Under-whelming light-bodied bum-out deserves dissenting holiday moniker as sullen metallic-hopped cinnamon-gingerbread-vanilla vagary disrupts astringent nuttiness, skimpy fruitcake whimper, and styptic pumpkin-banana snipe. On tap, candi-sugared fig-plum vibe grows stronger above peppered hops.
WYATT’S WILD AGAVE BEER
WURZBURGER JULIUS ECHTER HEFE-WEISS DUNKEL
WURZBURGER HOFBRAU PREMIUM BAVARIAN PILSNER
Insignificant musty hop-wafted, white fluffy-headed, light-bodied pilsner with dank yeast bitterness reminiscent of Holland brews such as Heineken or Peter’s Brand Pilsener. Flat carbonation, trifling citric souring, and watery flow don’t help. Bavarian? No. Closer to a bad white ale, perhaps. Try Killian’s version instead.
WURZBURGER HOFBRAU BAVARIAN HOLIDAY BEER
WURZBURGER HOFBRAU BAVARIAN DARK BEER
WURZBURGER HOFBRAU PREMIUM PILSNER
Though first bottle consumed was imported by estimable Killian Company, rich copper-hued biscuit-y wheat German brew maintained distinction. Zesty yellow fruiting, animated spice-hopped sop, and sweet barley roast lingered to lemony mineral-grained finish. Original Bavarian version brought richer barley malting to spicier lemon bittering.
WOODSTOCK INN RED RACK ALE
Choice rocky tan-headed translucent amber red ale alternates barley-toasted caramel-honeyed wheat alacrity with dry Scotch acridity, picking up slick roasted chocolate-almond traction above earthen mineral grain fortress. Further sips reveal buttery biscuit drift, red grape chasm, and brief barleywine vamp.