On tap at Kitchen And Beer Bar, floral-daubed blood orange tang conquers sour-candied lemon liming to its salty bleached wheat bottom.
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GRIMM MAGNETIC TAPE
Vibrant pink and yellow grapefruit zesting invites tart mandarin orange zing and delicately resinous wood dankness above sugared pale malts, leaving lemony pineapple and peach daubs upon its upfront orange-candied grapefruit juicing.
SIERRA NEVADA DANKFUL IPA
Vague “generously hopped” medium body evenly spreads reluctant grapefruit-orange tang across mildly resinous pine-toned dankness. Pasty pale malt sugaring underlies underwhelming dry citrus hop oiling as candied peach, mango and tangerine snips drift off. Server to blue collar regulars.
BEACH HAUS INTERSTELLAR BLUES IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, lactic-soured blueberry tartness settles softly atop wispy Graham Cracker base. Blueberry compote gains zesty lemon spot and vinous green grape licks, but piney hop lacquering nearly undermines fruity aspect.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. HAZY DAYS NEW ENGLAND DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, invigoratingly sessionable golden beige-hazed NEIPA promotes juicy yellow grapefruit bittering before sweet Curacao orange tang and reserved pineapple-passionfruit-guava souring arrive. Mild vanilla creaming contrasts astringent hop phenols beneath the serene tropical surface.
NEW JERSEY BEER CO. CHERRY WHEAT LAGER
On tap at Hoover’s Tavern, spritzy tart cherry souring leads easygoing dry body. Oaken vanilla bitters enjoin oaken cherry adjunct as red grape, pomegranate and cranberry esters rally above wispy pilsner-malted dark chocolate base.
EINSTOK ICELANDIC WEE HEAVY
Complex Scottish ale integrates botanical angelica root herbage and earthen tobacco-roasted mossing with dark toffee-spiced brown chocolate over barley-smoked molasses pumpernickel breading, picking up latent prune-dried fig smidge. Fine Icelandic wee heavy knockoff.
BOLERO SNORT STRAWBERRY CREAM POP IPA
Sweet vanilla-sugared whipped creaming absorbs strawberry shortcake sweet side opposing tart strawberry rhubarb dry side. Along the way, strawberry vanilla ice cream parade rounds up tertiary cherry, cranberry and tangerine fruiting above clay hop soiling.
BOLERO SNORT ANOTHER STEER BIGGER
Stunning eighth anniversary milkshake IPA invites milk-sugared Madagascar vanilla sweetness and zestful orange Creamsicle whipped creaming to contrast lemony grapefruit-pitted bittering in lactic soured setting. Ambrosial marshmallow-candied mandarin orange, pineapple, tangerine and strawberry fruitiness underlies sherbet finish.
BOLERO SNORT SKIM CREAM ALE
Lactic-aided cream ale brings milk-sugared vanilla richness to lively lemon-limed orange zesting as yellow grapefruit rind bittering lingers. Yogurt-like souring levels off quickly as lemony vanilla assurance rises.
BOLERO SNORT FLUFFY REINBRO
Profuse marshmallow-fluffed vanilla creaming rushes forth with cotton-candied powdered sugaring to contrast its zestful lemon-twisted kettle souring over lactic acidulated malting. Expansively tart flavor profile includes Pez-like powdered candy tartness, limey Margarita salting and soured ambrosial fruiting. Nearly perfect Sour Patch Kids-inspired marshmallow candied confection.
BOLERO SNORT POLAR MOOAU
Thickly tart intensity magnified by pineapple-juiced pink guava, papaya and pomegranate sourness to contrast lactic-doused marshmallow sugaring (and piquant strawberry rhubarb snip) in Sour Patch Kids candied manner. Formidable kettle-soured tropical fruiting retains mouth-puckeringly eye squinting tartness but only mild vinous acidity.
