Yellow-fruited nature dominates effervescent citric hop zest and spicy coriander thicket, maintaining unripe peach-apricot-grapefruit souring to lemon-fresh finish.
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(JEANNE D’ARC) GRAIN D’ORGE BLONDE DES FLANDRES
Champagne-styled bottle with cork set-up contains hefty 8% alcohol abbey-styled artisan ale. Sugared barleymalts, musty wheat grass, and highly fermented herbal-spiced yeast provide straw-hued blonde with full-bodied assertiveness alleviated by resinous grain-hopped bittering to buttery caramel finish. Bold after dinner treat makes fine alternative to French wine.
(SAINT REMY) TRAPPISTES ROCHEFORT ALE 6
Steadfast burgundy whiff and ester-y grape dryness inform sour plum-prune-fig opening of intriguing hazy copper abbey ale. Heavy molasses creaminess cloaks tropical papaya, pineapple, and banana sweetness and mocha-doused anise illusion, leaving fruitcake trail. In deep recess, vinous apple tartness, port-rum variance, and whiskey-soaked cherry nuance cuddle up.