Admirable mahogany-hued medium body leisurely punctuates iced coffee frontage with roasted hop blackening and dry chocolate resin. Vanilla and maple illusions deepen steadfast cola-macadamia nuttiness beneath.
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MOLSON ULTRA
Ultra smooth dry brew with strong alcohol presence, ill-defined grain-malted sweetness, and indistinct finish. Naturally, there’s some punch, but Canucks drink better ales than this insipid trendy refuge.
MOUNT HOOD PITTOCK WEE HEAVY ALE
Smooth buttery caramel malt sweetness and dry powdered chocolate variance inform fine light-to-medium-bodied Scottish ale.
MURPHY’S STOUT DRAUGHT
Kahlua-thick draught pours like creamy chocolate malted with eye-grabbing cascading flesh-tone head settling above mahogany body. Crisp mineral water secures dry coffee bean essence underscored by mild nuttiness. Billowy mocha creaminess melts like butter on tongue, encouraging lighter tastes to imbibe.
NAVIGATOR OF HOLLAND LAGER
Flogging malt liquor coarseness and sour malt nose merge to cloying Scotch signature worsened by cheap corn-sugared alcohol harshness. Oily hops don’t help.
NEW AMSTERDAM WINTER ANNIVERSARY ALE
Sweet barley-roasted mocha entry leads to drier chocolate-covered raisin finish, putting this closer to a porter. Flaked oats, instead of expectant nutmeg or cinnamon, contour peculiar full-bodied holiday ale. Barleywine-burgundy undertones add depth. Brewery defunct: 2008.
NEW ENGLAND ELM CITY LAGER
By 2007, New England Brewery had relocated outside inceptive Norwalk site. Tinny green-canned straw-hued light-bodied German-styled pilsner yields to defective metallic astringency and slobbered malt liquor mustiness. Mild lemon-curried grapefruit-pitted bittering and rotten orange-peach sourness debilitate white-breaded rye wheat base, but mineral watered crispness ups the ante a bit for crisply clean session beer.
NEW HOLLAND DRAGON’S MILK ALE
Majestic oak-barreled ruddy maroon-hazed strong ale sustains durable burgundy-doused milk stout opulence. Hickory-smoked bourbon-sherry-port licks saturate lactose-frothed cocoa buttering, dark chocolate syruping and toffee molasses portal to rum-soaked raisin finish, gaining cherry puree souring along the way. Hop-charred maple-molasses density tweaks tertiary French vanilla, hazelnut, cola nut, plum wine, dark whiskey and Amaretto sassafras. Chewy slow sipper perfect as wintry nightcap.
(YANKEE) NEW YORK HARBOR LIGHT PILSNER
Simple, crisp, neutral alternative to vintage New York competitor Rheingold offers faded sour malt opening, harvest wheat dryness, and silky hop-fizzed bitterness, countering slight caramel sweetness.
NOGNE O #100 BARLEY WINE-STYLE ALE
Stirring Norwegian full body penetrates deeply as creamy chocolate-roasted burnt caramel malting sweetens dark-spiced cookie dough richness and dried-fruited anise-currant-sarsaparilla illusions. Sherry finish allows candied apple, bruised cherry, and vinous grape undertones to peak above raisin-plum souring and peanut-shelled hazelnut-walnut barb. Creme de cocoa, ice coffee, smoked molasses, and oaken vanilla nuances waver.
NOR’WESTER BITTER ALE
Satisfying amber-hazed bitter with resonating mineral grain entry and invigorating creamy malt richness maintains strong alcohol content. Satisfying on many levels: not too bitter for lite-minded blue collar drinkers nor too soft for snobby connoisseurs. Brewery defunct: 2007.
OAKEN BARREL SNAKE PIT PORTER
Dry mahogany-bodied ruby-glowed English-styled moderation bridges black chocolate-y frontage to acrid walnut-pecan coarseness plus evenly dispersed peat-kindled earthiness, wispy pine-hopped char, and smoked meat reminder. Bitter grape esters counter slimmest milk creaminess near sharp alcoholic finish, heightening deferred black licorice deluge.