On tap at Three Wise Monks, drab yellow-fruited souring picks up soft herbaceous whim over mild grassy-hopped wheat straw acridity and earthen fungi mold. Zesty lemon spritz and musty lemongrass spell lightly soured by raw-honeyed orange rot.
Category Archives: Beers A-Z
NO DA HOP DROP ‘ ROLL INDIA PALE ALE
Mesmerizing rock ‘n roll-inspired West Coast-styled IPA (in canned version) illuminates the tongue with brighter tropical fruit juicing, creamier honeyed wheat Vienna malting and pinier citra hop bittering. Sunny lemon-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, orange, tangerine, peach, mango, lychee and papaya tang sweetened further by floral-perfumed nectarine cadences. Honeysuckle, rose, dandelion and lilac dab the voluptuous backend. One of the most expressive and highly approachable medium-bodied elixirs ever brewed.
FLYING DOG EASY IPA
Reliably sessionable India Pale Ale caresses lemony grapefruit-seeded orange rind bittering with subtle pine-sapped citra hop oiling to contrast creamy caramel malt sugaring. Minor juniper berry bite enhances bitter end to zesty grapefruit pith finish. Underneath, tropical peach, apricot, mango, pineapple and melon dalliances add tangy sedation.
OMMEGANG GAME OF THRONES FIRE AND BLOOD RED ALE
Well-balanced medium-bodied Belgian-styled hybrid offers rye-flaked spelt graining to honey-spiced dried fruiting and mild ancho chili peppering. Soured prune-raisin-fig nuances infiltrate peated rye breading. Lightly creamed carbolic fluff softens caramel fruited finish.
(SHMALTZ) HE’BREW DEATH OF A CONTRACT BREWER COMMEMORATIVE BLACK IPA
Celebrating its newfound independence with a friendly dismissal to ‘contract brewers,’ complex 7-malt/ 7-hop Cascadian Dark Ale piles dark-roasted mocha malting to less distinct dried fruiting and acrid charcoal-burnt pine ash. Dark chocolate, dusty cocoa and stove-burnt coffee crowd earthen peat midst, where pineapple, grapefruit, apple and orange undertones fight for space. Distant walnut, cola nut and Brazil nut illusions deepen overall mocha richness.
On tap at Dog & Cask, rich dark chocolate malting, kiln-roasted coffee bittering and piney hop-charred fruiting find a balanced blend. Capacious grapefruit-pineapple-lemon tang leaves permanent impression upon heavy mocha molasses romp. Ashen pine embers and resinous evergreen cinders bring mild pungent acridity to burnt black bread bottom.
BOLERO SNORT HAPPY BUCK’N ANNIVERSARY IMPERIAL PORTER
Well-integrated 1st anniversary medium body coalesces velvety molasses-smoked black chocolate malting with grain-charred hop roast, picking up brownie-battered cocoa nibs, dusty cocoa and mild coffee undertones. Desiccated black cherry tartness lingers softly beneath musty mocha pervasiveness.
SLY FOX NIHILIST IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Three Wise Monks, bold 17th anniversary celebrator ransacks dark-roasted black chocolate creaming and wood-charred black patent malting with volatile sooty charcoal astringency. Mild black coffee stead deepens burnt toast acridity and hop-charred nuttiness. Anise, vanilla extract, raw molasses, cocoa powder and cola nut illusions seep into the burly mix.
PRETTY THINGS BARBAPAPA IMPERIAL RUSSIAN STOUT
Sludgily rich and immensely creamy high-gravity Imperial Stout (12%abv) magnifies chewy dark chocolate syruping with glutinous anise affluence, tarry molasses sugaring and densely compact roasted barley flakes. In the midst, fudgy chocolate-caked sweetness serenades black cherry, bourbon and burgundy sentiments. At the finish, hickory-smoked mocha malting spreads across tertiary chocolate eclair, chocolate truffle, chocolate liqueur and cappuccino undertones.
JACK’S ABBY SMOKED MARZEN
Ineffective copper-hazed Octoberfest-styled rauchbier loses initial beechwood-flamed campfire sentiment and peat-smoked barleymalt access to less appealing lemon-soured briskness. Maple-glazed bacon niche muted by arid carbolic fizz.
BREW KETTLE WINTER WARMER
Intimate Christmas ale gathers wintry cinnamon-ginger-nutmeg seasoning for honeyed citric splendor. Maple-sugared caramel malting contrasts lilting orange and lemon peel bittering. Pine nut, plum, fig and date undertones casually stride by. Subtle ethanol burn lingers softly.
(ATWATER) VJ BLACK IMPERIAL STOUT
Embracing a nuttier coffee affluence than Atwater’s Vanilla Java Porter, full-bodied dark ale layers caramel-burnt black patent malts, dark chocolate richness and coffee bean roast atop ashen hazelnut-walnut-cola conflux. Raw molasses bittering and dark-roasted hop char advance malleable mocha mass.
ATWATER VANILLA JAVA PORTER
Better updated version (2013) loads creamy French vanilla bean roast and lovely milked coffee sedation into caramel-burnt hop char. Fudgy black chocolate midst contrasts raw molasses bittering and wavered black pepper snip. Latent cappuccino hints abound. 2019 version let mildly creamed cocoa-dried vanilla bean bittering hover alongside cedar-seared Blackstrap molasses hop char, but minor phenol aridity beckons.
