Heavenly chocolate-vanilla-toffee creaminess lathers hop-roasted flaked oat backbone and terse cola-hazelnut stint. Twinkled anise spicing scurries through brown sugared caramel malting.
TOMMYKNOCKER JACK WHACKER WHEAT ALE
Despite loopy name and silly mule-kicked miner on label (inspired by its Rocky Mountain legacy), sunshine-clouded ale doesn’t retain enough flowery hops to interest serious ale consumers. Weak sweet wheat sustenance falters by salted butter finish as hints of banana and lemon-lime fade into fizzy haze.
TOMMYKNOCKER COCOA PORTER WINTER WARMER
Don’t expect noticeable wintry spicing or traditional porter traits from sullied flesh-headed brown-bodied deviant. Stilted sour prune waft burrows through acrid oaken grape astringency and styptic cocoa powder constriction. Charcoal-stained tobacco leaf, black tea, fig, and compost illusions spell dungy earthen bog.
TOMMYKNOCKER TUNDRA BEARY ALE
Polite sweet-tart raspberry effervescence and sour blueberry follow-up endorse fruity ale. But lackluster cereal grains impede tertiary white grape, peach, cranberry, and blackberry illusions.
TOMMYKNOCKER ALPINE GLACIER LAGER
Musty white wine-wafted clear-toned lightweight mired by watery blandness. Frugal tart lemon dryness turns cloy by pedestrian grassy-hopped finish. Softer and paler than paltry second-rate pilsners.
TOMOS WATKIN’S LOVELY ALE
Astringent dark amber English pale ale inconspicuously soft-bodied enough to be labeled ‘session bitter.’ Vegetal barnyard waft informs earthen nature as dry-hopped grassy wheat formality, husked barley aridity, and meager tangerine hint deplete toffee malting. Undesired diacetyl acridity ruins bland finish.
TOLLY COBBOLD SUFFOLK ALE
Hey, the New York Yankees won the World Series (again) the night we plowed these down! So in our state of euphoria, we concluded this fine bitter ale had lots of rich character and a fair amount of distinction (which it ultimately did). Brisk-hopped cereal malting provides sufficient bite. Strong, assertive, full-bodied, and well balanced with ancillary barley-oat freneticism that never overstays its welcome. Brewery defunct: 2002.
(TOLLY) COBNUT NUT BROWN ALE
Perfectly balanced, elegantly regal English brown ale brings rich Bavarian lager influence to classic English ale styling. Roasted barley-oats crowd mild nuttiness to creamy mocha finish, comparing favorably to Samuel Smith’s famous ales. Should win over anyone with even the slightest nut brown interest. Brewery defunct: 2002.
(ALL SAINTS) TITANIC ALE
Thick-headed full-bodied deep brown dark ale combines sweet malt creaminess with moderate spiciness before being usurped by highly-hopped frisk. Brewery defunct: 2002.
TINKOV PILSNER
Moderate-bodied, malt-sapped, hop-fueled Russian finishes with sweet water-softened baked bread gentleness. Simplicity personified.
TILBURG DUTCH BROWN ALE
Pleasant mocha-raisin waft and glancing quince quip acquaint auburn-mahogany medium-bodied triviality. Sour candied malt dryness, insufficient chocolate-vanilla creaminess, and misplaced orange backdrop foil minor toasted hop sedation before diacetyl finish wearily terminates.
(T’IJ) ZATTE
Deep gold-clouded glow and turbid yeast viscosity provide visual stimulation for spicy floral-hopped orange-bruised tripel. Tartly acidic lemon-peeled pineapple tartness and mouth-puckering cider souring pick up white-peppered clove-spiced mint dirge.