Smooth medium-to-full-bodied Country Chase celebrates the first hunt of the season, matching terrific Bass Pale Ale caramel malt character to smooth red-orange fruiting. Pleasant hop-spiced bitterness calibrates sweet stone-fruited quince stint. Strong dark ale just a tad less distinct than brewers’ world renowned Bass Pale Ale.
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(BAVIK) WITTEKERKE WHEAT ALE
Coriander-spiced banana-clove entry and lime-y green apple twang outlast any serious wheat husking while faint lemon-fizzed sourness waters down fluffy-headed yellow-bellied softie. Spicy Mexican pilsner-like simplicity may go over well with cruddy Corona crowd.
BECK’S PILSNER
Trademark bitter-hopped skunked yeast theme gains brown-sugared Bavarian malting. Mid-range barley-toasted cereal graining provides cover for lemony orange peel tuft. Simple, crisp, effective middle ground for amateurs and connoisseurs.
BELL’S CONSECRATOR DOPPELBOCK
Soft-toned lightly carbonated chestnut amber double bock rides sugared nuttiness (almond-hazelnut-macadamia) to creamy butterscotch finish, picking up spicy hop injection fueling lurked fruit esters and phenol dried prune void.
(BERGER) INDEGO PALE ALE
Nifty fruited grain palate caresses delicate hop silk, forming mild-mannered medium-bodied middleweight. Satisfactory dry barley-oat finish gets bitter berry resonance. Brewery defunct: circa 2004.
BERKSHIRE LOST SAILOR INDIA PALE ALE
Valiant butterscotch-glowed flagship IPA brings expectant tangerine-clementine-apricot juicing to malt-sugared candied yeast sweetness, deferring dubious hop-spiced bitterness, orange-oiled tartness, wood-toned sentiment and dry floral punctuation underpinning dewy mineral graining and slight herbal tea-like eucalyptus freshness. Tangy pear, quince, and grapefruit esters add further fruiting.
BERT GRANT’S PERFECT PORTER
Don’t let dry coffee-embittered black chocolate opening, charcoal-stained lactose thickness, midnight black hue and clustered Brussels lace of English-styled porter scare away lighter tastes. Subsequent caramel-burnt maple-molasses sweetness underlays chewy chocolate delight, evoking creamy milkshake or Black Forest cake dessert-like affability. Toasted barley-hops inform endless mocha finish. Seasoned milk stout fanatics as well as lagerheads will be pleased. Brewery defunct: 2007.
BIG HOLE WISDOM CREAM ALE
Aromatic green apple tartness and mouth-puckering citric souring provide eye-squinting bitterness, leading to heartburn-inducing vinous acidity. Intrusive carbolic fluff overwhelms miniscule butterscotch malt creaminess. Lacking necessary cereal-grained sweetness to counter dismal one-dimensional yellow-fruited sourness. Too similar to Big Hole’s lackluster Pale Ale.
BISON CHOCOLATE STOUT
Brewed with Dutch cocoa and retaining lactic brown-sugared chocolate fudging, medium-bodied stout also reveals secondary raw molasses, charred walnut, and burnt cedar illusions. On the horizon, chicory-doused black coffee influence darkens roasted hop bittering. But flawed charcoal scorch haunts oily mocha finish.
(BLACK SHEEP) RIGGWELTER YORKSHIRE ALE
Dark chocolate waft, green apple quickness, and tannic red grape tartness rise above date-fig conflux bordering earthy peat resin. Burnt hop dryness and chaffed wheat restraint smear otherwise tinny sour malt finish of frothy flesh-tone laced dark amber.
BLUEGRASS AMERICAN PALE ALE
Fine sunset orange ale offers cracked wheat, doughy biscuit, and sweet tobacco triage to deepening raw honey bittering. Lingering spruce hop finish receives floral grapefruit-lemon twang and dried tobacco nuance.
BLUE MOUNTAIN CLASSIC LAGER
Bland moderate-bodied pale lager diffuses pleasant grain toasting with bittersweet lemony orange tang. Clay hops induce phenolic enzyme-like acidity, dragging down leftover sugared malt efficacy.