Excellent coffee-wafted brown ale closer to mild dry porter with its bitter espresso, chocolate, and nut overtones. Creamy mocha malt assertiveness envelops highly effective coffee-stained finish. As strong as most moderate bocks.
(TWO BROTHERS) BARE TREE WEISS VINTAGE 2000
Luxurious barleywine entry given delicate floral hop bittering to form initial thrust of fabulous turbidly copper-hued ultra ‘weiss.’ Creamy vanilla-butterscotch splurge gets clove-coriander accent and distant raisin-fig-date splotch mid-palate. At illustrious finish, pear, nectar, and banana offer benevolent fructose rush. Well done!
TWO BROTHERS AVALON SPICED ALE
Superfine winter warmer celebrates holiday season with endless character. Served best cold, local apple cider provides bittersweet template. Loud cinnamon-nutmeg-clove spices tingle tongue as sweet candied apple thrust brightens red cherry-cranberry souring. Sugar plum, fig, and date engage baked apple backdrop. When served warm, acidic alcohol intensity and funky apple liqueur tartness overwhelm dissipating cinnamon-toasted spicing dramatically.
TWISTED PINE RED MOUNTAIN ALE
Scintillating medium-bodied amber ale maintains endearing barley-wheat calmness, buttery malt creaminess, and cotton-like hop caress. Raisin and hazelnut fill out soft-toned finish. Perfect for softer thirsts.
TWISTED PINE NORTHSTAR IMPERIAL PORTER
Robust porter pours thick like full-bodied stout, as surfeit black chocolate creaminess, tart purple grape esters and raisin-browned prune usurp contrasting dry coffee sourness. Toasted hop sharpness extend frothy mocha richness. Mild hazelnut illusions sunk deep into complex wintry-spiced retreat. On second passing ’15: cocoa-dried chocolate richness gains sedate black licorice, bourbon and dark cherry illusions to counter distant hop-charred tobacco chaw bittering.
TWISTED PINE BROWN ALE
Dreary amber-hued ale receives little support from roasted barley sweetness, sour grape esters, and simple buttery smoothness, dousing spicy chocolate nut undercurrents through anemic spritzy fizz only soft-hearted pilsner fans would condone.
TWISTED PINE BIG SHOT ESPRESSO STOUT
Impressively haughty espresso theme never overshadows lusty cappuccino milking, French vanilla arousal, charred earthen nuttiness, and toffee-candied tease. Smoothly soothing nitro-fueled mocha stout remains thick and creamy to flaked oat bottom, bettering Starbuck’s finest coffee.
TWISTED PINE AMERICAN AMBER ALE
Fizzy soft-grained hop-charred opaque amber retains clumsy puffy tan head. Humble buttery yeast sweetness, earthen pine easement, and sleek pale malt mildness enhance winsome spicing to toasted caramel finish. Pecan, almond, and hazelnut illusions waver.
TUSKER PREMIUM LAGER
Serviceable pale-toned light-bodied Kenyan with pure African spring water given initial spry hop spurt. Barley-roasted cracked wheat center and white-breaded yeast backing find faded lime tartness at mild bitter finish. An eclectic Middle of the Road lager.
TURK’S HEAD ISLAND PALE LAGER
Wavering rye-breaded honey wheat entry juxtaposes mild grapefruit-peeled mandarin orange bittering. Retains sharp hop bite and rich mineral grain finish lesser Carib pilsner lagers lack.
TURK’S HEAD ISLAND LIGHT PILSNER
Canned light pilsner with passive soft-hopped wheat frontage and mild lemony grapefruit-pineapple tropicalia turns slightly acidic, wiping out mineral grain semblance. Bottled version ain’t much better.
TURK’S HEAD ISLAND AMBER ALE
Quaffed at sunny West Indies Mexican-Italian joint, Hey Jose’s Caribbean Cantina, then Geckos Restaurant, May ’04. Sweet crystal malt nose drifts into sharp spiced hop fruitiness (berry-melon-orange) as peppery snippet tingles soft wheat base.