Deep reddish amber hue appears thicker than soured grapefruit-tangerine frontage, fading smoked hop sharpness, and medium-bodied appeal. Wispy candied caramel malts allow sugar cookie and rice cake illusions to daub off-dry toasted barley finish.
(YELLOW ROSE) HONCHO GRANDE BROWN ALE
Blood-thick ruby amber brown ale may please wine drinkers with its grape tannin consistency, oak-y cherry-grapefruit dryness, and tart plum restraint.
(YELLOW ROSE) BUFFALO BUTT
Be forewarned! Disposable rust copper-hued tea-scented sludge truly sucks. Murky cocoa lament and dried prune sterility given dirty water flatulence. Hasty unripe orange and sour apple hints dry up. My friend Bob shot the five bottles leftover in his backyard.
(SAPPORO) YEBISU STOUT DRAFT
Milky lactic medium body becalms mocha residue with soft nuttiness. Unlike traditional stouts, not defined by arrogant roasted chocolate malts. Instead, fizzy soft-watered dark roast hop sear and unassuming cola-hazelnut illusions regale pleasant dry-fruited finish.
YBOR GOLD LAGER
Handcrafted light amber Floridian retains roasted barley-oat sweetness and agile toasted hop bitterness for engaging off-dry medium-bodied seduction. Marzipan and toasted almond fill out malt-y finish. Not unlike fine Atlantic Coast brews by Weeping Radish and Blue Point.
YAZOO HEFEWEIZEN
Off-putting cooked veggie nose never disrupts zesty orange-grapefruit tartness and tingly coriander spicing of medium-bodied golden-paled wheat ale. Peppery lemongrass nip underscores impending sour-candied lemon and green raisin illusions.
YARPIVO STRONG KREPKOYE
Sweet-to-cloying Scotch-malted corn sugar entry upsets softly carbonated full-bodied lager (while puffy white bubbles consume short head). Oily 7% alcohol flow scoffed by rugged American-styled malt liquor heft.
(YARDS) TRUBBEL DE YARD’S BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Regal full-bodied cola-colored Belgian-styled ale gathers creamy chocolate liqueur froth and ripe cherry warmth to rich black chocolate finish. Oats-smoked grassy peat underpins spice-hopped crackle. Gruff prune souring bolsters backend of bottle conditioned sedative.
YARDS GENERAL WASHINGTON TAVERN PORTER
Old World brown-bodied porter gains black-malted burnt caramel affluence as dark chocolate, dried tobacco, bitter coffee, and syrupy molasses rally ’round raisin-plum variance. Mild bourbon flourish fills out bittersweet mocha finish adequately.
YARDS THOMAS JEFFERSON TAVERN ALE
Sharp floral hops fit earthy herbal nose of tan-laced deep copper ale. Roasted hazelnut and honeyed wheat get fruited malt support as apricot-plum-black cherry adjuncts surge to oak-dried pine-reinous lemongrass finish. Subtly complex.
YARDS SAISON BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Nondescript fizzy Seltzer lightweight needs better coriander-spiced orange peel thrust, deeper malt penetration. stiffer peppery hop sway, and tarter floral-dried lemon-apricot-grapefruit medley. Lazy, hazy, pale-toned session beer suffers further when horse-blanket mustiness lessens sweet banana nose and candied coriander-clove sensation. Belgian yeast influence indiscernible.
YARDS PHILADELPHIA PALE ALE
Easygoing amber-toned, medium-bodied, English-styled ale from the city of Brotherly Love. Yeast-backed sour bread opening serenades burnt hop bitterness, chaffed wheat restraint, and buttery resolve, settling to pleasant roasted barley midst with a smidgen of acidity and no significant follow-up.