Woozy malt whiskey waft and musty sourdough pungency upset sweet cereal-grained corn sugar frontage and biscuit-y wheat remnant. Faint hop bittering, suspect orange candy fizz, and herbal tinge of pale medium-bodied Baltic brew reach unwelcome astringency, though grainy thickness bests most lagers.
USHERS INDIA PALE ALE
Deep golden ale with unassuming waft, washed-out citrus sweetness, and extremely flaccid water flow lacks sufficient bite. Charred wood chip bitterness at orange-grapefruit finish gives it slight edge over weaker competitors.
USHERS 1824 PARTICULAR ALE
Dark cola hue, lace-y tan head, sweet mocha waft, and creamy malt texture up-front. Bitter chocolate nuances, dulcet fruity hints, and ripe raisin stint nearly nullified by pungent barley-hop insistence. However, this Particular Ale needs clearer, distinct character to be considered first-rate.
USHERS DARK HORSE PORTER
Tan-headed dark brown porter laminates aromatic caramel sweetness to ashy chocolate-prune enrichment and dry coffee bitterness. Fleeting sharp-hopped soft-watered red wine ethereality pleats unobtrusive dank malt finish.
URSUS PREMIUM LAGER
Sourdough nosing and sweet floured yeast mouthfeel succumb to bland sugar malt follow-up. Yet frisky citric hop fizz revives bittersweet nut-grain conventionality.
URTHEL TONICUM FINIBOLDHUS ALE
Sweet and sour floral yeast sinew encounters bitter hop fizz at upper palate as hints of orange rind and raw vanilla peak through. Creamy, assertive, but un-involving.
URTHEL HIBERNUS QUENTUM
Foremost floral hops lace embittered grapefruit-orange tang of astringent alcohol-stricken white-headed straw-hued medium-bodied tripel. Black pepper speckles clove-coriander-cinnamon spicing, sourdough seduction, and herbaceous whim, but predictable brown sugared finish sags compared to finer Belgians.
URPIN LAGER
Adequate ivory-headed clear-bodied lager layers chaffed wheat and freshly harvested hops above slick honeyed malts to dry rye finish that gets soggy.
UPPER CANADA REBELLION LAGER
Bold amber-hued billowy-headed premium lager gains bubbly citric zest by alcohol-burnt finish. Bittersweet honeyed mocha malts sneak through lingered hop merriment.
UPPER CANADA PALE ALE
Brisk roasted barley template receives creamy malt richness, absorbing well-hopped soda-like fizz of highly carbolic moderate body. Mild fruitiness sweetens polite grain finish. Serve to pilsner fans as an alternative.
UPPER CANADA LAGER
Microbrewed lager with delicious spring water, roasted barleymalts, perky hops, and sinewy yeast. Sharp grains consume well-balanced finish of simplistic classic.
UPLAND WINTER WARMER
Barleywine-styled cold weather treat parlays chocolate malt sweetness and plum-prune ripening into encouraging off dry cognac glimmer. Tertiary pumpernickel, rye, and cocoa bean illusions fill roomy center.