A simple pleasure. Biscuity medium-bodied English pale ale may lack vigor, but its easygoing session-ability will please tamer thirsts. Toasted barley-hop crisping, sweet caramel malting, dried orange fruiting and tingly spicing sit atop cereal-grained torrified wheat spine.
Assertive collaboration with Florida’s equally respected Cigar City takes Green Flash 30th Street Pale Ale on an ultra-dry woody hop journey, bringing bitter India Pale Ale fruiting to light Spanish cedar wood lacquering. Pungently dry grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering leads the way over spice-hopped peppercorn salting and resinous pine deferral. Ancillary pineapple, tangerine and navel orange tang picks up gin-like boozing.
Heavily herbaceous golden-hazed pale ale brings sunny lemon spritz and musty fungi aromatics to peppery Belgian yeast. Lemongrass, pink peppercorn, sage, thyme and sandalwood illusions influence alfalfa-grassed citric rot. Fern, pine nut and evergreen undertones add rusticity to unique herbal splendor.
Unsubtle medium body snags grainier IPA-like Cascade-hopped citric fruiting for bitterer pale ale styling. Softly creamed crystal malts anchor spice-tingled pineapple, grapefruit, orange and peach nuances. But buttery diacetyl nature ruins biscuity bottom.
Soft vanilla creaming depreciates by astringent phenol-hopped midst. Caramel-toasted almond, coconut and marshmallow illusions run out of steam while vacuous chocolate roast never materializes. Oily diacetyl buttering ruins the lame vanilla-sweet finish.
Inessential English pale ale mushes spicy red apple, peach and grapefruit murk with phenol hop-oiled musk, becoming diacetyl at the citric-soured herbal cider finish. Soft mineral watering depleted by acetone metallic sheen.
Easygoing floral-bound fruited moderation gets thin and metallic after promising entry. Soft-toned caramel apple, brown pear, tangerine and lemon meringue illusions flutter by gentle sugar spicing and delicate hop-fizzed astringency. Vacuous phenol carbolics dissolve biscuit-y wheat backbone.
Despite handy ‘draft’ appelation, bottled version of moderate Cascade-hopped pale ale got sampled. Barley-malted cereal graining and toasted caramel sweetness impact softly hop-spiced citrus tartness. But soapy finish nullifies initial fruity aspect as creamy head dissipates. Serve to lighter blue collar thirsts.
Approachable medium-bodied West Coast-styled pale ale comes on strong as mildly pungent grapefruit-orange peel bittering and bountiful juniper hop-spiced astringency fight back easygoing red-orange fruit tang.
Self-righteous ‘Dark Beer Specialists’ do a good job designing mahogany-hued American Black Ale. Pungent hop-charred pine tarring and dark-roasted chocolate malting sidle muddy coffee nuttiness. Dried-fruited blackberry, red grapefruit and pickled plum illusions sit below, increasing the bittersweet mocha sentiment.
