Clean water flow contrasts musty malt souring pervading barley-oats center of medium-bodied German. Tangy lemon bitterness shades buttery honey effervescence, but unassuming finish scales back malt pungency for unresolved blandness.

Pour slowly fluffy eggshell-headed, mildly turbid, sunrise yellow-hued lager. Bubbly lemon-hopped fizz underscores aromatic Scotch malts and barleycorn exertion. Pleasant honeyed creaminess picks up banana bread and vanilla jellybean illusions usurped by watery finish and slight phenol haze. Brewery defunct: 2009.

In attractive jug-handled white ceramic bottle, blissful soft-bodied X-mas treat will captivate curious pilsner drinkers and ale lovers alike. Though lacking expected holiday seasoning, its prim barley roast, addictive rye-sourdough continuance, and coy biscuit-sugar sweetness poignantly refine the crisp water flow for fine non-seasonal Winterfest simplicity. Brewery defunct: 2009.

Amiable dry-bodied auburn-paled altbier secures sour honeyed compaction for candi-sugared tongue, white-breaded yeast endurance and earthen dried fruiting. Cola flow picks up tea, birch wood and walnut-chestnut illusions, but metallic oxidized finish disturbs.

Creamy reddish golden Scotch-malted alt nestles brown-sugared caramel nuttiness alongside subtle hop bitterness. Vanilla-creamed cherry, peach and spiced apple illusions come and go while wispy grape, orange and fig undertones barely register. Stronger grain roasted resilience would’ve been nice.

Despite deep copper penny hue and lingered honey-maple tease, this busy ‘Dusseldorf altbier’ lets tinny phenol nature override bitter hop dryness, doughy souring and slim rye influence, expelling meager cinnamon-nutmeg postscript.

Cola-hued German-styled ale secures chocolate malted brown sugar efficacy and sour orange splurge captioning spruce-hopped dryness. Sweet tobacco leaf finish decorated by cocoa, prune, and fig.

Confusing beer-ale reference notwithstanding, prune-hued dank-fruited German-styled alt retains clove-spiked orange peel essence. Sour yeast penetrates soft hop bittering to moderate citric-spiced finish. Brewery defunct: 2003.

Encouraging tobacco leaf opening of tawny copper amber ale buried beneath muffled apricot-pear fruitiness, bland nuttiness, and herbal tinge by caramel malt finish, deserting reputed German-styled lager-ale blend. Grassy hops mildly affect honeyed wheat and raisin bread suggestion.

Fizzy carbolic hops permeate orange-spiced tang and delicate barley strand of watery soft-bodied amber alt. Moderate dry nut finish bitterly lingers.

Sweet caramel malt seduction lingers to peppery hop-embittered finish as wheat-husked barley backbone weakens and lemony apricot-lime tang loses out to fizzy carbolic ethers. Frisky amber-grained moderation will please lagerheads as well as red ale fans.

Astringent nature and pungent alcohol reminder preclude novice imbibing. Sugary caramel malts and dry nutty hops sit atop earthy bed as liquor-burnt bitterness augments hesitant smokiness.