Burnished maroon-hued rocky-headed stout places tart raspberry puree insistence atop deepened dry mocha-prune bitterness ’til prevalent coffee bean bitterness overtakes creamy chocolate cake finish. Dried-fruited fig, raisin and black cherry recess secures tertiary tobacco chew, powdered cocoa and Bakers chocolate wisps.
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WILD BOAR BLACK FOREST WHEAT
Dark wheat brew with natural cherry flavoring and sweet wine essence. Fizzy-hopped cracked wheat punctuation adds depth to rich chocolate malt finish. Consistently rewarding without being too obtuse in its slurry fruited nature.
WILLIAMSBURG PALE ALE
Decent yellow-bellied medium body placates sweet malt opening with bright peach-nectarine tang, lemon-hopped bittering, and musty herbal mist, garnering oak-dried grape tannic, wild berry, and piney nuances by grassy horsehide finish. Shockingly, viscous milky yeast particles deluge otherwise silky nature. Brewery defunct: 2006.
WOLAVERS PALE ALE
First impression: lightly pined copper-hazed ale compared favorably to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale. Sinewy caramel yeast foundation provides perfect ‘tap beer’ essence while subtle nut bitterness firms up wheat-chaffed floral bouquet. Damp dry-hopped orange rind dankness envelops succinct mineral grain finish.
WURZBURGER HOFBRAU PREMIUM PILSNER
Though first bottle consumed was imported by estimable Killian Company, rich copper-hued biscuit-y wheat German brew maintained distinction. Zesty yellow fruiting, animated spice-hopped sop, and sweet barley roast lingered to lemony mineral-grained finish. Original Bavarian version brought richer barley malting to spicier lemon bittering.
WYNKOOP BOCK
Strong coffee soured template energizes dark fruity tartness and rich cocoa malt aspect, but acrid alcohol finish depletes secondary chocolate-nut imp.
YAZOO HEFEWEIZEN
Off-putting cooked veggie nose never disrupts zesty orange-grapefruit tartness and tingly coriander spicing of medium-bodied golden-paled wheat ale. Peppery lemongrass nip underscores impending sour-candied lemon and green raisin illusions.
YOUNG’S WAGGLEDANCE HONEY ALE
Wavering honey sourness drapes dry hop bitterness and complacent chocolate sweetness of moderate body. Ascending mocha malt creaminess resonates to finish, but melts away by mushy aftertaste.
ZIMA MALT LIQUOR
Disgustingly gross faux-wine cooler with beleaguered lemon-limed 7-Up spritz. Who buys this rueful drool? Trendy ’90s-bound seltzer-spumed scum suckers. ‘Zumthing Ztupid.’
ABBAYE DES ROCS BLANCHE DOUBLE WHITE ALE
While pouring former Blanche des Honnelles, heavy carbolic fizz overflows sour yeast eminence. In fine tradition of grape-vinous white-wined Belgian ales, cloudy rust-hued full body submits aromatic citrus tang to spicy floral hops and herbal mint tinge.
ABITA PILSNER
Pure spring water, sweet mocha aroma-palate, and thick barleymalt mustiness form the core of brownish red Big Easy beer. Soft coffee notes and earthy grain backdrop descend upon watered down version of a bland porter.
AECHT SCHLENKERLA RAUCHBIER MARZEN
Dark amber-grained ‘rauch’ beer stays creamier than drier Aecht smoked beers. Beechwood-smoked peat malts gain hard salami slab absorbed by maple honey nut easement conveying heady sweetness to dried cocoa repsite. Sappy pine-combed hop toastiness bastes omnipresent wafting cedar-redwood sear. Strangley, at busy cured meat finish, hints of cherry rhubarb pie or tangelo detected.