On tap at Seven Lakes Station, hazy straw yellowed hefeweizen retains lighter mouthfeel despite stylishly higher 6% ABV. Subtle brown-sugared banana bread sweetness and mild clove spicing allow lemon-soured dried plantain stint and wispy herbal tinge to contrast vanilla wafer flouring at its sourdough bottom.
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On tap at Seven Lakes Station, mild vanilla creaming rises above straw-cleared hefe as banana-clove sweetness contrasts light lemon-soured plantain tartness, wispy green grape tannins and herbal whims above sourdough French breading.
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There will never be a more endearing, honest and well-liked man to walk this earth as John Madden. A larger-than-life Oakland Raiders coach and highly decorated sportscaster, he was loved by all for his humor, personality and respect for the game of football. He will be missed for his generosity and kindness of spirit. Here he is winning the 1977 Super Bowl.
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Bright yellow grapefruit tang and brisk orange peel sweetness align to contrast dry wood tones. Zesty mango, peach and pineapple subsidiary deepens sunny citrus zing above salted caramel malting.
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On tap at Andy’s Corner Bar, chewy Imperial Stout plies red raspberry puree adjunct to milky dark chocolate syruping, sedate black coffee roast and burnt caramel malting. Sour cherry tartness and medicinal cherry coughdrop snip deepen bittersweet raspberry rasp above dank woody hop musk.
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Gunky Baltic porter pours like coke syrup and maintains smoky dark-roasted mocha malting. Rich burnt molasses muddiness thickens black chocolate, dark cocoa and creamed coffee tones that register above ashen hemp-oiled hop bittering.
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Confounding wild-riced flagship nut brown brings soggy grain-roasted nuttiness and curious blood-soured mocha opulence to recessive rye malting and mild browned fruiting (desiccated fig, bosc pear, roasted grape, apple rot). Brown rice adjunct sweetens the fruitier aspects and maca-rooted chestnut roast.
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Tidy caramel-roasted hop spicing picks up mildly smoked chocolate nuttiness and dewy earthen graining over biscuit-y barley malts, leaving wispy red-orange fruiting and toffee-breaded trifle on the back end. Robust flagship beer is brewers’ best seller.
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On tap at Ambulance, 2015 version of oyster stout (originally made for John Dory Oyster Bar) brings thrusting black patent malt roast to briny oyster-shelled creaming, mild charcoal-hopped bittering and seared earth bottom. Dark chocolate, dried cocoa and black coffee illusions overrun mild black cherry tartness at capacious mocha finish.
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Unspecific German-styled dunkel lager allows phenol hop astringency to drag down chocolate-caramel malting and brown-sugared winter spicing. Toasted nuttiness adds some depth as wavered red and orange fruiting dissipates.
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Masterfully hybridized dark lager (named after devilish rocker John Michael “Ozzy” Osbourne) is a cut above the rest of most so-called German-styled schwarzbiers. Resonating ‘white’ Ethiopian coffee roast pleasantly inundates light dry-hopped bittering and dark-roasted mocha malting. Milked espresso, cocoa bean and toffee subsidies wispily affect persuasively bittersweet creamed coffee theme. Perfect for light-roast coffee fanatics as a seductive after dinner relaxant.
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On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, atypical pumpkin-spiced blonde ale spreads dry orange-oiled lemon rind fruiting and reedy earthen hop rusticity across diffident gourd influence. Subtle coriander, nutmeg, cinnamon and ginger spicing insufficient backing up plastique pumpkin pie sedation. In the bottle, meatier pumpkin influence affects brown-sugared spicing, overripe gourd sweetness and refined vegetal whim, bettering tapped version.
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