On tap at Seven Lakes Station, nitrogenated version of English Oatmeal Stout contrasts coffee-burnt dark chocolate roast with cacao walnut brownie fudging and milk-sugared maple oats above mustily earthen bottom. Mellow Arabica black coffee roast lingers above nutty respite at the finish.
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CIGAR CITY CUBANO-STYLE ESPRESSO BROWN ALE
Creamily resilient English-style brown ale presents dark chocolatey Cubano espresso deliverance to lactic vanilla milking. A precise Cuban coffee knockoff, its pervasive lactose cacao nibs continuance soothes the soul as molasses-sapped burnt caramel and tertiary cola-pecan-hazelnut-walnut illusions add further luster to frothy espresso seduction.

PEEKSKILL EASTERN STANDARD INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Ambulance, dry Northwest-Styled IPA blends woody Simcoe hop astringency with floral citrus-spiced Cascade hop brightener. Spritzy lemon sunshine gleams alongside orange-candied grapefruit, pineapple and peach tang in ‘standard’ moderate-to-medium-bodied manner.
PIPEWORKS NINJA VS. UNICORN DOUBLE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, durable IPA reminiscent of a smoothly laidback barleywine with its rummy vodka buttering, light vanilla creaming and intense tropical fruiting. Lemony grapefruit-orange-pineapple bittering gains tangy mango-nectarine sweetness and subtle Starburst tartness to combat dank floral-tinged pine hop briskness at soft-tongued finish.

FINBACK VISIBLE SPECTRUM IPA WITH MANGO
On tap at Growler & Gill, murkily clouded amber yellow glaze stays aglow for tropically juiced mango delight. Tartly tangy mango expanse benefits greatly from pulpy orange onslaught, sharp juniper-nipped hop bittering and dark floral wisps. Sweet mango nectar continuance soon picks up subtle peach, pineapple, passionfruit, papaya and guava illusions above delicate oats base for venturesome tropical extravaganza.

FINBACK SHINY FEATURE INDIA PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, waxy tropical fruiting obtains musky resinous pine hop bittering and rummy coconut-watered vanilla creaming for uniquely styled IPA. Lemon-peeled passionfruit, papaya and lychee souring combats mildly embittered grapefruit rind sharpness and clean vodka-licked orange zesting throughout.

TRAP ROCK HAZE CRAZE NEIPA
On tap at River Of Beer, dry hazily amber-glowed medium body retains sharp orange-peeled grapefruit bittering and tangy mango, peach and tangerine resolve alongside resinous pine oiling. Mild pale malt sugaring embeds tropical fruit blitz.
BOLERO SNORT I BLESS THE REINS IPA
On tap at River Of Beer, sunshiny Citra-like South African lupulin dusting provides boisterous grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and auxiliary pineapple-mango-papaya tang that rides above creamy oats-flaked vanilla spicing.

GRIMM MAXIMUM HAPPINESS IPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry “tutti frutti jelly belly IPA” retains piquant citric-oiled perfuming and limey coconut-watered tropicalia, leaving trace amounts of melon, papaya, pineapple and guava tartness alongside mild pine resin at the whiskey-nipped pale malt spine.

DEFINITIVE ALE
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, likable mainstay New England India Pale Ale brings lemony grapefruit zesting and floral-bound orange peel bittering to dry cannabis-crisped peppery herbage. Below the surface, delicate lime-soured white peach, cantaloupe, guava, papaya, pineapple and mango illusions play possum.

BELL’S THIS ONE GOES TO 11 IMPERIAL RED IPA
Caramel toasted amber graining reinforces pineapple-orange-grapefruit zesting, “assertive” resinous pine bittering and earthen rye dryness of fascinatingly well-balanced West Coast IPA. Floral-sweetened mango, cherry, nectarine and tangerine tang softly penetrates sharp citric-pined surface (where mild alcohol burn beckons).
(BIRRIFICIO DEL DUCATO) CHRYSOPOLIS
On tap at Ambulance, vinous green grape souring gains musty tannic oak leathering and mild barnyard musk before leaving moderate lemon rind tartness on the semi-acidic finish. Wispy crabapple, prickly pear and white peach illusions underscore lemony white wine zesting.
