Chewy full-bodied brown-toned stout lures black coffee sourness and chafed espresso burn to dry roasted nuttiness. Black licorice waver coats tongue. Below the surface, vanilla bean, powdered chocolate, and charcoal notes inform piney hop bottom.
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SLAVUTYCH TEMNE DARK LAGER
Acrid plum-wined butterscotch-malted dark lager. Raspy hop dryness counters hard-candied sweetness punctuating medicinal finish.
SLO EXTRA PALE ALE
Penetrating pale ale with engaging bitter grain intensity and dry hop finish. Soothing water consistency and polite wheat backdrop keep this soft.
SMOKY MOUNTAIN BLACK BEAR ALE
Steadfast American Brown Ale layers hop-moderated stewed prune and green raisin souring above imminent bruised apple, sweet peach, and tart banana illusions. Meager nuttiness and weak grain backbone drag down Black Bear slightly.
SMUTTYNOSE SHOALS PALE ALE
Rich mocha malting and piney dry-hopped char secure docile front end of copper-toned English-styled ale. Musty cocoa nose brings out chocolate creaminess above dirty grain presence. Distant fruit tang recieves unexpected wood-burnt bittering to biscuit-y baked bread spine.
SOUTHAMPTON ABBEY SINGLE ALE
Yellow-fruited nature dominates effervescent citric hop zest and spicy coriander thicket, maintaining unripe peach-apricot-grapefruit souring to lemon-fresh finish.
SOUTHAMPTON 10TH ANNIVERSARY OLD ALE
Fitting coppery red ale celebrates ’96 commencement with expansive offering. Initial raisin-pecan-date affluence slips into mushy overripe peach, bruised orange, and strawberry-raspberry sanctuary underlined by casual roasted nuttiness. By brawny finish, sinewy molasses malting picks up cask-like rum, bourbon, and whiskey illusions.
SOUTHERN TIER MILD ALE
Toasted barleymalt sweetness counters grassy nose, earthen grain compliance, and gentle herbal spicing. Sour fruitiness beckons cinnamon-spiced caress to red ale-like finish.
SPANISH PEAKS PEACHES & CREAM ALE
Decent rust-clouded summertime brew retains strong peach tang, but airy creaminess and phenol hop fizz make distinctions ineffective.
SPRECHER MICRO LIGHT ALE
Pedestrian clear-toned light-bodied blonde places bland toasted malts and evaporative dry hops next to dainty lemon candied wisp. Mild sourdough, stale white bread, and musty cardboard illusions will appease lo-cal enthusiasts but disturb the rest.
(STAROPRAMEN) VELVET
Swanky East European-styled malt nose shouldn’t prohibit brewhounds of any stripe from consuming awesome lager-ale hybrid. Cascading eggshell head consumes velvety amber full body, maintaining silk-textured whipped cream froth from eclair entry to nutty bottom. Reminiscent of lighter, sweeter Guinness or premier black and tan, its deep-grained hop roast succinctly counters sugared vanilla malts and dark floral notion, picking up back-throated liquor sharpness. Canned version captures frothy mocha character well.
(STEENBERGE) MONK’S CAFE FLEMISH SOUR ALE
Brewed specifically for Philadelphia’s terrific Monk’s Cafe, indelible russet ruby Flanders Oud Bruin plies vinous green-yellow-red grape tannins to lactic-soured oaken vanilla insistence, allowing puckered lemon-dried apple, cranberry, and cherry tartness to reach fruition over leathery horseblanket acridity. Tertiary white peach, banana and raspberry melee begets dry sherry finish of debonair moderation.