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.
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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.
(LATROBE) LOYALHANNA AMBER LAGER
Despite promising auburn hue, barren sour malt peculiarity and acrid barley-wheat dryness lack ancillary adjuncts. Raw grain husk and phenol hop fizz too murky for musty moderation. Rancid metallic moldiness disturbs diminished minerality at deadened finish.
(LEFEBVRE) ABBAYE DE FLOREFFE BLOND BELGIAN ALE
Founded in 1121, Lefebvre’s Belgian brewery is quite possibly the oldest in the world. Puffy head and cloudy amber complexion greet this moderate-bodied ale. Though thick foamy carbonation takes away from sweet apple-peach subtleties, its stimulating malted cereal grain finish reinforces barley-wheat graining.
LEFT HAND RYE BOCK LAGER
Well integrated rye-toasted pumpernickel theme extends through dirty earthen graining, torrid vegetal souring, and dried cherry dirge. Though cumbersome phenol fizz gets in the way and sour mash waft may be off-putting, its chocolate-cocoa malting adds abstruse depth.
LEGEND PILSNER
Fizzy-hopped butterscotch opening fades to cardboard as shaky pumpernickel-rye confluence, bleached orange-grapefruit bittering, and nebulous tangerine souring give in to unresolved phenol spicing.
LIEFMANS GLUHKRIEK ALE
Fluttering tart cherry theme and sweet soda sugaring provide winning essence. Musty grain overtones and moderate hop bitterness never suffocate authentic cherry flavor. Dark burgundy-hued appearance misleading for such an easy-to-drink ale.
(LION) LIONSHEAD DELUXE PILSNER
On tap, dank straw-hued German-styled pilsner conveys salty corn-silk dryness to vegetal-swilled lemon-bruised orange-candied sourness. Diacetyl finish retains dull bread-crusted pumpernickel nuance and mild currant sway. Canned version gets awfully tinny. Forget the dumb ‘deluxe’ tag, this here’s mere cheap debris.
LOBKO DARK LAGER
Very settling with slight grain bitterness and relaxing hop bite. Sweet mocha malts and fading coffee finish offer subtle pleasantries American lagers often lack.
LONG TRAIL BLACKBEARY WHEAT ALE
Though label’s picturesque bears on a brightly colored windowpane in a grapevine setting is a hoot, this is ultimately ineffective as either wheat ale or crossover blackberry-fermented fruity ale. Washed-out phenolic citrus astringency and solvent-like acidity diminish expectations of palest club soda-like spritzer. It simply doesn’t deliver what’s promised.