A strong peanut butter waft emanates from robust nutty porter. Salty peanut resonation picks up peanut skin layer as mild hazelnut, Brazil nut and walnut subtleties gently emerge alongside unsweetened grape jam wisp.
TIN BRIDGE PEANUT BUTTER PORTER
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TIN BRIDGE IRISH RED ALE BARREL AGED
Smoothly dry whiskey-daubed bourbon and rye spirits perk up stylish mossy peat earthiness and light oaken vanilla tannins as faraway apple-skinned cherry tartness emerges.
TIN BRIDGE STRAWBERRY CAKE POP
Richly creamed sugary soda pop, hard-candied Strawberry Patch confection or jellied donut alternative? Strawberry pureed cake batter and bittersweet vanilla beans seep into brown-sugared pie crust given proper phenol hop astringency. Tangy ambrosial melange of cherry pie, lemon meringue, orange cake and peach cobbler make superb auxiliary for dandy strawberry elixir.
EXHIBIT A BRIEFCASE PORTER
Bitterly tarred dark chocolate syrup drapes mild coffee roast, nutty dark-roast hop char and burnt wood sear for briskly dry Irish stout-like porter.
LEADFOOT BAGGY PIPER SCOTTISH ALE
Lovely holiday-spirited Scottish ale with spicy caramel kick brings sweetish dewy peat to chalky cocoa base as perky cinnamon-nutmeg spicing, laidback dried cherry tartness and roasted chestnut-almond-pecan combo stick to gluey wheat sugaring.
EVER GRAIN NOR’EASTER PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, interesting porter variant with vanilla, maple and chestnut adjuncts placed against dark-roast hops. Vanilla-chipped maple sugaring picks up medicinal black cherry bruise, green raisin ripeness and dewy peat sweetness.
EVER GRAIN ECTONAUT DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Ambulance, crayon-waxed yellow grapefruit, pineapple, tangerine and navel orange medley and tart passionfruit-gooseberry fling placed in mild buttery pale malting with creamy vanilla yogurt-soured oated wheat base.
STONE TANGERINE EXPRESS HAZY IPA
Snazzily updated easygoing ‘hazy’ IPA (utilizing multiple fruited hops circa 2025) sweeps juicy tangerine puree thru mellow pineapple zesting, gaining mellow yellow grapefruit bittering atop mildly creamed oats base.
AURORA SWISHIN’ N DISHIN’ NEIPA
On tap at Ambulance, soft-toned New England styled IPA (honoring Knicks legend Walt Frazier) lets light oated creaming delicately await clean cryo Citra-hopped yellow grapefruit and orange pith bittering as well as laidback floral-spiced herbage.
DROWNED LANDS TERRA BLANC DOUBLE IPA
Soft-toned New Zealand hop-influenced Imperial IPA utilizes Cryo Citra-hopped Sauvignon Blanc grape must to gleamingly tweak brisk yellow grapefruit-seeded lemon zesting, sweet orange peel tanginess and light floral spicing. Distant ‘mango, lychee, peach and nectarine’ illusions punctuate the sweet end while tart lemon verbena piquancy slips thru lightly vanilla creamed oated wheat sugaring. Superb!
NORTH PARK / BRUJOS BRUJO-FU! WEST COAST IPA
Sunny yellow grapefruit and lemon pith bittering receive ethyl-like 6.6% ABV thrust as herbal tea earthiness and dry wood bottom secure collaborative West Coast IPA. Heavenly floral-wafted citrus stead gains latent pineapple-guava tropicalia and light crayon waxing.
ARISTAEUS SUMMER SPLASH HEFEWEIZEN
Summery hefe loads zesty lemon spritz atop white wheat base as stylish banana-clove sweetness takes back seat to sunny citric splash.
