Satisfactory amber-clouded bottle-conditioned dry-hopped Bitter retains ripe cherry overtones, spritzy carbolic fizz, and fuzzy soft water flow. Sustained grain briskness, though moderated, recalls British pilsners.
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WURZBURGER HOFBRAU PREMIUM BAVARIAN PILSNER
Insignificant musty hop-wafted, white fluffy-headed, light-bodied pilsner with dank yeast bitterness reminiscent of Holland brews such as Heineken or Peter’s Brand Pilsener. Flat carbonation, trifling citric souring, and watery flow don’t help. Bavarian? No. Closer to a bad white ale, perhaps. Try Killian’s version instead.
(YANTAR) ADMIRALSKOYE NACINEPUZOBAHE
Unconvincing straw-hued, white-headed, musty-grained lager calmed by soft malt overlay, tinny salted butter scour, and terse peppery hop tingle. Muted fruitiness left behind at bland finish, severely limiting overall appeal.
(YELLOW ROSE) BUFFALO BUTT
Be forewarned! Disposable rust copper-hued tea-scented sludge truly sucks. Murky cocoa lament and dried prune sterility given dirty water flatulence. Hasty unripe orange and sour apple hints dry up. My friend Bob shot the five bottles leftover in his backyard.
YUENGLING BLACK & TAN
Dry-hopped black malt bitterness chafes dark-roast barley essence, but chalky mocha spunk damages tepid B & T. Problem may be it’s too drab and superficial while lacking expected dried fruiting and black chocolate creaminess for its lofty class.
(ZYWIEC) KRAKUS LAGER
Pure mountain spring water flows through dirty mineral grain essence to soapy finish that’s indistinguishable even for a light pale body. Conservative barleymalt saunter under-whelms.
ABBAYE DU VAL-DIEU BLOND
Pour slowly highly carbonated white-headed blond. Resilient candied butterscotch banter and white-peppered hops lend laid-back elegance to doughy biscuit spine. Mild medicinal spell subdues citric-spiced finish, becomong a tad soapy along the way.
ABITA STRAWBERRY HARVEST LAGER
Parched straw-hazed moderate-bodied fruit-flavored lager brings powdered Pez-like sourness to muted cotton-candied strawberry shortcake tartness. Blanched cereal graining subsumed by astringent leathery acridity, diacetyl carbolic fizz, and watermelon gum illusion. Banana taffy, plantain, peach, and apricot lost in butterscotch midst.
AFANASY DARK LAGER
Spotty prune-fig confluence picks up considerate dark caramel- toffee-butterscotch continuance as slightly syrupy nature recedes to blank mocha grained finish.
ALASKAN WINTER ALE
Divergent tawny seasonal perks chewy caramel-butterscotch reliance with harvested spruce tips, mild chestnut-pine wood tones, and insurgent floral hops, abandoning predictable cinnamon-nutmeg wintering for heavily alcoholic dessert warmth. Complexities abound when syrupy flow turns bubble-gummy at thawed finish.
ALLAGASH HUGH MALONE ALE
Vigorously fruited, tan-laced, amber-hued, Belgian-styled India Pale Ale brings floral-teased citric spicing to lightly pine-hopped bittering. Easily consumed despite shrewd 8.5% alcohol content, its sugary grapefruit tang and peachy orange sweetness entangle lilting pomegranate trifle.
(ALVINNE) GASPAR ALE
Gaudy herbal hop resin too acridly phenol for alcohol-burnt orange peel bittering and lemony grapefruit rind souring entwining white peppered thyme-sage spicing of eccentric meringue-headed bronze-hazed India Pale Ale. Creamy vanilla-chocolate malting suffers pungent setback by dank basement mustiness and earthen barnyard funk, ravaging tertiary green apple tartness, dried peach tang, and vapid honeysuckle sweetness.