Mellow billowy-headed sienna-hued strong ale with uniformly fading circular bubbles retains bittersweet raisin-plum-fig tenacity, dried apricot-cherry penchant, and tannic red-purple grape tartness. Dry grape-skinned Muscat-wined burgundy-port illusions pop up above capacious apple-spiced wheat spine. Ginger and orange peel make veiled cameos augmenting plumed yeast intricacy. With its puissant 9.9% alcohol content, why take Nyquil?
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URPIN LAGER
Adequate ivory-headed clear-bodied lager layers chaffed wheat and freshly harvested hops above slick honeyed malts to dry rye finish that gets soggy.
VAPEUR COCHONNE AMBER ALE
Seriously heady sunset-hued barleywine-spiced ale awakens senses with moldy tangerine nose, gin-soaked juniper embrace, and silken Chardonnay-Cognac-Courvoisier subsidy. Alcohol-soaked syrupy malt setting invites fig-prune affluence to saturate rum raisin contour, overripe banana illusion, vanilla offing, and creamy caramel catapult. Medicinal finish picks up dense sour apple and bruised peach nip.
VICTORY GOLDEN MONKEY TRIPEL
Creamy Belgian-styled tripel mixes honeyed barleymalt affectation with compost-wafted white-peppered white-wined white ale character. Candi-sugared fig-dried rye wheat backdrop and pecan-almond snip deepened by herbal fungi. Moderate hop bitterness tucks away clove-ginger-nutmeg undertones and teensy coriander-anise adjunct before potent curacao orange finish gets serious alcohol jolt.
WACHUSETT BLACK SHACK PORTER
Black velvet-bodied, puffy beige-headed off-dry porter not unlike milk stout though a tad oily. Chalky cocoa ambiance, coffee sourness, and pithy oat backdrop enhance creamy chocolate thickness.
WAGNER VALLEY MILL STREET PILSNER
Unconventional flaxen-hazed light-bodied dry lager disregards customary hop-grained malting for herbal spicing and grassy barnyard asperity. Straw wheat-parched Saaz hop bite expands juniper bittering, perfumed tulip-rosebud subtlety, and black peppered rosemary-thyme tingle.
WARSTEINER PREMIUM LAGER
Pale complexion, soft white head, and watery texture bring light-bodied appeal to sedate German lager. Sourdough aromatics and honeyed malts counter bitter hop spicing. Aimed at novices looking for German version of Coors Light.
WEIHENSTEPHANER KORBINIAN DOPPELBOCK
Peculiar wet-blanketed horsehair waft emanating from ruby amber bock never disrupts penetrating fruited nut theme. Sweet honeyed malts enrich roasted hazelnut, dehydrated prune, dried cherry, and tangerine illusions. Mild barleywine finish adds further luster.
WELTENBURGER KLOSTER URTYP HELL
Made at reputed oldest monastery brewery since 1050, this medium-bodied smoothie maintains polite peppery hop bitterness underscored by allspice, coriander, and thyme, but its sweet buttery malt finish fades abruptly.
WEYERBACHER HOPS INFUSION ALE
Bragging of ‘four times more hops than our IPA,’ Weyerbacher’s heavily citric-hopped bitter ale gets countered by angular caramel malt lucidity. But mild grainy bitterness wins out at ephemeral mocha finish. Simple, effective, if not essential.
(WHITBREAD) MACKESON TRIPLE XXX STOUT
Exceptional jet black-hued milk stout with frothy russet head, unassuming ash aroma, and nose-tingling fizz pours like mud. Blood-thickened maple sap sweetness, chocolate malt creaminess, and sherry-soaked Merlot Noir periphery provide sugary resolve. Heavily lactic burnt caramel sprawl and sour buttermilk skulk fill out dry powdery mocha finish, fading a tad too quick for highly exalted ‘triple’ status. Drink slowly to appreciate its splendor. Now brewed in Cincinnati and sold at bargain basement price.
WILD GOOSE AMBER ALE
Chocolate malt-scented English-style ale gracefully layers velvety caramel malt sweetness above roasted barley-oats and toasted hops, settling into mild mocha finish.