Sessionable Belgian-styled pale ale lets “aggressive Amarillo-Saaz hops” provide earthen yellow wood bittering and tart lemon-limed resilience to gently spiced crystal malt backbone.
Daily Archives: February 9, 2016
LIC BEER PROJECT EVENING’S EMPIRE
On tap at Ambulance, monastic Abbey yeast profile provides brown-sugared dark fruiting of Belgian strong ale for dark-roasted mocha malting of chocolate-enriched stout. A luxurious dry-bodied hybrid, its molasses-embittered Baker’s chocolate chalking and mild cocoa powdering override any prune, plum or fig nuances.
PEEKSKILL MOSCOW ON THE HUDSON BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Abominable Snowfest, smoked black malts, dark chocolate syruping and bitter cocoa powdering pick up dark nuttiness (and a hint of licorice).
PEEKSKILL MALTBALLS
On tap at Abominable Snowfest, smoky walnut-shelled mocha malting receives dry Centennial hop oiling to contrast light maple caramel saucing. Slick plastique scamper covers bitter nut-charred continuance and dark-roasted black chocolate bottom.
902 ONE
Marking its one year anniversary, leisurely limited edition 2016 amber ale takes easygoing approach as subtly phenol-hopped grapefruit, pineapple, orange and passionfruit tang rises above caramelized crystal malting as brown-sugared raisin nuance fades away with nary a trace.
902 BLACK DYNOMITE
Dry-hopped jet black Cascadian Dark Ale’s cask-like soft tone lightens dark chocolate influence as well as dried-fruited raisin, fig and date nuances and latent black currant snip.
CRICKET HILL RUSSIAN IMPERIAL STOUT (2016/2018)
Well-detailed full body from 2016 small-batched Reserve Series brings bold dark-grained black chocolate richness to dry hop-charred coffee roast and bitter walnut sear while sustaining clean mineral water briskness. In recess, oats-dried molasses and mild vanilla beaning deepen black-malted mocha goodness while hints of dark rum, burgundy and black cherry waver. On tap at Biggie’s, 2018 tapped version retained creamily bittersweet dark chocolate roast heightened by sugared coffee, raw molasses, gooey anise and earthen hops.