Luxurious barleywine entry given delicate floral hop bittering to form initial thrust of fabulous turbidly copper-hued ultra ‘weiss.’ Creamy vanilla-butterscotch splurge gets clove-coriander accent and distant raisin-fig-date splotch mid-palate. At illustrious finish, pear, nectar, and banana offer benevolent fructose rush. Well done!
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TYSKIE PORTER
Strong dark Polish porter aids sweet barleywine lead-in with favorable oncoming brown chocolate creaminess and thick maple syrup richness for truly original full-bodied peculiarity.
UNIBROUE EDITION 2004 ALE
Complex coppery annual ale counters lively fruited hop frontage with herbal white-peppered ginger-clove-eucalyptus respite and leathery grape tannin dryness. Swirled peach-orange-grapefruit-berry medley stimulates piney menthol freshness.
UNIBROUE 10
Special 10th anniversary ‘grand cuvee’ typifies Unibroue’s more uniquely styled brews which are truly in a league of their own. Compares favorably to Belgian white ales with its wheat wine essence, zesty orange wisp, and carbolic hop-spiced clove seasoning. Unexpected cinnamon-nutmeg backdrop adds pleasant holiday spirit. Still, more fluffy than creamy, hurting its persistence.
UPPER CANADA PALE ALE
Brisk roasted barley template receives creamy malt richness, absorbing well-hopped soda-like fizz of highly carbolic moderate body. Mild fruitiness sweetens polite grain finish. Serve to pilsner fans as an alternative.
(VANDENBOSSCHE) PATER LIEVEN TRIPEL ABBEY ALE
Incisive honeyed orange-nectarine-coriander melange enhances minor plum souring and cotton-candied coughdrop sweetness of gooey sediment-filled amber-hazed moderate body. Buttery effervescence penetrates impending fresh cut chaffed wheat and permissive clove-ginger-peppercorn seasoning, but disparaging dirty grain earthiness and watery fizz-hopped finish nullify up-front medicinal promise.
VICTORY DONNYBROOK STOUT
Thick ebony-hued full body offers adequate black coffee bittering and dark chocolate creaminess. Nutty bottom sharpens woodsy hop char.
VOODOO WHITE MAGICK OF THE SUN ALE
Unique juniper-influenced Belgian-styled white ale maintains spicy citric liveliness. Advertised coriander, orange peel, juniper, and peppercorn illusions align lemon peeled bitterness that overtakes gin martini reminiscence. Cotton-candied orange cream soda midst and wispy floral snip sweeten the honeyed wheat spine.
WAGNER VALLEY GRACE HOUSE HONEY WHEAT
Lackluster clear golden wheat lager loses clover honey gist, minor rye hint, and tea-like nuance to ephemeral soft-fruited grapefruit-orange-peach backend, finishing with inferior dried barleymalt restraint. Club soda carbonation suffuses dinky hop acridity.
(WARMINSKO-MAZURSKIE) JURAND EXTRA MOCNE
Despicably stale grassy-hopped sweet-corned malt liquor-y medium body with dismal carbolic intake suffers from abysmal alcohol harshness and putrid vegetal blurb.
WEIHENSTEPHANER HEFEWEISS
Admirable fleshy-headed golden-hued moderate-bodied half-wheat with sinewy yeast sediment propelled by creamy banana butterscotch charm and lacy eclair froth. Lemony floral hop tingle and expansive clove-coriander spicing delicately caress candi-sugared honeyed wheat base. An undeniable world-class beer.
WELTENBURGER KLOSTER BAROCK-HELL
Casual fizz-hopped bitter underscores sourdough yeast with orange-peeled lemon rind tang, but scant caramel creaminess compromised by indecisive malt impact and dry cork must.