Lamentably underdeveloped India Pale Ale needs deeper pink grapefruit and orange marmalade penetration to anchor soft bark-dried wheat-grained bed. Petty resinous hop bittering minimizes tea-like backdrop.
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(RHINELANDER) MYSTICAL JACK ALE
Better defined as a dewy mocha-nutted brown ale than English strong ale, rocky tan-headed amber-browned medium body gains unwanted astringency by its dark-spiced caramel-malted finish. Faint plum, raisin and walnut illusions and hesitant barleywine nip fade abruptly.
(SAND CREEK) LILYA’S ARGOSY IPA
Mundane India Pale Ale’s muddled flavor profile streamlines citric-pined expectancy while nasty alcohol astringency and soapy metallic solvency unnecessarily strengthen. Reedy Cascade-hopped grapefruit-orange drear, gnarly vegetal slip and light juniper nip fluctuate to the downside. Stylistically, Lilya’s Pulling Boat’s better as an offhanded IPA. This here’s a phony.
(SAND CREEK) LILYA’S PULLING BOAT PALE ALE
Unsubtle medium body snags grainier IPA-like Cascade-hopped citric fruiting for bitterer pale ale styling. Softly creamed crystal malts anchor spice-tingled pineapple, grapefruit, orange and peach nuances. But buttery diacetyl nature ruins biscuity bottom.
(SAND CREEK) LILYA’S HEIFER WEIZEN
Finely hybridized ‘Wisconsin Farmhouse Wheat Beer’ blends herbaceous white-peppered Belgian ale yeast with sweet banana-cloved German hefeweiss. Sharp-spiced lemon hop salting pierces banana breaded midst to gentle harvest-grained pale wheat bottom.
OCHAKOVO LAGER
Droll straw-yellowed light body slouches forth with dainty French-breaded sourdough wisp and corn-sugared caramel malting. But oily hop astringency, buttery popcorn indifference and light skunking obliterate delicate tendencies of compromised pale lager.
OCHAKOVO BLACK LAGER
Indistinct cola-browned dark lager never fully integrates. Murky oatmeal-sugared chocolate malting and dewy molasses sapping undone by dirty watered swill. Black licorice snip and wispy nuttiness lost at the dire mocha finish.
(WYCHWOOD) KING GOBLIN DARK ENGLISH ALE
Elegantly soft-toned dark ale brings dry-spiced crystal malt sugaring to caramel-burnt dried fruiting. Subtle plum-fig-date-pecan conflux gains momentum. Sharp earthen hop astringency rubs up against dewy cellared must.
PEAK ORGANIC SUMMER SESSION ALE
On tap at Track 84, dry pale wheat ale gets hybridized with West Coast pale ale styling for moderate summertime refresher. Musty raw-honeyed graining and resinous Amarillo hop bittering saddle lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind, pineapple and peach illusions. Leathery hay-barnyard-alfalfa acridity and herbal peppercorn-lemongrass snip add depth to approachable fare. In bottle, happily predictable fare gains perky lemon zest spritz and mild white peppering above rye-breaded nicety.
WOODSTOCK INN KANC COUNTRY MAPLE PORTER
On tap at Track 84, muddled cola-hazed medium body never fully integrates. Murky maple sugaring depleted by raw molasses acridity and day-old coffee nuttiness. Brown-sugared black patent malting and chalky black chocolate snip lose luster.
NEBRASKA HOP GOD BELGIAN STYLE IPA AGED IN CHARDONNAY BARRELS
Highly expressive triple-hopped Belgian IPA aged in Chardonnay barrels improves upon winning original recipe by increasing fruitful bliss with boozy white-wined banter. Floral-tinged lemon peel, grapefruit, peach, pineapple, nectar and cherry illusions receive gin-soaked Chardonnay buttering and sweet banana dacquiri swirl above earthy white-peppered basil-thyme herbage. Dry oak tannins soften citric-spiced hop bittering. Syrupy honey-combed caramel sugaring completes the score.
GREAT DIVIDE 19TH ANNIVERSARY STRONG ALE
On tap at Three Wise Monks, boozy celebrator brings caramelized birch syrup to brandy-fueled fruiting. Orange-bruised apple buttering and tangy pineapple-peach-tangerine-melon juicing meld to vanilla-creamed coconut milking. Grand Marnier, brandy and tequila snips crowd the vodka fruited finish.
