Unlikely earthy peat malt opening sidles sweet tobacco, ashy maple, and burnt caramel influence of tan-headed, frothy-laced, cola-flowing dry port. Sticky mocha-honey-vanilla blend devours smoked cedar nuance, impending coffee inkling, and orange-bruised dried prune sourness before tingling over-carbonation, sputtered hop roast, and astringent finish disrupt.
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WASATCH SPECIAL RESERVE PALE ALE
Wintry pine-spruce pliancy, spicy fruited hops, and biscuit-y tease engage subtle grain foundation, but indistinct finish lowers score.
WEIHENSTEPHANER & DOEMENS 1809 BERLINER WEISSE
Slender golden-hazed glow radiates drier, bitterer German wheat beer supposedly first brewed for Napolean (and re-created by Dr. Fritz Briem). Extremely tart lemon juice frontage sags to sharp cider bittering. Sour grapefruit, unripe orange, and blanched banana-kiwi diminish below unexpected lemongrass proclivity and musty barnyard waft. Faint clove spicing barely sweetens quinine-watered backdrop.
WEYERBACHER BELGIAN STYLE TRIPPEL
Precursor to Weyerbacher’s Merry Monks Ale. Ripe cherry-grape tang attracts nifty barleywine surge and a dash of herbal mint or clove spicing to creamy caramel center. Candi-sugared sweet ‘n sour honey malting enhances tertiary raisin-plum tartness, providing further full-bodied luster. An undeniably wonderful Belgian knockoff.
WEYERBACHER MUSE FARMHOUSE ALE
Unbalanced funky barnyard ale remains astringent as raw-grained earthiness and grassy hay parch drench off-putting rye-dried white-peppered lemongrass herbage to sour lemon finish. Wood-lacquered burnt rubber hint further ruins moderate-bodied saffron-hazed treachery. Better supplemental sugar malting needed.
WIDMER HEFEWEIZEN
Durable silky hop fizz, perfumed yeast nose, cotton candy pleasantry, and orange peel elegance imbue cloudy unfiltered moderate-bodied German knockoff (with heavy viscosity and yeast sediment). When served with lemon slice, wheat-barley essence absorbs fruit dollop and weakened lime flow. Serve to pilsner fans looking to expand their horizons.
WILD GOOSE PORTER
WITKAP-PATER ABBEY-SINGEL ALE
Yet another brew that rips us off for .8 ounces (11.2 oz. instead of 12). Smooth, somewhat fruity Belgium ale goes down like clove-spiced champagne. Musty apple-pear misting and phenolic lemony grapefruit dissonance reach ransacked doughy bottom. A tad too sudsy to fully satisfy the beast within, lacking body and character (especially when compared to finer Belgian ales).
WOODSTOCK PILSNER
Admirable medium-bodied pilsner with viscous yeast sediment given instant bright apricot juiciness topped by single malt Scotch persistence tethering rye-dried caramelized wheat base. Brewery defunct: 2001.
(WYCHWOOD) HOBGOBLIN TRADITIONAL ENGLISH ALE
Roasted mocha malts dominate earthen grains of uncomplicated rust-hazed English Ale. Candied burgundy sweetness lingers below light chocolate-y surface as mineral water crispness stays in accord with great Brit tradition.
YARDS PHILADELPHIA PALE ALE
Easygoing amber-toned, medium-bodied, English-styled ale from the city of Brotherly Love. Yeast-backed sour bread opening serenades burnt hop bitterness, chaffed wheat restraint, and buttery resolve, settling to pleasant roasted barley midst with a smidgen of acidity and no significant follow-up.
YOUNG’S OATMEAL STOUT
Fluffy bronze-headed stout pours like tar, retaining odorous smoky mocha must. Dark chocolate-malted espresso resonance perfectly counters moderate oatmeal intonation. Though frothy, creamy, and dry, sparkling water texture goes against traditional style. Yet given its enduring milkshake finish, this traditional Brit is quite grandiose.