Inoffensive and non-essential straw-paled moderation brings mild rice-caked sweetness, dry sourdough yeast and cardboard-like malts to its delicate toasted white bread foundation. Light veggie hints and distant lemongrass snip too low in the metallic mix.
Bland yellow-paled light-bodied pilsener with salty carbolic hops recalling the South American shoreline and lightly toasted barley reminiscent of cleaner North American lagers. Seltzer-like lemon-limed watering lightens the skunked whiskey malting and Granny Smith apple souring.
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, busy Belgian-styled tripel lets it all hang out. Sweet Belgian candi sugaring contrasts alcohol-burnt Cascade and Sorachi Ace hop bittering to honeyed wheat base. Vanilla wafer scurry picks up banana liqueur, Chardonnay, Courvoisier, and Cognac boozing as well as ripened white pear, bruised orange, yellow apple, red peach and nectarine fruiting. Lemony honeysuckle, peppercorn, clove and coriander nuances fill out musky tropical finish.
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, tentative caramel apple theme fades to desolate brown-sugared cinnamon and gingerbread spicing. Phenol hop coarsening, distant floral perfumed snip and weak honeyed wheat base further bury caramelized quince stint.
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, rigid piney hop pungency and minor alcohol burn embitter prevalent citric fruiting. Up-front orange-peeled grapefruit rind and lemon zest brighten brisk medium body. But tangy pineapple, nectarine and apple subsidy and polite toasted grain malting more common amongst less aggressive pale ales.
Overly aggressive carbolic pour forms big-bubbled tan lace atop dark brown full body. Condensely embittered roasted hop char and dark roasted grain malting form coffee-burnt espresso overtones and cocoa-powdered black chocolate fudging. Wood-singed ashen nuttiness affects raw mocha molasses finish. On tap at Climax 2017, bittersweet medium-roast Columbian coffee and oats-flaked cacao nibs mildly surge past fig-spiced burgundy illusions, black currant snips and cola nuttiness.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, overly modest citric-hopped bittering remains too mild and murky for stylistic profile. Muted lemon-rotted grapefruit peel entry picks up resinous dry wood tone and wafting perfume tinge above soft wheat-honeyed crystal malting. Slick mediocrity lacks firm body.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, robust German-styled pilsner appears to be less brisk and more musty than fruitier Victory Prima Pils. Dank lemon-soured pungency soaks into grassy-hopped herbal peppering, grain-toasted Vienna malting and floral-dried honeyed peach tone to wheat cracker spine. A tinge of cilantro, lemongrass and basil found beneath gritty citric surface.
