Listless lemon-dried pearl-headed clear-yellowed African brew retains soft-grained moderate strength and mildewed bitter resolve emulating German-styled lager, but weak-bodied nature and unassuming alcohol-saturated finish lessen its value.
MAISEL’S WEIZEN KRISTALL-KLAR
Heavily-carbonated Brussels-laced German wheat with soft-hopped lemony banana essence, buttery yeast flow, sweet barley-corn backdrop, and murky malt liquor aspect. Unexpected mint-clove coercion adds to well-rounded distinctiveness.
MAISEL’S ST. MICHAELSBERG KELLERBIER
Clumsy unfiltered coppery amber lager mired by bread-y cardboard pall, oxidized cider stead, and off-putting herbal respite. Green grassy hops and skunked malts doubly drub disinterested dribble.
MAISEL’S WEISSE
Pervasive butterscotch sweetness elevates perfume-hopped banana-clove swerve of delicious light-bodied dark amber wheat beer. Well-balanced, gently carbonated, and elegant, gaining floral mist by ethereal yellow-fruited finish.
MAIN STREET RASPBERRY WHEAT
Cloudy and creamy like Main Street Brown Ale, though rust-hued with tart raspberry distinction, puckered green apple parch, and floral honeysuckle whim. Fizzy wheat base lacks firmness, but luckily bittersweet raspberry puree finish doesn’t quit so easily.
MAIN STREET PALE ALE
Full-bodied cloudy-hued pale ale brings fine barleymalt influx and zesty hop persistence to delicate tangy fruited finish. Crisp water briskness will appeal to amateurs in search of a soft-toned potion. Brewery defunct: 2003.
MAIN STREET BROWN ALE
Auburn-clouded ale with pungently aromatic mocha contour, prevailing crystal malt detail, and pepper-spiced hop bittering lingers to caramel finish, spanning stylistic range from frisky red ale to light chocolate porter. Brewery defunct: 2003.
MAHOU PREMIUM LAGER
Sharp hop fizz deepens corn syrupy honeyed oats sweetness and husked wheat dryness. Glutinous wheat mouthfeel confirms thick malting. Robust considering lager status. Perfect early evening prelude.
MAHOU CINCO ESTRELLAS LAGER
Sharp musty-scented pale-bodied artesian lager retains crisp barley-hopped sweetness, grassy bottom, and watery simplicity, but generic soapy finish lowers rating to half of its Spanish ‘Five Star’ moniker.
MAHARAJA LAGER
Fine smoked beer with perky hop-spiced fizz increasing burnt wood overtones and ashen-grained pale malts. Lighter and less dynamic than the nearly perfect Rogue Smoke Au Rauch, therefore less worthy.
MAGIC HAT THUMBSUCKER VERMONT IMPERIAL STOUT
Spectacular cedar-barreled bottle-conditioned ‘epic elixir’ with ebony hue and swirled sienna head conveys convincing alcohol-fueled Wild Turkey whiskey entry for bourbon-sherry-port theme thickened by stewed prune perpetuity, sour raisin-fig sequence and maraschino cherry serenade. Creamy chocolate syrup richness conjoins medicinal warmth countering dry vinous oaken vanilla finish, preserving initial dewy dried fruiting.
MAGIC HAT SINGLE CHAIR ALE
Aromatic grapefruit-peeled green apple mildness coerces dry floral-hopped citric souring of softly flowed diacetyl-ridden pale body. Tart lemon, apricot, blood orange and white grape illusions secure ginger-snapped wheat-backed tether, pine needle residue, and earthen fresh cut grass remnant.