Dry coppery amber ale plies dewy peat mossing to softly creamed caramel malting as mild coffee roast picks up wattle seed, pumpernickel, chestnut and cocoa whims as well as distant phenol astringency.
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SCHOFFERHOFER PASSIONFRUIT HEFEWEIZEN
Crisply brisk lemony passionfruit juicing never recedes as fizzy orange soda, ripe red grape, sweet cider and candied mango illusions sweeten German brewers’ variant tropical hefe.
BOW & ARROW DESERT RAMBLER HEFEWEIZEN
Middling hefe defers some of its stylish banana-creamed clove spicing to herbal gingering, lemon zesting and cider sweetening over dryish raw honeyed sourdough wheat base.
BRONX CLIMATE CONTROL PALE ALE
On tap at Growler & Gill, ultra-dry pale ale relies on offbeat flavonoids to tickle your fancy. Even its hazy tannish brown hue’s a tad peculiar for usually simpler styling. Yellow grapefruit-peeled lemon rind bittering, salted pineapple tartness and piney juniper swipe sidle dark-roast hop char contrasting Carapils/Crystal malt sugaring. Dry-spiced floral citrus finish gains brown leaf astringency.
OLIVER SOCIAL LAGER
Peppy pale lager brings slightly soured salty lemon spritz to light grassy hop musk and corn-sugared pale malt base for tidy moderation.
BLACK HOG COLD PIZZA PILSNER
On tap at Kitchen & Beer Bar, dry-hopped Italian-style pilsner places mild floral spicing beside light herbage tingled by sunny lemon spritz above salted cracker-like white wheat malting.
SCHILLING HANSE KELLER PILS
On tap at Taphouse 15, musty grained straw golden pilsner (an unfiltered lager a.k.a. kellerbier) brings mild wildflower-honeyed creaming to sweet corn, sour lemon, hay-dried astringency and mildly peppered Noble hop herbage with fine results.
MAGNIFY REFRESH PILSNER
On tap at Taphouse 15, crisply clean golden cleared dry pils stays creamily soft as millet-grained cracked wheat stead houses alfalfa, grits and buckwheat nuttiness to complement mild lemony peach spicing.
BRIX CITY CIAO BELLA PILSNER
On tap at Pompton Craft House, dry-hopped Italian-inspired pils stays soft and mild as delicately spiced lemony hop spot and floral spiced bouquet gather alongside daintily caramelized pale malting and crusty French breading.
SEVEN TRIBESMEN DOLCE AMOR PASTRY STOUT
Dry milk-sugared pastry stout lets floury cannoli-shelled cocoa powdering sink into fudgy toffee sweetness contrasting tarry coffee-stained dark chocolate bittering. Some phenol astringency sneaks into the mix but its latent cannoli-related Marsala wining helps sweeten the busy mocha finish.
SEVEN TRIBESMEN BOCK TO THE FUTURE DARK LAGER
Black patent malted dark chocolate bitterness seeps into contrastive toffee-spiced cola nuttiness and wispy glazed pecan sweetness over toasted molasses breading.
SEVEN TRIBESMEN PASION DE LA PENA FRUITED SOUR
On tap at The Taphouse – Wayne, mild fruited kettle sour ale sprays moderately acidic lemon-peeled lime zest and unripe strawberry mustiness all over tart passionfruit adjunct. In the can, Costa Rican-inspired kettle sour ups milk sugared vanilla sweetness against brisk passionfruit tartness, sour guava salting and pithy pineapple-papaya splash.