Peculiar ‘modern twist’ on hefeweizen provides dry-hopped Earl Grey tea-like Wai-iti & Idaho 7 hop combo to not quite traditional lemon-soured banana tartness as green grape tannins, white peachiness and plantain starching dabble with drifting herbal misting. An awkwardly nifty easygoer.
On tap at Plank Pizza, dry English IPA delicately plies stylish dewy fungi musk, desiccated fig tartness, earthen nuttiness and rustic herbage to buttered biscuity malting. Serve to extra special bitter fans as well.
Distinct upfront coffee roast waft bitterer than milk-creamed java entry of soft-toned, eclair-headed, pale-toned cream stout. Smoked maple molasses glazes tertiary almond-praline-pecan conflux as finishing hop astringency contrasts mild vanilla froth.
On tap at Plank Pizza, soft-toned grapefruit, orange, peach and pineapple tang greets delicate piney hop resin and grassy astringency above mildly creamed crystal malting.
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, brown-sugared ginger snap cookie knockoff contrasts creamy vanilla-sweetened gingerbread cookie sugaring and tingly cinnamon-nutmeg-clove seasoning with oncoming orange-peeled Blackstrap molasses bittering for delectably spiced vanilla cream ale. Another fine Christmastime ale.
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, wheat-altered IPA placates lemony grapefruit-orange tang with Hallertau Blanc-hopped white grape esters, earthen melon mold and dry wood lacquer above bready oats base in soft-toned hefeweizen setting.
Straightforward dry-hopped cream ale lets Indian corned maize astringency gather pasty porridge-oated pilsner malts and mild honeysuckle herbage as slightly sour lemon fizz adds bubbly effervescence to moderate-bodied fare.
On tap at Morris Tap & Grill, subtle bourbon barrel aging seeps into black patent-malted Bakers chocolate and dark cocoa bittering. Tarry coffee respite, ashen nuttiness and black licorice snips add further dryness to unconventional 10.3% ABV Imperial Stout.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead – Hoboken, nutty coffee-burnt Bakers chocolate bittering overwhelms dried-fruited blackberry, black cherry and raspberry tartness and light anise spicing above crisp-watered caramel-burnt black malt base.
Easygoing Imperial IPA spreads lively grapefruit zest and tangy mango-peach-pineapple-tangerine-papaya tropicalia across light Mosaic-hopped pine resin and sugary crystal malt creaming.
On tap at Shepherd & Knucklehead, soft-toned witbier plies hefeweiss-influenced banana, clove, bubblegum and vanilla sweetness to mild candi-sugared Belgian yeast. Crisp lemon seltzer fizz, ancillary orange tartness and delicate lemongrass herbage waver above frail white wheat backbone.
Not far removed from Shebeen Cannoli Beer with its powder-sugared cupcake frosting and pastry-like sweetness. But its Nilla wafer waft, lactose-sugared vanilla bean influence and light funnel cake battering only affect the wispy cream soda finish as paltry lemon-dropped orange frontage fades fast above doughy white wheat base.
