GREEN FLASH SILVA STOUT

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Admirably complex bourbon-aged Imperial Stout betters whipped-creamed mochaccino with a whiskey shot. Milky brown and dark chocolate malting picks up cappuccino, espresso and dark-roast coffee influence as well as cocoa powder, burnt caramel, molasses cookie and toasted coconut nuances. Anise-seeded black licorice undertones sidle oaken vanilla wisp and hesitant wood-smoked tarring. In the deep recess, sour black cherry tartness and light port notes contrast bruised cherry sweetness. A chocolate-covered malt ball alternative with a rummy bourbon kick, perhaps.

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SOUTHERN TIER SONNET

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Ambitious stylistic depth marks expressively melodic ‘sonnet.’ Everything’s in harmony. Moderate lemongrass adjunct influences zesty tropical fruiting, herbal honeyed saffron spicing and mild white-peppered hop bittering. Candi-sugared Belgian yeast sweetens curacao orange, peach, pineapple, mango and tangerine tang. Delicate French breading underscores ascending banana overtures, creamy vanilla caress, distant butternut squash snip and wispy cologne-laced alcohol sway at spritzy citrus finish. Recommended.    

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THE BRUERY OR XATA

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On tap at Poor Henry’s, beautifully designed blonde ale hybrid (2015) re-creates delicious rice-milked, almond-sugared Mexican dessert drink known as horchata. For such an easydrinking lightweight, its  complexities abound. Fudgy vanilla soaks into banana-creamed rum cake sweetness, soothing cinnamon spicing, honeyed citrus splendor and mild coconut tinge. Sharp citric hop pep provides brisk carbolic thrust for fabulous one of a kind elixir. Try in lieu of rice pudding, coconut custard, fruit pastry or doughnut.

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BALLANTINE INDIA ALE ALE (PABST)

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Is this America’s first great ‘craft’ beer? Brewed since the 19th century, it’s not overly aggressive or too hop-forward, allowing a wider range of palates to explore. Like most modern IPA’s, juicy grapefruit-peeled orange, peach, mango, tangerine and pineapple tang contrasts crisp piney hop bittering. Further sweetness derived from almond, praline and pecan nuttiness as well as creamy crystal malting and honeyed cereal grain spine. Standing up to newer microbrew recipes without overstating its piney citric bittering, ale connoisseurs of every stripe should enjoy the radiant medium-to-full-bodied classic.  

   

VICTORY MOVING PARTS IPA BATCH 3

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Prolfic, ever-evolving IPA series presents decisive Batch 3, a Belgian-styled India Pale Ale better defined as a typically fine West Coast knockoff. Soft-toned lemony grapefruit tartness crisply picks up white-peppered Citra hop spicing above sugary crystal/carapils malting and buttery biscuit spine. Peachy tangerine, pineapple, cantaloupe, mango and melon tang gets juicier by illustrious floral fruited finish.  

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VICTORY KIRSCH GOSE

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On tap at Growler & Gill, briny lemon-limed sourness pleats hard-candied cherry pucker. Tart raspberry rasp, vinous green grape esters, mild green apple snip and Jolly Rancher watermelon nuance provide further souring. Residual sugar sweetness hidden below the oaken cherry surface. ‘Sublime,’ indeed.