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BEAR REPUBLIC PETER BROWN TRIBUTE ALE

Up-front hazelnut-walnut exertion deepens dry coffee bean theme, elevating highly carbonated English-styled Brown Ale brewed in memorial to sales manager. Bitter wood tones build as minor berry sourness creeps through barley-roasted mocha-chocolate thicket. Fig-dried sour grape esters counter brown sugared finish, picking up muted caramel, vanilla, and molasses stickiness skirting Nut Brown and porter labeling.

(VOODOO) WYNONA’S BIG BROWN ALE

Taking its name from Primus’ ode to actress Wynona Ryder’s hairy beaver, this complex brown ale puts most competition to shame. Cocoa-powdered Belgian chocolate malting leans against spicy Amarillo hops as increased prune-raisin-fig souring and dry hazelnut-macadamia-almond pertinence receive candy-glazed sweetness. Oaken vanilla, ashy cedar, and burgundy illusions secure busy backdrop.