On tap at Amazing Grapes, stylishly rich rye-influenced red ale utilizes citric Mosaic hops and toasted caramel-chocolate malts to deepen its conviction. Mild nut-spiced glaze, crisp tobacco roast and latent alcohol-burnt astringency fill the gaps behind rye-dried orange, tangerine and tangelo tang.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, juicily fruited pale ale squeezes out moderate grapefruit-peeled orange rind bittering and mild peach-pineapple-mango tang as wood-dried grassy hop astringency stays atop toasted caramel malting. Crisp summertime splendor.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, eccentric key lime pied IPA hybrid proves worthy as toasted coconut sweetness contrasts wood-dried Amarillo hop bittering and zesty lemon pucker in winning manner. Salty lime acidity picks up moderate astringency at citric-dried coconut milk finish.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, soft-toned saison-influenced citrus souring and farmhouse-dried barnyard leathering affect lemony IPA-like yellow grapefruit and orange rind bittering above polite honeyed malt sweetness. Tropical Nelson Sauvin hop influence reaches fruition at the brisk mineral-watered citric finish.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, tart pink-hued Berliner Weisse retains limey red cherry and raspberry pucker alongside heightened pink grapefruit-sweetened orange and tangerine juiciness plus nifty passionfruit-pineapple-guava-pomegranate daub, recalling citric-candied lollipop. A slick salt-licked summertime sucker shandy and radler fans need to embrace post-haste.
On tap at Amazing Grapes, easygoing dessert treat knocks off sweet orange-peeled vanilla creamsicle while retaining dark-roasted chocolate and coffee affluence. Beneath mocha-daubed citric vanilla sugaring, mild flaked coconut toasting embraces fig-spiced black cherry, blackberry and boysenberry illusions.
Creamily fudged black chocolate richness overridden by molasses-smoked anise goo (that sticks to the tongue). Syrupy chocolate chewiness picks up ancillary coffee, vanilla and coca illusions. So thick you could almost cut it with a knife, though its fudgy aspect seems a tad understated when compared to ample anise assertion.
Starting off richer and creamier than it finishes, sweet milk stout brings radiant oats-sugared Sumatran coffee bean affluence to ascending brown chocolate roast. Caffeinated milk-sugared coffee frontage jolts the system as caramel-burnt cookie dough chewiness and dark-roasted nuttiness deepen conviction while oily hop bittering settles below.
Creamy black chocolate syruping and chewy caramel malting get a tad watery contrasting red hot chili saucing and daintily smoked paprika snip of gimmicky medium body. Milk chocolate-y vanilla sweetness, chalky cocoa dryness and earth-scorched nutty coffee reminder lose intensity alongside dissipating chili heat, leaving tongue exhausted after a few sips.
Crystalline weizenbock delicately combines easygoing sugar-spiced molasses fruiting and lightly creamed marzipan-candied caramel malting. Sweet banana, cherry, ruby red grapefruit, navel orange, candied apple, sugarplum and fig illusions emerge alongside wispy chestnut-pecan-almond whim.
On tap at Craft House, fascinating barrel-aged rye ale with botanicals and bitters reminiscent of a sugar-spiced gingerbread cookie on first sip. Dry WhistlePig rye whiskey malting deepens ‘classic cocktail,’ as light orange and lemon-peeled gentian root bittering contrasts mild cherry-juiced cinnamon, nutmeg, coriander and clove adjuncts as well as wispy Belgian candi-sugared bourbon vanilla syruping. High end 19th century-derived 10% ABV liqueur perfect for the holidays.
Well balanced medium-bodied India Pale Ale brings sunny yellow grapefruit brightness, sharp lemony orange rind bittering and tropical peach-pineapple-mango sweetness to the fore above mildly creamed sugar-spiced honey malt sweetness. Moderate pine needling, wispy herbal tinge and grassy hop astringency reinforce juniper-licked floral backdrop while phenol aspirin astringency lingers thru citric-juiced aftertaste.
