Agile B.D.G. (a.k.a. Brunch Dinner Grub), a delectable medium body meant to be paired with food, retains a dry nut char and mild coffee roast, evoking French bread crustiness in the midst. Withered lemony herbal respite tweaks black-peppered tarragon, thyme and sage nuances.
(CARTON) COME OUT AND PLAY
On tap at Little Falls’ 381 Main, fine one-off prune-hued ‘dark common lager’ augments resinous Warrior hop bittering with dried fruited abundance. Ripe prune-raisin conflux and chocolate-spiced Belgian yeast funk saddle burnt toast bottom. A rich sessionable beer for more adventurous lager heads.
BOLERO SNORT SMOOKED SMOKED DARK LAGER
For a quick second, jaunty beechwood smokiness really subsumes dry American-lagered German-styled rauchbier. Smoked salami, beef jerky, pastrami, and bacon illusions perk up front end over cedar-burnt hop char. But soap-stoned carbolic aridity obliterates freeze-dried cured meat façade, relegating latent cocoa bean rancor to mere affectation.
BOLERO SNORT MANALETTE’S WHITE MANA
Compelling Black India Pale Ale (aged with vanilla beans) invites stupendous coffee-roasted vanilla creaminess to enhance nutty hop-charred bittering and oats-bound chocolate roast, relegating expectant IPA-like dried fruiting to auxiliary role. Minor cocoa spree adds to mocha-laden tendencies.
BOLERO SNORT COWSERALE IMPERIAL SWEET POTATO ALE
Exemplary rum barrel-aged elixir brings soft-tongued bourbon whiskey boozing to creamy chocolate-vanilla sweetness and sharp cedar-burnt hop char. Though advertised sweet potato flavoring gets ambushed, affluent nutty fruiting deepens yam-jammed mocha-bound curiosity. Ample brown-sugared cola-hazelnut conflux thickens bruised cherry, red grape, raisin puree and dry burgundy illusions as well as fluffy marshmallow slipstream. A near-perfect adjunct ale.
RIVER HORSE BELGIAN FREEZE WINTER ALE
Amiable ruby-marooned Belgian dark ale gains lovely raisin-prune theme above sweet candi-sugared caramel malting and peppery hop slipstream. Anticipatory cellar-like Belgian yeast funk adds pungent mustiness to dried fruiting. Harsh phenol spicing clouds slim banana-clove reminder, but accrued black cherry, bruised apple and apricot subsidy adds fruitier intrigue.
NASHOBA VALLEY WATTAQUADOC WHEAT
Easy-flowing straw-hazed Bavarian-styled hefeweizen brings tart lemon-soured banana-clove entry to dry rice-maize midst and honey-spiced white wheat backdrop. A bit blanched, though some crystal malt sweetness shines upon sunny citric scamper.
NASHOBA VALLEY OAKTOBERFEST
Though aged in oaken maple syrup, its trifling affect is negligible upon burnished amber autumnal seasonal. Expectant leafy-hopped foliage caresses cinnamon apple-spiced cherry-peach-pumpkin pie sweetness to affable cornbread backdrop. Richer than most marzen-styled brews so try with hearty Thanksgiving dinner.
NASHOBA VALLEY I.P.A.
Total hop-head delight! Vibrant West Coast fruiting and creamy crystal-sugared malting contrast lively pine needled bittering of dark amber IPA. Everlasting resin-hopped grapefruit rind template upped by sharp juniper bite, inviting ripe tangerine, pineapple, cherry and peach tang to invigorate latent orange peel bittering and wispy floral subtlety. Indelible.
NASHOBA VALLEY HERON ALE
Wavering amber-bronzed Extra Special Bitter fights off bitter alcohol burn with singed mineral-grained alacrity, woody Fuggle hop dryness and herbal tea respite. Slight dimethyl sulfide acridity drowns out toasted caramel malting, lemony orange-peeled bittering and apple-skinned brown pear nuance.
NASHOBA VALLEY BOLT 117 PREMIUM LAGER
Styptic German-styled lager allows gassy carbolic iodizing to agitate bitter citric-fused juniper bite, raw-grained herbal spicing and mild grassy-hopped stipend. Backend celery-rhubarb notion amplifies coarse reedy crudity. Closer to a bitterer British golden ale, perhaps.
EAST COAST BEACH HAUS WINTER RENTAL BLACK LAGER
Fine black lager (or dry schwarzbier) brings cola nuttiness to light cocoa malting and heavenly brown chocolate midst. Dark spicing fades early, but ethereal honey nut roast sweetens ancillary fig, date and praline illusions. Nicely contrasts brewers’ initial summer brew.
