Cool looking moose-with-barrel graphics on label may be only distinctive character of this simple ale. Light chocolate souring and muted hop bitterness soften palate to lightweight mocha malt finish. Nevertheless, rednecks and couch potatoes will like its casual splendor.
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KIMMEL DARK LAGER
Honeyed caramel malts and chewy tobacco lurk beneath brutally cloy corn sugar astringency, wearing thin by cheap dirty-watered finish.
KING’S PALE ALE
Hazy coppery amber medium body retains muted citrus bitterness, mild hop spicing, and toasted barley biscuit respite, but oxidized finish diminishes impact.
KOBORS SPECIAL ALE
An ordinary (despite Special tag) golden ale lacking specificity and intent. Nebulous hop bitterness, derelict yellow fruit tartness, and faded carbonation dim its chances. Brewery defunct: 2004.
KOZLAK BOCK
Inadvisable green bottle doesn’t plague reputable creamy Polish bock. Sweet brown chocolate drips into big fig embrace and nice hazelnut-walnut-pecan wrap, creating initial full-bodied lunge. Honeyed wheat girds frisky carbolic fizz as massive raisin-prune influence steps forward. Busy finish picks up meritorious burgundy-barleywine ripple. In embossed brown bottle, brown-sugared toffee and butterscotch sweetness scatters thru corn syrupy dried fruiting. Spicy nutmeg tingle drapes latent caramelized raisin-fig-prune conflux.
KUJAWIAK LAGER
Meek golden-cleared pilsner-styled Czech lager puts nondescript cereal grains in bland dry malt setting. Seltzer water frisk can’t overcome lame body and alcohol reminder gets annoyingly astringent.
LA BARBERIE ROUSSE BITTER ALE
Soured orange frontage and herbaceous undercurrent stricken by raw-honeyed hop-charred bitterness deepening abundant dry citric finish.
LA BINCHOISE ARTISANAL AMBER ALE
Turbid rust-hued artisan-watered Belgian with aromatic yellow-fruited clove spicing absorbed by sour prune or plum wine mouthfeel. Softly textured considering well disguised 9% alcohol content, yet more robust than brewers’ Blonde and Brown Ales. Perfect melange of barleywine, chocolate cake, and morning dew accent busy finish.
LAGUNITAS EQUINOX PALE OAT ALE
Tranquil roasted barley opening caresses lemony grapefruit hop infusion. Though delicately casual, soft-bodied, and inconspicuous, wild oats and toasted barley broaden its lithe grain finish substantially.
LAKEFRONT CREAM CITY PALE ALE
Musty-scented mocha-soured pale ale maintains thick grain-nut bitterness and creamy moderation to piney finish. Sticky maple malts, chocolate notes, and birch undertones sweeten the mesh, curbing grain-embittered depth with no negative setbacks.
LAKE PLACID VANILLA PORTER
Thick mahogany-marooned lactic porter leads with dark chocolate intensity deepened by coffee-roasted bitterness plus black licorice, raw molasses, and fig snips. Vanilla bean souring magnifies sugary maple spell and faint bourbon tinge, finishing even more bitter than it started.
LANCASTER HOP HOG INDIA PALE ALE
Very appealing heavily hopped hazy amber medium body with unassuming 7.9% alcohol depth brings citric Red Ale-like overtones, indelible floral bouquet, and evergreen freshness to wheat-husked rolled oat spine. Candied malts coat ripening apricot-tangerine-melon-grapefruit-apple sweetness underscored by pine needle terseness, herbaceous concision and vegetal nuance, finishing bitterer as crisp orange peel zest increases.