Sturdy chartreuse-bronzed dark wheat beer allows sour yeast and subtle grains to impede soft hop-fizzed citric-soured banana-clove surface. Delicate barley-roasted burnt caramel pleasantry daubs dried prune overtures and soft floral undertones, reaching buttery sourdough finish. Enjoyable, but not essential.
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EFES PILSENER
Bright citric hops introduce barley-saddled dry pilsener. Initial impression is it tastes like ginger ale, due to well-carbonated herbal evanescence and barren honeyed sweetness. But mild grain bitterness erases such thoughts. A simple pleasure.
EKU 28
Unbeatable barleywine-styled eisbock injects boisterous 11% alcohol swoon into chewy molasses malting, creamy butterscotch sideswipe, orange-bruised stewed prune ripeness, dark rum whir and endless fruited compote adjuncts. A virtual godsend for hard-core drinkers, its hefty port-sherry influence, chocolate-covered cherry quip and hard-candied medicinal spell receive desirous Cognac warmth. There’s even a hint of Southern Comfort. Truly phenomenal.
(ELYSIAN) PERSEUS PORTER
Well-respected robust porter boasts tongue-coating bitter coffee usurpation, charred hop resilience, and black licorice finish underscored by variant illusions of black cherry, cocoa leaf, ashy tobacco, and tar. Thick molasses oeuvre is perfect for serious ‘bitter’ fans.
(ERIE) MISERY BAY I.P.A.
Satisfyingly centrist medium-bodied IPA boasts big orange peel, grapefruit rind, and juniper bittering, securing malt-sweetened peach-tangerine-apple-cherry tang to wheat cracker base.
FANTOME PISSENLIT BIERE DE SAISON
Herbaceous dewy earthiness informs fluffy tan-headed copper-hued artesian farmhouse seasonal, gaining peppery hop enticement over time. Floral nosing accentuates advertised dandelion twang alongside apple-fig souring and lilac-heather absorption for uncommon nightcap. Discerning tastes will want to dabble.
FISCHER D’ALSACE AMBER MALT LIQUOR
Cork-bottled Frenchie with dry-fizzed sweet wine essence remains strong yet unassuming. Creamy caramel-malted brew goes down smooth but lacks consistency and firm formal finish. Further taste tests reveal sharp-hopped orange-bruised Scotch-candied tartness. Malt liquor labeling is a canard.
FLYING DOG DOUBLE DOG DOUBLE PALE ALE
Engrossing copper-toned double-hopped India Pale Ale cannot conceal astringent 10.5% alcohol volume and never skimps on strong whiskey warmth. Colossal pine needled citric-peeled bittering counterbalances sappy maple-spruce stickiness and brown sugared apple-pear-nectar sweetness up-front. Evergreen-freshened grassy-floral hops usurp sinewy honeyed malts to potentially harsh wood-lacquered vodka finish.
FLYING FISH BELGIAN STYLE DUBBEL
Enjoyable bottle conditioned sunset orange double bock may be ill-defined. Closer to copper-brown ale designation with its cola flow and roasted hop perk while earthy finish reminiscent of fine English ale. Nose tingling brandy warmth, syrupy barleywine thickness, and buttery cognac tinge anchor medium-bodied alcohol-smitten knockoff, but dubious dubbel lacks expectant robust depth of Belgian-styled peers.
FORT COLLINS ROCKY MOUNTAIN I.P.A.
Rewarding moderate-bodied ‘sweet-tart’ straw blonde (with pearly head) has creamier malt flow than usual India Pale Ales. Dry orange-grapefruit permanence and juniper-currant bitterness rise above toasted barley base. Herbaceous floral hop spicing deepens fruity center and caresses burnt wood and tree bark illusions.
(FRANCHES-MONTAGNES) LA MEULE GOLDEN ALE
Funky gold-hazed farmhouse ale with uninviting olfactory compost waft and dubious herbal sage influence saturating recessive glutinous corn-sugared malting to dehydrated apple-pear-apricot tedium. Damning rosemary-thyme-tarragon potpourri secludes declining green-minted spruce tip freshness.
FRITZ BRAU
Up-front barley-oats graining softens soda pop flow as cloying corn syrup dredge overrides flagging hops. Starch-y butterscotch permanence creases wheat-honeyed finish.