Bettering most lighter bodied pale ales with its full flavored profile, murkily rust-hazed Texan (in a can) offers crystal-malted cereal grain toasting and moderate piney hop bittering to delicately sugar-spiced grapefruit, pineapple and orange tang as well as zesty lemon twist. Crisp well-watered minerality provides clean base for brisk floral-fruited finish. Recommended to softer ale palates.
Crisply clean dry-hopped moderation (in a can) takes brewers’ standard Fireman’s #4 Blonde Ale and increases its malted barley grain bill while heightening the piney hop bittering to boost gravity and intensify the frisky fruited frolic. Candied tangerine, pineapple, grapefruit and lemon tang lingers above soft-grained toasted bread spine.
A cornucopia of bittersweet tropical fruits gain affluence above advertised ‘caramelized apricot’ tartness serenading hybridized Belgian IPA. Ancillary lemon-dried mango, kiwi, papaya, grapefruit and peach tones contrast assertive hop-charred ethanol bittering. Herbaceous black-peppered Belgian yeast funk grazes acrid alfalfa, wheat straw and hay backdrop.
Dandy li’l canned pale ale brings German alt yeast to soft-toned fruit spicing and mild grassy hops. Lemony grapefruit, tangerine and Bartlett pear illusions soak up dry piney niche. Cereal grain remnant found at sourdough bottom.
Muddled rust-hazed English IPA with wavered ESB tendencies lacks firm direction. Canned dry body offers earthen dewiness, brown tea-like musk and reedy hop grouting to lemon-rotted prune-fig-date conflux. Minor West Coast-styled citric vibrancy lost in the carbolic fizz.
Engaging medium-full body dazzles senses with floral-wafted fruit juicing and caramel-sweetened barley roast. Nifty orange-bruised grapefruit, peach, pear and apple illusions contrast resinous piney hop oiling and peppery herbal nip. Tangy citric sparkle hides mighty 9.9% ABV of well-balanced potion.
Complexities abound for crystalline Belgian-styled Pale Ale. Advertised “honeyed spices” pick up herbal lemon souring, plum-wined prune respite and light champagne fizz over brisk clean-watered crisping. Softer palates will be delighted.
Walking a tightrope getting all the different adjuncts to adhere correctly makes this affluent wheat wine a durable recreational hybrid (with hidden 10% abv). “Brewed with spices,” its toasted black cardamom seasoning and black peppercorn snip provide a rice-wined sake affect before settling into oaken vanilla midst. Herbal Sauvignon tropicalia and creamy Chardonnay buttering tease the palate before honeyed nectar sweetens its dainty hibiscus-lotus-dandelion florality. Subtle smoked wheat tangent underscores dry alfalfa, whey and sorghum graining as well as grouty hop gunk.
Curiously unconventional hybridized witbier tosses mild hibiscus florality, tea-like chamomile herbage and honeyed wheat malting into strangely exotic mix that forsakes stylish orange-peeled coriander propensity for creative offshoot. Wafting floral nectar sweetness increases hibiscus-chamomile affect. Dirty earthen peat mossing shrivels up the subtle plum, prune and beet undertones. Advertised blueberry tartness needs sharper intensity.
Uncommon saison puts a challenging spin on basic farmhouse ale. Best described as a liquified green salad intermingling delicate vegetable intricacies with pleasant citric effervescence, its refreshingly water-based cucumber cleanliness rises above celery-seeded green peppercorn remnants. A moderate Saaz hop bittering and sour lemon twist contrast the light green-peppered cucumber sweetness. Marvelous balance and complexity for such a unique offshoot.
Imprecise and unconventional moderate-bodied Belgo-American hybrid needs more emphatic Belgian yeast funk, better caramel-spiced sweetness and more specific herbal fruiting. Closer to a helles lager with its wavered biscuit-y cracked graining, cereal oats sugaring and doughy croissant buttering.
Adequate blonde ale never fully integrates advertised ginger spicing with herbaceous white-peppered grapefruit bittering and floral hibiscus-lotus-lilac bouquet. Sessionable summertime fodder.
