Viscous rust penny-hued ale (dotted by heavy yeast sediment) retains bittersweet orange-peeled lemon bruising above green apple, boysenberry, raspberry and peach tartness. Dry-hopped white peppering increases ancillary currant sharpness. Musty earthen herbal nuance and fresh cut grass leathering linger to mildly creamed fruitful finish.
Tag Archives: strong ale
ALLAGASH GRAND CRU
Pour slowly this lively carbolic Belgian-styled brew. Sophisticated tan-headed, tawny-bodied Grand Cru calibrates brown ale, holiday ale, and barleywine tendencies efficiently. Brisk orange-apple fruiting, floral cinnamon-cardamom-nutmeg spicing and subtle black licorice snippet bedeck sweet doughy wheat spine ’til buttery finish secures wintry warmth.
(DALESIDE) MONKEY WRENCH ALE
HEARTLAND GRAND CRU
(WILD DUCK) SASQUATCH STRONG ALE
VICTORY TEN ALE
Uncompromising Belgian-inspired ‘ruby’ rich barleywine-styled 10th anniversary ale gains strong liqueur appeal, buxom chewy yeast texture, and turbid cherry cola haze after cascading butterscotch bubbles settle. Plum wine overtones gradually recede to ester-y red grape dryness. Black cherry, clementine, and cider illusions thicken brandy finish curtailing soured raisin-date aftertaste.
MIDDLE AGES DOUBLE WENCH PALE ALE
Pronounced piney spruce auspices serve doubly-hopped IPA-styled strong ale well. Souring grapefruit rind ascension jacks up ripe peach-pear-apple-papaya tang, augmenting fresh evergreen grove to cracked wheat spine. Despite piercingly bitter citric bite, cordial medium body flows down gullet ever so smoothly.