Despite deep copper penny hue and lingered honey-maple tease, this busy ‘Dusseldorf altbier’ lets tinny phenol nature override bitter hop dryness, doughy souring and slim rye influence, expelling meager cinnamon-nutmeg postscript.
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SOUTHERN TIER INDIA PALE ALE
Bold fleshy-headed tawny amber from Adirondack Mountains. Grassy-hopped wheat chaff receives lemony grapefruit-mango tang over sweet yeast affluence. Herbal peppercorn, floral rosebud, and tinny copper ale illusions arrive midway. Sour-fruited respite deepens backend piney bitterness.
SPANISH PEAKS MONTEREY PALE ALE
Almond-toasted barley-roasted flaked oats counter spiced hop dryness that recedes by slim citric-teased finish. Closer to a sweet amber ale.
SPRECHER DOPPLE BOCK LAGER
Inviting dark lager lets roasted caramel malting bring black chocolate-toffee-cocoa convergence to sweet vanilla-hazelnut finish. Raisin and prune spotted beneath woody Chinook-Saaz-hopped char.
STAROPRAMEN PILSENER
Fizzy pop-like pilsner with pungent yeast, floral hops, and staid barley scouring crisp water flow. Not as fine as Czech staples Pilsner Urquel or Czechvar, but full-bodied nature beats Bud by a grain.
(STEENBERGE) LEUTE BOKBIER
Bold Belgian bock brings spiced hop frisk to musty orange peel theme as tannic grape tartness and dry cider pucker settle above wood-soaked cherry finish. Minor acidity haunts ripe raisin prudence, sugared fig frugality, and creamy mocha restraint.
STIEGL COLUMBUS PILS
Musty pale-toned malt-wafted medium-bodied Austrian underscores seltzer-watered fizz with bittersweet grassy-hopped grain compaction and bread-like yeast mildness. Acidic green apple subsidy nearly befouls firm barley base. Fine as a casual treat or served with meats and cheeses.
STONE SMOKED PORTER
Tantalizingly robust ebony-hued tan-laced porter brings bittersweet hop-roasted black chocolate thrust to creamy caramel-toffee cluster countering tar-like hickory-smoked cedar-burnt black coffee bittering mid-palate. Black cherry, blackberry, black currant, and bourbon scamper through anise-draped pine-tarred molasses malting. Bitter mocha tones hit hard, then back off, as deliciously smooth cappuccino finish lingers infinitely. Maple-smoked cola nuttiness and cocoa-beaned dryness fill the gaps.
STONE COAST SUNDAY RIVER ALT
Fizzy carbolic hops permeate orange-spiced tang and delicate barley strand of watery soft-bodied amber alt. Moderate dry nut finish bitterly lingers.
STOUDT’S GOLD LAGER
All natural straw-hued lager with crisp water cleanness, vibrant Cascade hops, and filmy glass-clinging Brussels lace. Rich barleymalts, honeyed oats, and stone fruiting offer slight red ale sweetness to complete the simple grain finish. Well above mainstream lagers without getting fancy.
SUMMIT GREAT NORTHERN PORTER – 20th ANNIVERSARY
Ebony-hued 20th anniversary celebrator (2006) placates wood-smoked chicory coffee waft with deep-roasted hop bittering and molasses-thickened tar mudding and tobacco chew acridity. Impending black chocolate influence fortifies burnt toast base and dry walnut din.
(MORLAND) TANNER’S JACK ALE
In clear glass bottle with distinct orange label, hop-fueled ale typifies English Special Bitter styling with its pronounced caramel-grained corn-sypupy Scotch malt sweetness countering spice-hopped bittering. Excellent for English ale connoisseurs as well as expansive lager palates.