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TOX CHIPS & DIP

Overwhelmingly assertive hot peppered collab with Little House Brewing retains true tortilla-chipped, green pepper-spiced, mango salsa likeness minus the tomato sauce. Sea-salted mango souring receives mildly acidic Margarita-like lemon zested key lime bittering and unripe orange snip (plus woody pencil shavings) pervaded incessantly by dry green chili peppering. Suited for hot pepper lovers.

Chips and Dip - Tox Brewing Co. - Untappd

TOX / SKYGAZER WATER LILY SOUR ALE: BLUEBERRY CHOCOLATE MARSHMALLOW

Slushy Smoothie Skygazer collab combines kettle-soured Water Colors’ tartly blueberry-pied chocolate resonance and marshmallow creaming with fruit-looped Lily Of The Valley for mildly acidic, viscous magenta-hued, pastry-like dessert. Ample chocolate blueberry cake/ chocolate blueberry cheesecake resilience gains tart raspberry, boysenberry and blackberry compote influence.

Tox/Skygazer Water Lily | Total Wine & More

TOX BREWING COMPANY

Tox Brewing Company

NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT

TOX BREWING COMPANY became New London, Connecticut’s first brewpub, April 2019. Run by a few local ‘curiosity-filled’ beer nerds, Tox crafts many vibrantly sharp IPA’s alongside an eclectic array of stylistic offshoots.

Occupying a rustic cabin with community-tabled front patio, the epoxy-floored pub offers a six-chaired L-shaped serving station, several metal-wood Industrial tables and a fabulous Beer Style map on the right wall. The turquoise-daubed copper patina draught stations match the bar frontage while twisted Edison lights provide cool antiquity and a TV at the bar sits atop the mushroom-handled draught taps. The rear brew room has a raw feel.

During my December ’21 venture, got to try nine impressive suds.

Dry pilsner-malted kolsch, Crocus, let orange-rotted champagne fizz prickle vinous grape, tart cherry and spicy saffron as well as Noble hop herbage in a mild manner.

Dewy dried fruited spicing anchored Mandrake, a heady 9.5% ABV Scotch Ale with caramelized chestnut, praline and almond nuttiness and light tobacco roast.

Sharp flagship IPA, Amanita, brought floral-spiced tropicalia to the fore as mango-candied grapefruit, orange and tangerine tang contrasted piney hop bittering.

Dry soft-tongued NEIPA, Devil’s Trumpet, allowed lemon-candied peach, mango and pineapple tanginess to penetrate mild coniferous pine tones and black pepper whims.

Bright ‘n lively IPA, Eft Citra, let zesty lemon and orange-candied mango, papaya and grapefruit spicing pick up waxy crayon grouting and lacquered pine oiling.

Cocktail-inspired sour IPA, Box Jelly Paloma, based on Mexico’s national drink, plied sea-salted agave to mild limey grapefruit pith bittering for a nifty tequila knockoff.

Briskly sharp Christmas-spiced fruited sour, Lily Of The Valley – Spiced Cranberry Sauce, a distinct Berliner Weiss variant, backed its salted lemony cranberry tartness with orange-peeled cinnamon, nutmeg and ginger seasoning and vanilla-daubed maple syruping.

Another wintry treat, Holly, Holiday Fruitcake Winter Warmer, hurled gingerbread-bound cinnamon, vanilla and almond sweetness at dried fruited nuttiness for a strong 8.5% ABV confection.

Guatemalan coffee roast pervaded luxurious milk stout, Deadly Nightshade, bringing brown-sugared cinnamon spicing, candied hazelnut glaze, vanilla and espresso illusions into the rich java scheme.