On tap at 3 Knots Taphouse – Onancock, dried cocoa onrush picks up cola, walnut and Brazil nuttiness plus black tea earthiness and ashen hop char to contrast less distinct black licorice stash.
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EDMUND’S OAST SOUR FRUIT PUNCH
Understated cherry, orange and pineapple convergence retains tartly dry edge for fruited kettle sour. Vinous green grape esters add light acidity to oaken cherry, desiccated orange and briny pineapple residue. A tad flattish.
ABOMINATION DRIPPY POPSICLE
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, purplish brown Smoothie allows pastry-like cherry, blueberry and raspberry tartness to expand above chewy marshmallow bed. Sweet-tart berry goodness picks up red, purple and green grape tannins to reinforce mild lactic acidity.
ABOMINATION THE HARVESTED SOUR ALE W/ ACAI, PLUM, MANGO
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, Slushie-like fruited sour winningly combines blackberry-induced acai, sweetly tart plum and salted mango enhanced by unexpected red grape bubblegum sugaring. Chewy marshmallow center thickens Sangria-like fruiting.
ABOMINATION LOST IN THE FOG
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, tropical fruited golden-hazed NEIPA collab with Magnify brings salted grapefruit, mango and orange tanginess to the fore as ancillary pineapple, peach and guava illusions plus mild perfume spicing sweeten the load in silken vodka-like setting.
ABOMINATION / FAT ORANGE CAT THIRTEEN LIVES & RIP DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, zestful DDH NEIPA collaboration merges brisk orange-peeled yellow grapefruit tanginess with salted guava-mango tropicalia, creamy lemon meringue tartness and sugary peach regalia above spicy pale malting.
DEEP RIVER MANGO TANGO FOXTROT INDIA PALE ALE
Juicy mango tang fades into the midst where mild guava tartness, limey grapefruit zesting and timid floral spicing receive piney hop bittering that lingers softly over oaty base for adequate, tempered IPA.
COASTAL BREW WORKS TROJAN SEAHORSE IPA
On tap at Paragon, ambitiously fruitful flagship NEIPA stays stylishly robust, but retains only slight vanilla creaming despite rich crystal pale malt base. Bright citrus zesting contrasts tartly yogurt-soured tropical fruiting with remarkable clarity. Sweet orange-peeled lemon meringue piquancy, sharp yellow grapefruit bittering and peachy mango tang lean towards a West Coast IPA while sourly salted guava, gooseberry and green grape illusions nod towards a New Zealand-hopped IPA. A heady delight!
MAGNIFY GOLD PLATED TRIPLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Paragon, juiced-up NEIPA (with hefty 10.5% ABV and viscous yeast thickness) places salted mango tang, sugared grapefruit zesting, sweet peach syruping and coniferous pine needling in a clean vodka setting.
SKYGAZER / TOX ANGEL COLONY
Fulsome hazy golden glowed NEIPA collab with nearby Connecticut brewer, Tox, places subtle Citra-hopped orange peel sweetness, yellow grapefruit zesting and salted pineapple tang next to herbal Galaxy-hopped passionfruit-gooseberry souring in creamy oat milk-sugared setting. Lingered piney hop bittering zaps lactic yogurt-milked tropical fruited finish.
BRIX CITY YACHT JAMS VOL. 3
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, yummy milkshake IPA retains only some of its lactic coconut-toasted key lime pie tartness and vanilla-daubed banana cream pie slither due to the affluent sugary bubblegum influence. Sidled lemony grapefruit bittering picks up grassy hop astringency below the fruity gum surface.
DEEP RIVER YACHTY BY NATURE
Dry NEIPA utilizes salty pineapple pureed coconut adjunct to create pina colada splendor with briny lime-juiced Margarita reminder. Acidic cat urine musk ransacks tertiary mango-guava tropicalia of slightly sour moderation.
