Sampled directly after awful Drax Beer for real Halloween treat! Fetching red devil on label quite eye catching in its detail. As for ale inside, haunting chocolate residue and spooky yeast sediment strike first, but marauding mocha malt sweetness dies over time. Brewed as traditional English Ale, witchy tonic needs more ghoulish spicing. Serve with fangs. Brewery defunct: 2006.
(MIRACLE) ARK ANGEL ALE
While label claims Ark Angel is rich in taste and color, it will not scare away tidy pilsner lovers. Ale heads will quickly discover yummy chocolate-coated thickness and spiced-hop bottom. Not as heavy as a porter, allowing it to go down light and easy. Brewery defunct: 2006.
MINOTT’S BLACK STAR DOUBLE HOPPED GOLDEN LAGER
Soft barley undercurrent runs through well-hopped white-headed pale lager. Ample carbonation brings out creamy mocha malt luster, but lack of thick grain assertion hurts its ‘double hopped’ classification.
MINOTT’S BLACK STAR DOUBLE HOPPED AMBER LAGER
Silken foamy-headed amber-yellowed lager unites buttery mocha and sweet barley with lingered hop-fueled nuttiness. Soft creaminess envelops crisp Montana water flow. Closer to a smooth brown ale taste-wise, especially since it’s more complex than most lagers.
MILLSTREAM SCHOKOLADE BOCK LAGER
Cocoa-soured pumpernickel breading surrounds premature green grape and sugared fig accents to oaken-dried quince finish, picking up mineral grain earthiness. But expectant prune-like bock luster hidden beneath sputtering chocolate-caramel malting.
MILLSTREAM SCHILD BRAU AMBER
Coppery-russet Vienna-styled Oktoberfest links honeyed wheat sweetness to tannic grape dryness, vinous green apple souring, tart orange backdrop, and mild ginger spicing, picking up fresh cut grass, horsehair, and leather adjuncts along the way.
MILLSTREAM COLONY OATMEAL STOUT
Resilient mahogany-hued ruby-highlighted mocha-chalked stout matches thick nutty resonance to faded black chocolate creaminess and rich molasses residue. At finish, grain-roasted cereal oats belie oaken cedar-burnt coffee bittering.
(MILLER) MEISTER BRAU
Cheap white-headed straw-bodied Michelob knockoff less appealing than lower rung Asian brews. Musty barleymalts envelop cloy watery spritz.
MILLER LITE ICE
Mild blandness, overt sweetness, and pale transparence similar to Miller High Life Pilsener. Yet not as processed as its descendant thanks to ‘ice’ brewing, which dissipates the dank tinniness for pleasant watery texture and dry hop finish.
MILLER CHILL LIGHT LAGER
Foul cabbage-y chemical waft emanates from flaccid yellow-bellied Chelada-style ‘malternative.’ Originally mistook name as ‘Chili’ since green label and bottle and Mexican recipe fooled me. But sugared lime and salt provide cola-like 7-Up, Mountain Dew, and Fresca flavoring. Slick hop dryness compensates artificial sweetener.
MILLER 1855 CELEBRATION LAGER
Listless palest straw macro-brewed pushover fades into phenol oblivion as soon as muted corn-soured whiskey waft, dank malt sweetness and glutinous spelt grain buttering lose traction to clay-hopped plasticene linger. Yawn.
MILL CITY OATMEAL STOUT
Giving Sam Smith Oatmeal Stout a run for its money, smoothly full-bodied mahogany-hued colonial brew goes down like silk. Exquisite aromatic sweetness and frothy head consume the senses before coffee-stained oatmeal richness takes over and barleywine illusions induce peculiar twist to an already fascinating brew. Brewery defunct: 2006.