Tonight's beer: Anderson Valley Fall Hornin'
Deep toast and caramel to open, with molasses and maple and pumpkin right alongside. Dark baking spices in the interstices: cinnamon and ginger, some nutmeg, a trace of allspice and cloves. Earthy-peaty-grassy bitterness makes its presence known toward the end, as the beer struggles to dry out—and mostly succeeds.
Thick and chewy, a little dense, decently carbonated. Plenty of stickiness, bready and syrupy, into a long long finish. Softly and gradually drying, but more filling and satisfying than refreshing.
A delicious pumpkin cookie of a beer. Intense and complex, marvelously well-integrated, if a bit on the sweet side of balanced; gloriously drinkable. A beautiful beer to drink on what feels, from a calendar perspective, like the first evening of autumn. I've liked all of Anderson Valley's beers I've tried, especially their spiced ones; this fits right into that trend.
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| Anderson Valley Fall Hornin' |
Deep toast and caramel to open, with molasses and maple and pumpkin right alongside. Dark baking spices in the interstices: cinnamon and ginger, some nutmeg, a trace of allspice and cloves. Earthy-peaty-grassy bitterness makes its presence known toward the end, as the beer struggles to dry out—and mostly succeeds.
Thick and chewy, a little dense, decently carbonated. Plenty of stickiness, bready and syrupy, into a long long finish. Softly and gradually drying, but more filling and satisfying than refreshing.
A delicious pumpkin cookie of a beer. Intense and complex, marvelously well-integrated, if a bit on the sweet side of balanced; gloriously drinkable. A beautiful beer to drink on what feels, from a calendar perspective, like the first evening of autumn. I've liked all of Anderson Valley's beers I've tried, especially their spiced ones; this fits right into that trend.
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