Conventional Vienna lager lacks assertiveness and distinct flavor profile. Sweet dewy peat seeps inside murky dried fig spicing and tingly candied apple smidge as distant Tettnang hop earthiness contrasts toasted amber graining.
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UNTIED BREWING COMPANY
NEW PROVIDENCE, NEW JERSEY
I’d already enjoyed fourteen different beers from UNTIED BREWING COMPANY before finally visiting this rustic red-bricked warehouse pub in Central Jersey during February ’23. Celebrating their fourth anniversary, Untied’s neon orange and blue insignia welcomes visitors to its industrialized gray brick-walled, cement-floored, high-ceilinged interior.
With an impressive stylistically varied lineup, Untied’s tile-walled draught handles serve the silestone formica-topped bar area, two metal-wood stooled community tables, a few white chaired four-seaters and a small couched space.
The third brewmaster since opening in 2019, Andrew Slick (formerly of Triumph and Kane), mans the rear tanks. We discussed all things beer while I ran the gamut of drinking all the previously untried suds available this seasonally warm winter’s day.
Sweet coconut toasting fortified corn-sugared cream ale, Clacking Coconuts, leaving macaroon, roasted chestnut, vanilla cookie, and marshmallow daubs.
Toasted amber grain crisping received musky dry-hopped Huelle Melon tropicalia as bright orange-peeled yellow grapefruit sunshine upended astringent herbal grassiness with a clean vodka nip for Morning Breeze Pilsner, a nearly white winey IPA-fruited alternative.
Mild lemony yellow grapefruit bittering, sweet orange peel zesting and subtle guava-pineapple souring engaged soft-toned 4th Trip Around The Sun NEIPA, leaving latent earthen pine resin to contrast its creamy vanilla froth.
Candi-sugared butterscotch rum warmth guided Thresh Tripel, a superfine Belgian ale with caramelized banana, pineapple cake, butter pecan, orange marmalade and honeyed peach sweetness contrasting white peppered fungi funk.
Rummy dark candi-sugaring draped Neuhaus Quad, another worthy Belgian styler with spicy fig, date and plum sweetness picking up caramelized pecan, bourbon vanilla and honey-glazed hazelnut illusions.
A nearly perfect dark lager, Dada loaded Folgers-like coffee crystals upon dark-roast chocolate and treacly cocoa nuttiness in a dark-roast hop setting.
Bittersweet dark chocolate and hazelnut coffee tones enriched Left In The Dark Imperial Stout, letting leathery cherry tannins supply slight acidity to the creamed mocha mandate.
As for the bourbon barrel-aged Left In The Dark, its sweet bourbon vanilla warmth penetrated coffee-roasted caramelized chocolate goodness and whiskeyed rye swipe.
UNTIED CLACKING COCONUTS CREAM ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, mild cotton-candied coconut toasting, dried cocoa nibs and light lemon liming reach lightly creamed vanilla-sugared sourdough base. Some unwanted soapiness seeps thru cacao/coconut latte-finishing confection.
UNTIED LONG DAYS SHORT YEARS HELLES LAGER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, sedate raw-honeyed citrus dryness permeates spongy sourdough bottom, picking up mild Noble-hopped herbage to contrast slight sugar-spiced lager malts.
UNTIED WHAT’S THE HYPE IMPERIAL IPA W/COCONUT, PINEAPPLE & VANILLA BEANS
Steadfast orange-peeled grapefruit zesting gains laidback coconut-pineapple adjuncts and mellower mango-guava stint as mild piney hop bittering settles beneath. Delicate vanilla bean tannins influence tropical fruited nature but stylistic ‘milkshake’ and ‘New England’ labeling seem sketchy.
UNTIED BOOS PUMPKIN ALE
On tap at Taphouse Grille – Wayne, chewy Madagascar vanilla bean prominence and dark cocoa syruping nearly overwhelm brown-sugared cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg and clove seasoning as well as gingery mace peppering, light burnt wood chafe and teasing cola nuttiness.
UNTIED 16 OZ. CURLS WATERMELON WHEAT ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, mellow white wheat-based moderation conditioned on watermelon stays crisp as celery-watered cucumber cleanness pleats watermelon rind earthiness. A bit unassuming but not bad.
UNTIED MORNING MEETING IMPERIAL MILK PORTER
Profound milk-sugared coffee sweetness guards maple syrupy vanilla beaning and sharp cinnamon spicing upfront. Creamy vanilla coffee continuance picks up fudged toffee, mint chocolate, candied nut, maple molasses and butterscotch subtleties for robust breakfast bluster.
UNTIED DATA DETERMINES DATES INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, polite lemon-soured mango salting, mild crayon-waxed tangerine tang and wispy melon tartness gain dank cannabis oiling above softly creamed wheated oats spine.
UNTIED PROFUSELY FRUITY SOUR ALE
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, lovely passionfruit-orange-pineapple-infused version lets limey Sweet-Tart candied fruitiness captivate milk-sugared marshmallow sweetness contrasting salted pineapple-mango souring. Dainty passionfruit florality glides thru zesty orange-pineapple permanence in mellow fashion.
UNTIED JUST FOR KICKS INDIA PALE ALE
Limey passionfruit souring nudges orange-bruised apricot tang above dank piney-hopped grassy astringency for medium-full-bodied tropical fruit juicer. Overripe navel orange and tangerine zesting dart thru apricot-passionfruit adjuncts with clean vodka briskness in tidy manner.
UNTIED KNUCKLEHEAD HALL OF FAME IMPERIAL NEW ENGLAND IPA
Efficient NEIPA brightens lime-salted yogurt souring with brisk lemony yellow grapefruit zesting and juicy pineapple tartness above creamy vanilla sweetness. Ambrosia-like lemon meringue, orange marmalade, salted mango, tangy tangerine, passionfruit and clementine illusions on display at hard-candied center of citric-hopped beauty.
