocolate backdrop absorbs caraway-seeded rye influence to contrast resinous earthen nuttiness.
Mild and metallic canned hefe needs sweeter lemony banana tartness, more distinct coriander-clove spicing and thicker doughy wheat spine. Spritzy carbolic briskness brings lemony orange misting.
Straightforward yellow-cleared blonde ale slides down the throat with ease. Sugary citric-spiced pale malt pleasantry spreads across musky oats-wheat graining and earthen hop moderation. Crystalline German pilsner-like mineral base maintains easygoing flow. Fine mainstream brew served at Buffalo Sabres game.
