Durable rust-hued bubbly-headed fruit-hopped Extra Special Bitter propels saturated mocha thickness above light grained citrus tang and nutty residue. Abundant carbonation never disturbs creamy barley-toasted caramel malt synergy. By robust finish, it’s nuttier than fruitier.
Explosive carbolic flow mires bland mineral graining while mild citric-hopped tartness wavers. I don’t know… tastes closer to Pez than pils, and a weak one at that. Brewery defunct: 2006.
Dry wood-burnt kindling-smoked frontage dissipates before coffee-stained tobacco leaf midst and thin chocolate roast finish intercept fluffy carbolic nature.
Surreptitiously soured cork-wafted winter warmer (with 6.8% alcohol) provides sugar plummed fig-prune-cherry surge to recessive nutmeg-cinnamon tingle and earthen herbal subtlety. Vinous tannic citrus tartness and musk-y orange tang pick up barest cocoa hint by pastry-caked finish.
Founded near Tower of London, distinctly British pale ale maintains soft citric hop flow, rich barley-wheat depth, and sharp carbonation. Butterscotch undertones sweeten metallic tin can shard. Better on tap when served as a yeastier “yard of ale.”
Rich maltose underpins sweet bourbon-brandy-Grant Monet sinew, settling to oak-tinged barleywine finish. Smoked wood chip delusion picks up earthen peat satchel jacketing bruised orange and vanilla bean illusions. Heart throbbing after dinner seduction may lack rich creaminess of worthier Calvados-casked brethren, but not its sturdy radiance.
Rather soft for daintily gold-hazed dessert-like tripel, but its alcohol sneaks up on you. Short-lived white-peppered citric effervescence gives way to protruding candi-sugared yeast sweetness contrasting mildly bitter herbal hop spread to creamy vanilla-spiced finish. Coriander, lemon peel, and banana illusions crystallize alongside light green grape tartness.
Humble 60-barrel handcrafted microbrew brings brief wheat serenade to phenol yellow-fruited finish as frustrating citric nature loses efficacy.
Unspecified brown ale-like mocha-nut register and subdued barley sweetness lack distinction to bland caramel finish. Bright citric-hopped tinge evaporates thusly. Brewery had been sold as of 2005 and its beers remain defunct.
Despite ‘black’ designation, pale golden lager retains heady malt liquor salience. Smoked whiskey prelude fades to sticky cream corn sweetness with biscuit-y wheat waver. Possible liqueur wisp turns soapy by astringent finish, where 7% alcohol drear sullies glutinous gluten goo.
Swampy sour astringency overwhelms dreaded corn-y malt liquor-like acridity, devouring sugared oats of weary hop-fizzed moderation.
Repulsively bland, soapy, cabbage-scented lager gains diacetyl corn malt clutter to counter dismal lemony hop slot. Strong, but obtrusively pungent.