Confectionery Peppermint Pattie knockoff really hits stride as creamy dark chocolate goodness drips into menthol peppermint candied rejuvenation. Refreshing eucalyptus-leafed peppermint continuance sidles caramel-burnt chocolate groove line blissfully.
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IMPRINT SCHMOOJEE 5IFTH ANNIVERSARY ICE CREAM CAKE
On tap at Taphouse 15, frothy tannish brown Schmoojee sidles marshmallow-fluffed vanilla ice creaming with chocolatey peanut butter cup fudging and tart banana-pineapple fruitiness. Just a tad too busily confusing for confectionery perfection.
BOLERO SNORT ANOTHER STEER CRAZIER JELLY DONUT SOUR
On tap at Taphouse 15, liquid jelly donut breakfast pastry celebrates 11th anniversary. Tart fruited sour lets salted strawberry-raspberry influence and concord grape jam spread across delicate vanilla sugaring. Needs richer vanilla-creamed jellied fruiting.
ARROWOOD FARMS PORCH BEER
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, tartly sour bone-dry wild ale utilizes indigenous bacterial yeast to add musty cellared fungi to its acidic lactobacillus volatility. Lime-salted lemon bittering, white wine vinegaring and horse-blanketed barnyard acridity reach acidulated pilsner-wheat malt base.
MAGNIFY FROOT STRIPEZ IMPERIAL SOUR ALE
Washed-out Tutti Frutti Stripe Gum knockoff lets hard-candied lemon pucker tease tart strawberry-raspberry conflux and orange-powdered cherry Pez candied subsidy. Thin vanilla creaming not heavy enough to compete favorably against lightly acidic fruit-tart appeal.
LAST WAVE SURFERS BLOOD RASPBERRY LEMONADE SOUR
Briskly tart lemon-pureed lime pucker outlasts blood orange and raspberry lemonade influence above acidulated white wheat bottom.
ASHTON SILVER DRAGONS INDIA PALE ALE
Impeccable golden hazed NEIPA glides lemony orange-peeled yellow grapefruit and pineapple bittering plus tropical mango, guava and papaya tanginess thru floral raspberry-honeyed sweetness. Juicy fruitiness rides thru coniferous pine resin and lightly creamed oated wheat spine of zestful Styrian Dragon hopped medium body.
DISTRICT 96 FACTORY IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, sunny NEIPA with yellow grapefruit entry allows brisk navel orange, tangerine and white peach tang as well as wispy guava-papaya conflux to fidget around mild pine tones above light oated wheat creaming flawlessly.
DISTRICT 96 SPACE SNAKE IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, fruit gum-sugared NEIPA with tangy Citra-hopped lemony grapefruit and orange waxing picks up mild pine lacquer to contrast pasty oated wheat creaming.
FOAM BUILT TO SPILL
On tap at Taphouse 15, dry Imperial IPA retains zestful citrus spicing and peachy mango-banana tartness as well as musky herbal-tinged pine remnant for lightly creamed NEIPA-like oated wheat base. Sunny lemony yellow grapefruit bittering and brisk navel orange, tangerine and clementine tang stay briskly smooth.
TWO ROADS ROCKET 2 RUIN IMPERIAL COLD IPA
Even bitterer and boozier than original Road 2 Ruin, cold fermented hop heightening allows pungent lemony grapefruit-peeled orange rind bitterness to crowd the vodka-nipped juniper bite leading to its pine tar respite. The doughy base withers below the musky citric intensity contrasted lightly by floral-daubed strawberry, raspberry and cantaloupe reminders.
GHOST HAWK SENTIENCE
On tap at Stosh’s, briskly embittered West Coast-styled pale ale lets lingered floral cologne musk and stiff juniper bite sink into lemony orange pith dryness contrasting red apple and tangerine sweetness of IPA-designed medium body. Mildly piney Centennial/ Mandarina Bavaria hop blend promotes perfumed citrus oiling above dry pale malting.