On tap at Beef Trust, fruit-caked Belgian dark candi sugaring merges caramelized plum-date-raisin splurge with understated cotton-candied banana sweetness above toffee-spiced pilsner malting in splendidly crystalline, stylishly forthright manner.
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ICARUS MILKING IT IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Sugary vanilla milkshake creaming sits atop yogurt-soured ambrosia fruiting and heavily wheated caramelized oats base of delightful lactose-spiked NEIPA. Sweet orange-peeled vanilla onrush gains lemony green grape tartness, mild grapefruit bittering and delicate peach-mango tang.
SOURCE MANGO TENGO MILKSHAKE IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Taphouse 15, milk-sugared vanilla creaming fades slowly alongside doughy pastry-like sweetness scaling back the juicy mango tang. Sharply spiced orange-grapefruit-peach zesting stays brisk though lacquered pine oiling slightly undermines mango vanilla smoothie.
SOURCE ULTRA EL DORADO IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Briskly lemon-limed El Dorado hop bittering pervades peachy grapefruit and mandarin orange flash as well as cucumber watered watermelon rind pickling. Sour grape esters and mild herbal snips stay recessive.
PIPEWORKS CASCADE IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Briskly fruited Cryo Cascade-hopped juiciness wades in ethanol vodka-like whirlpool (boozy 10% ABV) as moderate resinous pine bittering absorbs floral-spiced grapefruit rind, dried orange, pineapple, peach and mango flourishes. But pasty pale malt backing ransacked by slight cardboard edge.
FOUNDERS MARVELROAST IMPERIAL GOLDEN ALE
Well integrated milk-sugared coffee, cocoa nibs and vanilla adjuncts rise above citric-spiced hop astringency. Mocha vanilla luster gains marshmallow, cream soda, white chocolate, creme de cocoa, Belgian-dipped cappuccino and hazelnut iced coffee sweetness.
BOLERO SNORT BULLINER VICE CHARGED BERLINER WEISSE
Limey guava-strawberry adjuncts bring highly acidic sour-candied pucker to bittersweet concentrated orange juice pulpiness that pummels away at the tart frontage. Profoundly thick Berliner Weiss leaves salty residue on pink guava and strawberry combo as well as juicy orange intensity and tangy mango tease.
BOLERO SNORT IT’S DANGEROUS TO MOO ALONE! TAKE THIS
‘Heavily fruited sour ale’ stays sharp as tart blueberry-banana adjuncts gain limey orange juice acidity. Salted pineapple-licked oaken cherry tartness and fig-dried prune slumber deepen kettle-soured blueberry and banana frontage.
UNE ANNEE FRAMBOISE
On tap at Taphouse 15, salted raspberry souring purged by moderate lemon acidity and vinous red wine tinge for pallid flagship. Musty saccharomyces yeast fungi absorbs raspberry frontage as faded strawberry rhubarb, oaken cherry, cranberry and gooseberry tartness creeps in.
LONE PINE PORTLAND PALE ALE
Classic off-dry flagship retains clean pale malt-spiced orange tang , grassy hop astringency and resinous herbal whim. Wispy peach, mango and tangerine illusions add further brisk zesting to perfectly centrist, yet stylishly bold, West Coast pale ale.
DROWNED LANDS TEN ACRES PASTRY STOUT
On tap at Growler & Gill, molasses-glazed pancake battering greets richly creamed chocolate malting as cumin-spiced cinnamon toasting further sweetens S’mores, creme brulee, milk-sugared coffee, buttery toffee and pecan pie niceties of fabulous pastry dessert.
HUBBARD’S CAVE PEANUT BUTTER CUP IMPERIAL STOUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, creamy chocolate-caked bourbon vanilla sweetness intercepts peanut-buttered Reese’s Pieces candy sugaring as mild hop char provides ashen bittering to contrast ancillary hazelnut-glazed burnt caramel, creme brulee, dark cocoa, toffee and whiskey illusions.
