Unbalanced medium-bodied pale ale with cascading tan head and syrupy yeast sinew places herbaceous dry-hopped impetus above rotted orange-grapefruit tangent.
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BUDWEISER SELECT LIGHT LAGER
Thin ultra-dry straw-paled light body with only 99 calories fails to ignite. Unleavened white bread barrenness and washed-out Seltzer-fizzed white aspirin chalkiness made worse by drab maize-rice finish. Faintest sweetness evaporates on impact. Inoffensive. Horrid canned version sucks more, allowing tinny metallic acridity to completely nullify barren corn-husked astringency and unbuttered popcorn spell.
ABITA BOCK
Drab sunset-hued Mardi Gras fave fails to impress from its washed-out pale amber hue to its ridiculously inappropriate mildness. Astringent honey-soured caramel malting, musty orange-banana-cherry trickle, phenol spicing, and caraway seeding make for ineffectual Maibock or Helles bock traits.
WURZBURGER JULIUS ECHTER BAVARIAN HEFE-WEISS
Inviting pearly-headed yellow-hazed Bavarian wheat ale retains prickly peppered hop zest, sweet coriander-clove spicing, and ester-y banana tartness, staying lively on the tongue. Bubblegum illusions peak through lemony vanilla wafer midst. Musty apple-apricot-orange fruiting enlightens mild backend.
TWO BROTHERS RED EYE COFFEE PORTER
Penetrating lactose-aided Baltic porter with bold stout-like character (and concealed 9.2% alcohol fervor) boasts outstanding hop-charred molasses-soaked coffee bean theme. Creamy vanilla, espresso, and cappuccino illusions outlast milky black chocolate-y respite and roasted walnut-hazelnut remnant. On par with the finest caffeine-doused java brews. On tap, bittersweet black chocolate theme gains coffee bean richness, cherry-soured hazelnut souring, and liqueur-ish vanilla latte remnant.
SIERRA NEVADA TORPEDO EXTRA I.P.A.
Bold amber-hazed rocky-headed India Pale Ale boosts bright citrus theme above resinous piney hop bite. Creamy caramel malts counter lemony grapefruit rind, orange peel and black currant bitterness as well as grassy herbal respite. Earthen raw-grained pungency hardens resolve while tertiary apricot tang, apple balm, and melon ripeness increase fruit juiciness.
(SHMALTZ) CONEY ISLAND HUMAN BLOCKHEAD LAGER
Eye-catching circus freak-labeled series continues with complex 10% alcohol-fueled German-styled doppelbock posing as a strong lager. Sugary ginger sweetness invades red cherry, golden raisin, purple grape, and apricot fruitiness as well as buttery molasses-chocolate malting. Peppery hop fizz simmers tertiary gin-soaked barleywine, Chardonnay, and rum boozing and slight metallic twang. Like the finest non-flavored vodka, this full-bodied lager elevates its supplemental ingredients.
SAMUEL ADAMS HONEY PORTER
Resinous ruddy brown porter with hop-roasted get-up places creamy honey nut sweetness, charitable cocoa-buttered mocha sway, and bruised cherry-prune tang against overwhelming wood-charred bittering. Full-bodied and well balanced, but lacking assertive chocolate-coffee finish.
SAMUEL ADAMS WHITE ALE (2008)
As long as these inviting spice-racked winter seasonals keep evolving, separate entries will be apropos. Lilting hazy golden ’08 version flings vanilla-sweetened coriander-anise spicing against plum-blueberry souring and orange-lemon peel bittering. Mild rose hip, dandelion, and jasmine traces lace soft peppery hop fizz.
SAMUEL ADAMS BLACKBERRY WITBIER
Fragrant black and blueberry mouthfeel more pronounced than phenol-hopped cranberry souring. Metallic twang soaks up tart fruited candy influence to soapy blackberry finish. Needs thicker malt seepage and sturdier white-breaded spine. On second passing, ripe blackberry-raspberry fruiting had firmer honeyed wheat spine and grazing Mandarin orange, tangerine, and peach snip.
ST. LOUIS PECHE
Cloying fruited lambic features roaring sweet ‘n sour peach tartness, but suffers from astringent diacetyl acidity. Syrupy peach thickness overwhelms vinous cider wasteland and tinsel-y apricot spritz to puckering citric acerbity.
