Enthusiastically colorful autumnal moderation loads maple-sugared honey nut sweetness inside pumpkin pie-spiced piquancy. Caramelized cinnamon, candied ginger, nutmeg and allspice season the leafy hop respite.
BROTHERS THE ADMIRAL
Perfectly centrist moderate-medium body stays lighter and less assertive than Brothers Hoptimization (despite heightened Imperial IPA tag). Evenly dispersed orange-grapefruit-pineapple-peach tang and subtle piney hop bittering ride above toasted caramel malts.
3 BROTHERS GREAT OUTDOORS
Coming across like a Brit-styled Extra Special Bitter with its raw-grained rye dryness, mild lemon tea sugaring and biscuit-y malt base, sly moderate-bodied pale ale retains lightly pungent minerality. Herb-tinged grassy hops provide soft bittering as fennel, pumpernickel and wheatgrass illusions fill the gaps.
3 BROTHERS HOPTIMIZATION
Refreshingly clean dry-bodied India Pale Ale (with brewers’ name shortened to Brothers circa 2015) enjoins bitter pine-needled hop pungency with aggressive tropical fruiting and sugary pale malting. Ripe pineapple, grapefruit, navel orange, tangerine, peach and mango tang picks up honeyed floral sweetness. Zesty citrus finish retains brisk Cascade-Chinook hop crisping.
THREE FLOYDS PEAR BEAR AMERICAN WILD ALE
Resplendent pear-juiced sour ale reaches eye-squinting green grape vinegaring as lemon-juiced mouth pucker sedates mild pear adjunct. Dissipating unripe pear tartness picks up leathery barnyard acridity, cider-soured Granny Smith apple piquancy and raspberry vinaigrette lilt as well. Initial pear sweetness swallowed up quickly by bitter bacterial acidity. Perfect for sour heads.
THREE FLOYDS BROO DOO HARVEST ALE
Exalted autumnal IPA brings dewy wet-hopped resilience to affluent tropical fruiting and glistening sugared spices. Lively citrus zest brightens above caramelized nut glaze and floral pine lacquering near the crowded midst. Lemony orange-peeled grapefruit, pineapple, peach, tangerine, mango, cherry, pear and passionfruit illusions persistently subsume dank mineral graining at the grassy bottom of thoroughly enticing medium body.
LOST RHINO FACE PLANT
Indifferent moderate-bodied IPA never truly catches fire as soft citrus-pined hop bittering gets murky above sugar-spiced caramel malting and dank herbal uprising. Zesty orange-peeled lemon tang and dark floral nuances evaporate, allowing aspirin-like astringency to disrupt easygoing nature.
TWO ROADS BERGAMONSTER
On tap at Doherty’s, whimsically original limited edition (2015) Imperial Wheat Ale brings sunny Bergamont orange peel essence to white-peppered herbal spicing and honeyed lemon meringue tartness atop fragile raw wheat spine. Ephemeral plastique grouting never undermines lemony orange tea barrage.
STONY CREEK LITTLE CRANKY SESSION IPA
Middling sessionable moderation gathers pine-needled lemondrop hops to lightly contrast desolate Valencia orange spicing. Grassy vegetal niche downgrades floral citric finish. Generic, but not necessarily unappealing to mainstream pale alers.
STONY CREEK CRUM APPLE CINNAMON OATMEAL AMBER ALE
Curious hybridized amber ale takes time to develop flavor-wise as sharp cinnamon-spiced apple cider mingles with brown-sugared oatmeal sweetness – picking up mild crumb cake likeness. Musky hop astringency relegates ginger-spiced orange peel, peach and tangerine smidge as well as latent nutmeg seasoning.
UINTA HOP NOSH IPA
Decisive well-rounded medium body spreads sunshiny yellow grapefruit tang above mellow piney citric hop bittering and cozy cereal-grained caramel malting. Modest pineapple, orange, mango, peach and clementine tropicalia brightens sugar-spiced sweetness, zesty lemon tingle and soft floral accents. Perfect as crossover for softer-tongued pale ale lovers since hop bittering’s kept in check.
UINTA JACKED B NIMBLE IMPERIAL BLACK PUMPKIN ALE (AGED IN BOURBON)I
Rampaging bourbon-barreled pumpkin ale highlights dark-roasted mocha malting and brown-sugared gingerbread sweetness. Pumpkin-spiced cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and allspice seasoning enriches bourbon vanilla uprising as well as cherry cordial nip and delicate red grape respite at brown chocolate-dominated finish.
