After somewhat promising sweet malt salvo, pearly white-headed fluff depletes unassuming 7.8% alcohol burn for desolate mineral-grained tizzy. Abated oily hops dull herbal nuances consuming slick cloying finish that fails to reach full-bodied potential.
BROKEN HILL LAGER
Fresh berry aromatics and fresh water flow usurp sharp hop bitterness tethering peculiar dry citric sourness. Honeyed Scotch whir and creamy Drambuie (though not as thickly sweet) illumination wait in the wings. Unassertive lager will please amateurs without discouraging experienced drinkers.
BROADWAY ROAD DOG SCOTTISH ALE
Wild jester collage on bottle’s label perhaps inspired by beat poet Hunter S. Thompson’s ancient Celtic axiom. Though dark brown-hued, this is a light, unassuming ‘also ran.’ A bit nutty with pleasurable butterscotch snuggling spring water freshness, though lacking discernible character. Later brewed by Denver’s Flying Dog. Brewery defunct: 2006.
BROADWAY RAIL YARD ALE
Sugary toasted malt essence backed by tamped-down hops and dry mocha before diverting fizz tingle calmly upends roasted barley pleasantries. Brewery defunct: 2006.
(BROADWAY) DOG DAY GOLDEN ALE
Plain, simple, atypical Rocky Mountain ale. Its pale appearance and overly foamy head are as unassuming as conservative brewing method. Pilsner dabblers may enjoy soft grain flow and delicate malt texture, but adventurous imbibers will be disappointed. Same-named beer later brewed by Denver’s Flying Dog Brewery. Brewery defunct: 2006.
BRISTOL’S WET MOUNTAIN INDIA PALE ALE
Rapturous spicy hop continuance dominates piney cedar bitterness, minimal floral bouquet, and herbal tease. Sweet malt bottom adds black molasses harshness to its deceptive complexity.
BRISTOL’S RED ROCKET PALE ALE
Roasted barley-oats overlay piney spruce eruption, dried orange souring, and tingly hop spicing informing tautly expressive medium body. Toasted caramel malts and honeyed yeast add further sweetness.
BRISTOL’S MASS TRANSIT ALE
Flanked by nostalgic Volkswagen minibus label, this “mellow, effortless” hippie-stoked Vienna lager plies musty-fruited Vienna malt essence to muted herbal-hopped mocha nuttiness. Though organic mineral grain finish never relinquishes subordinate fruit-spiced red ale tang, a stoic blandness gets exposed on repeated sips.
BRISTOL’S LAUGHING LAB SCOTTISH-STYLE ALE
Pleasant tobacco leaf opening absorbed by sour coffee beans, syrupy molasses malts, and dried fig-raisin confluence of prune-hued dark ale. Debonair spiced hop sentiment quells baker’s chocolate bitterness, rye-pumpernickel braze, and honeyed pecan-hazelnut glaze. Too tamely turbid for heavyweight Scottish class, yet wholly satisfied.
BRISTOL’S BEEHIVE HONEY WHEAT
Indistinct hazy yellow ale loses retention as raw-honeyed citric fizz goes sour, inviting nasty phenol component to oxidize diacetyl vanilla-Chardonnay creaminess.
BRIMSTONE HONEY RED ALE
Fermented with syrupy honey extract, bittersweet rust-hued ale dangles barley biscuit above paltry chocolate malt backdrop and sinewy yeast murk. Accrued acidity cheapens its resolve. Expectant orange blossom honey difficult to locate by indistinct finish.
BRIGAND BELGIAN ALE
Sour yeast-scented bitter-hopped Belgian brings sweet Scotch malting and ashen hop resin to dainty butterscotch finish. A bit bland for pale ale but fine for adventurous pilsner skulls.