EPIC/ DC BRAU FERMENTATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IMPERIAL PUMPKIN PORTER

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zpumpkin porterJohn Fortunato

Extremely complex, richly creamed autumnal dessert collaboration perfectly blends dark-roasted caramel nougat sweetness with Madagascar vanilla bean luster and molasses-sapped pumpkin spicing. Dried-fruited black cherry puree, raspberry, blackberry and raisin illusions push up against gingerbread-sugared nutmeg-allspice-clove seasoning as well as vegetal butternut-squash-yam nuances. Weedy earthen dewiness and ashen hop char deepen cocoa-dried black chocolate malting. Even a hint of marshmallow seeps into the busily eccentric mix.

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EPIC 825 STATE STOUT

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zoatmeal stoutJohn Fortunato

Unsustainable coffee roast entry, wispy dark-roasted chocolate nuttiness and fudgy cocoa snip washed-out by phenol carbolic fizz. Mildly creamed mocha froth gets soapy above wary oats-sugared spine. Inconsequential obsidian-hued brown-watered oatmeal stout.

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BACK EAST IMPERIAL STOUT

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zimperial stoutJohn Fortunato

Affluent cocoa-seeded dark chocolate roast and reedy hop char ascend above ashen pine-tarred tobacco chaw bittering. Oncoming espresso coffee contingent deepens creamy smoked mocha finish. Butter pecan, burnt caramel and toffee sweetness inundate the back-end. Casual dried fruiting (red plum/black cherry), delicate bourbon whir and wispy anise snip find tertiary space.

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BRASH TEXAS EXILE ALE BREWED W/ COFFEE

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zcoffee aleJohn Fortunato

‘Brash’ cold-brewed coffee sugaring surges forth over bitter espresso followup, chewy yeast sinew and gooey black licorice. Maple-sapped honeyed oats secure affable mocha java theme. Tertiary marshmallow, cappuccino and vanilla illusions found below radar.

Texas exile

MIKKELLER KOPPI COFFEE I.P.A.

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zcoffee india pale aleJohn Fortunato

Gregarious bittersweet coffee entry picks up subtle dark fruiting over barley-flaked hop oils. Exceptionally smooth java theme really overwhelms distant pink grapefruit, lemon rind, blueberry, raspberry and tangerine twang. Lovely coffee roast convincingly soaks into resinous wood-toned Tomahawk hop splotch.

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(‘T SMISJE) CATHERINE THE GREAT IMPERIAL STOUT

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zimperial stoutJohn Fortunato

Pour slowly hybridized Imperial Stout (with dried fruited Flanders Red-styled souring) or risk carbolic overload. Musky Belgian chocolate spicing receives ascending cocoa chalked astringency, slick caramel malting and murky pecan-chestnut smear, drenching the mustily tart cherry-berry-fig acridity. Dirty earthen peat bottom negatively coarsens the roasted hop bittering until the mildly creamed mocha tendencies all but disappear.

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SAMUEL SMITH ORGANIC APRICOT ALE

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zapricot aleJohn Fortunato

Musty apricot-juiced entry picks up soda-fizzed cherry, grape and orange tartness above musky straw wheat spine. Herbal ginger-leafed sugaring, sweet cider spell and lemon tea nuance fill the gaps. Soft malt creaming adds gentle froth to washed-out apricot finish.

Samuel Smith Organic Apricot Ale

(OCHAKOVO) YACHMENNIY KOLOS LAGER

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zpale lagerJohn Fortunato

Generically inoffensive green-bottled yellow-cleared flat-headed pale lager brings delicate caramel malt creaming and corn-sugared cereal graining to grassy hop oiling. Soft-toned Russian suds will please less discrimating tastes only.

Yachmenniy Koloc Zolotoye - Ochakovo - Moscow, Russian Federation

ENGELSZELL BENNO TRAPPISTENBIER

September 9, 2013Beers A-ZsaisonJohn Fortunato

Unusual mocha-creamed saison drapes Belgian chocolate spicing atop cookie-sugared dried fruiting. Dessicated fig-dried apricot, fried banana, black grape and pecan pie illusions battle for space above tea-leafed peat mossing and murky hop astringency.

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(DER HIRSCH) ADLERKONIG BAVARIAN LAGER

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zhelles lagerJohn Fortunato

Mediocre yellow-cleared light body brings delicate sourdough yeast to sharp lemony hop bite and salted cracker spine. Gluey paper, cardboard and resin notions come and go.

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CARTON SOMETHING LIKE SANDY

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zmilk stoutJohn Fortunato

Distinctive cola-hued sour milk stout hybridized by incipient bone-dry brettanomyces-like wild yeast lactose. Lemon rind-embittered espresso frontage and musty ground coffee veneer reach tart black cherry-soured midst, picking up acrid charcoal reminder. Vinous red and purple grape esters cover earthen bottom to tempting mocha-soured dried fruited finish.

Carton Brewing, Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, United States

CARTON TIPPY BATCH #96

September 9, 2013Beers A-Zsour aleJohn Fortunato

On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, mouth-puckering chartreuse-hazed cherry lime sour ale recalls bitterer Berliner weiss styling. Oaken cherry tartness seeps into salty limestone acridity and white wheat base. Vinous lemon-juiced green and white grape tartness adds further souring to well-defined bone dry 2013 one-off.