On tap at Taphouse 15, murkily amber hazed Smoothie-like fruited sour utilizes pineapple-like soursop, passionfruit-like curuba and pink guava adjuncts to perk up salted lemony verbena stead above mild lactic acidulated malting.
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DSSOLVR ESCAPE ENGINE PINA COLADA CHEESECAKE SOUR ALE
Sticky cotton-candied ambrosia fruiting leads the way for enigmatic pina colada cheesecake knockoff. Salty pineapple, grapefruit and tangerine tang plus marshmallow-fluffed coconut and cinnamon toasting ultimately succumb to vinous green grape tartness, giving its lactose-aided dry side the edge. Wispy oaken cherry, crabapple and prickly pear illusions flutter beneath lemony pineapple-coconut sway.
RUSTY RAIL CHEAT DAY CHERRY CHEESECAKE SOUR
On tap at Capitol Craft – East Hanover, creamy cheesecake base topped by red cherry tartness and pastry-like powdered sugaring with wispy bruised orange, tangerine and tangelo flutters.
ARTISANAL BREW WORKS WARHEADS EXTREME SOUR WATERMELON
Tart Warheads-candied fruited sour lets sharp lemon-limed watermelon rind spritz engage salty Seltzer-like fizziness and floral-daubed strawberry rhubarb snip washed out by weakened Jolly Rancher gumminess. Wafting watermelon syrup sweetness never hits the tastebuds, but some vinous sourness coats the melon-‘headed’ finish.
SWELLS’A KAHUNA MATATA BARREL AGED SOUR ALE
Subtle rum barrel aging provides dissipating toasted sugaring to contrast tart pineapple-juiced oaken cherry and oaken vanilla adjuncts and vinous white-wined green grape esters. Leathery lactobacillus acidity escalates sour edge as dry bourbon wisps enjoin cidery pineapple-cherry finish.
ASLIN VOLCANO SAUCE SOUR ALE
On tap at Ambulance, lactic pastry-like Smoothie allows creamy milk-sugared vanilla sweetness to inundate yogurt-soured raspberry, blackberry and blueberry tartness as well as salted lime, candied pineapple and oaken cherry whims over raw wheat bed. Mild blueberry acidity picks up some unwanted mildewy plastered lacquer.
ASLIN BABY SHARK INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, pleasant dry-hopped Citra variant brings juicy grapefruit, clementine, tangerine and mango tanginess plus muted lemony lime bittering to sugary pale malting.
HOPFLY SUMMER CRUSH IPA
Vibrant lactic NEIPA enters the fray with juicy yellow grapefruit salting and muted lemony mandarin orange spritz above delicate white-breaded oated wheat base in white-headed hazy gold setting. Ambrosial lemon meringue, orange marmalade, pineapple tart and candied fruit piquancy plus sedate passionfruit-guava souring pleat mildest pine bittering contrasting lightly frothed vanilla creaming. Compact roundedness.
BREWDOG FELLOWSHIP IPA
On tap at Capitol Craft – East Hanover, efficient Lord Of The Rings-inspired NEIPA stays soft as bright lemony yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts tangy orange-peeled pineapple, mango and tangerine sweetness over dry pale malting. Lacks stylish white wined New Zealand hop aspect, though.
BENT WATER EQUIVALENT EXCHANGE NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Capitol Craft – East Hanover, lemony bergamot orange and tangerine tang lets light clay waxing intimidate white-peppered lemongrass spell above wild honeyed oats-flaked malt spine.
BAXTER COASTAL HAZE INDIA PALE ALE
Juicy year-round Citra-Mosaic-hopped NEIPA goes right down the stylistic middle route as moderated lemony yellow grapefruit bittering joins sweet orange-peeled mango, pineapple and peach tanginess to pick up dryly resinous pine tones for crisply clean refresher.
MAST LANDING / HOP BUTCHER ALL KINDS OF WAVES NEW ENGLAND IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, durable Massachusetts/Maine NEIPA collab serenades lemony orange-peeled pineapple, peach and grapefruit tang with lacquered pine tones and floral-spiced pale malts. Lacks sour guava-gooseberry tropicality of slightly better stylistic New England moderations.
