Ambitious honey-spiced medium body decisively integrates herbaceous basil seasoning with sweet clover-honeyed caramel malting. Soft white peppering dots ancillary heather, honeysuckle and sunflower illusions.
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ELYSIAN PESTE CHOCOLATE CHILI ALE
Harshly (over)heated chili pepper burn intensifies to throat scorch before any cinnamon-toasted dark chocolate malts could beat the heat. Chipotle, cayenne and ancho peppering continues the brutal assault until curry and cumin-spiced molasses sap drips into the sweetened backend. Possibly the hottest beer ever!
(SPRECHER) MAMMA MIA! PIZZA BEER
Novel nickel-hazed spice ale ‘brewed with oregano, basil, tomato and garlic’ receives doughy Margarita pizza-crusted wheat flouring. Italiano tomato-sauced herbs lose flavor after repeated swallows, leaving bland lemony agave footnote.
MAGIC HAT PISTIL
Vaguely defined floral-spiced summertime moderation with foamy white head and yellow-hazed body never fully integrates variegated flavor profile. Subtle dandelion petal flowering fades into abstruse mix as acidulated malts and fresh-cut grassy hops temper citric-bound lemon custard, key lime pie and pineapple tartness. Herb-dried marigold, heather, honeysuckle and lemongrass nuances barely register at doughy oats-flaked bottom.
LEFT HAND AMBIDEXTROUS ALE STEP 3 (GRAND JUJU)
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, arcane herbal-spiced hybrid doubles the resinous hop earthiness of brewers’ Good Juju for an abstruse cross between alcohol-heightened Imperial IPA and ginger root tea. Light citric influence, licorice-rooted anisette spell and boozy vodka whir barely register as blatant raw-honeyed ginger influence rages forth.
FEGLEY’S RUDE ELF’S RESERVE BELGIAN STYLE ALE
Dynamic 2013 limited edition Belgian-styled spice ale perfectly blends autumnal apple-candied pumpkin pie sweetness with luscious wintry holiday seasoning. Chewy caramel malt sugaring receives tingly cinnamon-gingerbread-nutmeg-coriander-allspice Christmastime splendor to consume wispy orange-dried bing cherry, bruised banana and white rum aspect. Medicinal 10.5% alcohol astringency hidden beneath rich flavor profile.
PRISM RED ZONE
Busy medium-bodied spice ale (based on an Irish Red Ale) brings wintry brown-sugared cinnamon-nutmeg-allspice seasoning to sinewy maple syrup sugaring. Gingerbread undertones run thru ancillary chestnut-cola conflux, brown chocolate spell and sarsaparilla nuance. Mushy flavor profile needs more aggressive nature. Guaranteed better on tap as bottle produced inordinate plumes of fleshy foam.
DOGFISH HEAD TA HENKET
Recondite amber-yellowed herbal-spiced moderation brings boundless complexities to ambitious flavor profile of exotic ancient Egyptian recipe. By balancing its brisk tropical-fruited aspect with the herbaceous sesame-seeded chamomile, basil, thyme, bayleaf, oregano, green mint and black tea illusions sidling musty saffron, chrysanthemum and rose petal florality, its multi-tiered accents abound delicately above the soft hearth-baked bread backbone. After a few sips, green chili-peppered Indian spices break thru the zesty palm-fruited kaffir lime, lemon, melon and honeydew serenity, bringing ginger-rooted cumin, curry and fenugreek nuances to the busy elixir.
YARDS POOR RICHARD’S TAVERN SPRUCE ALE
Novel winter-seasoned spice ale based on Ben Franklin’s ancient recipe resembles heather-flowered gruit. While spruce-tipped maple molasses sapping drapes lemon bruised souring and grape-leafed boysenberry-blueberry bittering, herbaceous floral eccentricities unfold. Evergreen-pined spearmint, menthol and eucalyptus freshness seeps into the backend alongside tertiary tarragon, sage and ginger nuances.
NEWPORT STORM 12
Engaging blue-bottled 12th anniversary celebrator brings restrained dark chocolate roast and subtle cocoa nibs influence to ascending chipotle-peppered habanero burn. Bittersweet molasses-soaked raisin thickness penetrates the reservedly creamy mocha interior. Dried cereal oats and flaked corn caress the mild hop-charred bittering that stimulates the throat-parched habanero heat.
BLUE MOON CARAMEL APPLE ALE
On tap at Coalhouse Pizza, tentative caramel apple theme fades to desolate brown-sugared cinnamon and gingerbread spicing. Phenol hop coarsening, distant floral perfumed snip and weak honeyed wheat base further bury caramelized quince stint.
HARPOON VERMONT SPRUCE TIP ALE
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, gorgeous up-front fruit tang saturates herbal-spiced niceties. Orange marmalade, lemon meringue and pink grapefruit briskness engages mild white-peppered chamomile, sage, tealeaf, eucalyptus and juniper freshness. Pine resinous spruce tips underscore busy layout. A less bitter India Pale Ale alternative.