On tap at Max’s, fruitful dry-bodied flagship beer offers mild India Pale Ale-like pine-needled orange peel bittering to floral grapefruit, apple, peach, pear and mango illusions. Pleasant caramel-toasted barley malt base sweetens the backend.
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PORT JEFF SCHOONER PALE ALE
Easygoing sessionable moderation, based on an ancient English pale ale (and given an Americanized Citra hop zest), relies on crisp crystal malt-sugared floral hop spicing. Lemony yellow grapefruit, apple, peach and pear illusions stay soft above grassy vegetal easement.
LONG IRELAND PALE ALE
Feisty copper-glazed pale ale, nearly as rich as its viscous hue, indirectly approximates an Irish ale with dewy peat malts spread across light pumpernickel rye breading and resinous piney hops. Fig-dried grape souring and dessicated grapefruit bittering coat the earthen bottom.
LONG IRELAND WET-HOPPED PALE ALE
Lighter, less complex and more approachable than brewers’ Pale Ale. Mild green hop bittering politely embitters nebulous citric splash to frail white breaded backdrop. Fresh-cut grass waft seeps into delicate floral background.
(SHMALTZ) HE’BREW GENESIS DRY-HOPPED SESSION ALE
Moderate 15th anniversary pale ale places West Coast-like India Pale Ale citric pining and rye-honeyed brown breading above roasted caramel malting. Pineapple, grapefruit and melon sweeten grape-nut tenacity and mild chocolate-vanilla respite as earthen mineral graining scours resinous hop oiling.
(JUST BEER) MOBY D ALE
Underdeveloped pale ale/ IPA hybrid remains thin, nebulously plying pallid dry-hopped grapefruit rind bittering to soured fig and muted mocha nonchalance (while shunning contrasted piney red and orange fruit expectancy). At the thin finish, raw molasses seeps into earthen mineral graining, ashen maple-mahogany astringency and mild tealeaf crisping. Not far removed from a watery, washed-out Extra Special Bitter.
SWEETWATER 420 EXTRA PALE ALE
‘Stimulating’ Extra Pale Ale celebrates West Coast Kind Bud with its piney cannibis-oiled hop resin and refreshingly bright citric waft. Mild wood-toned grapefruit peel bittering contrasts floral orange, tangerine, peach and mango tang as well as creamy crystal malts to baguette backdrop. Incredibly sessionable.
CENTER OF THE UNIVERSE RAY RAY’S PALE ALE
Flavorwise, closer to an herbal-grained Extra Special Bitter. Musky raw oats astringency picks up rye-dried wheatgrass and caraway pleasantries alongside dark floral illusions. Musty orange fruiting fades into the leathery fungi-molded farmhouse setting.
MAINE MO HOPPY PALE ALE
Scintillating pale ale aims for grander India Pale Ale-like fruitfulness. Crisp lemony grapefruit bittering and refreshing pine needling contrast creamy crystal malting. Citric-rotted passion fruit, mango and pineapple undertones pleasantly affix lovely grapefruit peeled finish.
961 LEBANESE PALE ALE
Intricately designed English IPA-styled medium body (in generically labeled bottle) based on interesting Lebanese ingredients. Dry-hopped herbal spices smoothly lather cocoa-malted base. Wild thyme, chamomile, sage, mint and anise waver across ginger-rooted vegetalia. Subtle complexities take hybridized pale ale just a few steps beyond stylistic dimensions.
WILD WOLF ALPHA PALE ALE
Refreshing yellow grapefruit-peeled bittering overwhelms piney citra-hop stead. Mild lemon-seeded rasp and wispy peach juicing provide tertiary undertones. Crisp mineral watered briskness well-attuned to unending citric pleasantries. Never overbearingly bitter like stylistically stronger IPA’s, yet hopheads will be delighted and grapefruit lovers pleased.
(PRISM) PAR TEA PALE ALE
Pour slowly ambiguously sessionable tea-leafed moderation or risk carbolic overflow. Easygoing black tea influence given subtle grapefruit-peeled lemon zest, wispy pineapple tartness and snipped botanical herbage. At backend, mineral-grained rye breading picks up honeyed citric zip.
