Frantic dark-roasted chocolate malting inundates smoked molasses bittering, fudgy cookie dough sweetness and toasted oats sugaring. Crude hemp-oiled hop bittering deepens the dry cocoa-powdered finish.
FIRE MOUNTAIN BOGART NORTHWEST IPA
Sharp hop-spiced fruiting brightens as brisk orange-peeled grapefruit rind bittering ascends. Morris Otter malt sugaring and tangy apple-nectarine-tangerine juicing contrast wintry pine needling. Fresh-watered mineral graining provides crisp, clean base.
STARPOINT SURFIN’ BUDDHA IPA
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
Sunny grapefruit-peeled orange juicing brightens pine-needled hop spicing to ample rye-wheat bottom. Refreshing peach, pineapple, nectar and honeydew undertones saddle the zesty citric finish. Insistent hop bittering stings the tongue.
(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
Humble straw-cleared German-styled wheat ale places more emphasis on sour lemon-bruised tartness than stylistic banana-clove-coriander sweetness. Sugary bubblegum sway softens honeyed wheat background.
OLDE HICKORY WILSON CREEK E.S.B.
Classic British Extra Special Bitter goes down easy. Spelt wheat flouring picks up dry rye toasting, honey nut breading and sweet tea sugaring. Soft earthen hop bittering adds rustic minerality to dry grain finish.
(OLDE HICKORY) PEABODY’S APPALACHIAN ALE
Bland pale ale from muddled ’78 recipe by Carolina Beer Company revived as sessionable summertime light body. Toasted white breading, soft hop spicing and resinous earthiness never fully integrate while lemony dried apricot fruiting evaporates on contact.
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.
PORT CITY DOWNRIGHT PILSNER
Pungent gold-hazed German pils places grassy dry-hopped herbal tones next to cereal-grained bread crusting, lemon-peeled tartness and honyed malt sweetness. Astringent metallic sheen depletes rustic lemongrass, wheatgrass and straw grass earthiness.
