Smoothly ho-hum medium roast coffee intensified by musty hop char and bitter raw vanilla musk, gaining backend black pepper whims to contrast its sweet hazelnut remnant.
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INDUSTRIAL ARTS WHEATED STOUT
On tap at Ambulance, dark Belgian candi sugaring deepens caramel-burnt dark chocolate malting while oak-foedered Simcoe hop bittering, mild coffee indulgence, dewy peat earthiness and black cherry snips propel rich back end of updated wheat stout (circa 2021).
KELLY GREEN ENDGRAIN COFFEE PORTER
Fulsome medium roast coffee bean bittering permeates cocoa-nibbed black chocolate malting, ashen wood hop char and subtle walnut sear. Like a cup of black coffee (with some fizz).
HACKENSACK NU BAJAN BLONDE
On tap at Taphouse 15, dainty milk-sugared coffee splendor loses momentum halfway as polite citric hop astringency and mild peppery whims pop up in fizzy fuzz tones.
BRADLEY UNICORN GIRLS VANILLA MILKSHAKE PALE ALE
Tart lemon meringue piquancy overrides milk-sugared Madagascar vanilla creaming to the dry pale malt spine of hazy golden medium body. Mellow Curacao orange, tangerine, pineapple and peach illusions extend ambrosial milkshake sweetness to contrast wispily phenol hop astringency.
BRADLEY ALICORN GIRLS TRIPLE NEW ENGLAND IPA
Lactose-aided vanilla creaming underscores candied pineapple, rummy peach, sweet orange peel, lemon meringue tartness, yellow grapefruit bittering and apple-skinned leathering of pasty-malted 11% ABV NEIPA (with botanical gin esters). Like Bradley’s Unicorn Girls, its hop bill includes juicy fruited Citra, Mosaic, Simcoe and Huell Melon.
ABOMINATION REAPERS CREEPERS JUICY INDIA PALE ALE
Devilish 6.66% ABV beckons for juicy NEIPA. Zesty lemony yellow grapefruit essence and teasing Curacao orange tang pick up spicy tingle as dry piney continuance gets downplayed for ample citrus zeal.
FOAM SMIRK OF THE DOLPHIN
On tap at Growler & Gill, briny melon-kiwi-pineapple-pomelo tropicalia grazes sea-salted passionfruit tartness and juicy bruised lemon bittering for grassy-hopped Imperial IPA.
EQUILIBRIUM HOP WAVE 5 DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, mildly lactose-soured grapefruit zesting picks up lemony Curacao orange tanginess, delicate floral spicing and slight pine pungency before reaching salty pale malt-dried bottom.
ICARUS POWER SHAKER IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE – MAPLE SYRUP & COCONUT
On tap at Taphouse 15, subtle maple syrup-draped toasted coconut and vanilla bean splendor gains sour yogurt-milked lactose above heavily oated wheat malts. Milk-sugared vanilla sweetness gains control as salted green grape, gooseberry and guava tartness infiltrates lemony grapefruit-peeled orange zesting of modestly tempting milkshake knockoff.
FINBACK ROLLING IN CLOUDS INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, thickly hazed beige yellow dry body brings lightly embittered lemon-bruised yellow grapefruit zesting and candied pineapple-peach-mango zing to the fore. A piquant sour citrus edge cuts thru the spicy pale malt bottom, tucking away hints of pencil shavings.
FINBACK CAT FEET IMPERIAL IPA
On tap at Ambulance, easygoing dry-hopped moderation (despite hefty 8.7% ABV) places yellow grapefruit zest before sugar-spiced pale malting, salted pineapple-peach-tangerine illusions and herbal lemongrass tinge. Briskly clean summertime sedation.
