Thin, uninvolving fruit ale aged in oaken bourbon barrels needs deeper peach penetration. Sweet bourbon influence, light maple sugaring and wispy vanilla daub dissipate above honeyed wheat spine while fuzzy carbolic spritz waters down entirety.
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HALF FULL PEACH WHEAT ALE
(DUBUISSON) PECHE MEL
Highly expressive peach-juiced Belgian ale (a.k.a. Bush Peche Mel) mixes Bush Amber Ale with brewers’ peach lambic. Enthralling candied peach tartness lingers above sugary malted wheat sweetness. Ancillary tangerine, necatarine, apricot, sugarplum and yellow grape illusions invigorate peachy overtones alongside less pronounced papaya-mango-pineapple tropicalia. Syrupy peach schnapps boozing and peppery peach lambic souring regale the fruitful finish.
TERRAPIN MAGGIE’S PEACH FARMHOUSE ALE
Tart peach juicing reveals appealing fruity dessert nature. Peach nectar sweetness reinforced by lemony apricot-nectarine-tangerine-cantaloupe tang and musky floral potpourri. Peach cobbler midst picks up mild white-peppered coriander spicing, slick clay-hopped plasticity and terse aspirin astringency above soft honeyed wheat bed.

NEW BELGIUM PEACH PORCH LOUNGER
Boringly sessionable fruited Belgian saison knockoff comes off way too watery. Phenol lemon-peeled peach entry gets drowned out by white-peppered carbolic spritz. Murky brettanomyces yeast souring depletes hominy grits influence, tepid coriander-clove spicing, raw molasses acridity and dry barnyard funk while deterring tart peach tones from ripening.
RJ ROCKERS SON OF A PEACH WHEAT ALE
Strong natural peach frontage invites peach liqueur, peach pie and peach tea illusions over spice-hopped honeyed wheat spine. Syrupy peach creaminess contrasted by light blueberry bittering, but minor diacetyl buttering and cloying aspect stuff apricot-soured red licorice stint. Serve as sweet digestif in lieu of Peach Melba.





