Murkily beige clouded NEIPA lifts lemon lime-soured grapefruit, mango and pineapple salting above heavily lactose-aided wheated oats. Setback vanilla creaming imbibes increasing citrus bittering, allowing some iodized salinity to bleed phenolic acidity into the richly milked textural clutter.
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KANE FADED HORIZON
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, lactic NEIPA regales lemon meringue tartness, grapefruit rind bittering, navel orange briskness and sun bright peach tanginess above spicy pale malting. Juicy tropical fruiting picks up latent pine tones.
KANE WHITEHALL IPA
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, bright lemony yellow grapefruit entry gains tangy mandarin orange, peach, nectarine and tangerine respite above musty pilsner-like oated wheat base. Delicate pine resin underscores sunny tropical fruited finish.
KANE SNEAKBOX PALE ALE
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, double dry-hopped pale ale brings tamped down Citra hop juicing to the fore. Brisk yellow grapefruit bittering contrasts sweet mandarin orange tang as wispy floral-perfumed herbage aligns with grassy hop astringency above light musty pilsner malt base.
TWO ROADS PARTY CAKE PASTRY CREAM ALE
As luxuriously colorful as a Rainbow party cake, well-designed confectionery liquid pastry fills its center with flour-sugared vanilla buttercream as spiced rum persistence contrasts bitterly zestful citrus zing. But it’s sweet side wins out as dazzling white chocolate, marshmallow, vanilla cake, lemon cake, Banana’s Foster and flaked coconut illusions detail this experimentally hybridized ‘Area Two Series’ cream ale.
TWO ROADS CHERRY QUAD
Heady hard-candied cherry tartness flaunts candi-sugared dark rum spicing and grenadine-like pomegranate syruping in sticky medicinal setting. Whiskeyed cherry midst gains whimsical sugared fig, yellow raisin and cranberry snips as spritzy soda fizz tickles chewy cherry-pureed Belgian yeast foundation.
JERSEY GIRL KING GAMBRINUS TRIPEL
Unconventional tripel retains richly textured expansive flavor profile. Creamy vanilla-daubed dried fruiting gains Chardonnay-buttered Vermouth respite and herbal white-peppered chamomile swipe as banana bread, bruised orange, lemon meringue, candied peach and pineapple lollipop dollops kick back cider souring.
ANGRY ERIK SANTA LUCIA
On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, fairly complex Belgian-styled blonde leverages lemony saffron florality and mellow orange tang with herbal ginger riffs, botanical Vermouth snips and musty barnyard acridity over its honeyed French bread spine.
BOLERO SNORT MOOTHIE PARTY
Ultra-juicy smoothie features tartest mango, pineapple, tangerine and passionfruit adjuncts for candied Laffy Taffy bluster with a mouth-puckered sour edge (and wispy oaken vanilla tannins). Zesty concentrated orange zing, sassy strawberry rhubarb piquancy and sour guava snips add further Sweet-tart soured vibrancy to thickly resilient tropical smoothie.
OFF COLOR BEER FOR TACOS GOSE
Pink Himalayan sea-salted lime juicing provides ultra-dry Margarita frontage to fizzy Seltzer-watered crackle just ahead of its unexpectedly oncoming wheat-flaked cinnamon toasting and distant coriander spicing. Salted lime souring incongruently contrastive against advancing sweet-spiced ginger coda.
BEARMOOSE BREWING COMPANY
EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS
Inside a rustic Industrial warehouse posing as an old gray shack, BEARMOOSE BREWING COMPANY came to fruition June ’19 in Everett, a rural bay town just north of Boston. Headed by former homebrewer, Drew Gilman, Bearmoose’s well-balanced neo-traditionalist fare safeguards winsomely offbeat stylistic flare without shunning blue collar appeal.
Occupying a spacious 5,000 square foot building, the cavernous pub’s wood columned and floored white brick interior features a large L-shaped bar and large open space for left side brew tanks.
My wife and I grab seats at the makeshift outdoor patio on an unseasonably warm mid-March afternoon ’21 to down eight 5-ouncers.
Stylistically bold pale ale, The Parkway, maintained a honey-malted pastry glaze as orange pith bittering, white peach tartness, yellow grapefruit tang and mild herbal respite ride above musky wet-grained minerality.
Pasty Dewdropper caressed its sour candied apricot tartness with dried fig-tangerine illusions and wispy honeysuckle nectar over a biscuity white wheat base.
Cinnamon sugar-rimmed autumnal holdover, Oh My Gourd, contrasted pumpkin-pied nutmeg, allspice and ginger sweetness against vegetal gourd earthiness and orange-oiled pale malts.
Zestful orange-peeled coriander spicing buttressed tangy peach-mango spicing and light lemony grapefruit bittering for witbier-inspired white IPA, Witty, a candi-sugared Belgian yeast-derived medium body with latent herbaceous pine needling.
Perfumed citrus zesting regaled dark herbal-floral tones for Hopta-Mystic, a West Coast IPA with a musky earthen grained English IPA dryness pacifying its orange, tangerine and clementine reluctance.
Grassy orange-oiled lemondrop tartness grazed bronze-hazed NEIPA, Galactic Haze, a dryer stylish diversion with dried apricot whims at the pasty pale malt bottom.
Another NEIPA, Double Trouble, contrasted honeyed orange-tangerine-peach sweetness and sugary pale malting against dry Citra-hopped pine tones.
Molasses oats sugaring coated bittersweet dark chocolate for Illegal Pour, a sweet oatmeal stout hiding its wood-seared hop char.
GARDEN STATE BEER COMPANY
GALLOWAY, NEW JERSEY
Residing a few miles west of Atlantic City just off the NJ Parkway in a gorgeous earth-toned stone edifice, Galloway’s GARDEN STATE BEER COMPANY opened for biz, March 2016, hiring current head brewer, Adam Curnow, a year hence.
Crafting a well-balanced variety of familiar contemporary styles with a flare for mild improvisation, Curnow’s crisply clean watered fare floated out of the twelve-plus tap handles at the right side back bar during my initial March ’21 trip.
Upon entry, there’s an impressive white-stoned left side hearth with a few couches, chairs and TV that counters the Christmas-string lit bar area (with stooled tables and mirrored side wall). The wood top bar features beautiful embossed tile and two TV’s corner the area. Brew tanks are staged to the far left and cans-crowlers are available.
Straight-ahead Galloway Golden Ale stayed dryer than most, as grassy-hopped lemon spicing caressed honeyed pilsner malts with simple goodness.
Excellent lawnmower fodder, Cream Of The Crop retained more body and depth than its stymied competitors, as vanilla-creamed lager malting and dry ale yeast pungency received floral-perfumed hop spicing at the slightly bitter back end.
Infused with local Smithfield coffee beans, Cook’s Corner Coffee Cream let its light roast coffee frontage engage black-peppered espresso tones and mild orange rind acidity.
Earthen watermelon rind seeped into citric-hopped zesting for Don’t Go Chasing Watermelons, a white wheat-backed fruit ale with wispy cantaloupe-honeydew sweetness.
Spritzy lemon-dropped blueberry tartness gained a gunky sweet-tart pureed lacquering and light white peppered spicing for popular flagship Blue Jersey, a white wheat-based blonde moderation with herbal Noble hop wisps. In 2025, bottled version gained sharper hop edge as floral-dried musk and white peppering inched towards the bustling bittersweet blueberry barrage.
Tart lemon saffron spicing zapped Blueberry Lemon Meringue Sour, adding minor acidity to its blueberry-embittered lemon candy finish.
Toasty amber-grained dewy peat anchored moderate-bodied Irish Red Ale, Caddie Corner, sliding apple-skinned prickly pear crisping and spiced orange misting into leafy dry hop herbal musk.
Dry rye graining picked up fizzy lemon spritz for English pale ale, Pennsyltucky Rye, finishing with a black-peppered pumpernickel spicing.
Sharp dry-wooded yellow grapefruit zest penetrated Nor’easter, a bold East Coast IPA with juniper-licked orange rind bittering and peachy pineapple snips.
Vibrant double dry-hopped NEIPA, A Better Time, brought zestful yellow grapefruit tanginess to musky wet-grained dankness, juniper-embittered pine lacquering and brisk orange wisps.
Intensely hopped Nucky’s Empirical IPA countered bitter grapefruit rind zesting with raw honeyed graining and pine-lacquered dry gin liming.
Charcoal-stained dark cocoa resin, chalky black chocolate bittering and dark-roast hop sear fortified Rebels Black IPA, leaving musky black grape esters on the murky mocha mass. Cinnamon-sticked cocoa nibs provided heat for Mexican Hot Chocolate Stout, an enticing wintry dessert.
Dark molasses gingerbread spicing amplified Alban Arthan, a luscious fireplace nightcap with subtle black cherry tartness.
Homebrewer Eric Schmehl concocted Russian Imperial Stout, a full-bodied dark ale with dark-roasted coffee-chocolate tones battling back cedar-burnt hops as well as licorice, molasses and black cherry wavers.
During March ’22 lunchtime perusal, discovered nine more fine Garden State brews one day after their sixth anniversary – including three porters.
Re-creating a flaming hot jawbreaker-candied Atomic Fireball, this spritzy Steel Pier Blonde variant lowered the red-peppered capsaicin heat and dextrin malt sugaring but maintained the cinnamon bark intensity.
Dewy peat saddled Friar Tuck’s Best, a mild English pale ale with biscuity malts.
Mild beige-paled Champear utilized sparkling champagne yeast and prickly pear tartness to soak up green grape esters (and wispy mustard seed vinegaring).
Sour yeast fermented Namasip Cherry Sour, retaining tannic cherry esters, tart hibiscus flowering, sharp Granny Smith apple notions and candied lemondrop wisps.
Perfume-cologned citrus zest graced sweet floral-daubed spicing and delicate wood tones for medium-bodied Abescon Bay IPA, merging East-West Coast styles.
Delightful fifth anniversary celebrator, Year Five Scottish Wee Heavy, let caramelized chocolate engage toffee-candied spicing, prune-dried black cherry tartness and sweet cereal graining to its dewy peat bottom.
Black coffee, dark chocolate and dried cocoa gathered for Leeds Point Porter, leaving dark-roasted hop char on its muddy mocha midst.
Bold sixth anniversary Baltic Porter VI (10% ABV) plied plum-raisin-cherry fruiting and dry anise-cumin spicing to its cold-lagered dark chocolate base.
Less intense Partigyle Baltic Porter saddled mild dark chocolate-roasted coffee tones with sedate dried fruiting and mossy compost soiling.
On quick October ’22 stopover for wife to get 4-pack of popular Blue Jersey Wheat Ale, discovered sessionable West Coast IPA, Absecon Bay. Its floral-spiced citrus zesting awakened light herbal whims and slight pine resin in a mildly creamed pale malt setting.
During February ’23 afternoon hang, met newest head brewer, Cole Branson, while downing a tidy lager celebrating a local baseball team.
Soily rice-paddied grain musk dampened the sticky orange-oiled green apple tartness of South Jersey Sand Sharks Lager, a dry golden-hazed moderation with modest corn-stalked astringency.
In June ’23, quaffed seven more fine Garden State brews.
Copper-toned Vienna Lager seeped dewy peat moss into sweet caramel malting and distant raisin-prune swoon.
Subtle caramelized chocolate sweetness anchored Upside Dunkel, picking up fruit-caked date nut breading to counter its phenol astringency.
Briny lemon lime acidulation contrasted the lemon ice pop sugaring of Sour Lime Gose, relegating its mild cologne perfuming.
Conditioned on mildly hot Habanero peppers and slightly sweet Bell peppers, Hot Blonde let light lemon spicing prickle corn-toasted amber graining.
Mild coriander-spiced mandarin orange zesting gained brisk lemon souring and a ‘splash of apple juice’ to contrast banana daquiri creaming of Pop’s Wit, leaving white peppered herbage on the tail.
Herbal-spiced orange vodka crisping received pureed banana sweetness for Sunset Beach, a leathery white peppered saison.
Sedate rum-spiced dried fruiting trickled thru dewy tea-like Noble hop herbage and roasted chestnut snip of ethyl-fueled Belgian pale ale, Beach Cruiser.
Three months hence, September ’23, on a sunny Friday afternoon, discovered three more Garden State brews along with an updated coffee creamer.
Crisp Oktoberfest brought light tea leaf pungency to musty barnyard graining and muskily perfumed orange, apple and pear daubs.
Briskly dewy Friar Tuck English Pale Ale let peaty mossing drape brown-leafed hop astringency and desiccated orange tartness to its biscuity toasted bread bottom.
Cidery apple tartness gained mild lemony orange bittering for Harvest Apple Sour, leaving subtle crabapple-cranberry snips.
The updated Cooks Corner Cream Ale retained a sweeter soothe as milk-sugared coffee creaming picked up cappuccino, espresso and cocoa residue.
During July ’24 stopover, bought more of ever-popular Blue Jersey Blueberry Ale for wife while sucking down two previously untried elixirs.
Tart raspberry-blueberry-blackberry adjuncts gained mild woodruff syruping for briny kettle-soured Berliner Weisse, Philly Sour, leaving lemony mango-pineapple-guava wisps atop the acidulated wheat base.
Frisky wheat ale, Hot Peach Summer, a peachy delight conditioned on mildly heated habanero peppers, stayed spritzy as salty guava-watermelon snips joined the peach habanero jam-like finish.
On late September ’25 spurt, glugged three more previously untried brews on site. Autumnal Headless Hessian Pumpkin Ale scurried brown-sugared cinnamon stick sweetness across phenol hop coarsening as tingly orange peel spritz and mild nutmeg-ginger snips pleated roasted Maris Otter malting.
Hybridized Unkolschered! maintained the top fermented ale yeast of a kolsch but forgoed the stylish cooler lager temps, letting mild berry and nectar sweetness fade atop sugary pilsner malts.
Utilizing Maxwell House whole ground coffee, mellow Surf Road Coffee Cream Ale gained marshmallow sweetness as well as mild oaken vanilla bittering and peppermint bark hints.