Nominal light-bodied pale lager drapes toasted malt sweetness atop protective wheat-cracked marble rye layer and tidy dry-hopped bittering, but carbonated pop appeal upsets wispy toffee finish hiding fruity smidgen.
J.J. WAINWRIGHT’S EVIL EYE ALE
Musty malt aromatics, bland barley strand, and frisky hop rift overtake creamy sweetness. Sharp and firm on first impression, but light, watery, tinny finish weakens substantially.
WAGNER VALLEY SUMMER SAIL HEFEWEIZEN
Tiny yeast sediment dots tawny opaque body. Soured tangerine-peach fruitiness and clove spicing resonate through smoked wheat backbone. A bit offbeat.
WAGNER VALLEY SUGAR HOUSE MAPLE PORTER
Unlikely earthy peat malt opening sidles sweet tobacco, ashy maple, and burnt caramel influence of tan-headed, frothy-laced, cola-flowing dry port. Sticky mocha-honey-vanilla blend devours smoked cedar nuance, impending coffee inkling, and orange-bruised dried prune sourness before tingling over-carbonation, sputtered hop roast, and astringent finish disrupt.
WAGNER VALLEY SLED DOG TRIPPELBOCK
Busy maroon-hued, ruby-highlighted, full-bodied, 10% alcohol bock counters off-dry astringency with pecan-buttered date-raisin-fig medley and considerable heavy molasses malt strength. Smooth brandy illusion informs creamy toffee-caramel finish. Aged three years in growler, raisin-pureed citric-soured prune-plum tartness, tannic Muscat grape dryness, and cider-fused Merlot-wined burgundy-bourbon finish reach summit.
WAGNER VALLEY SLED DOG DOPPELBOCK
Expressive russet brown-hued tan-headed double bock lathers bittersweet prune, raisin, and fig notes atop roasted almond-praline cluster. As it warms, candied caramel malts, bruised orange, and overripe cherry reveal attributes of light barleywine or mocha-influenced port, but watery flow and earthy finish soften its resolve.
WAGNER VALLEY SENECA TRAIL PALE ALE
Bucolic herbal-floral aromatics and earthen peated malts embittered by penetrating pine-grained leafy-hopped sharpness and ripened grapefruit-peeled lemon surge to good affect.
WAGNER VALLEY OATMEAL STOUT
WAGNER VALLEY MILL STREET PILSNER
Unconventional flaxen-hazed light-bodied dry lager disregards customary hop-grained malting for herbal spicing and grassy barnyard asperity. Straw wheat-parched Saaz hop bite expands juniper bittering, perfumed tulip-rosebud subtlety, and black peppered rosemary-thyme tingle.
WAGNER VALLEY INDIA PALE ALE
Highly-hopped IPA gains floral red fruited sharpness and dirty grain buttress as resinous pine dabs dry nut reticence. Moribund breaded yeast finish suffocates tangy grapefruit souring, peach mango tango, bruised orange wisp, and grassy undertones. On tap, candy apple glaze and musty vegetal graze emerge alongside piney orange peel flank.
WAGNER VALLEY GRACE HOUSE HONEY WHEAT
Lackluster clear golden wheat lager loses clover honey gist, minor rye hint, and tea-like nuance to ephemeral soft-fruited grapefruit-orange-peach backend, finishing with inferior dried barleymalt restraint. Club soda carbonation suffuses dinky hop acridity.
WAGNER VALLEY DOCKSIDE AMBER LAGER
Even-tempered amber lager balances pale Vienna malt sweetness against spicy hop bottom, tangerine tang, and glancing mint hint. Buttery center gains vegetative earthiness, ashy mocha undertow, and inconspicuous caramel wisp to moderate peat finish.