Soft-toned Belgian pilsner brings lemon-salted Saaz hop prickle to sweet orange peel zest, satisfying lighter thirsts with lower expectations. Delicately crisp mineral water soothe proves relaxingly invigorating. But clay-hopped herbal respite and sweet corn alacrity cannot fill the gaping hole minimizing the fragile citric finish.
Inessential English pale ale mushes spicy red apple, peach and grapefruit murk with phenol hop-oiled musk, becoming diacetyl at the citric-soured herbal cider finish. Soft mineral watering depleted by acetone metallic sheen.
Voluptuous dessert wine-like Belgian dark ale (aged in Madeira barrels) brings contagious tropical-fruited Sangria sweetness to lively spiced rum sugaring. Complexities abound as gelatinous grape jelly viscousness spreads across ripe cantaloupe, honeydew, watermelon, pineapple, strawberry, cherry, raspberry and peach illusions. Syrupy fruit compote thickens alongside sticky caramel apple uprising. Simply undeniable.
Sessionable organic IPA brings soft hop-spiced floral bittering to mildly perfumed fruit tang. Delicate pine resin drapes juicy peach, pear, brown apple and pineapple illusions. Plastique clay hops add rubbery feel to dry wood ambush.
Sharp piney fruited hop pungency invigorates bitter ‘hop-head’ delight. Bright Citra-hopped grapefruit rind and orange pith bittering soaks up ultra-dry Amarillo-hopped wood tones. Sugary caramel malting, tangy tangerine-peach-melon juicing and sappy spruce resin provide generous contrast above wispy white wheat bed.
On tap at Three Wise Monks, limited edition tropical-fruited summer saison brings subtle pineapple juicing to sour yellow fruited splendor. Lemony grapefruit, pear, mango, apricot and grape tang picks up delicate Belgian yeast peppering, mild salty spicing and soft herbal touch. Pez-like tartness spreads across fruity finish.
Easygoing floral-bound fruited moderation gets thin and metallic after promising entry. Soft-toned caramel apple, brown pear, tangerine and lemon meringue illusions flutter by gentle sugar spicing and delicate hop-fizzed astringency. Vacuous phenol carbolics dissolve biscuit-y wheat backbone.
Fabulous fruit-juiced medium body with lingering pink and yellow grapefruit tang securing lemon-sugared crystal malts and mellow citric hop bittering. Light wood pining soaks up ancillary peach, cantaloupe, mango, tangerine, guava and passion fruit illusions. Definitive grapefruit theme sharpens by the sturdily zesty citric finish.
Mellow oak-aged hop-head delight loads tangy pink grapefruit briskness and brisk tropical fruited aromatics atop sharp piney bittering. Spruce-tipped pineapple, peach, tangerine and orange marmalade sweetness lingers, picking up mild maple-sugared vanilla undertones along the way. Minor gooseberry, mulberry and black currant bittering reinforces fruited hop bite.
Intriguingly combining Rogue Dead Guy Ale’s honey-roasted caramel nuttiness with Ipswich Dark Ale’s chewy cookie dough yeast, soft-watered amber ale hits all the right notes. Vanilla-sugared fig, almond, pecan and chestnut illusions invigorate the fruity center. Floral cherry, pineapple, cantaloupe, melon and mango serenity drapes tobacco-crisped toasted caramel malting to biscuit-y bottom.
Creamy milk chocolate-like ale (in a can) brewed with vanilla picks up oats-sugared hop char to lactic mocha finish. Bittersweet vanilla bean sentiment harbors slick dark and brown chocolate malting. Tertiary cocoa powder, coconut, chocolate pudding, blackberry and anise undertones add color. Distant tar-like cigar ash bittering fades below.
Overcrowded flavor profile depletes patronizing pumpkin pie passivity. Brown-sugared nutmeg adds wintry bluster to autumnal ginger-spiced cinnamon-caraway-allspice seasoning. Murky black-peppered herbage picks up oily perfume-hopped musk and vodka smidge. Vegetal yam, gourd and fennel undertones add further tumultuous friction.
