OK autumnal 2023 pumpkin ale lets mild vegetal gourd earthiness and herbal Hallertau hop astringency usurp powdered sugar pumpkin pie spicing above pale wheat malting. Orange-oiled ginger minting, butternut squash sweetness and cantaloupe snips tease the backend.
Easygoing lighter, brighter ’23 version retains lemon lime zesting of yore and white-peppered grains of paradise spritz of not long ago. Softly fizzed lemon-candied brining perfect complement for seafaring events.
Straightforward hazy NEIPA retains smoothly easygoing flow as spicy floral-daubed orange, mango and pineapple tang plus tertiary papaya-passionfruit tropicalia pick up mild herbage over dry pale malts.
Straightforward summertime sessionability sashays sunshiny lemon-limed yellow grapefruit spritz, hushed grains of paradise snag and teasing orange peel twist over dry wheat-strawed pale malt wisp. Easygoing lightweight nonchalance. 2024 version gained a lemon-limed shandy sweetness and Pez-candied grains of paradise tartness in a Hallertau/ Noble hop setting.
Commonplace limited edition ’19 Octoberfest (marzen) places tart orange oiling across from wet leafed hop foliage and dewy pale malts.
Washed-out light-bodied limited edition (2020) fruit ale aged on tart raspberry-blackberry adjunct receives sour lemon spritz and mild hibiscus flowering before getting a tad phenol. Under-ripened berry flow too subtle and pale malt setting too dryly sedate.
Pallidly seasonally spiced winter ale lacks resilience and allows phenol hop astringency to decay orange-peeled cinnamon and nutmeg spicing and sweet vanilla creaming.
OK yellow-blanched pale lager reminiscent, at times, of a cream ale, due to lager-ale yeast combo providing buttery corn-starched cracker dryness to mild grassy hop astringency. Lightly juiced lemony orange tang picks up floral-perfumed alacrity below the grainy surface.
Dousing autumnal pumpkin pie sweetness with hefe-like banana and clove sugaring gives moderate-medium body its candied glaze. Earthen gourd, toasted pumpkin and squash contrast pumpkin-pied allspice, nutmeg and cinnamon seasoning as hefe flavoring dissipates.
“Exotic and juicy” mandarin orange-like yuzu fruiting wispily affects soft-tongued frothily creamed easygoing smoothie. Ginger-honeyed lime, kiwi, guava and papaya undertones confirm lightly floral-herbed yuzu juicing.
Sweet orange blossom honey adjunct brings nifty floral sentiment to oats-dried wheat malts and citric Mandarina hop spot of mild helles lager. Fizzy carbolic spritz adds lemony tangerine tingle.
Juiced-up Rebel IPA never gets too bitterly hoppy to scare off moderate bodies. Instead, politely rationed tropical fruiting and light sugar spicing easily contrast the wispy piney hop bitterness (gaining slight astringency at the yellow-fruited finish). Tangy mango adjunct gets evenly spread alongside yellow grapefruit, peach, pineapple, tangerine and navel orange illusions atop its creamy crystal malt spine.
