On tap at Seven Lakes Station, dry milk stout brings silken dark chocolate creaming to cocoa-powdered espresso, coffee and anise illusions above caramel candied malt backdrop, leaving slight smoked hop char upon its bittersweet mocha mass.
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NAP TIME DEATH CHANT BALTIC PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, richly creamed black chocolate syrup coats anise-spiced blackberry, blueberry and boysenberry tartness while wood-seared hop char strengthens bitter end of bold mocha porter.
YUENGLING HERSHEY’S CHOCOLATE PORTER
On tap at Beef Trust, sweet-toothed fresh take on 200 year old recipe utilizes Hershey’s chocolate for limited edition 2019 porter. Syrupy dark and brown chocolate candied richness gains fudged brownie permanence and mild toffee goodness. Only the slightest harsh hop char disrupts its sweet hot chocolate lusciousness.
HILL FARMSTEAD SHIRLEY MAE NITRO PORTER
On tap at Ambulance, ebullient dark-roasted black coffee bittering receives wood-seared hop char to contrast lactose-sugared molasses residue. Sturdy dark chocolate, dried cocoa and vanilla illusions heighten delightful java richness.
BRECKENRIDGE PUMPKIN SPICE LATTE NITRO (2019)
On tap at Plank Pizza, politely creamed milk chocolate sweetness engages mellow pumpkin spicing and mocha latte influence for 2019 version. Dark roast hop bittering consumes latte-fueled autumnal spicing as tertiary burgundy, dried cherry and sugar plum illusions add depth to nitrogenated pumpkin stout.
OMMEGANG THREE PHILOSOPHERS BLUEBERRY COFFEE QUAD
On tap at Ambulance, opulent Three Philosophers spinoff provides hop-charred black coffee roast and pureed blueberry tartness to original cherry jubilee/ Lambic blend. But its bustling flavor profile never fully integrates since its boldly impulsive dark chocolate-ravaged black coffee richness diminishes the dark cherry and blueberry tartness as well as its tertiary cocoa, toffee, plum and apricot illusions.
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LONG TRAIL HARVEST BROWN ALE
On tap at Plank Pizza, briskly clean-watered moderation retains bitter walnut expanse, dried cocoa murk and sharp roasted hop char (for 2019 autumnal “Harvest” brown ale). Mild espresso, day-old coffee and dewy soil illusions flutter.
BRIX CITY FIT FOR A KING
On tap at Beef Trust, expansively hybridized amber-hazed Imperial IPA brings cinnamon-toasted Graham Cracker sweetness to tartly plastique peach cobbler conditioning above sugary pale malting. Juicy peach pie midst acquires zesty orange zing to deepen cinnamon-spiced peach retention.
ICARUS MILKSHAKING IT IMPERIAL INDIA PALE ALE
Lovely vanilla-beaned milkshake ‘heavily wheated and oated’ and prone to sharp tropical fruited sunshine. Lactic vanilla creaming sweetens atop tangy orange-peeled grapefruit briskness. Tertiary peach, pineapple and mango juicing and subtle gooseberry, kiwi and green grape illusions flutter by.
BOLERO SNORT MUE MILKSHAKE IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, creamy vanilla sweetness imbues tropical coconut-pineapple-kiwi-guava serenity to contrast juniper-laden orange peel bittering. Milk-sugared creamsickle sugaring lies above mild oats-flaked malting of tropical smoothie.
KANE FIELDS OF BLUEBERRY PIE DOUBLE IPA
On tap at Beef Trust, blueberry-inspired India Pale Ale retains fruity disposition above oats-flaked Maris Otter malt sweetness. Blueberry puree insistence gains maple-sugared vanilla, toasted cinnamon and honeyed Graham Cracker illusions to contrast sharp grapefruit-peeled pine lacquering and mild lactic sway. Try in lieu of blueberry pastry.
SINGLECUT TOMORROW WHO’S GONNA FUSS? 3XIPA
On tap at Seven Lakes Station, unassuming 10% ABV of demure dry-hopped Triple IPA endures below polite lemony grapefruit bittering and sweet orange tang as resinous pine tones and biting juniper sharpness spike fusel-induced tropical fruit finish. Limey white-wined passionfruit, guava and gooseberry souring contrasts honeyed peach, pineapple and plum sweetness beneath the surface.
