Thin bronze-hazed spice ale contrasts candi-sugared balm against mild mustard seed bitterness. Lively lemon-bruised souring seeps into fresh cut-grassed barnyard hay earthiness. Vinous mouth-puckering grape tartness curtails coriander seasoning. A bit watery for unique dry-bodied offshoot.
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(RJ BRASSEURS) COUP DE GRISOU
Sassy golden-glowed ‘spicy buckwheat beer’ with tan yeast particles and high viscosity generates early hop-infused coriander bittering for off-dry orange-lemon punch. Lively unripe tangerine-peach souring gains prominence as mint tingle surfaces, adding zesty elegance.
ROGUE CHAMOMILE ALE
ROGUE CHIPOTLE ALE
Named after dried jalapeno pepper, this cacophonous chili-like Band-Aid-scented novelty will satiate experimental thirsts. Pungent charcoal bitterness, burnt wood chip follow-up, and piquant black pepper spicing retain great resolve. Sour citric twang stays hidden. Try with Mexican cuisine or fish dishes.
ROGUE MEXICALI ROGUE ALE
Closely resembling marvelous Rogue Smoke A Rauch and later renamed Rogue Chipotle, hybridized herbal-spiced ale lets burnt wood chip mouthfeel, sinewy yeast resin and mocha malt backdrop inform lingering ash-like persistence. Conversely, unexpected chili-peppered jalapeno permeation informs delicious mountain water purity to moderately spiced-hop finish.
ROGUE MORIMOTO BLACK OBI SOBA ALE
Richer mahogany-hued crimson-highlighted Soba Signature offspring opens with earthen wood fringe, buttered popcorn spell, and vegetal tease, building Cascade hop-charred black tea bitterness tersely consuming impending fig juice, dried fruit, and hazelnut illusions. Solemn roasted nuttiness and baked bread-pumpernickel shields inconsequential roasted chicory perk.
ROGUE MORIMOTO SOBA SIGNATURE ALE
(ANHEUSER-BUSCH) SPRING HEAT SPICED WHEAT
Buoyant limited edition pale-hazed Belgian-styled witbier retains lilting springtime pleasantry despite sharp pine needled citric nosing. Caressing spice-tingled apricot-nectarine tang, menial vanilla drift, and trifling mango-banana-pineapple tropicalia affix advertised orange-lemon-lime peels softly comforting casual coriander curtsy, remaining inoffensively stylish despite unrealized Belgian intricacies.
ST. PETER’S ENGLISH ALE
(BALADIN) NORA ALE
Lovely fruit ale inspired by ancient Egyptian beers features low-key myrrh, ginger and orange peel influences. Maintaining an abundant fluffy head, effervescent champagne-like carbonation and soft water freshness to its luscious Sangria finish, lovely Italian-bred medium body’s quince-wafted fruit spicing sweetens over time. Grape-ripened tangerine-honeydew-melon tang and tart raspberry-blueberry-blackberry subsidy wrap around clover-honeyed cotton candy frolic to complement sour-mashed cork dryness. Serve to red wine drinkers as a sweet alternative.
ST. PETER’S LEMON & GINGER SPICED ALE
DOGFISH HEAD CHATEAU JIAHU
Sinewy yeast clouds coppery honeysuckle-glazed eccentricity. Floral chrysanthemum-lavender embrace gathers up-front Sangria, Muscat, and pinot grape esters, beckoning peach-tangerine ripeness and surreptitious lemon-limed orange-grapefruit smattering. Subsequent peppery hop prickle absorbs vinous white wine acidity, obscure herbaceous tuck, and latent gin-like juniper nip.