(DE STRUISE) PANNEPOT 2010 OLD FISHERMAN’S ALE

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Feisty 10% alcohol-fueled ‘ale brewed with spices’ (from French-bordered fishing town brewhouse) gets major lift from gooey black licorice resonation. Heavy anise influence takes full control ahead of rich Belgian chocolate spicing, noirish red grape wining and distant plum-raisin-prune snip, bringing tongue-coating black licorice uplift to the forefront. Strangely, the wafting compost pungency never consumes tertiary hazelnut coffee and chocolate liqueur illusions. Betters annisette as an after dinner relaxer.

 Struise Pannepot Reserva 2010 0.33 L - Belgiuminabox

BOXCAR BROWN ALE

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On tap at Copper Mine, mildly creamed stove-burnt coffee persistence and astringent carbolic fizz outdistance anticipated peanut-shelled hazelnut-walnut roast. Brown-sugared burnt caramel, vanilla latte, toffee and almond untertones envelop grain-charred hop roast. Tertiary cedar snip and dried fig-cherry nip waver through peaty backend of resilient medium body.

BLUE POINT SOUR CHERRY IMPERIAL STOUT (2012)

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On tap at Copper Mine, ‘majestic’ 2012 version enjoins the creamiest brown chocolate sweetness with an ’extremely complex’ black-roasted coffee richness that settles above serenely soured black cherry tartness. Beautiful molasses-soaked creme brulee, sherry, espresso and hazelnut undertones cut across its cocoa-buttered black chocolate finish. Light wood-smoked charcoal burn deepens mocha penetration. Tertiary red grape, black grape and blackberry tannins offer latent sour ruse. A marvelous dessert treat perfect for Valentine’s Day.   

 

OSKAR BLUES DEVIANT DALE’S INDIA PALE ALE

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On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, vibrant citric-embittered dry body perfect for hearty hopheads. Piney resinous hops gird broadened grapefruit-peeled frontage and brisk lemony orange rind bittering, picking up bark-dried parch and latent alcohol burn. For contrast, ancillary apricot-pineapple-tangerine tang, ripe peach-pear juicing and snazzy sugar-spiced tingle come into play.

 

SARANAC RYE I.P.A.

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On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, easygoing rye-malted IPA lags behind brighter insouciance of richer, fruitier, woodier stylistic competitors such as Bear Republic Hop Rod Rye and Harpoon Rich & Dan’s Rye IPA. Hasty rye-breaded black toasting meanders to grassy-hopped citric respite. Lemon-limed apple skin remnants haunt sooty orange-grapefruit tartness as well as vegetal asparagus-celery smidge.

Saranac Rye IPA | BeerPulse

 

 

 

KNEE DEEP TANILLA PORTER

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Creamy vanilla sugaring gains heady milk chocolate rush, weakening a tad as hickory-smoked hop roast reaches mild coffee bottom. Thinning maple-sapped molasses sinew fails to deepen vanilla-frosted sweetness informing thematic vanilla latte and vanilla bean illusions. On the nutty backend, brown-sugared cola-hazelnut conflux contrasts ample walnut bittering.

CLOWN SHOES BLAECORN UNIDRAGON RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT

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Domineering full-bodied Imperial Stout with impressive 12.5% alcohol range, gooey anise spicing and indelible vanilla-creamed mocha malting given hop-charred wood burn. Chewy caramel-sugared cookie dough yeast, bittersweet dark-roasted chocolate serenade and coconut buttering saturate ascending coffee bean bitterness. Aggressive bourbon-burgundy rush, syrupy Scotch motif and chocolate liqueur nip linger through illustrious maple-syrupy Blackstrap molasses richness.

Clown Shoes Blaecorn Unidragon Russian Imperial Stout Stout, Russian Imperial Stout