Summer Ales
Add a touch of class to your backyard barbecues with these artistically crafted beers.
Photography by John Smith
Styling by Laura McGuire
 SAMUEL ADAMS IMPERIAL WHITE: A sipping witbier (a sturdy 10.3 percent alcohol by volume), jampacked with spices such as dried plum, grains of paradise, coriander, and anise. samueladams.com
ORVAL: A tart, dry Trappist ale brewed by monks of the Abbaye Notre-Dame d’Orval in Belgium. Pour gently, approach reverently, enjoy wholeheartedly. www.orval.be
MÖNCHSHOF SCHWARZ: Confound your friends! Pour them a refreshing Kulmbach lager as black as night. www.kulmbacher.de
BROOKLYN LOCAL 2: A Belgian-style bottle-refermented ale brewed in Brooklyn, with touches of raw wildflower honey and citrus peel. brooklynbrewery.com
KELLERWEIS HEFEWEIZEN: This new Bavarian-style hefeweizen from Sierra Nevada that debuts in June has hints of clove and banana esters. sierranevada.com
-- Thomas Bedell
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