Chocolate-sheltered ebony-hued oatmeal stout gets chewy tobacco, mild tar, and meaty nut infusion mellowed by thinly-textured burnt coffee aridness to bitter espresso finish. Charred wood dryness underscores toasted hops, variable mocha malts, and possible currant-fig notes.
WAGNER VALLEY CAPTAIN CURRY’S E.S.B.
Legendary steamboat captain’s garnet-hued London-styled bitter retains dry-bodied appeal nasty iodine aftertaste ruins. Paucity of grain thickness curtailed by unexpected floral hop serendipity and sour yeast prod, but earthy finish seems closer to a tinny copper ale with its blunt hop must, pallid malt restraint, and lightly toasted biscuit undertow.
WADADLI LAGER
Oceanic salt water crispness and clear biege appearance redolent of Caribbean sea surrounding native Antigua. Nimble pale malt sweetness given subtle hop fizz that informs soft finish for middle of the road smoothie perfect for simple tastes.
WACHUSETT WINTER ALE
Though enjoyable brown-sugared cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning streamlines cola-walnut-hazelnut setting of Scotch-styled winter warmer, waning chocolate-vanilla creaminess and astringent raisin indifference haunt middling metallic ale. Sugar plum, sour cherry, and dry fig lost in metallic mix.
WACHUSETT SUMMER BREEZE WHEAT ALE
Buttery pale-toned moderate-bodied wheat ale could be mistaken for toasted lager thanks to honeyed oat sweetness, almond-chestnut influence, and cracked wheat spine. Meager lemony blueberry bittering, teensy white grape souring, and tingled herbal hop hoax settle far below doughy white bread flimsiness. Nasty solvent-like backdrop and cabbage-like recess ruin tertiary mandarin orange-strawberry-blueberry whim.
WACHUSETT QUINN’S IRISH ALE
Pleasant light-bodied Irish Red Ale-styled lawnmower fare. Mild Scotch tranquility receives barren bruised orange tang and distant marzipan tinge. Toasted honey oats and mineral grains recede accordingly.
WACHUSETT OCTOBERFEST
Fruited coppery autumnal merriment situates zesty red apple, purple grape, and brown pear ripeness atop redolent pumpkin-spiced floral hops to buttery biscuit-y malt spine. Comfy toasted barley, cracked wheat, and dry tobacco efficacy fortifies peach-y pineapple sweetness and caressing almondine dash.
WACHUSETT NUT BROWN ALE
Moderately dry chestnut-hued medium-bodied ale drapes scant coffee sourness above supportive nut influence and Turkish taffy illusion. Mid-palate chocolate malted richness settles to milky finish revitalizing initial coffee bean nuttiness.
WACHUSETT INDIA PALE ALE
Indelible amber-hazed IPA offers glistening bittersweet orange-lemon-apricot burst, exquisite deep-grained piney nut constancy, and fresh mineral water flow. Herbaceous floral hops brighten sweet toasted malt finish of momentous medium-bodied brew.
WACHUSETT GREEN MONSTA ALE
Well-balanced medium-bodied pale ale salutes Boston Red Sox colossal leftfield wall. Biscuit-y barley toasting and bright orange-apple tang counter phenol juniper-hopped alcohol burn. Sugared malts expand pleasant sweetness above calm grapefruit peel bittering and wet wood windup.
WACHUSETT COUNTRY ALE
Thin, inefficient pale ale drops fading Band-Aid waft upon floral-hopped lemony grapefruit murk and weakly earthen straw-hay backbone. Bland session beer.
WACHUSETT BLUEBERRY
Lightest pale yellowed fruit ale offers bittersweet blueberry essence that quickly diminishes to washed out phenol drear. Disappointingly, inviting blueberry waft outlasts flavor profile and floral-herbal backup becomes non-factor. Fizzy Pez-candied tartness recedes.