Docile caramel-roasted piney fruiting allows lighter thirsts to crossover to bolder style. Juicy pear, apple, peach and marmalade fruiting stays on equal footing with expectant orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering. In the backdrop, spruce-tipped citric hops contrast cocoa-nibbed chocolate malting.
STARPOINT DUH! DOUBLE RYE IPA
(OLDE HICKORY) HICKORY STICK STOUT
Dry hickory-smoked pungency absorbs dark-roasted mocha malting. Bitter black chocolate and coffee rampage gains tar-like hop oiling and ashen charcoal acridity. But watery coffee-roasted espresso finish loses body and texture after a few sips.
(OLDE HICKORY) BLACK RAVEN IPA
Hefty black chocolate roast contrasts sweet and sour orange-peeled grapefruit tang. Creamy coffee sugaring raids the mocha template while resinous hop-charred pining, earthen peat mossing and dark floral bouquet conquer the rustic backend.
OLDE HICKORY HEFEWEIZEN
OLDE HICKORY WILSON CREEK E.S.B.
(OLDE HICKORY) PEABODY’S APPALACHIAN ALE
SHOCK-TOP HONEYCRISP APPLE WHEAT
Dessicated sour cider acidity contrasts sugary browned apple tartness fairly well but cinnamon spicing falls way short. Apple Jacks cereal, baked apple and apple strudel undertones squeezed out by apparent artificial flavoring.
BISON ORGANIC HONEY BASIL
Ambitious honey-spiced medium body decisively integrates herbaceous basil seasoning with sweet clover-honeyed caramel malting. Soft white peppering dots ancillary heather, honeysuckle and sunflower illusions.