Relegated fruited malt tang slowly dissolves as countering piney hop uprising embitters backend. But sterile finish needs better grain insistence and sharper citric bite.
PAPER CITY INDIA’N PALE ALE
Slightly phenol IPA lacks proper lemony hop bittering as sugared fig, orange marmalade, and honeydew illusions fill out barren midst. Hesitant piney-tinged orange peel finish lacks vigor.
PAPER CITY HOLYOKE DAM ALE
Taut English-styled ale maintains well-balanced integrity as toasted grains and muted hops reach out to cocoa nuttiness in subtly soured orange-apple recess. Dry tea vagary at declining finish slacks off.
(PANTHER) THREE STOOGES PREMIUM LAGER
Effervescently-hopped pale lager with bleary sweet malt tedium relegated to average blue collar status. Due to lack of originality, the most appealing characteristic of this bottled lager is its Three Stooges label and the black tee-shirt I received. Serve to indiscriminant Bud fans.
(PANTHER) CURLY’S LIGHT PREMIUM PILSNER
Named after the Three Stooges character, bland pilsner has no noticeable aroma, weak malt presence, and hidden clove-agave spices beneath soft-watered cardboard finish.
HUVILA SAHTI
Impressive moderate-bodied deep-amber Finnish-styled farmhouse ale benefits from expressive red-fruited tang, squeeze-dried fig-date souring, and surprisingly high 10.4% alcohol luster, growing in complexity to plum-prune finish. At midst, red wine sensation quells vinous yellow grape tartness to wood-toned earthiness. Champagne-fizzed Chardonnay buttering and dry burgundy musk reach rewarding port-dried sweet sherry finish.
PANIL BARRIQUEE
Mouth puckering dry cherry tannin theme and vinous grape skin tartness give triple fermented oak-aged red ale an expressive soured gueuze feel. While eyes squint after each tempting sip, bitter hops surge above earthen bottom.
PALMETTO PORTER
Salient creamy brown chocolate theme runs through richly bittersweet tan-headed brown body. Chewy toffee-caramel familiarity saturating roasted grain sliver counters dry cocoa-soured finish cloaking embittered tar and tobacco chew hints. Just a tad oily and astringent.
PALMETTO PALE ALE
Spicy lemon-orange rind frontage routs barley-roasted wheat grass whimper of puffy beige-headed moderate body. Sullen yeast froth softens sinewy pale malting to sharply bitter citric-hop finish.
PALMETTO AMBER ALE
Spice-hopped sour malt tempest obtrudes off-dry grassy-hopped wheat-cracked horsehide-hay lathering, abating supine sweetness prematurely as carbonation flattens to dismal aftertaste.
PACIFIC RIDGE PALE ALE
Spice-hopped orange peel bitterness positioned above buttery caramel malts. Soft-flowing moderate body climaxes with bright citric finish.
PACIFICO CLARA PILSNER
Typical pale-bodied Mexican done right. Clear pale yellowed suds retains fizzy lemon spritz crackling atop cardboardy French breading as distant floral perfumed agave snip wavers. Only slightly reminiscent of Dos Equis or Carta Blanca. Unassuming caramel-spiced nut graining assuages musty green apple bitterness if warmed. Perfect with spicy Mexican food, though ultimately unoriginal.