Pale Viennese malts and sinewy butterscotch yeast accentuated by dark berries for beautifully creamy moderate-bodied opening. Puffy beige-headed rust-hued Oregonian then gathers floral hop subtlety and delicate grain insistence for a ‘brutal’ bitter not restricted to hardcore drinkers.
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TROEGS E.S.B. AMBER ALE
BRAKSPEAR BITTER
FLYING FISH E.S.B. AMBER ALE
LEFT HAND SAWTOOTH ALE
ROGUE WHITE CRANE BITTER ALE
Easy drinkin’ copper-toned bitter (a.k.a. Rogue Oregon Golden Ale) receives polite spruce hop frontage and mild toasted barley continuance, settling into clean watered sweet malt finish. A fitting session beer for milder thirsts fluffing tardy honeyed wheat against concealed grapefruit-quince undertone.
(UNICORN) ROBINSON’S DOUBLE HOP PREMIUM ALE
(MCAUSLAN) FRONTENAC EXTRA SPECIAL PALE ALE
ADNAMS SUFFOLK SPECIAL BITTER
Dry wheat-husked toasted hop sass and chalky caramel malting seduce laid-back soft water flow as aromatic tobacco-peat earthiness lingers. Secondary rye-pumpernickel breading and wet cedar sweetness recede to smoked wood tinge. Surprisingly lacks advertised bitterness though redeeming novice appeal is undeniable.